Pitbull has racked up plenty of hits commercially, but the rapper is set to get a major salute from critics in June.

In move few could have foreseen, the party starter has been announced as the recipient of the Global Ambassador Award at the 2017 Songwriters Hall Of Fame ceremony.

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ABC is looking to take a few Ls in its upcoming season:  Larenz, Laverne, and Lance!

That’s right, after finding success with its shows ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Scandal,’ ‘How To Get Away with Murder,’ and other series that feature leading actors of colors, the prime network is looking to continue in that vein by introducing two new shows featuring Tate, Gross, and Cox as leads.

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As her recently unveiled memoir shows off her newly slimming figure, ‘Empire’ actress Gabourey Sidibe continues to pour on the fierce with a new ‘Nylon’ magazine spread.

Inside, the Academy Award nominated star dishes on her weight loss surgery, self confidence, strained relationship with her father, and colorism in the industry.

A compelling read with even more compelling sights, tuck in below to see Nylon’s April 2017 cover girl work the lens and read some keen quotes lifted from the feature:

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Fans of HBO smash ‘Insecure’ ought to mark their calendars!

The Issa Rae production was wildly popular – both critically and commercially – with its first season and the drama is confirmed to continue in its second season.

Find out when the show returns after the jump…

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In 2015 the US Census Bureau estimated that there are 46,282,080 African Americans living  in the United States.

Quite interestingly, as proponents of racial diversity within entertainment celebrate the arrivals of a new batch of “melanated” Hollywood stars, some industry insiders have made an interesting observation.

Most of them are British.

This week, after Samuel L. Jackson took to Hot 97 to reveal why he believes movie studios are overlooking African-American actors to hire Black British actors when casting, the debate surrounding why this may be continues to heat up online.

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With the March 17th release of his new album, ‘Rather You Than Me,’ rapper Rick Ross is preparing to go head to head with fellow emcees Drake and Pitbull for the top of the Billboard 200 (battling their ‘More Life’ and ‘Climate Change’ projects respectively).

To aid his quest for the chart’s summit, Ross has enlisted the help of Gucci Mane for the trap single ‘She’s On My D***.’  An ode to gold-diggers and fake friends, the tune is one of many found on Ricky Rozay’s newest LP that features a high profile guest as Nas, Future, Wale, Meek Mill, and Young Thug are among the other notables on the set’s track list.

Keen to hear Ross and Mane trade verses about their “members”?  If so, we have just what you’re looking for inside:

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After lending a laundry list of sizable collaborative hits that includes ‘On the Floor,’ ‘Live It Up,’ ‘Back It Up,’ and more, ‘Dance Again’ duo – Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull – have done it again with a new track featured on the latter’s forthcoming album, ‘Climate Change’ (March 17th).

A sexy little number titled ‘Sexy Body,’ tune sees the twosome leave behind their signature EDM/dance inspiration in exchange for a more 90’s inspired sound.

Going head to head with the releases of fellow popular rappers Drake & Rick Ross via their ‘More Life’ and ‘Rather You Than Me’ projects respectively, ‘Body’ is just one of many big-named assists Pit pulls for ‘Climate.’  Bringing in the big guns, other noted hitmakers featured R. Kelly, Robin Thicke, Jason Derulo, Ty Dolla $ign, Enrique Iglesias, and many more.

Until you can get your hands on the set in full, tuck in below to hear snippets of every song mentioned above and more in the emcee’s recently unveiled ‘album teaser’:

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Tamar Braxton is never one to hold her tongue.

As such, her visit to The Wendy Williams Show today was always going to be a compelling watch.

Joined by her husband and manager Vince Herbert, the singing reality star chopped it up with the former shock jock about a host of topics.

In true ‘Wendy’ fashion, no stone was left unturned.

Case in point, Tamar being quizzed on her axe from ‘The Real’ and her currently relationship (or lack there of) with her former co-hosts. Also discussed were sister Toni’s relationship with Birdman, and the new season of ‘Braxton Family Values.’

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There is no way to escape Ed Sheeran.

With what seemed like relentless promotion to assist, his comeback single – ‘Shape of You’ – took to #1 on the Hot 100 and has been there for seven non-consecutive weeks.  Now, the tune’s parent album – ‘Divide’ – is following its lead.

As we reported here, the popularity of the project was so high its predicted first week sales were revised upward from 425k to 435k-445k.  Just a few days later we learned the album even exceeded that.

Curious to know how many units his faithful #Sheerios snatched up during ‘Divide’s first full week of availability?  The number lies after the jump:

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At this point, Rihanna‘s name will be so scribbled across music history books they should just categorize everything by “records Rih has broken” and “records Rih has not broken” (we’re sure the latter may only be one page).

Just two weeks after learning her latest release, ‘Love on the Brain,’ broke a Michael Jackson and Madonna Hot 100 record (read more about that by clicking here), the ‘Anti’ songstress has now learned she’s surpassed the stats of another highly revered musical monarch:  King of Rock N’ Roll Elvis Presley.

As we reported here 9 months ago, Rih tied Presley’s historic Hot 100 Top 5 record when her Calvin Harris-helmed hit, ‘This Is What You Came For,’ worked its way into the chart’s upper quintet of positions.  Now, with the upgrade of ‘Brain,’ she leaves the ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ hitmaker in her rearview…

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Zara Larsson flies the flag for Pop’s new class in 2017 with a string of hit singles attached to her discography.

Of course, the success she’s enjoyed with her singles means the pressure is on to ensure her album ‘So Good‘ soars just as high when it impacts retailers on March 17th.

How she’s pushing the album overseas?

By performing at Melodifestivalen 2017!

Catch her in action below…

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Angel Haze has something new for her supporters.

Its name? ‘Control‘?

Dragged out to the wind, hidden beneath the garden. What if roses have stories they cannot tell? What if God’s voice is in the quietest things I’ve said?

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