From “Harajuku Barbie” to “Harajuku Bondage,” Nicki Minaj leaves little to the imagination in her recently revealed dominatrix-inspired ninja costume, one of many she’ll don in David Guetta‘s ‘Light My Body Up’ visual.

As the Lil Wayne-assisted song, unveiled March 22nd, continues to light up streaming and digital download charts, Minaj thought to turn the heat up on anticipation for its accompanying music video by taking to Instagram to show off some wardrobes from the set.

See the rapstress show off her assets like never before inside:

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As the April 22nd premiere date of HBO’s biographical film ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ draws nearer you can expect to see its stars, media mogul Oprah Winfrey and Renee Elise Goldsberry, hitting the promo trail in its support.

Their first stop comes inside and a-front April 2017’s ‘Essence’ magazine.

There, the beauties not only light up the pages of the mag in their pristine white ensembles, but they also take viewers behind the scenes to dish on the film and its historical significance.

See it all inside:

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Nabbing 2016’s best-selling release in the form of his blockbuster LP, ‘Views,’ was quite the double edged sword for rapper Drake.  On one hand, the Grammy-nominated set laid claim to the impressive title by beating out some of music’s biggest names (Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye West, etc), but on the other hand the pressure was on its successor to match or surpass its impressive stats.

Now, after a full tracking week of his latest effort – ‘More Life’ – it appears the challenge was met head on.

As we reported here, the playlist was predicted to be greeted with sales equivalence of no less than 500k – a feat achieved by unprecedented streams.  In fact, reports have it the 6 God’s latest effort has been streamed over 380 million times worldwide (yes, that’s 50 million more than the record-setting ‘Views’).  With streaming and impressive sales together, ‘More’ has not only secured the rapper the best first week sales of the year, but his “playlist album” is the second best-selling project released this year overall.

Tuck in below to find out final figures:

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Trey Songz felt the sting of Nicki Minaj’s swarm of fans after critiquing the rapper in a recent interview.

Speaking on The Breakfast Club, the R&B playboy implied that Minaj’s guest feature on his song ‘Bottoms Up’ helped propel her career to new levels (and heights ironically higher than his).

He also took aim at Onika for coming at him after Remy Ma suggested he bedded her in the diss track heard around the world – ’Shether.’

Now, the head Barbz in charge is biting back. Albeit subtlety.

See what we mean below…

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After pop belter Kelly Clarkson put her unmistakable spin on Rihanna‘s history-making hit, ‘Love on the Brain,’ group Little Mix try their hand at the stirring ballad.

Giving the tune an acoustic twist, tuck in below to hear Little Mix’s remix of ‘Love’:

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An aspiring star named Mohamad Adams found the fame he seeks hours ago when he stepped out to claim Disney rejected his offer to portray its character Aladdin because he is Muslim.

Unfortunately for him, his decision to do so has seen him shaken and stirred by the resurrection of tweets many Twitter users say sees him do a little discrimination of his very own.

Full story below…

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The pressure is on for Nicki Minaj to outperform her debut album ‘Pink Friday’.

How she’s facing the challenge? Gladly.

You spelled “will” wrong. ? *will out-do PF. And TPP says hi too ? https://t.co/ECTXaze0Ge

— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) March 25, 2017

This week, she’s discovered that its buzz cut ‘No Frauds‘ is making said challenge a mission that is anything but impossible.

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Is it possible to be both gay and misogynistic?

According to Azealia Banks it is, and she’s calling RuPaul out about it.

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Chris Brown has joined the cast of the hit show ‘Blackish.’

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While Kendrick Lamar takes his shots, J. Cole takes his rhymes to the television.

Following the release of his successful concert film and tour documentary ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive‘ a year ago, the North Carolina MC re-teams with HBO once more for his follow-up project ‘4 Your Eyez Only.’

Dive below for details…

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As a star on the rise, Justine Skye has smartly noted the importance of partnerships.

The Roc Nation singer has teamed with Forever 21 to cross promote her new song ‘Flames’ and the clothe’s store’s latest range.

Sporting the brand’s garms in the sassy visual, the purple-haired performer

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Just as Spring arrived the week sprung on music lovers some of the season’s highest anticipated releases from the likes of serial hitmakers Kendrick Lamar, Zayn, Iggy Azalea, and David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne).  Then, as if the overflow of back to back drops from the aforementioned weren’t enough, Chris Brown unleashed his new tune, ‘Privacy’ (believed to be the first single from his forthcoming opus ‘Heartbreak on a Full Moon’).

Critically, most of the new songs are getting thumbs up from listeners – a review we at TGJ HQ share. Commercially, on the other hand, Lamar’s new tune – ‘Heart IV’ – is the only one of the wave of new releases to crack the top 10 on the iTunes sales charts [where it sits at #1 as of time reported] while Azalea’s, ‘Mo Bounce,’ has bounced to #1 on Youtube’s streaming charts.

As we wait to see how well all the competition fares toward their Hot 100 placements on the refreshed Billboard Hot 100 in two weeks, we turn to you – That Grape Juice faithful – to ask:

Who gets your pick for best release of the week?

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