After taking on different titles, incarnations, and release dates, Kanye West‘s new album ‘SWISH’ is finally finished.

Due to hit stores February 11th, the rapper has kicked off the hype machine today by not only sharing the status of recording and the LP’s tracklist, he has gone on record to declare the set “the best album of all time.”

No pressure.

All awaits below…

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She may have earned some bad press for her awkward tardiness at the 2016 PGA Awards, but one thing ‘Bad Romance’ beauty Lady Gaga didn’t earn was a bad review for her heart-wrenching performance of ‘Til It Happens To You,’ the Academy Award-nominated theme song from the film ‘Hunting Ground.’

Co-penned with legendary songwriter Diane Warren, the tune – like the movie it supports – explores themes around the aftermath of sexual violence.  This, Gaga noted before her performance, hits close to home as her aunt was a victim of rape in college.

Tuck in below to hear the singer wail the chilling number like only she can:

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Chris Brown took to social media to surprise his beloved #TeamBreezy with a remix of ‘M.F.T.R.’ – a fan favorite of his former collaborator’s Pusha T.

Not only flexing his vocals, but also dropping some serious bars over the Boi-1da production (which originally features The Dream), the multi-talented beau shares to number on Soundcloud just over a month after his 8th opus, ‘Royalty,’ reigned over the Billboard R&B charts.

Get into the heat below and sound off:

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Justin Bieber rarely gets a look-in from the Grammy committee, but his gargantuan success with comeback LP ‘Purpose’ appears to have changed all of that.

For, it has just been announced that the Pop pin-up will take to the stage at the 2016 instalment of music’s biggest calendar night.

And he’s not the only one.

Details below…

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Zayn Malik has teamed up with the British producer Levi Lennox to create his very first solo single.

Details on the Pop prince’s plans below…

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the new TGJ original feature that invites our readers on a journey to Entertainment’s glorious past.

As a powerful minority in Hollywood continue to deny the important of diversity on-screen, the brains behind the hit show ‘Dynasty’ learned just how lucrative it could be for ratings when they introduced to the African-American character Dominique Deveraux to the series in 1984.

Created by the writing duo Richard and Esther Shapiro, Dominique, portrayed by Diahann Carroll, stepped on to the scene as a secretive woman with a keen interest in the lives of the show’s leading family, the Carringtons.

Eager to slay in the face of the stereotypical, offensive and one dimensional roles often dished out for actors of colour, the Shapiros teamed up with Carroll to create a character just as complex as the show’s villain Alexis Carrington, played by Joan Collins.

The result? A moving story about a young African-American girl from modest beginnings who exposes the plight of biracial children rejected by a society and fathers infected by prejudice, classism and racism.

Watch below…

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As we reported here, Jennifer Lopez brought the house all the way down for the kickoff of ‘All I Have’ – her long-awaited residency at The Axis (Planet Hollywood) in Las Vegas.

The sold out showing, courting the likes of celebrity audience members Ne-Yo, T.I., Kelly Osbourne, Leah Remini, Nicole Scherzinger, and many more, saw ‘Jenny from the Block’ blast through a collection of her top hits including ‘If You Had My Love,’ ‘On the Floor,’ and, of course, ‘All I Have.’ 

Later, taking to Extra, the triple threat took fans behind the scenes to reflect on opening night of the electrifying show and let fans in on how (and where) all the real magic happens.  Tuck in below to see it:

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Two weeks after thrilling fans with the official video for her latest single, ‘Save My Soul,’ pop powerhouse JoJo bares hers in an emotional acoustic performance of the tune.

Lifted to her official Youtube channel, the singer – still hot on the comeback trail – opened the performance with a recount about its conception and meaning:

“‘Save My Soul’ is a song about addiction, and I grew up seeing addiction very close to me: Both my parents have struggled with it. So as a kid, you don’t kinda know when the bottom is going to fall through or what’s gonna happen next…”

The official video premiered on what would’ve been her father’s 61st birthday.  As fans know, he succumbed to substance addiction.

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Adele‘s domination of the Hot 100 came to a screeching halt last week when pop prince Justin Bieber dethroned her monster hit, ‘Hello,’ after an impressive 10 week run at the top.  Now, after 7 weeks, her reign over the Billboard 200 has met a similar fate.

As expected, the death of music superstar David Bowie brought with it a huge increase in sales of his legendary catalogue.  In fact, not only did 10 of his titles make appearances on the Billboard 200 this week, but one of them – his latest ‘Blackstar’ – pushed Adele right out of the top spot.

This just days after Bowie made headlines for also breaking the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ diva’s VEVO record.  As fans know, late 2015 saw Addy snatch the record for ‘most views in a 24 hour period’ when her videos on the streaming service amassed a collective 36 million views.  This week, Bowie broke that record when his VEVO video collection surged past the 51 million streams mark in just 24 hours.

A fitting exit for one of music history’s brightest stars…

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Times are a-changing at the Academy Awards.

How?

Details below…

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The good people of Flint, Michigan remain in a state of shock after it emerged that they and their children have been exposed to toxic water.

Now, as the world seeks answers the rapper Big Sean has stepped into fight against the harm that has been done to them by making a grand donation this week.

Full story below…

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Well, that didn’t take long.

Macklemore are currently trending thanks to their candid new track ‘White Privilege II,’ which squarely takes aim at both Iggy Azalea and Miley Cyrus for appropriating Black culture.

Never one to let a dig or diss go unaddressed, Ms. I-GG-Y has spilled her thoughts on the matter. And needless to say, she wasn’t endorsing.

Her words after the jump…

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