…and the gloves are off!

Rapstress Rah Digga, best known for her work as part of the Busta Rhymes-led Flipmode Squad, hasn’t exactly seen her name atop headlines much over the past decade.  However, some timely shade thrown at current femcee phenom, Nicki Minaj, has certainly hoisted the 2000’s rapstress to the top of headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Indeed, after providing a not-so-subtle clapback to a fan who pitted the rapstresses against each other, Digga’s response was taken as a dig toward ongoing rumors that Safaree – Minaj’s ex-boyfriend of over a decade – was the ghost writer behind most of the Grammy nominee’s most memorable bars.

The result?  An ongoing Twitter dragging from Minaj’s dedicated fans, affectionately known as “Barbz”:

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News around Tinashe‘s sophomore album, ‘Joyride,’ would be more adequately described as a rollercoaster.

The stageblazing newcomer seemed to get things kicked off right with her Chris Brown-assisted tune, ‘Player,’ and its follow-up, ‘Superlove,’ but from the looks of charts, her offerings haven’t exactly been getting super love from music lovers.

Will another single change the tide for ‘Joyride?’ Tinashe sure hopes so.  Details inside:

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Justin Timberlake‘s 2002 hit, ‘Cry Me A River,’ was indication his romantic relationship with burgeoning pop icon Britney Spears didn’t exactly end well.

Apparently, let the former lovebirds tell it, time really does heal all wounds.  For, after Spears added Timberlake’s name to the list of “people she’d love to collaborate in the future” (a list that also includes Celine Dion and Mariah Carey), word got back to the ’20/20 Experience’ creator.

Hear his emphatic response to the news below:

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With a new tour and single to promote, Ariana Grande is strutting the promotional pavement.

Today, to aid her cause, she stopped by the ‘Ellen’ show to drop off an electrifying vocal showcase.

Taking centre-stage, she offered up a medley of ‘Into You’ and current effort ‘Side To Side’ – both of which can be found on her third studio album ‘Dangerous Woman.’

Watch Ariana wow after the jump…

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Kid Cudi may have been all smiles with Kanye West earlier in the year at the Yeezy Season 3 launch, but as the season changed so too has his sentiment.

Because in a series of explosive tweets sent moments ago, the rapping actor took aim at Ye, Drake, and a laundry list of other notable names.

Head below where Cudi lays out his grievance…

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Having run through seven record deals before hitting it big, Tamar Braxton is renown for her perseverance.

It’s a trait she’s holding onto firmly following her dramatic departure from ‘The Real’ earlier this summer.

As reported, in the immediate aftermath of her axing from the FOX talker, the 39-year-old signed a production deal with Steve Harvey to front her own talkshow.

Now she’s opening up about the series.

Hear what she had to say below…

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After expressing regret about her angsty actions, Azealia Banks is back in the lab.

Interestingly, the fiery femcee has found an unlikely collaborator in Safaree Samuels – Nicki Minaj‘s ex-boyfriend and creative partner.

Currently a cast member on ‘Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood,’ 35-year-old Samuels has actively been trying to carve out his own success narrative.

So what better way to get folk talking (beyond hooking up with another Nikki) than to team up with the rival of his former flame?

Taking to Instagram, Azealia shared a preview.

Take a listen below…

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Lady GaGa‘s long-time friend Sway Calloway welcomed her to his thriving platform ‘Sway in the Morning’ to discuss her new single ‘Perfect Illusion.’

Promising a more human side to her on her next record, GaGa used the interview to reveal that much of the LP’s sound was born out of her desire to reach out to members of the general public who may have found her difficult to relate to the past.

How she described it?

It’s me writing to myself as if this (fame) had never happened.

Press play to catch the artistic and centred star explain it all below…

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The drama knows no end on VH1’s ‘Basketball Wives LA‘, the series which follows the lives of women with romantic ties to the lucrative sport.

This season delivers a storyline in which Jackie Christie finds herself in a precarious situation when she attends a party thrown to celebrate a friend’s clothing line.

Insanity ensues once the Reality TV star meets the dress she has been asked to wear on the night and learns that her brand of alcohol, which sponsors the event, has been slighted by its organisers.

Ready to see what happened next before the show’s new episode hits VH1 this Sunday?

Hit the play buttons after the leap…

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‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Peter Thomas has responded to claims that he has engaged in fraudulent activities this year.

Full story below…

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Iyanla Vanzant‘s poignant ‘Fix My Life’ series returned for a sixth season on September 10th much to the delight of viewers who made its last season one of her highest-rated.

This season, her journey will see her venture into ‘The Myth of the Angry Black Woman’ and work alongside women burned and bruised by life as they seek to rebuild themselves, learn from their mistakes and sail towards a brighter future.

Press play to catch a little of what the latest chapter in Vanzant’s therapeutic story has to offer via OWN below…

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Tupac Shakur‘s biopic is yet to receive a due date.

However, that’s done little to stop its promotional machine churning out a brand new teaser designed to draw in the eyes it hopes will view the release when it makes its way to movie theatres.

Its name? ‘All Eyez on Me.’

Press play below…

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