‘What’s My Name’ rapper DMX saw his name atop headlines all morning as the selected participant out of 15,000 contenders to square up with George Zimmerman in a celebrity boxing match.

Now, reports have it that a rep for the former hit rapper hasn’t signed him up quite yet and won’t until the pitbull-lover gets a whiff of the contract figures…

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‘Confident’ crooner Justin Bieber has at least one thing he can definitely be confident about these days – that over 244,000 Americans want him out of the country.

An online petition to have the Canadian beau deported boasted approximately 111,000 signatures by January 31st, an accomplishment that warranted review from the White House.  Now, less than a week later, the signature total has doubled and nears the 250,000 mark while a counter-petition to keep Biebs ashore rest at 7,945 as of time reporting.

Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary, announced via press conference last week that “…response will come I’m sure relatively soon.”  To make matters worse, public officials, including U.S. Senator Mark Warner , have openly announced their support of the petition to oust the pop bad boy…

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Is Ciara one of the hardest working women in show business? We’d say so.

Seemingly eager to continue working all throughout her Future-induced pregnancy, the Grammy winning R&B Queen spent yesterday supporting pal LaLa Anthony‘s ‘The Love Playbook‘ signing, doing so as she joins Epic records in creating a brand new album!

So, as to share her apparent joy with her ever loyal C-Squad, the heavily pregnant entertainer shared intimate snaps of both she and her bump with them hours ago.

A glowing Cici below…

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Let’s face it, Tamar Braxton is winning.

With criminal Grammy snub in her rearview, the baby of the Braxton clan otherwise enters 2014 on the hems of a number of critically acclaimed high notes including her sophomore album ‘Love & War’ and the singles it has thus far spawned.

A particular highlight of the singer’s career so far was her memorable showing at the 2013 Soul Train Awards.  Twitter Tamartians applauded the diva for her emotional acceptance speech and stunning medley of tunes while simultaneously offering a few less complimentary comments on the singer’s wardrobe choice.

Visiting Bravo TV’s ‘Watch What Happens…With Andy Cohen’, Braxton weighed in on Twitter’s response to her costume and offered them “several seats” like she does so well…

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As his talent and hit-making habits continue to place him at the forefront of R&B, Trey Songz‘ journeyed to the new technological heights recently, when he joined mentor Kevin Liles to trial ‘Google Glass.’

Led by a company spokeswoman during his time there, Songz’  ‘Google’ arrival saw him receive a detailed explanation on how the ‘wearable computer’ works, as he continues work on his hotly anticipated sixth studio album.

In the mood for a fun-filled tech lesson?

Press play below…

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They share a dancer in Ashley Everett and a musical director in Kim Burse, but today- more than a week after celebrating the 56th annual Grammy awards- it’s good news Beyonce & Ciara find themselves dividing between themselves.

Why?

Full story below…

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Music, motherhood, marriage. Beyonce quite literally does it all.

In recent times, the superstar stage blazer has opened up her world to the masses – sharing shots from her life  via Instagram.

The latest batch were posted today, and show King B with her 2-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on the set of a new photoshoot. Also included in the “update” are snaps of the singer sporting items branded in the font of her blockbuster visual album.

Flip the hood to see more Bey below…

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Whoa!

In an age where so many R&B belles fail to shoot and release album artwork striking enough to attract passing trade, Ashanti gets it righter than right this time around…doing so for her new LP ‘Braveheart.’

For, perhaps in realising that it takes far more than an album’s material to turn a doubting shopper into a willing customer, the ‘Happy’ vocalist takes the breath right out of our lungs with a brand new cover shot in support of the aforementioned project, still set for an independent release later on this year.

So, with the masterpiece above in mind, we ask…

Has an album’s artwork ever prompted you to pick it up?

If so, why?

Let us know below!

1) Toni Braxton & Babyface – Sweat

2) Christina Aguilera – WooHoo (ft. Nicki Minaj)

3) Usher – Euphoria

4) Trina – Don’t Trip (ft. Lil Wayne)

5) Beyonce – Drunk In Love

What are Your Top 5 Songs of The Moment?

Jason Derulo may be dancing his way up the US charts with the 2 Chainz collaboration ‘Talk Dirty’, yet the singer is wasting no time lighting a match under its follow-up ‘Stupid Love’.

The 24-year-old unwrapped the video for the track, which serves as the latest to be lifted from his ‘Tattoos’ project, today.

Watch Jason in action below…

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After a lengthy break on the bench, ‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.  With the ten year mark swiftly approaching since its release, today’s ‘Replay’ goes back to ‘Afrodisiac’ – R&B beauty Brandy‘s 4th studio album:

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