Has Madonna hired Olivia Pope?

It sure seems so.

For, after starting the week in angst following the leak of much of her new album, the Pop queen ends on a high with a series of major announcements.

The first is the LP has officially been christened ‘Rebel Heart’.

Together with the project’s cover, the 56-year-old revealed its official cover, release date, and unique roll-out plan.

Details below…

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Solange Knowles isn’t the only entertainer showing a little love to Azealia Banks this week.

For, after revealing that she believes black women aren’t given enough credit for their contributions to Pop culture and society in general, Nicki Minaj used Twitter to thank Banks for supporting her new album ‘The Pinkprint.’

Quite interestingly, Banks echoed similar sentiments during a headline-grabbing conversation Hot 97’s Ebro Darden, unaware that Minaj had discussed the very same topic with the very same Darden days earlier.

A case of great minds thinking alike? Perhaps.

Now find out what happened when Nicki “met” Banks online, below…

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With the abysmal ‘Britney Jean’ behind her and a hot Vegas residency at the top of her ‘things to do list,’ ‘Work B*tch’ beauty Britney Spears has been doing just that for most of the year.  A feat keeping her out of headlines and off of charts, the pop princess’s recent reemergence afront ‘Women’s Health’ magazine immediately sent fans in to suspect Spears’s 2015 will be quite the opposite of the year prior.

Their suspicions confirmed when ‘Work’ rapstress Iggy Azalea took to radio to announce she and Spears had recorded a song set to be the Grammy winner’s lead single from her yet-titled new album, the good news came just in time and as a welcomed distraction for the #BritneyArmy who’d spend their week defending their leader from claims of airbrushing and digital alteration on her most recent magazine outing.

Haven’t we heard this before?

Anywho, did you miss all the fuss? Get into it below:

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If you ever needed proof that Nicki Minaj is “winning,” receipts are never too far.

As if it wasn’t enough that her newest album, ‘The PinkPrint,’ seems poised to post atop next week’s Billboard 200 upon its refreshing, now the ‘Bed of Lies’ beauty has been awakened to news that she has broken records amongst female rappers.

Getting by with a little help from ‘Love More’ co-star Chris Brown and Young Money family Lil’ Wayne and Drake, find out the newest reason the diva will see her name etched in history books below:

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New movie alert!

90 years after the release of the comic series ‘Little Orphan Annie’ comes ‘Annie‘, the latest film adaptation of the timeless Harold Gray release.

Due out in movie theatres today, the movie nabbed a healthy dose of promo this week, when its stars Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz made their way to the UK to raise awareness for the movie on ‘The Graham Norton Show.’

What they had to say about Jay Z and Will Smith backed project?

Good times below…

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After signing with the Lil Wayne-led label to further her career in rap music, ‘Tragedy’ rapper Nicki Minaj has revealed that she was once cut loose from ‘Young Money.’

Surprising fans with the news during the second half of her recent interview with Hip Hop tastemaker Elliott Wilson, the entertainer revealed that she was dropped and subsequently brought back by/to the label following a breakdown in her relationship with her ‘Only‘ collaborator.

How she learned she had been dropped?

Find out below…

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“Thank you.”

‘Cosmic Journey’ star Solange Knowles had that to say to ‘Wallace‘ rapper Azealia Banks today, praising the outspoken entertainer for speaking out against “cultural smudging” in the entertainment industry in an interview with radio station ‘Hot 97.’

Indeed, after Iggy Azalea claimed her attitude was to blame for the discrimination she faces as an African-American entertainer, Solange sympathised with the ‘Luxury’ belle today.

Her words below…

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‘Grand Piano‘ performer Nicki Minaj enjoyed the company of the ladies of ‘The Real’ recently, gracing its set with an appearance arranged to promote her new album ‘The Pinkprint.’

However, the LP wasn’t the only female rap release she helped to promote on the hit talk show, accidentally naming a smash hit released launched by another femcee during a brief exchange with Tamar Braxton.

Confused?

Join the club.

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K. Michelle has been swarmed with congratulations for landing another R&B chart-topper in the form of her sophomore album ‘Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart.’  While critics and fans alike have greeted the album with laud, the morning brings with it a detractor all too familiar to the songstress – former beau Memphitz.

Fans may remember the twosome’s tumultuous relationship and its consequent private and public battles (including accusations of domestic abuse from both parties), now it seems the DJ – now married to former Lil Wayne fling Toya Wright – is reopening old wounds to take new jabs at Michelle.

Look below to see what he took to Instagram to say this morning:

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“There comes a time when the system realises that “I can sell this white person” a lot easier.”

Before Azealia Banks weighed in on her supposed use and abuse of Black culture on ‘Hot 97’, ‘Crooked Smile’ rapper J. Cole made his way to Power 105.1 to explain his recent criticism of Australian superstar Iggy Azalea, whom he compared to Elvis Presley here.

There, he revealed that the remarks he made about the rapper wasn’t criticism at all, billing them an “observation.”

What he deserved?

The link between her success as a Caucasian female MC and efforts made by corporations to sell African-American culture to audiences more likely to respond to her than an actual African-America…even if said African-American is more talented.

His words below…

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Miguel is the latest artist to embrace the “no advanced warning” approach to the roll-out of new music.

The ‘Adorn’ singer has spent much of 2014 working on the follow-up to his sophomore album ‘Kaleidoscope Dreams’, which hit stores in 2012.

And while it’s presently unknown if the three new songs which comprise the mini-set tie into a meatier album, what is certain is that the cuts – christened ‘NWA’, ‘Hollywood Dreams’, and ‘Coffee’ – are ready to taste after the jump…

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As her “little sisters” battle on Twitter, Nicki Minaj continues to promote her third studio album ‘The Pinkprint’ this week, hitting ‘Inside the NBA’ to discuss the project as it sits at #1 on iTunes USA.

Fortunately, her time on the show saw her do what she does best by delivering a scorching freestyle as part of a cypher graced by none other than basketball icon Shaquille O’Neal.

Who had the best rhymes?

Hit ze play button to find out below…

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