Justin Bieber’s ‘Purpose’ tour is expanding to stadiums and so, keen to support fresh and emerging talent, the singer has called on Migos, Vic Mensa, Martin Garrix and Kehlani to join him for the ride.

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July 29 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 5 – Pasadena, CA – Rose Bowl Stadium – Kehlani, Vic Mensa
Aug. 12 – Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High – Kehlani, Vic Mensa
Aug. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium – Martin Garrix, Vic Mensa
Aug. 23 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 24 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Aug. 29 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium – Migos, Vic Mensa
Sept. 5 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre – Martin Garrix, Vic Mensa
Sept. 6 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre – Migos, Vic Mensa

Exciting times.

 

Following the extremely modest numbers swept up by her debut set ‘SSS’ Kehlani is to spend the rest of the year building content for her next studio album with the full support of her label Atlantic Records, also home to Bruno Mars, Trey Songz and Sevyn Streeter.

 

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Hoping to bury his problematic relationship with Kylie Jenner is Tyga.

So, with a partnership with BooHoo Man secured, the rapper now sets his sights on scripted glory and has joined the third season of MTV’s ‘Scream‘ reboot.

The season will introduce new viewers to a new story in a new location armed with new characters as well as an executive-producer in Queen Latifah who has enlisted Biggie Smalls’ son C.J Wallace to portray one of its main characters.

When it’s set to air?

March 2018.

Production kicks off in Atlanta and Louisiana this year.

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As the September 7th launch of Janet Jackson‘s ‘State Of The World Tour’ draws nearer, the Pop queen is being sighted more and more.

The latest occasion was today in Malibu, California.

All-smiles, the 51-year-old superstar radiated happiness when snapped by the flurry of paparazzi.

Peep the pics below…

It marks the second time Jackson has been spotted back on home soil since filing for divorce from husband Wissam Al Mana in April.

The exes, who welcomed a son named Eissa in January of this year, were last month seen at legal proceedings in London; a city they settled in as a family after diving their time between the UK and Al Mana’s home Qatar.

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Sevyn Streeter recently released her debut album, ‘Girl Disrupted.’ Yet, it turns out the title had scary and unintended parallels to what was going on in her personal life.

During a visit to ‘The Breakfast Club’ today, the 31-year-old waxed honest about the deep depression that had her contemplating suicide.

She also didn’t shy away when questioned about her experiences of colorism in the music industry nor the status of her working relationship with Chris Brown. The latter was especially fascinating, as she said that she wasn’t sure if she was even still signed with his CBE imprint anymore.

Check out the insightful sit-down with Charlamagne, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee below…

We love us some Sevyn and are enjoying her album.

It’s great to see that she’s in a better place and even better that she’s speaking up about her struggles; because, by doing so, she could well help others. Even her peers.

As reported, sales of her album aren’t the most encouraging. However her being in a better space plus the solid critical reception to the LP,  offers her a firm foundation to spring from with her next step.

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Over the course of Rita Ora‘s action packed career, the media maven has proven herself brazen.And today she lived up to said billing during a promotional stop on the Elvin Duran Show.

Hard at work plugging current single ‘Your Song’ (which is fast becoming a global hit), the 26-year-old performed the track as well as ‘Slide’ – by ex Calvin Harris. 

The former lovebirds had the most public of fall-outs in 2015, with the Scottish DJ forbidding Ora from performing songs they’d recorded together.

With fences now mended, it seems the songbird willingly is giving Harris a nostalgic nod.

Watch her spirited performances below, where her interview also awaits.

Rita’s new album, her first to be released globally, will arrive via Atlantic later this year.

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R. Kelly is no stranger to controversy and today it’s boiled to scary new levels.

Hailed as R&B’s Piper Piper, a new report claims the singer is leading something altogether more dangerous – a sex cult, in which women are allegedly being held against their will.

The lengthy Buzzfeed feature, which is being touted as an expose, was penned by respected investigative journalist Jim DeRogatis and forms its basis on details accounts from “former members” of the singer’s inner circle. They are Cheryl Mack, Kitti Jones, and Asante McGee.

Shocking on all fronts, the collective claim is that Kelly recruited 6 women to live in his rented properties, where he is in control of all aspects of their lives: “from what they eat, how they dress, when they bathe, when they sleep, and how they engage in sexual encounters that he records.”

Per the ex staff interviews, Kelly has a strict set of “rules” the women have to adhere to (including asking to use the bathroom). If they don’t, physical and verbal punishments are given.

As for titles, he reportedly calls them “babies” and they are to refer to him as “daddy.” While communication is allegedly limited to cell phones he provides.

So who are the women at the centre of the scandal?

They’re described as including a 31-year-old “den mother” who “trained” newcomers on how Kelly liked to be pleasured sexually. Perhaps most disturbing is the assertion that the woman is high-school friends with the woman (then a girl) at the center of Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trail. Said trial saw the star accused of having intercourse with a 14-year-old and recording it. He was acquitted and has consistently maintained his innocence.

Other women are said to include: a 25-year-old  who’s been party of Kelly’s entourage for seven years, a 19-year-old model who’s been papped with Kelly in public, and a 26-year-old Atlanta songwriter who began her relationship with the crooner in 2009 (when she was 19). There’s also a singer, aged 18, from Polk County, Florida, who Mack revealed was 50-year-old Kelly’s “favorite.”

The use of the “cult” phrasing comes from the concerned mother, who brought her then 19-year-old daughter to Kelly help boost her career. This despite being well-versed in the backstory surrounding prior allegations. Per the feature, she believed she (together with the girl’s father) would be able to protect her.

Two years on said singer is one of those living with Kelly in an arrangement that her mother believes is actually her “being held against her will.”

In a “desperate fight” to bring her home, she contacted law enforcement. However, that was to no avail, as her daughter is not classed as a missing person. When policed investigated, the singer has told police she is “fine and did not want to be bothered.”

Mom insists otherwise.

Recounting the last time she saw her daughter in December 2016, she said:

“It was as if she was brainwashed. [She] looked like a prisoner — it was horrible. I hugged her and hugged her. But she just kept saying she’s in love and [Kelly] is the one who cares for her. I don’t know what to do. I hope that if I get her back, I can get her treatment for victims of cults. They can reprogram her. But I wish I could have stopped it from happening.”

Two of the ladies interviewed for the feature confirmed that they also has sexual relationships with Kelly.

During said time, they claim to have had limited control over their phones and social media. No pictures of Kelly or his house were permitted allowed with Kelly or any of the rooms in his homes.

Mack specifically added that Kelly would routinely insist the women wear unflattering jogging ensembles because “he doesn’t want their figures to be exposed [or for them to look appealing to others].”

McGee and Jones also claim that Kelly records his sexual activities with the women and shares the videos with men in his inner circle.

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Unlike the prior allegations against Kelly (a number of which he settled), this situation – regardless of its validity – is unlikely to lead to anything in the legal arena. Because, as DeRogatis notes, the law allows consenting adults to take part in any relationship they like, no matter how “nontraditional.” What’s more, all the women within Kelly’s alleged “cult” are of legal age.

Still, in the court of public opinion, this is a deafening blow to the star whose career oddly took its biggest hit after he was acquitted in the 2008 trial. [He confusingly achieved some of his most notable hits while the case was on-going.]

This latest report ultimately brings to the surface an uncomfortable narrative Kelly has long been trying to sanitize.

Occurring almost a decade after the most scathing of accusations, it’s effectively introducing a whole new audience to the darker corners of his story.

Add to that DeRogatis’ claims that the star has been quietly settling up to a dozen civil suits – including that of a 17-year-old singer from his circle – and it’s most definitely not a good time to be Robert Kelly.

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Jeremy Meeks, the male modern formerly known as “Prison Bae”, continues to enjoy the company of his wealthy new lover Chloe Green following his wife’s decision to pull the plug on their marriage.

Hours ago, the new couple stepped out to dine at Madeo’s in Los Angeles and posed for paps and snaps as Green, whose father owns TopShop, supports Meeks on his quest to dominate the fashion industry as a model.

How his wife responded to her husband’s new relationship?

 

 

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Hours after spotting the snaps, Melissa Meeks took the children she bore with Jeremy to Disneyland for a family outing…sans the man of the house.

This, after she revealed why she’s decided to divorce him.

‘I know it takes two to tango but she knew he was married. To me, that’s unforgivable. My whole world has been torn apart by this. What do I tell our children? My heart is broken.

‘What sort of woman would do something like this to another woman? My marriage wasn’t perfect but I thought it could be saved, until this happened.

‘Of course I’m angry at her. What she did is unforgivable. And I’m angry at him too. What they did destroyed my entire world.

‘Did either of them think about the children and how this will affect them? They’re the innocent victims in this. And so am I.’

‘Some random person I don’t know sent a direct message with the photograph of my husband kissing that woman.

‘I went into shock. I felt nauseated. It was like a bomb had gone off and my whole world had been blown apart.

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Liam Payne‘s foray into solo superstardom has seen him churn out the cut ‘Strip That Down’ much to the delight of One Direction loyalists.

Unfortunately, the song has done little to boost his stock outside of that fandom and is yet to become the smash hit many had hoped a debut solo single from Liam Payne would be.

That’s done little to stop him from pushing and promoting the piece though.

Ready to catch his latest performance of the release?

Catch Mr. Payne, in semi-naked action, below….

You know, I used to be in 1D (now I’m out, free)
People want me for one thing (that’s not me)
I’m not changing the way that I (used to be)
I just wanna have fun and (get rowdy)
One Coke and Bacardi (sippin’ lightly)
When I walk inside the party (girls on me)
F1 type Ferrari (6 gear speed)
Girl, I love it when your body (grinds on me)
Oh yeah

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Another week, another win for JAY-Z.

After an ostentatious launch on TIDAL and a super swift issuing of Platinum plaque (thanks to Sprint), the rapper’s ‘4:44’ album finally impacted all outlets.

The move meant the LP would at last be subject to traditional tracking.

Now, with the numbers and charts tallied, it’s all sorts of official – Jigga is #1 on the Billboard 200.

On-par with initial forecast, Nielsen data shows that the much discussed project shifted 262,000 (sales plus streaming), with 172,000 being pure sales.

The feat extends the Hip-Hop titan’s record as the solo artist with the most #1 albums in the 61-year history of the Billboard 200 chart. He has 13, while Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand both have 11].

‘4:44’ also furthers Mr Carter’s  own record as the artist with the most debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200, as all of his albums have opened in the top slot.

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Congrats.

It’ll be interesting to see if the project has lengthy legs of longevity.

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Last night delivered the first episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ explosive seventh season.

Set to scorch its competition on a ratings tip, the series returned with many a plot twist and surprise…as well as an unexpected cameo from the singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran.

Eager to see what next week’s episode will offer?

We’ve got you covered!

Unfamiliar with the epic adventure series?

 

Catch its first season here!

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Rihanna is flexing her acting muscles once again and this time it’s in Luc Besson‘s Sci-Fi flick ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.’

Ms. Fenty will play Bubble – a shapeshifting entertainer.

Teasing at her character’s flair for variety, a new teaser has been released and features RiRi dipping, popping, and dropping it low — as best she can.

Watch below…

Well ok, then. Great to see Rih channelling her inner Sasha Fierce!

Reviews for ‘Valerian’ thus far been markedly mediocre; but who knows, maybe the Bajan sensation will save the day with her dazzling moves?

‘Valerian,’ which also stars Clive Owen, Cara Delevingne, and Ethan Hawke,  hits theaters in the US on July 21st.

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Azealia Banks‘ mission to end her feud with Iggy Azalea is completed.

Keen to steer her career’s ship into softer waters, the brilliant creative took to Twitter to declare that she’d be interested in marking the end of their long-running spat with a collaboration.

Flattered, Azalea responded to Banks by revealing that she also felt that their feud had gone too far and hoped to reconcile with her.

Minutes ago, Banks revealed that work on their collaborative cut is to start…tonight.

 


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