In 2005 the rapper Jay-Z introduced the singers Rihanna & Teairra Mari as part of his plans to replicate Mathew Knowles’ success with his then girlfriend Beyonce.

Since then Rihanna has risen to become one of the last decade’s more prolific artists, recently seeing her global record sales cross the 150 million mark.

Unfortunately, such success evaded Ms. Mari who has seen her career reduced to a pile of Urban tabloid flavoured mess with help from an embarrassing run on VH1’s ‘Love & Hip Hop Hollywood.’

Now, her career has reportedly taken another turn for the worst.

Literally.

Find out how below…

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Critics of the rapper Meek Mill have taken aim at the status of his career using the Wikipedia page of his girlfriend Nicki Minaj.

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New music alert!

August 21st 2015 will bring with it the release of Jordin Sparks’ brand new album ‘Right Here,Right Now.’

Today’s she released its latest single ‘They Don’t Give.’

The bop comes courtesy of Babyface and her label boss Salaam Remi (Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse) and drops before the release of the number ‘Unhappy’ which features ‘I Just Wanna’ singer Elijah Blake.

Press play to catch the new visual below…

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Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest reflective segment to act as a written quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its TGJ retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

This week, we’ll fall in love all over again with Celine Dion‘s 1996 chart-topping album ‘Falling Into You’ – one of the best selling albums of all time…

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Drake is to headline the ‘Austin City Limits Music Festival’ as he continues to welcome praise for lashing his rival Meek Mill lyrically with the song ‘Back to Back.’

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Mariah Carey is back in the lab.

The self styled elusive chanteuse took a brief break from her well-selling Las Vegas residency to cut new tracks. And this time she’s doing so with Justin Bieber and French Montana.

Mimi shared the festive session with fans on Instagram, promising that the fruit of their studio labour is “#coming soon.”

Helping the trio make magic is hitmaker Eric Hudson (also pictured above).

No word on whose project the collaboration is for; however it’s worth noting that Mariah is currently readying a Christmas TV movie for Hallmark (which will have a heavy music component), while Bieber is gearing up to drop a new album.

For now though, peep another snap of Ms. Carey #PonDeStudio (her words not ours) below…

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It’ll take more than a split from Roc Nation to stop Bridget Kelly‘s hustle.

For, after struggling to find a lane and succeed in it the impeccable vocalist has teamed up with Mack Wilds to create the jam that is ‘Act Like That.’

Is the number good enough to lift Kelly to the heights she missed out on during her time as a Roc artist?

Listen below…

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Save for a series of annual live shows, Lauryn Hill has taken on a reclusive presence in the music industry over the last decade.

However, when Ms. Hill steps out, she shines like only she can.

Case in point, this evening on the ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’

The 8-time Grammy winner rocked the house with a cover of jazz classic ‘Feeling Good’ – one of her critically hailed contributions to the new Nina Simone compilation – ‘Nina Revisited.’

 Watch the former Fugees front-woman in action after the jump…

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Soaring songbird Leona Lewis took vocal flight on the Kelly & Michael show this week.

The X Factor champion wowed with a spirited rendition of new single ‘Thunder,’ which is housed on her upcoming studio album ‘I Am’ (due September 11th via Island/Def Jam).

Backed by a full band, the showing was the first televised offering of the cut from the London bred beauty.

Check it out below, where a behind the scenes look at the ‘Thunder’ video also awaits….

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The Meek Mill v. Drake debacle just got an interesting addition in the form of songstress Keri Hilson.

While the world continues to weigh in on Mill’s long-awaited clapback. ‘Wanna Know’ (delivered tonight), comments from Hilson have landed her in hot water with fans of his ‘Young Money’ nemesis.

Knocking down and clapping back at detractors who are slamming her for her thoughts on plagiarism, some of which were thought to be aimed at Drake, the ‘Knock You Down’ diva is trying to clear her name from the mess.

Hopefully it’s not too late…

From there, the songstress found herself on the defense….

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‘All Eyes On You’ maestro Meek Mill is living up to his hit song’s billing as the world awaits his clap back after ‘Back To Back’ – an ether of a diss track directed to him from ‘Young Money’ nemesis Drake.

Titled ‘Wanna Know,’ the tune finally surfaced online tonight after many speculated the Philly rapper would not be able to recover from Drizzy’s diss.

Listen below and you be the judge:

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Funny-man Kevin Hart has much to smile about.

The actor/comedian is a bonafide box office draw and his star looks set to soar to dizzying heights following his new Rolling Stone cover spread.

Traditionally occupied by singers, the publication’s front page deviates from the norm to welcome the ‘Think Like A Man’ talent.

Gushing about the honor, Hart – who is currently filming three movies (including ‘Ride Along 2’) told his 20 million Instagram followers:

“God is truly amazing….I can officially check a major goal off of my list….That goal was to one day grace the cover of “Rolling Stone” Magazine….And damn it that day has come people!!!!! WOOOOOW I am blown away by this….Make sure y’all pick up a copy. The title of “Comedic Rockstar” is now OFFICIAL!!!!!#ComedicRockstarShit#DressedInRockstarAttire #RollingStone#HardWorkPaysOff#iStillGotaLotOfWorkToDo #Motivation

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