No stranger to the outlandish, Kanye West made quite the fashion statement last night during a sell-out show at the Revel resort in New Jersey.

The G.O.O.D Music general donned dazzling head attire – including a Maison Martin Margiel crystal couture mask – as he thrilled with a hit-filled set at Ovation Hall.

Peep more of Yeezy’s sparkling get-up’s below…

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She may has risen to fame little more than a year ago, but Rapper Azealia Banks has revealed her plans to retire from….Rap.

Yep, you read that right.

In a recent interview with ‘HYPERTRAK TV’,  the ‘Runnin’ belle has opened up on why she feels the craft isn’t lady like, her thoughts on today’s batch of male MC’s and her distrust of the fashion industry- which she has billed ‘fickle’.

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‘You Only Live Once’.

The above phrase, whoever you ask, is just as ‘used’ in the zeitgeist as the ever popular ‘birds of a feather…’ and Biblical ‘do unto others’.

However, upon being featured in the Rap song ‘The Motto’ by Drake, under the acronym ‘YOLO‘, the phrase grew another pair of legs if you will, penetrating contemporary culture in ways we doubt the performer himself could have imagined.

Unfortunately for him, the phrases popularity now sees in the heat of an intense ‘creative’ battle, after a number of retailers began selling ‘YOLO‘ merchandise, without his approval.

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Back in July, before the release of his ‘Channel Orange‘, Frank Ocean set the world alight when he opened up on a romantic experience he had shared with another man, and the heartbreak it had caused him.

Sharing the story in an open letter penned months before the album’s arrival, he soon found himself belabored with ‘labels’, despite the fact he did not ‘label’ himself.

Now, in honor of his bravery and the impact his honesty has had on Pop culture, he has now been named ‘LGBT Hero Of The Year’, alongside US President Barack Obama.

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JLS continued on in their bid to push new album ‘Evolution’ last week, when they aired their Christmas special ‘A Very JLS Christmas!’ on the UK’s ‘Sky 1′.

Shedding a fresh light on their live abilities, the show delivers reworked versions of a number of their cuts and the charisma that has become a little easy to forget of late.

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This week’s That Grape Juice ‘Cover Star‘ comes from Youtube crooner Jonnathan Molina. Watch as the US native does double duty on Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton‘s hot duet ‘Just A Fool’ below:

Coming in as That Grape Juice‘s last ‘Cover Star’ of 2012, Molina certainly sends us into the new year with a bang.  Covering any Christina Aguilera song is definitely a task, but the crooner put his own spin on the number – inserting his powerful vocals in just the right places without overdoing it.

Yes, the “shouty” parts of the song would certainly put a strain on any voice (let alone a male voice), but Molina definitely held his own.  Overall, a good showing.

For more on  Jonnathan Molina, visit his Youtube page here.

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For many, Gwen Stefani’s short lived but well spent solo career marks one of Pop’s best eras to date.

Spawning two solo albums outside of ‘No Doubt‘, her time at the top saw her stand tall as one of her genre’s more talented it girls, inspiring the likes of Lady GaGa (see last scene of ‘Love Game‘ video) and Nicki Minaj (see Harajuku Barbie).

However, this month has seen Stefani question the authenticity of her run, in an interview with Spanish Vogue.

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It’s the practice used to make videos seem more popular than they are actually, but after a monumental crack down by YouTube– billions of ‘fake views’ have been wiped clean from the video sharing site- leaving the music industry scorched.

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“If at first you don’t succeed…”

It appears Justin Bieber is still feeling the brunt of being shut-out from the latest list of Grammy nominations. For, the Pop pin-up’s team have commissioned a new acoustic take on his third studio album ‘Believe’.

Aptly christened ‘Believe Acoustic’, the re-tooled set arrives on January 29th.

Peep the tracklist below…

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TLC’ T-Boz, stopped by KTLA this morning to promote her aptly titled new reality show ‘Totally T-Boz’.

Set to premiere on January 1st, the fly-on-the-wall series follows the life and times of the singer (real name Tionne Watkins) – chronicling her much documented health troubles, motherhood, and a return to the musical spotlight.

Watch below as the ever-outspoken star dishes on the project. She is hilarious!

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She may be back home in Barbados, but it seems escaping the paparazzi has become an impossible feat for Rihanna.

Yes, during her stay at a private beach side villa in the country, the ‘Fading‘ singer found herself in hot water when paps caught her changing outfits, resulting in extremely calculated ‘intimate’ shots.

While we’ll refrain from uploading them here, fans can catch the shots over at:

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It may have lacked the thematic diversity that made ‘Pink Friday’ a classic, but there’s no denying the impact Nicki Minaj’s latest LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded‘ made on a global chart scale this year.

The second highest selling US Rap album after Drake‘s ‘Take Care‘, the album has seen Minaj follow a trend set by her ‘Fly‘ collaborator Rihanna which saw the bulk of her success amassed outside of her domestic market, in the face of ‘slow burner’ sales inside of it.

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