Usher‘s name has been a staple in the headlines over the last two weeks following herpes allegations and lawsuits gone public.

In a move many have scratched their heads at, the R&B star has made no comment. At all.

Now, it’s looking as though he may let the music do the talking. Specifically new music.

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Lady GaGa‘s efforts to support her Pop peer Kesha have rubbed Dr. Luke, the producer Kesha accused of raping her, the wrong way.

Vexed by the ‘Love Game’ player’s backing of her chart sister during her battle against him, Luke has now sent his legal wolves out on a mission to get her and bring her to what he believes is justice.

TMZ reports:

The hot topic Luke wants her to open about is a text message convo between Kesha and Gaga. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, the texts include Kesha saying she’d been abused by Luke, and imploring Gaga to join a “smear campaign against [Dr. Luke].” Luke says that campaign included Gaga urging Sony Music to cut ties with him, and promoting “Free Kesha” on social media.

The hit-maker’s team subpoenaed GaGa to gain access to the texts but were infuriated when the documents they received were so doctored they were difficult to read.

Now, he wants a judge to force the singer to send him the original version of the text messages she sent to Kesha and hopes doing so will help to clean up his now tarnished reputation.

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R. Kelly isn’t letting a scandal rain on his racy parade.

The singer has been at the centre of sex cult allegations following an investigative piece by BuzzFeed, in which he was accused of “imprisoning” young women against their will.

In the weeks since, the 50-year-old has maintained his innocence and branded the allegations as “crap.”

Now, in a brazen move, the singer is proving that his concerts have lost none of their sexually charged ‘Vibe.’

Performing last night in Virginia, he persisted with his raunchy antics including a call for fans to grab his “junk” – which they did.

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The masses clearly can’t get enough of the Flosse Posse!

Universal’s ‘Girls Trip’ shows no signs of slowing its slay at the US box office.

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Toni Braxton proved a ratings draw for Lifetime last year when her biopic ‘Unbreak My Heart’ commanded a colossal audience.

It’s little surprise then that the Grammy winning singer has re-teamed with the network for another project.

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Little Mix have announced plans to break into the world of film after group member Jade Thirwall lost out on the chance to portray Princess Jasmine in Disney’s live-action ‘Aladdin’ reboot.

Jesy Nelson spoke openly about their plans in an interview with The Daily Telegraph.

We’ve thought about it a lot. We are in talks about it, it has just got to be right. We have got some proper class footage that no one has ever seen. It’s stuff that you’d never see Little Mix be like.

A documentary by the band would support their next album and the era they’d ignite to support it and see them follow in the footsteps of a number of their peers who have also released tell-all movie projects.

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Two girls. Same city…different networks.

In 1996 ABC unlocked the TV series ‘Clueless‘ following the success of the movie of the same name and a year later, with its sights set black audiences home and away, UPN built ‘Moesha’ which starred the singer Brandy.

It wasn’t long, as both shows rocked their respective networks’ worlds with superb ratings, before fans cried out for a crossover episode but saw their hopes dashed when it became clear that the rivalry between said networks meant it was impossible.

Then, the impossible happened.

Much to UPN’s delight, structural changes at ABC saw it forced to abandon ‘Clueless’ clearing the way for it to swoop down and rescue the series from cancellation. What this meant?

The ditzy Cher and the sassy Moesha were now sisters.

Two years would pass before the network answered their fans’ prayers by unlocking a crossover episode in 1999 and today, in honour of the epic TV moment, we celebrate it by making it the subject of this week’s edition of ‘Retro Rewind.’

Ready to take that journey into the past?

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Beyonce may be adjusting to life with twins Rumi and Sir Carter after giving birth last month, but it doesn’t appear like her career activity will be slowing anytime soon.

Indeed, per a new report, the superstar singer is readying a major project centered around her blockbuster ‘Formation World Tour.’

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When news of ‘The Real Sidechicks Of Charlotte’ hit social media, many – including Rihanna – wondered whether it was a spoof.

Well, as it turns out, ratchet has reached an all new low. Because the show is very real.

Today, all seven members of the cast stopped by The Breakfast Club to dish on the concept of the series – as did its creator.

In trademark fashion, the hosts held nothing back and roasted the ladies like a Thanksgiving turkey. Charlamagne and guest Lil Duval poked especially hard.

Watch it all unfold below…

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Welcome back to TGJ Replay!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest reflective segment to act as a written quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its TGJ retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

This week, on its 25th birthday (July 28),  we’ll ring up Mary J. Blige‘s debut album – ‘What’s the 411?’
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Kendrick Lamar just sprung a surprise on fans – the video for ‘LOYALTY’ featuring Rihanna.

The track has emerged as a fan favourite from his double Platinum ‘DAMN’ album and looks set to cement said status with the arrival of its cinematic visual.

Acclaimed director Dave Meyers takes the helm of the clip and delivers in earnest.

By no means a run of the mill collaboration, both K.Dot and RiRi commit to the narrative which casts them as lovers.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This time we’ll highlight ‘Sometimes’ – the second single from Britney Spears‘ 1999 debut album, ‘Baby One More Time.’ With big shoes to fill given the mega-success of its chart-topping, platinum predecessor ‘Baby One More Time’ (the song), ‘Sometimes’ came as a mid-tempo groove that, like most of its parent album, borrowed elements of Eurodance and Europop in its composition.  Not exactly an out of the box success like ‘Baby,’ ‘Sometimes’ went on to eventually nab top 30 status before being halted at #21 on the Hot 100.

This week 18 years ago the tune maintained its #21 peak.  Tuck in below to see if you can spot any familiar faces who joined the Southern belle in the top 25 this week in 1999:

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