Well, that didn’t take long.

Sevyn Streeter is wasting no time with the roll-out for her new single ‘4th Street.’ For less than 24 hours after debuting the song, the rising star has released its accompanying video.

True to the track’s theme, the visual (the second from new album ‘On The Verge’) sees the singer reminiscing with family,  friends, and community folk.

Check it out below…

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When R&B group Destiny’s Child joined forces to perform at last week’s Stellar Awards it marked the first time they had rocked a stage together since Beyonce‘s record setting performance at 2013’s Super Bowl halftime show.

However, as a number of the group’s fans have taken to social media to point out, they weren’t introduced as Destiny’s Child at the awards ceremony, opting to take to the stage under the individual names.

What that has to do with anything?

A move set to cut their former manager Mathew Knowles out of the picture…forever.

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‘American Life’ creator Madonna stopped by at ‘The Howard Stern Show’ to discuss her new album ‘Rebel Heart’ hours ago, arriving at the spot to promote the Pop release.

However, her time with the occasionally controversial radio personality saw her dig much deeper than her new music to deliver an interview some fans are already calling her most personal yet.

For, it saw her speak openly on the loss she felt after her mother’s passing when she was six-years-old, her affinity with the African-American community and her romantic ties to the later rapper Tupac Shakur.

All that and much more, below…

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Sam Smith delivers the visual for the single ‘Lay Me Down’ today, dishing it up for fans two days before his performance at the 57th annual Grammy awards!

Shot in one-take, the video is dedicated to members of the LGBTQ community and stands as the latest video to be pulled from the singer’s debut set,‘In the Lonely Hour.’

Check it out below…

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As his former flame Rihanna celebrates the release of her new single ‘FourFiveSeconds‘, Pop prince Chris Brown has announced that he is to delay the launch of his ‘Between the Sheets Tour.’

Details on his change of his plans below…

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Micah Stampley, Joshua Rogers, J. Moss, and Jonathan McReynolds, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Marvin Sapp, J. Moss, Myron Butler, Virtue, Crystal Aikin, and 2015 Stellar Award nominations:

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With a point to prove and numbers to move, Jay Brown‘s Roc Nation have reportedly whipped up an epic promotional campaign for Rihanna‘s first studio album with the label this year, set to cast an Adele–sized shadow over her rivals if the report below proves to be true.

Exciting news below…

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Last week, music mogul Mathew Knowles could be forgiven for blaming North Korea for exposing his plans to produce a Destiny’s Child movie for the big screen with their latest enemy, ‘Sony Pictures.‘

However, thanks to a Shonda Rhimes– flavoured plot twist unveiled today, evidence now claims that the recent hacking of Sony’s database was carried out by…Sony.

Full story below…

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Well, that didn’t take long.

Yesterday, Alicia Keys teased a new song from her upcoming new album (the first since 2012’s ‘Girl On Fire’).

Fast forward 24 hours and the cut, which now has a confirmed title of ‘We Are Here’, has arrived in full, video  form.

Check out the visual below, which came packaged with an open letter from Keys upon its delivery….

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Magic Johnson found himself the brunt of many-a-slam from Donald Sterling during the embattled LA Clippers owner’s infamous AC360 interview last night.

Shelling out claims that legendary former Los Angeles Lakers star did nothing for the African American community and should be “ashamed” of having HIV, the Anderson Cooper-hosted interview pushed Sterling right back atop another media firestorm.  With spectators flooding Twitter with standout quotes from the candid sit down, Johnson took to the social media network to say:

Well, he may rather be talking about the NBA playoffs, but as the clips below show, he had no problem chatting with Anderson Cooper to address Sterling’s salacious slams.  Weighing in on everything from his intentions to buy the LA Clippers to rumors of Donald’s dementia, see Magic keep it cool, collected, and candid in these clips with Cooper:

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Micah Stampley, Joshua Rogers, Jonathan McReynolds, Tasha Page-Lockhart, and more, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for jam-packed news on JJ Hairston,  Ricky Dillard, Micah Stampley, Kierra Sheard, Ted Winn, GI, and more:

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