Diddy set the internet ablaze this week when he announced that he welcomed a child back in October.
The news confused many given how public the Bad Boy founder has been about his romance with City Girls star Yung Miami.
With the chatter in overdrive, the femcee took to social media to make it clear that she is “nobody’s side b*tch.”
Now, the 53-year-old has echoed her sentiments.
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SZA is going big with the push for her sophomore album ‘S.O.S.’
For, the songbird has announced her first-ever arena trek, ‘The S.O.S Tour.’
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Taylor Swift has just scored a major legal victory in her battle of lyrics from her hit song ‘Shake It Off.’
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Be it for the good, bad, ugly, or downright shocking, 2022 was full of memorable moments!
Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on the occasions that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.
Next, we’ll revisit Rihanna‘s long-awaited return to music that was met with mixed reviews.
Yuletide classic tune, ‘This Christmas,’ may have seen some of music’s biggest stars deliver unforgettable takes over the years, but none seem to quite measure up to the original by the legendary Donny Hathaway.
With that in mind, his five-time GRAMMY Award-winning daughter, Lalah Hathaway, not only ensured his timeless vocals were included on her remake of the holiday hit but that his likeness was also featured in an accompanying music video for her rendition.
Directed by Phil Beaudreau, the clip showcases how Lalah’s version manages to keep the essence of her dad’s version while shining independently thanks to its more relaxed tempo.
Just days after lifting the lid on the heavily-teased offering, the songstress took to ‘Sherri‘ to deliver a stunning live performance of it.
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SZA‘s long-awaited sophomore album, ‘SOS,’ had barely been out 24 hours before it was already making R&B history.
But, while most artists would be celebrating the record-breaking run, the GRAMMY-winning diva finds conflict with the genre labeling – a “limitation” she waxed honest about in the latest issue of ‘Consequence.’
‘Act Up‘ hitmaker Yung Miami feels like she’s been forced to do just that after seeing her name reach trending status on Twitter over the weekend in light of news her on-and-off-again boyfriend, music mogul Diddy (born Sean Combs), welcomed a child with another woman.
As we reported here, the 53-year-old – already a father to six including adopted son Quincy Taylor Brown, Justin Dior, King, Chance Combs, and 15-year-old twins D’Lila Star and Jessie James – surprised with the announcement he was the proud papa of a baby girl named Love Sean Combs.
When reactors weren’t showering the Bad Boy founder with congratulations they were slamming Miami for (what was perceived to be) yet another embarrassing incident as his girlfriend.
Tired of the hoopla, the City Girls star took to social media Monday (December 12) to set the record straight.
Cardi B fans have been waiting with bated breath for new music.
And while the femcee has made clear that the follow-up to her 2018 debut ‘Invasion of Privacy’ isn’t ready just yet, she is quenching the thirst of those awaiting the fresh material.
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Mariah Carey‘s status as the Queen of Christmas is undisputed on the Billboard Hot 100!
Because the diva supreme has unwrapped another reign at #1 on the coveted count with ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’
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Janet Jackson is back!
The Pop superstar has officially announced her brand new live trek, the ‘Together Again Tour,’ and it’s set to be one of 2023’s hottest tickets going.
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Mariah Carey is clearing the Christmas air.
Ahead of the December 20 premiere of her CBS holiday special, ‘Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All,’ the Pop icon hit the promo trail by visiting ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’
There, before playing the fast-round ‘Colbert Questionert,’ Mariah made sure to address recent press concerning her titling as “Queen of Christmas.”
“First of all, may I say I never called myself the ‘Queen of Christmas. Can we please be clear on that?,” she said.
The statement came in response to reports of her failed attempt to trademark the name last month. The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board denied her exclusive rights to the moniker, a decision made due to push back from singers Elizabeth Chan and Darlene Love.
“As an independent artist and small business owner, my life’s work is to bring people together for the holiday season, which is how I came to be called the Queen of Christmas,” Chan revealed in a press statement. “I wear that title as a badge of honor and with full knowledge that it will be — and should be — bestowed on others in the future… My goal in taking on this fight was to stand up to trademark bullying not just to protect myself but also to protect future Queens of Christmas.”
Always one with a quip, Mimi was sure to let folks know who the real Queen of Christmas is.
“They can look up every interview I’ve ever done, and not to get super religious, but I was like, ‘I think, like, if anybody would be the ‘Queen of Christmas,’ that would be Mary [mother of Jesus Christ],” she joked.
Did you miss the action when it first aired? No worries; we’ve got you covered.
Today’s From The Vault pick is lifted from Whitney Houston’s criminally-underrated ‘Just Whitney’ album, which was released 20 years ago this week.
We give you ‘Watchulookinat’.
The early 2000s were quite a storied period of time in the life of the dynamic diva. Indeed, while the window started with her dominating the worldwide charts, she magnetized the eyes of the masses for reasons that weren’t music-related… but we won’t go there today.
In 2002, Nippy made a move to silence the naysayers and flip the script with the unapologetic ‘Whatchulookinat’.
Produced by then-husband Bobby Brown and co-written by Houston, it packed a certain aggressiveness absent from her previous work and was a plea for the world to let her live her life as best as she could.
Sadly for the song – and parent album – chart success wasn’t on the cards. Indeed, the track peaked at #96 on the US Hot 100 and #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop tally. It fared better internationally though, scoring commendable Top 20 placings in the UK, Canada, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
A critique of paparazzi culture of sorts, the song’s music video was directed by Kevin Bray. The action took place inside of a disposable camera used by comedian Mike Epps to capture Houston as she’s stepping out of the recording studio with friend Faith Evans.
Fun fact: Migos member Offset is featured as one of the many young background dancers surrounding Whitney.
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20 years on, it’s even more unclear why this tune got overlooked as it sits perfectly alongside the revered singles from the chanteuse’s previous project ‘My Love Is Your Love.’
While it wasn’t groundbreaking thematically nor sonically, the ‘Just Whitney’ album had some great moments – namely this very track, ‘One Of Those Days’, ‘Tell Me No’ and ’Try It On My Own’ – which were clearly tailored for world domination, if it wasn’t for the unfortunate climate it was released in.
Whitney, we thank you, we miss you, and we’ll always love you.
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