Laverne Cox is taking some time for herself.

For, the ‘Orange Is The New Black’ actress has exited the sex work documentary ‘Sell/Buy/Date’ following the “outrage” she has received.

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GRAMMY nominee Nao is back with the ‘Antidote.’

The revered singer-songwriter teams with Nigerian star Adekunle Gold for the shining jam.

A delicious slice of whimsical Afro-Pop, the track arrived as an unannounced surprise and follows 2020’s ‘Woman.’

It forms part of a steady return to the spotlight for the vocalist – who welcomed her first child last year and last released an album in 2018 (‘Saturn’).

We’ve had this infectious cut on replay here at That Grape Juice and it seems there is no ‘Antidote’ for its addictiveness.

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Tracy Chapman has scored a major legal victory against Nicki Minaj.

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Little Mix appears to be cooking up some new tunes.

For, the music trio teased to UK publication The Sun that new music is on the way.

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Ava Louise – who gained famed for licking a toilet seat as part of the “Coronavirus challenge” – has come clean about Jeffree Star and Kanye West.

For, she now admits that she “made this entire scandal up” in a new voice memo posted to TikTok.

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After a six-year wait, Jazmine Sullivan fans apparently couldn’t go another second without a new project from the GRAMMY-nominated songstress as evidenced by the overwhelming response to her new EP, ‘Heaux Tales’ (click here to stream).

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Here’s a reason to party!

Just a day ahead of her 21st birthday (January 9), rising rapstress Flo Milli learned her breakthrough hit, ‘In the Party,’ danced its way to Gold status at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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Despite having a documented history of dissing Rap Queen Nicki Minaj, DJ Akademiks made headlines recently for finally “bowing down to kiss the ring” – but not without doing so at the expense of other female rappers.

No stranger for earning negative reviews for his controversial opinions, the popular Urban culture commentator expressed disappointment for the “low bar” set for femcees over the last year.  An interesting position given that female Rap hit unprecedented highs in 2020.

“The popular female rappers in 2020, the bar was this low,” said Akademiks. “Truth be told, for all the male rappers, if it was on some Juwanna Man sh*t and could f*ckin’ trick the game and just have a big f*ckin’ fat ass and people think they’re a female and just wear like, a ton of lace fronts and f*ckin’ wigs and throw on a sh*t ton of lipgloss, yeah, the skill level is here.”

Later in his rant, he homed in on Minaj’s ‘Hot Girl Summer’ co-star Megan Thee Stallion by claiming the Hot Girl Coach had ‘lazy bars’ and was succesful because she was ‘a victim.’

That’s not all he said.  Look inside to see just what got Stallion’s fans, affectionately called Hotties, blazing keyboards in defense of the Houston-born rapstress.

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Last year, Bow Wow teased he was teaming with longtime friend/collaborator Omarion to create a sequel to their 2007 duet album, ‘Face Off,’ in response to the postponement of their 2020 ‘Millennium Tour’ due to the global health crisis.

While fans anxiously awaiting news on that joint venture will be bummed to know it will likely not come to fruition, they’re being satiated with reports Bow Weezy is readying a project by his lonesome.

Taking to Hot 97’s ‘Ebro in the Morning’ recently, the 33-year-old dished on the forthcoming effort (which he claims will be his final before retirement).

“I’ma do one more album. It’s gonna be the last one and it’s gonna be called ‘Before 30,’ and I’ma have Snoop [Dogg] narrate the whole thing,” Bow Wow said.

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In breaking news, Twitter has announced that it has banned Donald Trump‘s account permanently.

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The coronavirus pandemic has shaken up the music industry. Case in point: it delayed Lil Nas X‘s plans to collaborate with Miley Cyrus.

In a new interview on Sirius XM‘s ‘Andy Cohen Live,’ the 21-year-old rapper revealed that he intended to collaborate with Cyrus, but hopes they will get to now.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature –  Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.

This week, we’re so excited for ‘So Emotional’ – the sixth in Whitney Houston‘s historic string of seven consecutive Hot 100 chart-toppers.

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