Azealia Banks has finally given the world ‘Yung Rapunxel‘!

The first single released as part of her debut album’s package, we’d say that this is jam is undoubtedly ahead of its time and will eventually grow on you if played enough times.

Yes…it’s that different.

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In a quest to continue its genre expansion, Cash Money CEO Birdman (aka Baby) unveils the visual of Chicagoan songbird Veronica – one of the latest signees to Miami-based record label.

Fans on the mixtape circuit have long known of V as she has certainly made her rounds over the past few years aboard Myspace and a number of other outlets.  Now, with Cash Money backing her yet-titled official debut effort, the songstress shares ‘What Happened To Us’ – the Polow Da Don produced cut which features rapper 2 Chainz.

Get into the YMCMB newbie’s first offering and tell us your thoughts.

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It’s the kind of press every artist hopes for ahead of an album release. Yet, for a certain Justin Timberlake, it’s a reality.

The stage blazer’s latest single ‘Mirrors’ has held steady at the top of the Official UK Singles Chart for a second week, giving a major boost to its parent LP ‘The 20/20 Experience’. Due out on March 18th (and a day later in the US), the set has also spawned UK and US top ten in ‘Suit & Tie’.

In other JT news, it seems he’s not letting Kanye West‘s recent critique slide.

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Crazy might be one word to describe what you’re about to watch.

Filmed by a ‘Transport For London’ commuter last year, the shocking episode sees a man hold a complete stranger hostage after the ‘hostage’ allegedly threatened to shoot him. All this, because the former asked  him to stop smoking during their journey.

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Another day..another Azealia Banks Twitter spat.

This time, despite posing for a number of snaps together last week, the ‘212‘ creator has taken aim at Brit Pop superstar Rita Ora.

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After churning out seven albums in seven years, it finally looks like Rihanna is set to slow things down.

Critiqued and praised in equal measure, the model’s omnipresence may be a thing of the past come next year say MTV.

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Sometimes, over here at TGJ HQ, we find ourselves faced with a question that we’ve never been able to truly answer…‘are we too harsh on Rihanna?‘.

Indeed, while we’re sure she’s too busy working the streets of ‘Instagram’ to care what we have to think of her, it’s a question we struggle to answer every time we put finger to keyboard to post on the star.

Well…that was until today.

For, in confirming our stance that the ‘We Found Love‘ star’s cause is nothing more than a long running ‘ha ha’ when stripped of the fashion, videos and Premium production staff, she has been forced to cancel a date on her ‘Diamonds World Tour‘ just one night after its Buffalo launch.

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Jill Scott is heading back to TV!

After wooing audiences on Minghella’s ‘The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency‘, the ‘Cross My Mind’ singer has inked a new deal with CBS to star in their forthcoming drama ‘Second Sight‘.

All the ‘deets’ on Scott’s new gig below…

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Beyonce steps into the weird and wonderful world of animation this year, starring in the 20th Century FOX movie ‘Epic‘.

Playing ‘Queen Tara‘, the ‘Carmen’ actress will make her way to our screens on May 24th but before that- as to explain what really is a unique role- she sat down for a promotional piece in its aid, explaining why she signed on and her love for her royal character.

Promo-Bey below…

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Finally!

While this may be hard to believe, we’ve finally found a performance pulled from Rihanna‘s first ‘Diamonds‘ outing that sees her deliver a decent vocal.

Channeling her inner Islander, the Grammy winning belle took the grand stage to perform the Elijah Blake penned jam ‘No Love Allowed’, packing the power and conviction other performances from the show lacked.

Fan footage below…

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Joshua Rogers, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, and more, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Alexis Spight, Donald Lawrence, Hezekiah Walker, and Jonathan Nelson

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Just one week separates Justin Timberlake fans from the release of his third studio album ‘The 20/20 Experience’. And while the hotly anticipated set serves as one of the year’s biggest Pop releases, Timberlake is going all out on the promotional front. His latest stop? NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’.

Joined by Jay-Z, the former Nsync-er  performed lead single ‘Suit & Tie’ and UK#1 ‘Mirrors’.

Watch JT and Jay-Z in action below…

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