One year after critics questioned her decision to sign with T.I‘s ‘Grand Hustle‘, ‘My World’ Rapper has made the necessary move to rectify that mistake and signed with Def Jam records!

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With fresh year comes fresh goals; and for Mary Mary star Erica Campbell “solo success” is one of hers.

Still going strong with sister Tina as part of the Grammy winning duo, Erica is stepping out alone for a solo side-project — the first single of which receives its exclusive online premiere on That Grape Juice.

Titled ‘A Little More Jesus’, the funky cut sees Campbell once again remind that Gospel needn’t be tedious nor tiresome. Instead, the track is full of flavour and fuses the best aspects of the genre with a contemporary kick.

Fans fearing a break-up should fret not. Reliable sources (as well as Campbell herself) confirm that Mary Mary are still very much a unit and are presently shooting season 3 of their hit WE tv reality show.

For now, though, take a listen to ‘A Little More Jesus’ below…

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Lady GaGa sent Hollywood into a frenzy hours ago, snapped leaving the Chateau Marmont in a convertible driven by what appears to be a close friend.

Enjoying time away from the stage as she recovers an operation to repair a labral tear in her hip, the ‘Starstruck’ philanthropist was spotted as she continues crafting her long awaited new album, ‘ARTPOP’, alongside Grammy award winning producer DJ White Shadow.

Shadow, being the producer behind her groundbreaking single ‘Born This Way’ which has now been certified 2x Platinum in Japan, 3x Platinum and 4x Platinum in Australia, since dropping on February 1st 2011. More below! (more…)

Ciara is in all-out promo mode for new single ‘Body Party’.

With R&B serving as her musical mainstay on her new self-titled album (due July 9th), it was inevitable that a trip to BET’s 106 & Park was in the pipeline.

Naturally, many have been anticipating the stage blazer’s return to the show given ex-boyfriend Bow Wow‘s new gig as a host there. Last night brought with it “the “moment” when Cici stopped by the countdown show to formally introduce the video for ‘Body Party’.

Watch what went down below…

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‘When I See You’ songstress Fantasia has seen herself aboard a media rollercoaster since the turn of the decade.

Indeed, kicking it off with her Grammy-award winning, 2010 top-seller ‘Back To Me’, the singer shortly thereafter found herself back atop headlines for a spectrum of a reasons – many of which, she tells That Grape Juice, nearly led her to walk away from the very platform that brought her fame.

Now, as her fourth album ‘Side Effects of You’ hit shelves today, Tasia talks exclusively about why it is her most personal to date (addressing those issues “head-on”), the future of her once-scheduled Mahalia Jackson biopic,  and so much more.

It all awaits below…

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Rihanna continues her US chart reign this week, breaking an impressive new record on the Billboard charts.

This, thanks to her critically acclaimed ‘Unapologetic’ single ‘Stay’ and 9 other smash hit singles that came before it.

Find out how below…

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King B is back!

For the last week, the superstar singer has been delighting fans in Europe with her hotly anticipated tour ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’. With major stops still to go in London, well as both North and South America, the diva has released a teaser reel for the the global trek (which is almost entirely sold-out).

LQ quality clips don’t do this tour any justice. Watch the ‘Grown Woman’ singer work in HD below…

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Last month saw teen sensation Ariana Grande shock and awe with surprise hit ‘The Way (ft. Mac Miller)’.

Beyond rocking to the top of the iTunes chart, the catchy Pop-Urban cut notably saw many a Mariah Carey comparison made, thanks to its composition and vocal delivery. Indeed, for a number of folk, the former Nickelodeon star bears shades of an early Ms. Carey-Cannon.

And while the Mimi debate rages on, Z100 ploughed through the speculation and simply put Grande to the test.

At the tail end of their recent interview with the 19-year-old, they requested an acapella of ‘The Way’, which she agreed to. How did she fare? The answer awaits after the jump…

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‘If I Was A Bird‘ vocalist Fantasia has shot straight to #1 with her new album ‘Side Effects Of You‘.

That is, on a digital tip.

We’ll fill you in below…

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Though celebrated for her classic contributions to music, Lauryn Hill has been a hot topic for all the wrong reasons in the time since her solo breakthrough ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ etched itself in the history books back in 1998. Indeed, so-so performances, personal drama, and erratic rants about “the system” have plagued the former Fugees singer.

The latest, as widely reported, is the criminal charges filed against the 37-year-old for not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned between 2005 -2007.

Having earlier plead guilty, today saw mother-of-six Hill arrive at court for sentencing. Find out what happened after the jump…

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Alicia Keys may not be setting the charts ablaze with new album ‘Girl On Fire’, yet the soulful diva is set to heat up the scene with new single ‘Fire We Make’.

The Maxwell assisted cut is one of the few we enjoyed from the LP, as such we’re elated that it’s receiving the single treatment.

Watch the sizzling teaser for its accompanying video (directed by Chris Robinson) after the jump…

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It’s a collaboration that has had us amped since it was announced; Janelle Monae has teamed up with soulful songstress Erykah Badu for new single ‘Q.U.E.E.N’.

The pair’s hotly anticipated duet is the first release to be lifted from Monae’s sophomore set ‘The Electric Lady’ (due later this year).

Speaking on the song, the dynamo performer wrote on Twitter:

Q.U.E.E.N. was inspired by private discussions between Erykah and me. It is meant to make you JAM. DANCE. FUNK OUT. and dialogue later…

— Janelle Monae (@JanelleMonae) April 22, 2013

“Every album is a book. Every song is a chapter. The next book is called The Electric Lady. The first chapter is called Q.U.E.E.N.”- JM

— Janelle Monae (@JanelleMonae) April 22, 2013

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