RISE AND GRIND! MORNING MUSIC NEWS: Rita Ora's Second Single Hits The U.S. AND MORE!

Damn you UK! Rita Ora's debut album, Ora, drops in two weeks (August 27) in the U.K., while us over here in The States have to wait until the end of the year. That's OK, though, at least we have the album's second single, "R.I.P.," which you can now cop on iTunes, to hold us down. [PopCrush]

At 35 years old, 2 Chainz is officially a star. The rapper's debut album, Based On A T.R.U. Story, will debut at number one on the Billboard charts next week. It's estimated to sell around 130,000 copies. [Billboard]

Earlier this week Taylor Swift dropped her latest song, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," which is the first single off her upcoming Red album. Everyone who heard the song naturally assumed that the break-up song was about Taylor's last ex, Joe Jonas. Well, everyone but Jonas himself. In an interview with 94.7 Fresh FM Jonas said, "I can tell you it's not about me." Hmmm. [EOnline] 

It's hard to get ahold of English singer Kate Bush. Big Boi did it, though. And, if you believe the hints he was sending out on Twitter, we might have a collaboration coming soon. [GigWise]

Check out some dope footage of our girl Santigold tearing it down while performing "The Keepers" on The Colbert Report. (Pitchfork]