Carol City rapper Flo Rida recently signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

According to Billboard, the agreement includes Flo Rida's current smash hit , "Low" , and  various tracks from his upcoming debut album titled Mail On Sunday.

"Low", which has been atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles for five weeks, will be included in the soundtrack to the upcoming film  Step Up 2: The Streets,  which opens in February.

Mail On Sunday will be hitting stores  in February as well and will feature appearances from T-Pain, Rick Ross and Trey Songz.  Production on the album is supplied by The Runners, JR Rotem and DJ Montay, among others.

TAKING THE STAGE

Little Brother  and Dilated Peoples are  among various artists slated to take part in the third annual Paid Dues festival

Launched in  2006 by rapper Murs and Guerilla Union, Paid Dues&n bsp;celebrates the independent hip-hop community with performances from its most notable artists

According to Pollstar, this  year's event will take place at the Nos Events Center in San Bernardino, CA on March 22nd with performances from Sage Francis Jedi Mind Tricks, Living Legends, Hieroglyphics, Visionaries, Boot Camp Clik with Black Moon, Kool Keith, Pos, A-Team, Mac Lethal, Fatlip & Omni, Yak Ballz and B. Dolan and Isaiah.

Tickets for the event are available via Ticketmaster.com.