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.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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?

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From twerk to twang, Miley Cyrus’ transition back to her country roots – courtesy of her new single ‘Malibu’ – is seemingly paying off.

Penned by Cyrus herself, the tune may have received mixed reviews from critics upon its unveiling a few weeks ago, but fans have done nothing but eat it up. So much so, in fact, this week’s Hot 100 shows it cracking the top 10 (less than a month after its debut).

Coming as her first top 10 hit since 2013’s chart-topping ‘Wrecking Ball,’ could Miley be on her way to her next #1?  Time will tell.  Until then, see who joins her in this week’s refreshed ‘TGJ Chart Check:  Hot 100’:

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Hard to believe it’s been almost 5 years since Brit-born beauty Rita Ora burst onto the scene with her debut album, ‘Ora.’ Now, fast forward past a few false starts, legal and label drama, and heightened social stardom, Rita’s revealing her first offering post her split from Roc Nation.

Penned by serial hitmaker Ed Sheeran, the long teased tune – ‘Your Song’ – has finally made its way onto digital shelves and awaits below for your listening pleasure.  We must warn you:  it’s a summer ready bop!

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It’s been two months since Lana Del Rey unleashed the album trailer for her forthcoming opus, ‘Lust For Life,’ but her fans’ patience was rewarded recently when the singer/songwriter took to Twitter to (finally) announce the set’s official release date.

As its Weeknd-assisted title track continues to build buzz on the streaming front, Del Rey found time to update her followers on when they could expect the tune’s parent album to make its way to shelves.

Details below:

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With his ‘Party Tour’ closed this week, Chris Brown forges ahead and in preparation for the release of his forthcoming ‘Heartbreak on a Full Moon’ album.

Unveiling the tune, ‘Surprise You (The Life),’ Brown shows off his oft-envied harmonic layering with a little help from friends/rappers Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Ink.  But, just in case you fall head over heels in love with the song, just keep in mind it’s yet another “loose cut” that did not make the list of 40 songs set to line the ‘Moon’ project.

Still worth a spin, though. Hear it below:

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SZA has revealed that her next studio project ‘CTRL‘ has bagged a release date!

When the soulful set is set to soar into retailers?

a word from RZA pic.twitter.com/vKIMyOBscA

— TOP DAWG #TDE (@dangerookipawaa) May 25, 2017

I wrote about my younger life, which was haphazard. Being at ­sleep away camp away from my parents, being the only black girl, not even noticing until I got older, dealing with boys, self-hate, growth, and God. It’s the first time I’m literally writing about my life instead of figuratively writing about it.

Get into ‘CTRL’ when it drops on June 9th.

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