As if rolling out back to back tunes with Sean Paul, Katy Perry, Liam Payne, and Calvin Harris weren’t enough, rap group Migos continue to make their presence felt in the music market with their own releases.

The trio’s latest launch comes courtesy of ‘To Hotty’ – a lift from Quality Control’s compilation album. Get into this odd and unexpected ode to WWE wrestler Scotty 2 Hotty inside:

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In 1995, the 14-year-old Monica emerged onto Pop’s scene with the R&B album ‘Miss Thang.’

In 2017, twenty two years later, the vocalist has seen the career the album launched push her net worth to meteoric heights!

How so?

Details after the visual below…

When her income is prised away from numbers pulled in by her husband Shannon Brown, the star’s personal net worth rises to the $15 million mark.

That’s right..

15,000,000.

How the vocalist did it?

The answer to that question lies in the 5.3 million units her albums have moved in the United States, her commercially fruitful time with Berliner and Johnson‘s RCA Records and the lyrical contributions she made to her discography.

The difference between one’s net worth and income?

Your net worth is the value of your personal possessions (cars, houses and other personal possessions) sans all debts or liabilities.

Income on the other hand measures how much you earn after deductions like taxes have been made.

Unfortunately, because the ‘Code Red‘ star didn’t contribute to the creation of her Brandy-led smash hit cut ‘The Boy is Mine‘, she does not receive any of the money generated by its sales.

However, as her net worth proves, the song’s absence from her bank balance has done little to stop her from becoming one of her genre’s highest-earning stars.

Your thoughts?

Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to unearth some of entertainment’s most surprising moments!

Today, we take a journey to 2009. In that year, after doing his part to elevate Lady GaGa‘s young career to higher ground, Perez Hilton found a fresh enemy in the Black Eyed Peas.

One night, after learning of remarks Hilton had made about the group, its lead vocalists Will.i.am and Fergie approached him and asked him to stop writing about them.

This, much to everyone’s horror, is where things took a turn for the worst.

Twitting? Dip dive? The Jonas Brothers?

How things have changed.

Your thoughts?

Iggy Azalea has yet to release the official video for new single ‘Switch’ after am unfinished version hit the net, but that hasn’t stopped her hustle.

The Aussie bred rapstress stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a fierce showing of the ‘Digital Distortion’ offering.

Watch the performance, which also features Brazilian superstar Anitta, below…

Surprisingly solid. Not because Iggy hasn’t proven herself capable in the past (she has); it’s just that she has the tendency to occasionally look bored on stage. Here, however, she showed up and showed out. Kudos.

Your thoughts?

Dua Lipa links up with R&B maestro Miguel for new single ‘Lost In Your Light’ – the video for which was unleashed moments ago.

A whimsical affair, the visual is the latest offering from London bred Lipa who has amassed a loyal following during her steady ascend.

The funkified track is lifted from the singer’s self-titled album debut (due June 2nd).

Find out what all the buzz is about below…

Awkward and somewhat unnecessary dancing aside, that made for a pleasant watch. The song remains on replay too.

Your thoughts?

Mary J. Blige continues to exude the ‘Strength of a Woman’ in celebration of her album of the same name.  As the set continues to reign over R&B charts, the Queen of Hip Hop Soul releases yet another video to ensure its run remains unbothered.

The latest tune from the set to be given the visual treatment is ‘Love Yourself.’  As fans know, the album version of the tune features hip hop heavy hitter Kanye West, but its well received remix features A$AP Rocky.

Get into the NYC-shot clip inside:

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Ariana Grande is to honour the love and lives of fans who were murdered at her concert in Manchester with a fundraising show.

She revealed in an official statement:

I’ll be returning to the incredibly brave city of Manchester to spend time with my fans and to have a benefit concert in honor of and to raise funds for the victims and their families. There is nothing I or anyone can do to take away the pain you are feeling or make this better.

However, I extend my hand and heart and everything I possibly can give to you and yours, should you want or need my help in any way.

The only thing we can do now is choose how we let this affect us and how we live our lives from here on out.

The compassion, kindness, love strength and oneness that you’ve shown one another this past week is the exact opposite of the heinous intentions it must take to pull off something as evil as what happened Monday.

YOU are the opposite.

The concert will take place in Manchester and honour the lives of 22 victims who passed away as a result of the heinous act committed by a terrorist with close ties to ISIS.

Your thoughts?

Katy Perry’s new album ‘Witness‘ nabbed a sweet spot of promo in the United Kingdom recently when she spoke about it during an interview with Capital!

In it, she revealed the titles of one of its new numbers and offered insight into the set’s story as she continues to face heat over an unconfirmed rumour which claims she kicked drag queens out of an ‘SNL‘ performance to accommodate Migos.

Press play to catch Perry in animated action below…

Your thoughts?

Cop a gander of Nicki Minaj and Rita Ora!

The chart titans were snapped posing it up together last night at the amfAR Cannes gala in France.

Both ladies shared the pic with their respective fanbases, with ‘Your Song’ singer Ora seizing the moment to profess her love for Onika:

love love love love love love love love love! Unity is more important then ever right now this fills my heart ☺️ I love this woman ?Legend

Check out more shots from the event below…

Your thoughts?

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While many were warmed by the reunion of former 3LW members Adrienne Bailon and Naturi Naughton yesterday on The Real, one person was far from impressed. Namely the group’s former manager.

Tse Williams, who is also the older sister and former guardian of member Kiely Williams, has hit out at the ladies in a series of heated tweets.

Asserting that she and Kiely are fed up of being defamed, Tse proceeded to throw copious amounts of shade.

See what we mean…

Sure, Tse is entitled to defend herself. However, we’re scratching our heads at her scathing approach. Especially as she’s presently managing a girl-group on the come up (see: Billion Dollar Baby).

Her antics run risk of negatively impacting the band she’s shepherding by way of association.

She crucially also never addressed KFC-gate.

Food for thought. Literally.

Your thoughts?

Former Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon has been slammed, dunked and blasted by critics after she criticised the Oscar winning actress Mo’Nique for speaking out against bullying in Hollywood.

Shortly after, Bailon- who was once accused of bullying her 3LW group member Naturi Haughton– learned that Monique had learned of what she had.

@theGrio @AdrienneBailon @AdrienneBailon by the way I am fighting for young sisters like you who haven’t won an Academy Award.

— Mo’Nique Worldwide (@moworldwide) May 24, 2017

Adrienne is yet to respond.

No clue how all of this started?

Click here to find out why Mo’Nique is currently feuding with her former friends Lee Daniels and Oprah Winfrey and why she feels she couldn’t remain silent on the matter.

Who do you agree with?

Bryson Tiller sprung a surprise on fans moments ago. That surprise being the release of his sophomore album ‘True To Self.’

The hotly anticipated set, which arrives via RCA, was confirmed for a June 23rd arrival.

However, following the tracklist unveiling hours ago, he took to social media with the following announcement:

i know we said June 23rd… but i say we Set it Off Tonight!! ALBUM OUT NOW

No word on what the motivations were for the early debut, but it’s smart in any case as it’s a relatively quiet week on the release front. One does have to wonder though whether he has enough clout to make the “surprise drop” work for him.

In any case, the reveal came in tandem with the premiere of the video for ‘Somethin’ Tells Me’:

Stream ‘True To Self,’ the follow-up to 2015’s ‘T R A P S O U L’ below…

Does it slay?

Your thoughts?