What do Eve, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks all have in common?

They enjoyed, at one point or another in their careers, the benefit of Troy Carter’s wisdom.

Now, he is to be honoured for his contributions to Pop culture at a gala set to take place in California next month.

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May 23rd, 2018 brought with it the announcement married ‘Love & Hip Hop’ stars Ray J and Princess Love welcomed their first child – a baby girl named Melody Love Norwood.

Now, the Norwoods are making room for baby #2 as revealed by a recent Instagram post. Details inside:

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From The Vault is back this week with a glorious Pop moment. Today’s pick is Katy Perry and Kanye West’s multi-dimensional smash, ‘E.T.’

Fresh from releasing three consecutive #1 singles, the stakes were high for the singer to bag herself another hit from her third album ‘Teenage Dream.’ To say she surpassed expectations would be an understatement, because ‘E.T.’ was another chart topping smash for the star in America.

Relating the story of an out of this world love affair, the song used a similar clap-clap-stomp beat as the one used in Queen’s monumental ‘We Will Rock You’ and yet threw a contemporary spin with dub step infused production. It saw Perry trade verses with Kanye West  (who used autotune to potent effect).

The US wasn’t the only territory where the track was a chart hit: it was also a #1 record in Canada and Germany, a Top 3 in the UK and managed a #5 placing in Australia.

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Floria Sigismondi directed the song’s outlandish video which presented Katy as an alien slowly making her way to a post-apocalyptic planet earth and Kanye floating in the galaxy.

Model Shaun Ross is featured in the visual as Perry’s human love interest.

The visual was celebrated at the 2011 VMAs where it won the Best Collaboration and Best Special Effects awards.

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Retrospectively, it’s still quite amazing seeing just how untouchable Miss Katy Perry was for over half of the decade.

So much so that it’s difficult to decipher why things started trending south for the singer. After all, her tried and tested formula of big pop numbers, with a sparse sprinkles of urban have been a constant. That said, said reliance may be the problem in and of itself.

Anyhow, Team Katy seem to have done something right of late judging by the success of her hit single ‘Never Really Over.’ Hopefully for them they can find a new formula and reclaim that chart throne that she sat on for most of her decade-long mainstream run.

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Chris Brown is about to become a father of two, because his ex girlfriend Ammika Harris is pregnant.

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Janet Jackson‘s ‘Metamorphosis’ live show is over.

Find out how it performed at the box office below…

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Normani‘s ‘Motivation’ is a bonafide hit.

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Travis Scott has found a good friend in Netflix.

The streaming service has partnered with the influential musician to create a documentary about his life, his ASTROWORLD Tour, his epic performance at the Super Bowl and the life he is living as a member of the Kardashian family.

The trailer for ‘Look Mom I Can Fly’ awaits below…

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Are the masses loving Taylor Swift’s new album? The first week predictions provide an emphatic answer after the jump…

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Camila Cabello is on a roll.

Crazy in love with her new boyfriend Shawn Mendes, the entertainer has been hard at work on her second studio album so decided to catch up with her pals at ‘Wonderland’ to generate some buzz for the Pop piece.

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Normani shook up the music scene with her debut solo single ‘Motivation’ and went all sorts of viral thanks to its epic video.

Now, she stands as one of the most anticipated performances at tonight’s 2019 MTV VMAs.

Ahead of her sure-to-be-seismic showing, the former Fifth Harmony singer chatted it up with MTV about her solo breakout, being a perfectionist, her performance, being supported by Kelly Rowland, and more.

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Taylor Swift has revealed that she isn’t surprised by Scooter Braun’s decision to, as far she sees it, buy her music behind her back because he is not an artist.

The ‘Lover’ sat down with the ‘Elvis Duran and the Morning Show’ hours ago to promote her brand new album and revealed that she isn’t shocked by Braun’s supposed lack of respect for her work because, unlike her, he isn’t musically inclined.

Will you agree with her estimation of their expensive feud?

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Saweetie has owned the airwaves this summer with sassy single ‘My Type’ and looks to keep the turn-up going.

The rising rapper has recruited Jhene Aiko and the City Girls for a rousing remix of the track, which has thus far peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot 100.

With the original being a no holds barred affair, this new incarnation sees the ante upped with both featured acts making their raunchy agendas clear.

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