“Sell outs”.

Ask hip hop’s reigning highnesses – Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Nicki Minaj – and they can attest to being titled such at some point in their illustrious careers (the latter more than her rap predecessors).

Indeed, in the heavily male-dominated genre of rap, trying to “hang with the boys” has either constituted hypermasculinization or explicitly detailing bedroom antics.  Either way, rap’s estrogenic entities have had to take the extreme route often to little notoriety…

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Fresh from rocking The X Factor UK stage at the weekend, Pop rebel Pink stopped by BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge today to continue the promotional push for new album ‘The Truth About Love’.

Watch below as she tackles ‘Girl On Fire’ by label-mate Alicia Keys below…

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Check out the stunning new visual for Leona‘s ‘Lovebird’, pulled from her critically acclaimed LP, ‘Glassheart’.

The latest clip released in aid of the project, the video stands one of her better visuals, now available for fans to enjoy right here on That Grape Juice.

Enjoy below…

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As one third of Brit trio ‘NDubz’, ‘Sight Of You’ star Tulisa enjoyed three UK Top Ten albums and an impressive 7 Top Ten singles- catapulting the band to the forefront of the market’s Pop scene.

However, since parting ways with the group and joining ITV’s ‘X Factor UK‘, the singer’s public image and the career built around it has failed to live up to expectations-  despite the benefit of the show’s ratings and notoriety

Now, following the failure that was her second single ‘Live It Up’, her brand is on course to crash and burn once again. This time, via her debut album, ‘The Female Boss’.

Bad news below…

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Festive diva Mariah Carey continued to live up to her billing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon early this morning.

Making a surprise appearance on the show, the 42 year old turned in a unique rendition of her Holiday classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ – backed by host Fallon, house-band The Roots, and a choir of children, all of which used classroom instruments.

Confused? Think Christina Aguilera‘s similarly-themed “performance” of ‘Your Body’ last month.

How did Mariah fare? The answer awaits after the jump…

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Much to the delight of many-a-Belieber, Canadian crooner Justin Bieber joined the bill of pop’s premier acts at the NYC-hosted annual ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’.

With trusty backing track in tow, the ‘Baby’ beau dipped and twirled across the catwalk to his Nicki Minaj-assisted hit ‘Beauty and a Beat’.  See him in action below:

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We’re sure being surrounded by beautiful, exotic models was just what it took to get ‘Lazy Song’ singer Bruno Mars up-and-at ’em.  Serenading the scantily clad stick figures models, the young pop crooner is in heavy promotion of his December 11th due sophomore album ‘Unorthodox Jukebox‘.

See him lend a live rendition of his hit ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’ to the ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ audience below:

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As reported here, ‘Diamonds’ diva Rihanna bedazzled audiences at the ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’.  Indeed, the ‘Man Down’ mannequin appeared to be right at home surrounded by the top models as she belted out her recent top hits.

Taped in NYC nearly a month ago (but airing via CBS tonight), see Ri strut her stuff to her latest #1 on the catwalk below:

Update:  “Phresh Off the Runway” added

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R&B crooner Ne-Yo is hot on the promo trail for his latest release ‘R.E.D.’ and its top 10 single ‘Let Me Love You’.

Tonight saw ‘The Voice’ get a visit from the ‘Do You’ divo and accompaniment from one of its top contestants Amanda Brown.  How did the duo fare?  You tell us after the jump:

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As previously reported by our sisters over at SheIsDiva, ‘Girl On Fire’ hitmaker Alicia Keys can be spotted afront Essence magazine’s January 2013 issue.  Rocking a form fitting red number, the smoking hot mom-of-one’s Essence issue can be found on stands December 7th.

Before then, get into the behind the scenes action (and finished products) of the feature photo shoot:

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Fresh from hitting #2 with ‘Something New’, British belles Girls Aloud are rolling right on to new single ‘Beautiful ‘Cause You Love Me’.

One of the four new cuts recorded for the group’s retrospective set ‘Ten’, the ballad sees lead singer Nadine Coyle pass the baton on to fellow member Nicola Roberts who assumes most of the vocal duties on the cut. And though a worrying prospect on paper (given that Nadine is the group’s vocal glue), the track itself isn’t the horror one might expect from an evenly-shared Girls Aloud vocal.

Watch the song’s freshly released video below…

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Have you ever had an album on repeat for years? If so, you and all of us here at That Grape Juice have something in common. For, Fantasia‘s third album ‘Back To Me’ has been in rotation since she blessed the charts with it back in 2010.

Fast forward almost three years and the American Idol alum is gearing up for the release of her fourth album, which she has revealed will boast a “Rock-ier” sound.

Peep her interview with our good friends over at Hip Hollywood below…

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