Kevin Hart is to honour the often hidden achievements of African-Americans by way of a new TV series named ‘The Black Man’s Guide To History.’

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Looking to unlock yet another hit on the Hot 100, Fabolous and Trey Songz launch ‘Keys to the Street’ as the latest single from their joint EP ‘Trappy New Years.’

A bass driven affair that shows the duo toasting to the good life, Loso and Trigga took to a yacht to show the wannabes how it’s done.

Curious to see if they hit the mark? Tuck in below to hear the new new below:

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Award season is upon us!

And the latest, and one of the most prestigious, is the BRIT Awards 2017.

Nominations for the UK’s equivalent of the Grammys were announced moments ago and brought major listings for the likes of Beyonce, sister Solange, and Rihanna.

Fellow nominees Little Mix and Emeli Sande are confirmed to perform at the February 22nd ceremony, which airs live from London’s O2 Arena.

Find out which honors the ladies are up for at the show below, where the full list of nominations also awaits…

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‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ took on a whole new meaning today.

Because, just one day after announcing a performance at Donald Trump‘s Presidential Inauguration, Jennifer Holliday has sensationally bowed out of the gig.

Full story below…

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Ed Sheeran is leaving no stone unturned in the promotional push for new singles ‘Shape Of You’ and ‘Castles On The Hill.’

Both lifted from the British crooner’s third album ‘÷’ (pronounced ‘divide’), the songs are scorching iTunes – where they currently sit at #1 and #2 respectively.

Aiming to extend that lead, Sheeran has embarked on an aggressive radio push – a trek which brought him to The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1.

Chopping it up with Charlamagne, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee, the acclaimed singer-songwriter spilled on ditching social media (and his phone) for a year, wanting to be the greatest ever, and a whole lot more.

As ever with Ed, a great interview…

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

Today, in honour of her often overlooked contributions to Pop culture and the representation of African-Americans in a prejudiced world, we revisit Dorothy Dandridge‘s life by way of the 1999 biopic ‘Introducing Dorothy Dandridge’ which starred Halle Berry.

Unfamiliar with her remarkable story and her ties to the brilliant Harry Belafonte?

Watch below…

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The triumphant yet turbulent life of Michael Jackson is to be honoured with its very own Lifetime biopic.

Full story below…

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Fans of ‘Sweet Love’ singer Anita Baker are feeling sour to say the least after the R&B legend took to Twitter to confirm rumors of her retirement.

Baker, who gifted the genre some of its most memorable efforts between 1983 and 2004 and earned the title ‘Queen of Quiet Storm’ along the way, excited music lovers in 2012 when she – after a nearly 10 year hiatus – delivered a Grammy-nominated remake of actor/singer Tyrese Gibson‘s hit, ‘Lately.’  The cover was joined by another song, ‘Sweet Dreams,’ as the kickoff to her long-awaited 7th studio album, ’21st Century Love’ (later renamed ‘Only Forever’).

Fast forward to 2017 and now we see the title change has proven prophetic as that’s exactly how long her fans will have to wait to hear its content (or any new content for that matter).  See what we mean inside:

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It seems with open hearts and wallets fans are welcoming back blue-eyed-soulster Ed Sheeran in a big way. For, as we reported here, the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer slid back onto the scene this week with not one, but two new releases – ‘Shape of You’ and ‘Castle on the Hill.’

The dual release help kick off his forthcoming album ‘Divide’ (in stores March 3rd) and, if iTunes and streaming response are any indication, will launch the project into the stratosphere.

Already hitting #1 and #2 on US iTunes respectively, new reports reveal the songs have individually smashed global streaming records.  According to an official press release:

With over 13 million global streams in the first 24 hours, Sheeran has broken Spotify’s ‘day 1’ streaming record with his monumental comeback singles “Shape Of You“ and “Castle On The Hill.”  With “Shape Of You” tallying 6,868,642 streams and “Castle On The Hill” landing 6,168,395 streams, both of the new tracks have individually overtaken the previous ‘day one’ record holders…

As if that’s not enough, now Billboard is reporting the tunes are jointly set to make Hot 100 history next week:

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Black Twitter had a thing or two to tell ‘And I’m Telling You’ singer Jennifer Holliday after the official announcement that she would be performing at president elect Donald Trump‘s inauguration next week.

Holliday, a stage and recording star best known for her portrayal of ‘Effie’ in the original 80’s stage version of ‘Dreamgirls’ (alongside Sheryl Lee Ralph as ‘Deena’ and Loretta Devine as ‘Lorrell’), came under fire for what is being perceived as her support of the president elect.

But, just as the e-battering began to reach its height and gay fans called for a boycott of her music, the singer’s publicist stepped forward to announce there has yet to be an official commitment from the singer to perform…

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Welcome back to TGJ Replay!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s yet another reflective segment to act as a written quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its TGJ retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

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Excuse us while we do our happy dance at news that Queen Latifah is hard at work to reboot the popular 90’s series ‘Living Single.’

A staple in many of our homes during its run from 1993-1998, the show – starring Queen Latifah, Kim Fields, Kim Coles, Erika Alexander, and more – certainly left a mark on television (especially for women of color).  Now, with an unquestionable need for that type of representation on television, Queen took to ‘Watch What Happens Live’ with Andy Cohen to discuss where she is in the development of taking us back to a ’90’s kind of world.’

Hear it from her mouth below:

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