The success narrative of Pop phenom Lady GaGa is like no other in recent history.

Indeed, the singer has achieved in  four years a level of commercial and critical success others have taken decades to garner.

It’s such accolades which have led many to hail her as an icon. However, it’s not a sentiment shared by her manager Troy Carter.

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Despite being in the midst of her ‘Dance Again‘ world tour, Jennifer Lopez took to Argentina’s ‘Sonando Por Cantar‘ hours ago to perform her #1 single ‘On The Floor’ and the tour’s title track.

Sans a live vocal but loaded with high power choreography, the Forbes regular and her dancers served up quite the spectacle.

Watch the dance diva in action below…

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“Live fast die young…”

The mother of all remixes hit Pop shores today thanks to MIA, Missy Elliott and Rye.

Teaming up to remix Ms ‘XXO’s viral hit ‘Bad Girls’, the fierce threesome”s bars await you below…

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For fans of R&B maestra Brandy, the wait for her new video ‘Put It Down’ has been intense to say the least.

The first clip in aid of her new LP ‘2/11′, the Chris Brown assisted piece got somewhat of an additional promo boost today- by way of  exclusive info the ‘Drop Dead Diva’ star gave That Grape Juice.Net.

Her comments below…

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Eric Bellinger is a very busy man.

Recently wrapping up work on Usher‘s latest LP ‘Looking For Myself‘, which saw him pen the Rick Ross assisted ‘Lemme See‘, today saw him jet to London– readying new material for ROC sensation Rihanna.

So, as long time supporters of the singer/songwriter, That Grape Juice had the pleasure of meeting with him at a London recording studio yesterday  for a rare sit down interview.

An interview, which saw him address his solo project, working on Kelly Rowland‘s long awaited new album and the pressures of being a writer in today’s industry.

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Katy Perry opted for a classic look this time around, covering the August edition of ‘L’Uomo Vogue’.

Dressed in Dolce & Gabanna , the magazine sees Perry channel a Spanish matador wearing threads from the brands Men’s Fall Winter 2012/2013 collection, three days after unveiling the video for her new single ‘Wide Awake’.

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The BET Awards 2012 has been injected with an extra dose of Soul, for it has today been announced that R&B crooner D’Angelo will be taking to the stage.

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Get into this snap of chart evader Lil Kim, rolling a blunt for her latest boyfriend ‘Mr Papers’.

Laying in dingy hotel room sporting a New York fitted, the alleged Queen was snapped in the act , and went onto tweet the image with the caption: Rolling My Baby’s Blunt.

Currently on her ‘Return Of The Queen‘ nightclub tour, her decision to tweet the pic prompted comments from Twitter uses slamming the act.

Their remarks below…

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As the saying goes, all that glitters isn’t gold- or platinum for the matter.

For, as living proof of the above, Lil Kim took to Texas hours ago to deliver her ‘Return Of The Queen‘ tour to Southern fans, dressed in a very telling glitter catsuit.

Sans her black cat and broomstick, the songbird’s set followed reviews by a number of outlets (including the LA Times) praising the tour’s creativity but slamming its production value.

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Yesterday, That Grape Juice confirmed that Rihanna had taken to London to begin work with an all star writing camp, for her seventh studio album.

Hours later, the singer was snapped on her way a studio in the city, where she met with ‘Diva’ producer Sean Garrett, ‘The Woman You Love’ maestro Eric Bellinger and ‘Euphoria‘s Swedish House Mafia.

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Cop a gander at ‘Ghetto Baby‘ creator Lana Del Rey, snapped shopping at Milan’s Cesare Paciotti with ‘90210’ alum Tara Reid.

Sporting a ‘Raising Hell Tour 1986′ shirt in honor of the Run-D.M.C tour of the same name, the singer/songwriter’s trip to Italy will come to an end in the next few days, as she is reported to perform at the Isle Of Wight festival this Friday.

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Although no stranger to dominating charts on her own, ‘Part Of Me’ maestra Katy Perry is reportedly ready to share a part of her success with a new generation of aspiring singers.  Chatting it up with (and playing cover star to) the latest issue of ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, Perry tells the magazine:

“I’m preparing for it now…And when this record label does come to fruition, I’m going to try and avoid the things that take away any fighting chance for an artist to have financial success.”

The unnamed imprint will be just one of many ventures the young starlet is undertaking (see: new album, 3D movie). Until then, the singer’s faithful KatyCats can catch her posing it up in the full spread and behind the scenes footage of her ‘Reporter’ photoshoot. See it all below:

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