With just one day to go before the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, the performer line-up has just received a boost in the form of John Legend. 

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Ashanti is celebrating her birthday in style!

Taking to social media in a sizzling gold bikini, it’s quite clear that the renowned R&B singer defines fountain of youth.

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Dr. Dre‘s soon-to-be ex-wife, Nicole Young, is back in the headlines today.

With a nasty divorce battle underway – one which has seen Young demand $2 million a month from the hitmaker – she now stands accused of embezzlement and is under investigation.

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Stevie Wonder continues to expand his legacy!

Joining forces with Republic Records to launch his new label, So What The Fuss Music, the iconic musician has released two new songs back to back.

The hotly anticipated ‘Coming To America’ sequel is still set for release this year. However, its primary vehicle has reportedly changed in a major surprise move.

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Megan Thee Stallion may be renowned for her turn-up antics, however she’s increasingly using her platform to spotlight important causes.

The chart-topping rapper has penned a powerful an op-ed for the New York Times, in which she bemoans the plight of Black women.

Meg also opened up about being shot by Tory Lanez, who recently was charged with assault.

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Check out Solange!

The eclectic songbird nests on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar’s new digital issue.

Ever an advocate for equality, the star handpicked clothing from a roster of all-independent, majority-BIPOC designers for the Naima Green lensed spread.

With the issue’s inner-pages, Solange wrote a series of potent personal essays and poems – each of which explore her reflections on stillness, joy and the year that changed everything.

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Fresh off of the release of their debut album, ‘The Album,’ Blackpink deliver two stunning performances on MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core.’ 

The girls performed ‘Lovesick Girls’ where they nailed all of the instant iconic choreography that exists in the music video.

The girls then took swapped outfits from schoolgirl to an edgy sweater look to debut a brand-new rendition of their song ‘Pretty Savage.’ 

Blackpink have plenty to celebrate this week. Their first full-length album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2 (as we reported here), making it the highest-charting album by an all-female group since Danity Kane’s ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’ in 2008.

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JoJo is getting into the holiday spirit.

The singer is drawing inspiration from one of her idols, Mariah Carey, and announced on ‘Betches’ that she will be releasing a new Christmas album this year that will include new holiday material as well as covers.

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Ari Lennox continues to release new music.

The singer took to Twitter on to announce that she would release a new song called ‘Cognac Eyes’ on her “secret SoundCloud” that her label (Dreamville) doesn’t know about.

So sorry fixing one thing in cognac eyes. It will be available in 20 minutes on my secret SoundCloud page that the label doesn’t know about 🤫😏😉

— Ari Lennox (@AriLennox) October 12, 2020

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It’s a joyous weekend for Fabolous and his longtime girlfriend, Emily Bustamante.

The couple welcomed their third child together – previously they welcomed two sons Johan, 12, and Jonas, 5 – on October 10.

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Tory Lanez may be a Canada native but that’s not stopping him from taking a stance on injustice in the  United States.

Tapping ‘In the Air’ to be the latest lift from his new album, ‘DAYSTAR,’ Lanez uses the politically charged track and its accompanying music video to shine a spotlight on racial disparity in America – even taking the the streets of New York to take part in a protest.

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