Alicia Keys continues to give back.

The singer announced her partnership with the NFL to create a $1 billion fund aimed at supporting Black businesses and communities.

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Just two years after seeing her seventh solo studio effort, ‘Sex & Cigarettes,’ quickly extinguished on the Billboard 200, R&B icon Toni Braxton looked to see her name printed in the tally’s upper rankings with its successor, ‘Spell My Name.’

Kicked off by R&B chart-topping hit, ‘Do It,’ and its funky follow-up ‘Dance,’ the opus served as the songbird’s premiere effort from new label nest, Island Records.

Boasting contributions from the likes of longtime collaborator Babyface and Antonio Dixon on the songwriting and production front while Urban hitmakers H.E.R. and Missy Elliott signed on as big named features, the LP arrived on digital shelves on August 28 – the most jam-packed day for music this year (as we mentioned here).

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6ix9ine isn’t holding back.

The rapper sat down with The Shade Room, where he talked about how much he spends on each of his lace fronts and why he isn’t a snitch.

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Katy Perry is taking a page out of Taylor Swift‘s playbook.

The singer revealed to The Daily Star that she has footage from her time in the studio and on tour since the release of her album ‘Witness’ in 2017 and that she has plans to release it in a manner similar to Taylor Swift’s ‘Miss Americana’ documentary.

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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 pushing play on Janet Jackson‘s seismic 1993 hit, ‘If.’

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John Legend is a man of many talents and he flexed that fact on the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

For, as well as stepping in as host, he also performed current single ‘Wild.’

As reported, the video for the single (which is housed on Legend’s ‘Bigger Love’ album) brought with it the announcement that the singer’s wife Chrissy Teigen is expecting their third child.

Looking to ignite the track the more, he delivered a stirring live rendition.

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3LW may be a relic of R&B’s past, but their drama remains a very present-day reality.

And unsurprisingly, it’s member Kiely Williams at the center of the latest ruckus.

Over the years, the retired singer has been outspoken in her rebuttals against bandmates who’ve each pin-pointed her as one of the key problems during the group’s run.

The most notable narrative has come courtesy of Naturi Naughton, who famously alleged that Williams threw a bucket of KFC in her face; a move that officially brought her stint in the group to a hot, fried end.

Now, with solo music on the way, Naughton revealed that she’ll be opening up about her hardships during those days.

As reported, Williams appeared to take a dig in response.

Well, she’s gone a step further and made a more direct clap-back at the ‘Power Book 2’ actress.

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The ballroom resumes next month! For, ‘Pose’ season three is set to recommence production.

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‘Midnight Sky’ – the first single from Miley Cyrus forthcoming seventh studio album ‘She Is Miley Cyrus’ – seemed poised for top 10 glory on the Hot 100 after its impressive top 20 debut (as we reported here).

Slipping out of the top 40 the following week, the song enjoyed a small boost in week 3 thanks to exposure received from her rocking performance of it at the 2020 MTV VMAs (click here to see it).

Now, with hopes of pushing it to a new peak on the hit list, Cyrus took to ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’ Thursday (September 10) to crank out another live rendition of the cut.

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Alicia Keys turned heads at the 2020 NFL Kickoff Concert Thursday (September 10) when she boldly proclaimed ‘Black Lives Matter’ and called out social injustice head-on during her stunning performance at the event.

After cranking out a stirring rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ (click here to watch), she launched into a performance of her new single – ‘Love Looks Better.’

Reportedly set to join the gems being readied to line the tracklist of her forthcoming seventh studio album, the self-titled ‘ALICIA,’ ‘Love’s recorded version arrived tonight following its inaugural live showing.

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On Thursday (September 10), Alicia Keys and Chloe x Halle helped the NFL turn its annual kickoff event into a celebration of Black excellence and an opportunity to shed a spotlight on social injustice.

While the sister act took to the event to render a haunting rendition of the U.S. National Anthem (while donning George Floyd and Breonna Taylor t-shirts), Keys delivered a moving rendition of the Negro National Anthem – ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing.’

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Fans of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ know Janet Hubert – the actress who plays the original ‘Aunt Vivian’ – has long condemned the show and its producers for her alleged mistreatment during her tenure on the groundbreaking series.

Noticeably absent from the cast’s 2017 reunion (click here to watch), her longtime bad-mouthing of the sitcom and its main star, Will Smith, led people to believe she would not participate in its forthcoming 30th anniversary reunion special set for HBO Max.

So, imagine everyone’s surprise when Smith took to Instagram Thursday (September 10) to share a photo of the two engaged in what looked like a pleasant conversation.

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