As musical dynasties go, few can rival the legendary Motown. 

For six decades, the iconic imprint has produced star after star who’ve delivered hit after seismic hit.

Last night saw its unparalleled legacy honored with CBS special ‘Motown 60: A GRAMMY Celebration.’ 

That Grape Juice was on-hand at the Microsoft Theater, LA taping, which fused Motown originals such as Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson with contemporary acts who rocked the house with  spirited tributes.

Ciara brought her brand of stage-blazing to a Rick James medley, John Legend offered a masterful Marvin Gaye salute, and Ne-Yo gave a nod to Lionel Ritchie. Elsewhere, Fantasia, Meghan Trainor, Tori Kelly, and Chloe x Halle, joined Thelma Houston for a Women Of Motown medley.

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Ariana Grande‘s second night at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival brought with it a surprise appearance from her pal Justin Bieber and more live magic delivered to her audience following last week’s opening night.

The star’s performances followed Beyonce’s headlining spot at the event last year and offered the world a fresh visual look into her most recent albums ‘Sweetener’ and ‘Thank U, Next’ as well as tracks from her R&B-leaning discography.

Fu and fan footage below…

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Lady Gaga‘s guitarist has given fans reason to believe that she is prepping something enormous for her sixth studio musical effort.

An exciting video awaits below…

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Iggy Azalea‘s recording contract with Empire saw her drop the tune ‘Sally Walker‘ earlier this year and see it peak at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Now she is readying a follow-up she has even higher hopes for!

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Kanye West may not be headlining Coachella as intended this year, but he brought an altogether different experience to the festival today – Sunday Service.

Mounted in the camping area of the annual extravaganza, the Weekend 2 showing was designed to mirror the gospel-themed services West had put on weeks and months leading up to the performance.

During the rousing set, he also delivered the first performance a new song named ‘Water.’

Check it out below…

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Country musicians from near and far have looked on as the African-American superstar Lil Nas dominates the genre with his feel-good jam ‘Old Town Road’ in the United States.

This week, he has done the same in the United Kingdom.

Full report below…

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Kandi Burruss‘ ‘Speak On It’ series welcomed Tanya Sam to its chair this week to address her role on ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘, her position as the season’s fan favourite, her spat with her former pal Nene Leakes and how the veteran ‘Wives’ asked her to serve them lunch.

Her conversation with Burruss was shot as fans took to the net in their thousands to call for the tech genius to become an official Housewife.

How she feels about it?

Find out below…

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Fans of Leandria Johnson, Joshua Rogers, Tasha Page-Lockhart, and a host of other new school Gospel hitmakers have none other than BET’s ‘Sunday’s Best’ to thank for their respective arrivals.  An ‘American Idol’ for Gospel artists, the faith-based reality singing competition ruled the network’s airwaves during its peak as it continuously burned a spotlight on some of the nation’s most talented, yet undiscovered praise-and-worship performers.

After quietly disappearing from BET’s roster in 2015,  the series is being rebooted with an all new, all-star cast of judges.

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This week served as a full circle affair for Beyonce.

It marks a year since she annihilated the Coachella stage and etched her name in yet another page of history.

To commemorate the occasion, the superstar singer teamed with Netflix to release docu-concert ‘Homecoming’ along with a companion live album – both of which arrived this week to ample praise.

With much to celebrate, Queen Bey did exactly that by throwing a Homecoming Week bash at Coachella.

Presented in partnership with Adidas and Bey’s Ivy Park (whose monumental partnership was recently announced), the event was an all-out affair; one which paid homage to HBCUs.

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Welcome to The Sip episode 37 on That Grape Juice!

In our new podcast series, hosts PatricklySpeakn and StephYoungMC run down the latest entertainment news from TGJ and beyond.

This week we’re basking in the after-glow of Beyonce‘s Homecoming. Elsewhere, Porsha Williams‘ Real Housewives spin-off show trailer is unleashed, Adele splits from her husband, and Missy Elliott teases that new new. All this and much more.

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Ja Rule is tired of 50 Cent‘s shenanigans!

Read his estimation of his longtime rival below….

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Check out Rihanna!

The Bajan beauty features a-front of the May issue of Vogue Australia.

While fans wait with feverish anticipation for signs of new music, Ms. Fenty poses it up for the striking shoot which arrives a week after the debut of ‘Guava Island’ – the short film she starred in opposite Donald Glover.

It’s not quite clear what, if anything, the sometimes singer, full-time fashionista is plugging. But we doubt anyone’s complaining during this music drought.

More from Runway RiRi after the jump…

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