50 saves Elmo’s life.

Check out more of Mos Def on BET’s 106 & Park promo’ing his new CD, The Ecstatic, which drops June 9 (get it right Roxy).

If you’ve watch any TV over the past week, I’m sure you’ve seen the latest Dr. Pepper campaign featuring none other than west coast all-star Dr. Dre. Dre is preparing to release the forthcoming album Detox later this year.

The commercial features a sneak peak instrumental to a song off of Detox. Tell us what you think.

Current TV has a dope video of Mos Def roaming the streets of Osaka, Japan dropping a dope a capella of “Casa Bey” off of his upcoming CD “The Ecstatic”.

“The Ecstatic” was supposed to drop June 9 on Downtown Records, but fans will have to wait until August for its release. Oh well, we have to wait a few more months JUNE 9 for some real hip hop music. Check out the video in the multimedia box to the top-right of the page—>.

Beastie Boys on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night performing “Check Your Head” with The Roots.

Your boy Common is making rounds talking about his role as Barnes in the new film Terminator Salvation. Check out the MySpace video (after the jump) as he talks with the director McG about his role as John Connor’s (Christian Bale) right hand man in his war aganist the machines and future possibilities for his character.

Check out Common starring in a blaxploitation trailer spoof, Down Jones on Funny or Die. Com looks like he can play this role too.

Common has a big day today with Terminator Salvation opening today. It should be a big Memorial Day opening although reviews for the film are coming in kind of stale (35% on RottenTomatoes.com). Be sure to keep up with Common at his blog thinkcommon.com/blog.

Yes you read it right, Tuspock.  Jimmy Fallon has taken on aspects of Hip-Hop culture as part of his late night flavor much like Arsenio Hall did when his late night show was on the air. Starting off with The Roots as his house band that, not only plays music, but also participates in a variety of comedy skits.  One of the fans favorites is when they “Slow Jam the News”.  Second, since Fallon has had Soldier Boy on the show he is holding a contest for a lucky fan to come up with a dance called “The Late Night” in celebration of his show and the winner wins a free trip to NY to perform the show live. 

But what struck us the most here at fhh is his new character TuSpock, which is a combination of Tupac Shakur and Spock from Star Trek.  In full costume he performs a song called “Illogical” with guest star Tariq/Black Thought from The Roots playing Captain Kirk.  Fallon shows his rap skills aren’t too bad.  It’s good to see mainstream shows like his incorporating Hip-Hop cultures in different aspects of his show.  Check out the video, have a good laugh and tell us what you think.

Common posted a video on his blog talking about doing a press junket for the upcoming Terminator Salvation which premieres on May 21.

Idris Elba and Ali Larter

There are four films opening this weekend have have some indirect relationship to hip hop.  So we here at fhh decided to report on them (slow news day. lol).

First off is the thriller Obsessed, starring Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, and Ali Larter.  It’s about a successful asset manager (Elba), who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage to Sharon (Knowles). But a temp worker (Larter) starts stalking him, all the things he’s worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy. 

How is this related to hip hop? Well, Idris is a hip hop DJ and artist in his own right. He was working in nightclubs under the DJ nickname Big Driis by the age of 19, but began auditioning for television and film in his early twenties.

Terrance Howard and Channing Tatum

Next, Terrance Howard is starring in Fighting along with Channing Tatum.  The film’s about a young counterfeiter (Tatum) is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist (Howard), who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit. 

Hip Hop relation?  Well who can forget Terrance Howard’s Oscar nominated performance in Hustle & Flow? And Tatum was the star of Step Up 1 & 2! I know, I’m starting to stretch it, but hey!

Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.

The third filming opening this weekend is the drama The Soloist.  The film stars Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx and is about a Los Angeles Journalist (Downey), befriends a homeless Julliard trained musician (Foxx), while looking for a new article for the paper. 

I know you’re saying there is no hip hop relation here.  But I’ll find one!  Jamie Foxx has two hit songs out that feature hip hop artists and are being played on hip hop radio stations across the country.  Yup, that’s right.

Mike Tyson

Lastly, the documentary Tyson about, you guessed it — Mike Tyson is opening this weekend.  What’s the hp hop relation here?  None really, but why leave it out?  Haha.

So as you can see there are plenty of films to choose from this weekend, but they will also be competing with some terrific weather in most parts of the country so we’ll see how the box office tallies end up by Sunday evening.

Check the trailers for these flicks below.