This week’s That Grape Juice Cover Star comes from Youtube songbird Jouelle.  Watch as she shines with her cover of ‘Body Party’ –  the latest single from Ciara‘s highly anticipated 5th album ‘One Woman Army’ (start at :30):

Sang Jouelle!  We definitely give kudos to the songstress for putting her own soulful spin on Ciara’s softly sung number.  Opting to inject a bit more melisma and “umph” into the tune than its seductively cooed original, Miss Young put on display an instrument somewhat reminiscent of Elle Varner‘s (in part).

Yes, a few missed lyrics and misfired runs here and there, but what shines through is Young’s undeniable potential.  Overall, a fairly solid showing!

For more on Miss Jouelle, check out her Youtube page.

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This week has seen Justin Timberlake take over Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in support of his hotly anticipated comeback album ‘The 20/20 Experience’. Indeed, each evening served up a new JT showing from the project. Yet, for the final night of his “residency”, the 32-year-old took viewers down memory lane with a retrospective ‘Hits Melody’.

Watch below as the singer-actor rocks out to ‘Like I Love You’, ‘My Love’, ‘Cry Me A River’, and ‘Senorita’.

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Appears Lil’ Wayne is a-ok!

After major outlets filled the net with headlines the hit rapper was in an L.A. intensive care unit (ICU) after a reported overdose, Lil Tunechi took to Twitter himself to confirm his well being….

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As headlines have reported throughout the week, Hip Hop hitmaker Lil’ Wayne has been hospitalized for “seizures”.

Despite being released Wednesday, now, our good friends at TMZ share that not only has the Young Money maestro been rushed to the hospital again, but this time he is reportedly “unstable” and being monitored in an intensive care unit…

The story below:

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Jessie J went above and beyond for charity today when she shaved her head to raise funds for this year’s ‘Comic Relief’ festivities. Undoubtedly marking one of the boldest moves any of her contemporaries has made for a good cause, she explained:

“It’s the weirdest feeling, It feels so liberating. Shaving my head for charity is something I’ve promised to do for a long time and Comic Relief has given me the opportunity to try and raise as much money as possible for good causes by doing it.

“I’ve loved watching Red Nose Day since I was a kid and I’m so excited to join this year’s team of celebrity  fun raisers and help support the campaign. Together with help from the UK public, we are on a mission to raise more money than ever before for Red Nose Day.”

Watch her in action below…

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The good people of Philadelphia were the latest to witness Rihanna‘s ‘Diamonds’ stage outing last night, marking her first audience since announcing she was suffering from laryngitis.

We wish we could say that they got their money’s worth and witnessed a live show worthy of the singer’s name, but that dear friends….would be a low down dirty lie.

In fact, if footage of her performing her song ‘What Now’ is anything to go by, some could be forgiven for asking why they bothered to purchase tickets to the show in the first place, taking her ‘drunk girl chic’ performance style and inconsistent voice into account.

Want to see what you missed out on?

Watch her do what she does best below…

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It’s finally here!

Yes, minutes ago saw Pitbull drop the video for his Christina Aguilera assisted cut ‘Feel This Moment‘.

Watch below!

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Rihanna is back at work!

That’s right, after cancelling the second and third nights from the show, the MAC girl  continued the tour at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena last night.

Though footage from the set is yet to surface, fans can catch hot shots from her outing below.

What are you waiting for?

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Justin Bieber lends his ever improving vocals to Will.I.Am‘s new single ‘That Power‘, pulled from the latter’s April 2013 release, ‘#willpower‘.

Recorded in the city of London, the overproduced number samples the Daft Punk classic ‘Harder‘ and arrives weeks after Will watched his Britney Spears led ‘Scream & Shout’ dominate charts across the globe, spearheading the campaign for her own forthcoming album.

Good times with JB and the ‘Black Eyed Pea’ below!

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New music alert!

He’s the R&B Prince carving the genre’s new sound via Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius and Rihanna. Now, before the release of his debut album via Def Jam and Roc Nation, Elijah Blake gifts us his very own take on Drake‘s smash hit single, ‘Started From The Bottom‘.

Sure to boost even more interest in his critically acclaimed ‘Bijoux 22‘ EP, the cover comes as the original single hit US sales of 648,547 units, and months after the aforementioned ‘Bijoux’ became the fastest downloaded R&B EP at Def Jam.

Get right into it below!

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Much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.  So in a quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday we introduced a new retrospective segment – ‘TGJ Replay’.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase albums (and eras) from a library of pop music hits.  Come on down memory lane with us to reflect on the best-selling album of all time by a female act  – none other than ‘Come On Over’ from the Queen of Country Pop Shania Twain:

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She’s the Urban Pop belle with a plethora of R&B smash hits to her name. This year, Ciara will no doubt be hoping to add a few more hits to her name with the release of her new album, ‘One Woman Army‘- set for launch via EPIC Records.

So, in building momentum for the campaign months before its release, the ‘And I’ singer met with the guys over at ‘Dazed & Confused’ for an interview which saw her address her decision to stick with R&B music, her financial woes during the ‘Basic Instinct’ era, and her admiration for ‘Here I Am‘ Rapper Nicki Minaj.

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