Check out Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson posing it up on the cover of Essence magazine’s April 2011 issue. The singer is currently doing the promotional rounds for her sophomore effort ‘I Remember Me’ – which arrives in stores via J Records on March 22nd.

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In news that comes as little surprise, former Danity Kane star Dawn Richard has revealed that she is currently prepping her solo debut  – under the guidance of Diddy.

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The self-professed ‘Baddest B*tch’ Trina is back – and this time she has Autotune don T-Pain entoe. Together the pair have conjured up ‘Ghetto’ – the latest release to be lifted from Miami rapper’s forthcoming mixtape – ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ (due March 28th).

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Little Willow Smith continues to justify her buzz with the video for her latest single ’21st Century Girl’. The clip for the song, which is the 2nd to be lifted from her as yet untitled debut LP, premiered moments ago.

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That Grape Juice caught up with Bow Wow late last week. Here in London town for his ‘Underrated Tour’, the ever-candid Cash Money rapper chatted it up with us about many a topic including label drama, the label drama of former beau Ciara, Chris Brown’s new hair, movies, and more. Check out the teaser above, and keep it locked right here on your favourite site and mine fore more on Bow Wow.

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Pop star Alexandra Burke was snapped soaking up the sun in Miami this weekend with Saturday’s lead singer Vanessa White. Both Burke and White recently wrapped successful national tours and headed to the Sunshine State for (separate) vacations.

More pics below, via Punchbowl

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With the success of the Chris Brown assisted ‘Champion’, British rapper Chipmunk has enlisted another high-profile feature for its follow-up. Set for release on April 3rd, the Londoner’s next single is Keri Hilson collaboration ‘In The Air’; the video for which is set to be shot in Los Angeles this week.

In the meanwhile, you can preview the track. Take a listen after the jump…

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Internet personality and friend to That Grape Juice, B. Scott is launching his music career. Spearheaded by new single ‘Kiss Kiss’, this serves as the former Youtube blogger’s latest foray outside of the platform which made him a known name.

Produced by Midi Mafia (Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber), the high octane track gives a gentle nod to 90’s Dance, whilst sitting quite comfortably amidst what’s hot now.

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Look out for the ‘Kiss Kiss’ video premiere within the weeks ahead. In the meanwhile, you can buy the track on iTunes now.

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Pop minx Aubrey O’Day once again stripped down to her bare essentials – this time in support of the Boston Celtics. Sporting the basketball team’s trademark green, O’Day’s racy shoot first appeared in Slam magazine last month; however she shared the most revealing for her fans on Twitter – where she posted these.

The former Danity Kane singer’s new reality show ‘All About Aubrey’ begins tomorrow on Oxygen at 10pm ET.

Click here to see what Ms. O’Day had to tell us exclusively about the show.

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Ne-Yo performed a full concert in Rotterdam, Netherlands last evening. The singer/songwriter, who is currently working on a new album, delivered renditions of his biggest hits including ‘Closer’,‘Sexy Love’ and more. See more images below:

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This week’s From The Vault comes all the way from 1996 courtesy of Maxwell. Released as the 2nd single from his debut album, ‘Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite’, ‘Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)’ was the 1st of many hits for the falsetto master, peaking at #8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

This song is a true classic of 90s R&B and still enjoys consistent airplay (even here in Trinidad). Maxwell is definitely one of the best singers (male or female) that the industry has seen in a long time and what is most impressive is the fact that his vocal prowess has only gotten better.

If you want to test the power of this record then simply play it in a large crowd and see what happens.

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Though Usher‘s ‘Raymond vs Raymond’ campaign is drawing to a close, the R&B crooner has treated his fans to one more visual offering – this time in the form of ‘More’.

Filmed during the star’s recent visit to the UK, RedOne release aptly serves as the final European single from the LP.

Check out the part-studio/part-live vid after the jump…

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