In life, Prince was one of streaming’s most notable hold outs. Now a year removed from his death, Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora have managed to get their fingers on the icon’s Warner Bros. Record‘s era music.

And the rewards are proving plentiful.

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Trey Songz is laying it all on the table during his promotional push for his newly released single ‘Nobody Else But You‘.

In hopes of pushing the ‘Tremaine’ lead single up the charts, Trigga headed to ‘The Breakfast Club‘ where he sat with the show’s trio of hosts to spill on his new dating series ‘Tremaine The Playboy,’ his long awaited seventh studio album, and the fallout with former Atlantic Records comrade Keke Palmer.

Carrying the moniker ‘Mr. Steal Ya Girl,’ the crooner reveals his online dating series is simply a tool to plug his upcoming project.

He also doesn’t hold back on Palmer.

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Usher is a man who wears many hats.

One of these is one of philanthropy. So, ever eager to support communities in need the performer made his way to the 29th annual ‘A Candle in the Dark’ gala to support the HBCU Morehouse.

There, he helped to make dreams come true with the director Tyler Perry.

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Donald Glover and James Earl Jones are to portray Simba and Mufasa in a live action remake of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’.

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That Grape Juice‘s latest feature ‘Meet The Makers’ spotlights the gifted names who engineer the spectacle in all facets of entertainment. Music, TV, and beyond.

Today we celebrate the work of Prince Charlez, the brains behind Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’-lifted single ‘Needed Me.’

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Azealia Banks is back!

Hoping to restore the “approval ratings” she enjoyed circa the unveiling of ‘212’, the UK Garage-loving rapper unlocks the bop that is ‘Crown’.

Its supporting album? That’s yet to be revealed, as she is working on two new projects, ‘Fantasea II: The Second Wave’ and ‘Business Pleasure.’

What fans do know?

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As reported here, Trey Songz is taking a very unique approach to promoting his new album, ‘Tremaine,’ by teaming up with VH1 for a “reality” dating show.  Titled ‘Tremaine the Playboy,’ the web series will see the R&B heartthrob look to give his heart to one of 20 female contestants (including the likes of Kayla Nicole, Holly Joso, Neeandra Brooks and more).

While there are conflicting reports on the parodic nature of the series, what we can say for sure is that you can catch Episode 1 of the Steelo Brim & Draya Michele -hosted fair inside:

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With Urban music’s heaviest hitters leading the nominee pool (Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake, Chance the Rapper), Grammys 2017 lived up to its title of “music’s biggest night” by drawing in its biggest viewership figure in years.

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Motown has welcomed Migos to its family!

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It’s been nearly a week since the 59th annual Grammy Awards aired and people are still very much up-in-arms over a number of infamous moments from the telecast.

After Adele‘s historic sweep of the Album, Song, and Record of the Year categories, conversation erupted about how few times people of color have won the ceremony’s top honor over its 59 year history.  This added to the fact this year’s most nominated acts – Beyonce, Rihanna, Drake, Kanye West, and Chance the Rapper – mostly walked away with minor awards (if any awards at all).

As if that wasn’t enough, there were a number of sound snafus and technical mixups over the show including Metallica lead singer’s, James Hetfield, mic being completely off during a portion of the group’s performance with Lady Gaga and a picture of gospel singer Cece Winans being displayed behind a caption that read “Shirley Caesar.“

Tuck in below to read the Recording Academy’s response to all the hoopla:

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Start your day off the right way with a packed plate of TGJ!

As earlier announced, That Grape Juice will be serving up a new feature named ‘TGJ For Breakfast.’

Ever-dedicated to bringing you the latest Urban music and entertainment news, we’ll be cooking up a nutritious mix of both.

Dished select mornings across the week, the round-up keeps you in the loop of the new-new and will run alongside our finger-on-the-pulse content.

Tuck in to the latest helping of TGJ For Breakfast below…

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If you thought Lady Gaga‘s Super Bowl-fueled resurgence was limited to the Billboard Hot 100, you thought wrong.

Yes, as we reported here, the singer/songwriter gave fans about a million reasons to fall in love again with her hit-filled catalog when she took to the Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show.  And, fall in love they did. Boosting her set ‘Joanne’ and its second single, ‘Million Reasons,’ to the top of album and digital sales charts respectively, newly unveiled stats reveal the streaming response was equally as potent.

The result?  Gaga’s ‘Reasons’ hopped to a Hot 100 peak of #4 and its parent album to #2 on the Billboard 200.  Look inside to see where other prized offerings from her discography landed on this week’s refreshed “Chart Check”:

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