A month ago, City Girls star Yung Miami promised fans her groupmate, JT (born JaTavia Johnson), would be freed from jail after serving time since 2018 stemming from an aggravated identity theft charge (click here to read more).

Now, not only has JaTavia bid prison adieu but she’s set to celebrate her release with the release of a new track – the aptly titled ‘First Day Out.’

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Expect to see and hear much of Lil Kim this week as she celebrates the release of ‘9’ – her first album in 14 years.

The project – her fifth studio effort – is set to hit shelves October 11 and is preceded to chart battle by tunes ‘Go Awff,’ ‘I Found You,’ and the recently released ‘Pray For Me’ (featuring Rick Ross and Musiq Soulchild).

As fans continue to get acquainted with new jams from the Hip Hop diva, she’s strutting her stuff on the promo trail to build awareness.  Most recently stopping by ‘Strahan, Sara, and Keke’ (October 8), Kim let her hair down in a fun-filled interview to discuss her new LP, an all female headlined tour she says is ‘definitely in the works,’ and remembering Biggie Smalls’ legacy.

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It’s Summer Walker‘s season, that’s for sure.

The R&B newcomer, whose debut album ‘Over It’ (released October 4) is reportedly set to leap over Post Malone and Da Baby‘s sales to capture the top of the Billboard 200 next week (click here to read more about that), is keeping the momentum going by releasing a video to the LP’s cut, ‘Playing Games.’

A fan favorite from the star-studded project, ‘Games’ – which features Bryson Tiller – comes as a sultry, slow jam that hears its performers trade verses on a love gone awry.  Featuring lyrical interpolations of Destiny’s Child‘s 2000 hit, ‘Say My Name,’ the song’s Christine Yuan-directed accompanying music video was delivered moments ago.

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Mariah Carey may be regarded as one of Pop music’s most empowering female voices, but – as she recently revealed in a telling interview with ‘Variety’ – it hasn’t always been that way.

Selected as one of the mag’s 2019 ‘Power of Women’ honorees (click here to read more), the diva not only graced the cover of the ‘Power of Women’ issue but also featured inside and reflected on how the beginning of her career was predominantly shaped by powerful men.  Praising present day champions of the #MeToo movement and similar initiatives for gender equality, the songbird opened up about her personal experiences related to sexual misconduct in the industry and how those incidents helped encourage her to lift her voice in the fight for women’s rights.

“I’m so proud of the women who have come to tell their stories, because I didn’t do it, and I should have done it,” she said. That’s an incredible accomplishment.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Mimi fondly remembered her friend and fellow Pop icon, Whitney Houston, and so much more.  Look inside to watch the moving chat:

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Atlanta’s Summer Walker is the newcomer on everyone’s lips thanks to her debut studio album, ‘Over It.’

Having drummed up buzz aplenty thanks to her critically acclaimed 2018 mixtape, ‘Last Day of Summer,’ the singer-songwriter sent her growing legion of fans into a frenzy on October 4th when ‘Over’ officially hit digitally shelves.  Flying to the top of iTunes sales tallies (as we reported here), the star-studded project – which features Usher, 6LACK, PartyNextDoor, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Bryson Tiller, Jhene Aiko, and more – was initially projected to sell 75k-85k by the end of its inaugural sales tracking week (which would’ve resulted in a #3 debut on the Billboard 200).

Industry analysts have since recounted that tally, a feat that’s pushed Walker ahead of the race to the top of charts next week.  Placing previous front runners Post Malone and Da Baby behind, look inside to see just how many units the 23-year-old is expected to shift by Friday (October 11):

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Nicki Minaj has revealed that she is heartbroken after learning that Joshua Brown…the man who was murdered after he testified in the case of his murdered neighbour Botham Jean.

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Lil Peep’s mother believes that the management company he was signed to fuelled his abuse of drugs.

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Lil Nas X‘s ‘Panini’ picked up $148,000 this week.

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Less than two weeks after announcing its 2019 class of ‘Power of Women’ honorees, ‘Variety’s unveiled a stunning line of snaps to celebrate the ladies and their respective achievements in the entertainment industry and beyond via its highly anticipated ‘Power of Women’ issue.

Honoring Jennifer Aniston, Mariah Carey, Awkwafina, Chaka Khan, Brie Larson and Dana Walden, ahead of six hundred guests gathering at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons for the ‘Power of Women’ luncheon on October 11 the mag tapped Peggy Sirota to lens the issue’s feature shoot.

As if that’s not enough, ‘Variety’ adds:

‘This year’s Power of Women issue will contain a feature celebrating Lifetime Television’s 35th anniversary as well as the annual Women’s Impact Report, a report highlighting 50 women in the entertainment industry dedicated to making a lasting impact.’

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‘Hung Up’ hitmaker Madonna is temporarily hanging up her dancing shoes after sustaining a knee injury while cranking out the hits on the ‘Madame X’ world tour.

Already disappointing fans by postponing its start date due to a series of ‘technical difficulties’ (as we reported here), now the 61-year-old diva is citing physical difficulties as the cause of its latest delay.

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Gucci Mane isn’t one to rest on his laurels, as evidenced by the recent announcement of the October 17th due date of his new project, ‘Woptober II’ (the conceptual sequel to his 2016 mixtape, ‘Woptober’).

Coming just 4 months after his June 2019 album, ‘Delusions of Grandeur’ (which was delivered 6 months after the December 2018-released album ‘Evil Genius’), the work-a-holic has teased fans with a lift from the set courtesy of the Megan Thee Stallion-assisted, ‘Big Booty.’

Sampling a 2 Live Crew classic to do their dirty work, listen inside as the two trade verses over their love for big backsides:

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Season 45 of ‘SNL’ continues to rock on with a little help from the year’s top hitmakers.

After last week’s gravity-defying performance from newcomer Billie Eilish (as we reported here), this week Taylor Swift upped the ante with live renditions of selections from her latest chart-topping LP, ‘Lover.’ On her fourth visit to the ‘SNL’ stage, Taylor tapped album cuts ‘Lover’ and ‘False God’ to give fans a true taste of what they can expect to see when she headlines this year’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour (click here for dates).

Ahead of that outing, look below to see TayTay do her thing (if you missed the action):

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