Viola Davis believes Hollywood is missing out on the opportunity to tell stories about regular black women.

The star of the new Steve McQueen picture ‘Widows‘, Davis made her way to the U.K’s ‘Guardian’ to discuss her role in the project and why she feels it will offer moviegoers something fresh, thrilling and exciting.

In the same conversation, she also revealed why moviemakers should set their sights on realistic stories about black women.

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Normani came to play approximately no games with her first high profile set as a solo artist.

The Fifth Harmony star joined the likes of Lil Wayne and Lauryn Hill on the bill at TIDAL x Brooklyn fundraiser event at the Barclays Center.

And she showed out.

Backed by an army of dancers, the budding diva took command of the stage with a degree of seasoning well beyond her age.

She spiced up the spectacle with live performances of top 10 smash ‘Love Lies’ and ‘Checklist’ – her recently rolled out collaboration with Calvin Harris. Also part of her set was previously unheard song ‘Waves,’ which seems to feature rapper 6LACK.

Check out her showing after the jump…

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WizKid and Tiwa Savage send pulses racing in the steamy video for Starboy’s newest single ‘Fever.’

The reigning King and Queen of Afrobeats do little to quell romance rumors with their undeniable chemistry in the visual, which was unwrapped moments ago.

It arrives as Wiz gears up for his long-awaited new album ‘Made In Lagos’ and after Tiwa exclusively told That Grape Juice that she and her ‘Ma Lo’ collaborator have more magic on the way.

For now though, watch them work it below…

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David Mesher is the name of malodorous swine who verbally assaulted an innocent black woman on a Ryanair flight.

How his name surfaced? His disgusted friends and neighbours.

Trigger warning below….

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It’s liftoff for Lauren Jauregui!

Following releases from the likes of Camila Cabello, Dinah Jane, and Normani, the former Fifth Harmony star is the latest member of the one-time Pop quintet to strut out solo and she aims big with debut single, ‘Expectations.’

A hypnotic hymn, the track is the first offering from the songbird since signing with new label Columbia Records – home of titans Beyonce and Adele.

Having premiered the song live while on tour this summer, the studio version is here and awaits your listening after the jump…

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October 23, 1998 marked the emergence of one of pop music’s most dynamic figures:  Britney Spears.

Etched in music history as the release date of her debut single, ‘Baby One More Time’ (from her album of the same name), the Max Martin produced cut – originally submitted to and later passed on by R&B supergroup TLC – introduced the world to a 16-year-old Spears.  Eventually going to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helping its parent project become one of the best-selling debut albums in history by reaching worldwide sales of over 25 million, the tune – unknown to us at the time – would be the beginning of a nearly 20-year-long love affair with the pop princess.

Taking to Instagram, Brit – now 36 – commemorated the milestone by thanking her fans for the journey and reflected fondly on the song that launched her career.  Read her heartfelt statement inside:

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Cardi B may be sitting pretty in the top 5 of the iTunes sales charts (as of time reported) thanks to her latest release ‘Money,’ but that hasn’t stopped the chart-topping rapper from addressing its premature posting there.

As we reported here, despite being released in full earlier today the song was originally set for a Thursday (October 25) release.  The leak didn’t set well with Cardi who took to social media to gripe about the tune’s unexpected unveiling and even call out Nicki Minaj‘s fans (affectionately called ‘Barbz’) for their derogatory comments on the matter.

Did you miss any of that action? See it inside:
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Things are changing over at VH1.

Details on the moves the company is making to give a fresh pair of legs to some of its biggest shows below….

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Surprise! Cardi B has unleashed new single ‘Money’ a day early!

Word is that the femcee is actively getting in front of an unanticipated leak.

The track follows her three #1s on the Billboard Hot 100 and the chart-topping success of Platinum selling debut album ‘Invasion Of Privacy.’ It’s also Cardi’s first solo offering of fresh material since giving birth to daughter Kulture this summer.

So did she bring the heat? Listen below and let us know…

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R. Kelly‘s long-running abuse of women and little girls will be brought to light by a new documentary name ‘Surviving R. Kelly’.

In it, some of the ageing performer’s victims lift the lid on his deepest darkest secrets as he faces claims that he is riddled with sexually transmitted diseases, secretly sleeps with other men and tried to murder his ex-wife Andrea.

Trailer below…

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Recent times have seen Nicki Minaj locked in a social media spats and shoe-throwing showdowns.

However, Onika’s latest tussle is of the legal variety and it comes courtesy of legendary singer Tracy Chapman. 

As reported in the run-up to the release of Minaj’s ‘Queen‘ album, the femcee had been open about her quest to have Chapman permit use of ‘Baby Can I Hold You’ as a sample on her Nas collaboration ‘Sorry.’

The back and forth is said to have factored into the delay of the LP, and when it didn’t yield an agreement the song was left off the tracklist but rolled out on radio anyway.

Well, Chapman is far from pleased and is taking her annoyance to court.

Details below…

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Mariah Carey is returning to the TV talent-search circuit.

The diva, who famously deemed her time on American Idol as “the worst experience of my life,” has signed on to appear on rival show The Voice.

Details below…

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