With minimal notice, Future unleashed new album ‘High Off Life’ this week.

Serving as the rapper’s eighth studio effort, the Epic Records set brought with it collaborations with the likes of Drake, Travis Scott, and DaBaby.

Naturally, then, commercial expectations for the project are lofty.

Is it due to deliver?

The first week predictions are in and reveal the answer. Join us after the jump…

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The longstanding beef between Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj was reheated last night, but not by way of the ladies themselves.

During an Instagram Live with Swizz Beatz, R&B icon Usher weighed-in on who should be next to battle on #VERZUZ – following the latest spar between Nelly and Ludacris.

When the notion of Kim vs Nicki was touted, the ‘Confessions’ singer didn’t seem too enthused.

See him unpack why after the jump…

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With the global health crisis affecting all facets of life, many 2020 graduates were left without a graduation ceremony.

Looking to right that wrong, the LeBron James Family Foundation, along with the XQ Institute, and Entertainment Industry Foundation joined forces to create one for them.

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 aired and brought with it performances from the likes Alicia Keys, H.E.R, Dua Lipa, and more.

Check out their spirited showings below…

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Zara Larsson thinks 6ix9ine is repulsive.

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Tyra Banks was the subject of many a headline last week when throwback clips from her time on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ went viral.

As reported, the mogul’s conduct became the center of debate – with some billing her antics inappropriate and others defending it as simply mirroring the reality of the fashion and entertainment industries.

Banks herself weighed-in, taking accountability.

Now, she’s receiving support from an unlikely source.

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The year was 2002 and Ashanti had added another global chart-topper to her name when Fat Joe collaboration ‘What’s Luv?’ took over the music landscape.

However, the rapper – who, in recent years, has become renowned for his candid storytelling – revealed to her on Instagram Live that the song was on the cusp of sounding very different. Primarily because plans were in place for not to feature.

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Rising R&B star Summer Walker is aiming to shine with an all-new project.

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Snoop Dogg‘s open condemnation of 6ix9ine has been met with a wild new claim that he turned on his friends to save himself from jail time.

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Today brings with it the 54th birthday of Pop queen Janet Jackson!

Boasting an illustrious career that spans over four decades, the Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer has etched her name into the fabric of music history with classics such as ‘Rhythm Nation,’ ‘Nasty,’ and ‘All For You.’

But on a momentous day like this (and while she readies new album ‘Black Diamond’), we see no better time than the present to celebrate some of Miss Jackson’s lesser known jams.

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Doja Cat is still riding high on the wave that is her smash hit single ‘Say So’ and the part Nicki Minaj and her fans played in pushing it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Find out how she is celebrating the track’s chart run below…

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Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s retrospective segment – a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of Pop and Urban Pop music hits.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of her sophomore album, ‘Oops!…I Did It Again,’ we’re saluting Pop icon Britney Spears again.

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Jason Derulo has moved on to pastures new.

For, in a recent interview, the Pop star shared that he is no longer with his record label.

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