Aside from his ostentatious presence on his social media and his collaboration on DJ Khaled’s ‘Do You Mind,’ August Alsina’s musical efforts have been moderately subsided. That is until now.

The New Orleans crooner returns with new material, which sees him race to the front of the line of acts hatching freshness in 2017. Interestingly titled ‘Drugs,’ the cut sees the 24-year-old profess his obsession with a woman over a sultry slow-churning beat.

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‘Queen of Gospel’ Shirley Caesar received a royal backlash on Twitter this week after indirectly throwing her support to fellow gospel hitmaker Kim Burrell after the latter was slammed for a fiery anti-LGBT sermon.

As Burrell continues to lose everything from endorsements to promotional spots, Caesar – probably fearing the same was forthcoming – quickly tried to clarify her stance on the LGBT community by taking to Facebook to issue a statement.

Asserting the viral clip of her speaking was “taken out of context,” tuck in below to the gospel legend claim the true intent behind words:

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Vivica A. Fox hit the promo trail hard this week in support of her ‘Magic Mike’-inspired reality show which launched on Lifetime this week.

Titled ‘Black Magic,’ the series sees Fox put her name and reputation on the line to audition and create an all-male urban exotic dance group with hopes of getting a Las Vegas residency.  Chronicling the mens’ voyage from the rehearsal hall to the stage, the show has already courted a bit of controversy thanks to some off-putting comments by Fox regarding its target audience (read more on that here).

As that subsides, if you’re curious to see how many people tuned in to catch the muscle bound hunks on January 4th at 10/9c, tuck in below:

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The L’s just keep getting handed to ‘Victory’ singer Kim Burrell.

The embattled gospel singer, whose anti-LGBT sermon from last week landed her in hot water with the community and its supporters, is continuing to see endorsements snatched from her.  After learning her appearance on ‘Ellen’ had been cancelled, the revered songstress learned her radio and television programming had been snatched from their respective points of air.

As if that wasn’t enough, yesterday she was greeted with news from BMI that she’d been uninvited from an awards ceremony honoring songwriters.

Burrell’s backlash has no end in sight:

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TGJ favourite Sevyn Streeter calls on Lyrica Anderson, Siya and Dreezy to complete her remix of DJ Khaled’s ‘Do You Mind.’

DJ Carisma’s ‘This Is the Queen’ mix houses the remix and arrives as Streeter’s fans look forward to the release of her ‘Girl Disrupted’ LP which is to drop via Atlantic Records.

Peep its release date here!

Ready to hear the ladies in action?

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As Contemporary R&B’s leading lady the pressure is on Kehlani‘s debut album to move units far greater than the acts vying her spot.

Fortunately, that hasn’t stopped her from enjoying some downtime at Kiehl’s My Vitality Party hours ago.

There, at the Bleecker Event Hall in New York City, the ‘SSS’ siren rubbed shoulders with the likes of Kitty Cash, Amanda Lepore, Billy Porter and Veronica Webb.

More snaps below…

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Welcome to another edition of Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious past.

Today, we revisit ‘Revenge’, the monumental ABC series which launched on September 21st 2011.

In it, an affluent family named The Graysons are enjoying life, power and prosperity in the Hamptons when a wealthy young woman named Emily Thorne moves into the house next to their’s.

Impressed by their new neighbour, they welcome her into their social scene.

Little do they know that Emily Thorne is none other than Amanda Clarke, the daughter of a man who was betrayed and murdered by and because of them and their unscrupulous deeds.

What happens when Amanda launches a meticulous plan to make each and every single person responsible for her father’s downfall pay for their actions?

Find out below…

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Bruno Mars blazed back onto the scene last Fall with third album ’24k Magic,’ which topped charts across the globe.

Spearheaded by its title track, the LP has been a fixture in the upper echelon of the Billboard 200 and looks set to continue said run with the release of its next single.

There has been ample debate as to which song should be selected.

And now, it appears the stage blazer has made his decision.

Find out what he’s set to serve up below…

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Jhene Aiko gets psychotic in the asylum, self-directed visual for single ‘Maniac.’

With the dark sensual single as her backdrop, the ‘Souled Out’ singer is bound, gagged, and restrained before freeing herself and straddling a mannequin. The concept stems from Aiko’s research on the reasons women were admitted into mental institutions in earlier years. The reason: nymphomania, which is a side of the 28-year-old that she wanted to highlight more with this effort.

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Following a year that gifted pop music lovers game and/or career-changing albums like Justin Timberlake‘s ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds,’ Christina Aguilera‘s ‘Back To Basics,’ Beyonce‘s ‘BDay,’ Amy Winehouse‘s ‘Back To  Black,’ Ciara‘s ‘The Evolution,’ and Fergie‘s ‘The Dutchess,’ 2007 had some big shoes to fill.

For many of the artists who stood to the challenge (see:  Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Jay Z, etc.) the results may not have matched the commercial response of their previous efforts (or collectively those of the big named releases the year prior), but critically the class of 2007 wielded what many consider some of their (if not their) best work(s) to date.

As we kick off 2017, let’s flashback to 2007 to ode 10 game and/or career-changing albums that turned 10 this year.  Your gateway to feeling “old” awaits below:

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Looks like Kim Burrell will soon have company if the response to ‘Set It Off’ star Vivica A. Fox’s recent comments are to judge by.

Indeed, the actress ‘set off’ a firestorm of Twitter clapbacks after taking to the Breakfast Club this morning to promote her new Lifetime-aired reality show, ‘Black Magic’ – a black male stripper’s competition (a la ‘Magic Mike’).  Never one to mince words, when quizzed on if her “boys” would ever entertain gay men as well as ladies, Fox’s response didn’t sit too well with some viewers.

In fact, so many viewers voiced their displeasure the actress was prompted to take to Twitter to offer a clap back.  Tuck in below if  you missed any of the action:

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Is Beyonce gearing up to reboot the ‘Formation World Tour?’

Find out why some folk feel so below…

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