The stars shine for Urban music’s biggest calendar night – the 2016 BET Awards!

Hosted by ‘Black-Ish’ stars Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross, the show airs live tonight from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater.  See and sound off on the fashion hits and misses of the industry’s biggest stars as they arrive to the scene.

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Oh Mimi.

Mariah Carey may be of the most successful singers of all time, but it appears she’s courting more attention.

Case point example her ensemble when arriving at 1OAK nightclub in Los Angeles last night.

Drawing on a scantily clad look Cher made famous in the 90s, the 46-year-old showcased her assets in the most literal sense of the term.

The latter part of Carey’s career has seen her embrace a more risque outfits – a move which has earned her praise for rejecting the status quo as well as critique for being tacky.

Peep more pics below and let us know which side of the fence you sit on…

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In news that is breaking as we type, there is mounting speculation that Beyonce will be taking to the stage at the 2016 BET Awards…tonight!

That Grape Juice are on the red carpet covering Urban music’s biggest calendar night and moments ago the diva’s dancers arrived in formation.

Watch below…

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After much speculation, it’s official! Rihanna will indeed release a new single named ‘Sledgehammer’ from the ‘Star Trek: Beyond’ soundtrack.

The cut is the latest song to be unleashed from the star that isn’t featured on her current album ‘ANTI.’

With preceding effort ‘This Is What You Came For’ yielding major for RiRi and Calvin Harris, can she “do it again” with ‘Sledgehammer?’

The answer quite literally awaits sooner than folk may think. For, Rih has revealed that the song debuts…tomorrow!

Take a listen to a preview after the jump…

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It’s difficult to digest that seven years have passed since music lost its largest and most luminous star.

This week’s From The Vault is dedicated to the one and only King Of Pop, Michael Jackson. Our selection comes in the form of 1982’s ‘Human Nature.’

Released as the fifth single from the monumental ‘Thriller’ LP, the cut was penned by by Toto’s Steve Porcaro and John Bettis. Production, as like was of its housing album, was helmed by musical genius Quincy Jones.

Peaking at #7 in the US, it was ‘Thriller’’s fifth Top 10 single. Unfortunately it was not officially released in the UK, but didn’t dent it’s popularity in the region.

With its mesmerizing production and melodies, ‘Nature’ has been sampled many times over the past 30 years, most recently by Chris Brown in ‘She Ain’t You’ and of course by SWV for the remix to ‘Right Here’ back in 1992.

Uniquely, a video was never shot but numerous are the live performances which make for very emotional moments. Michael showcased that he didn’t always need an army of dancers and fast-paced music to make people “feel”, he could also rely on his voice and a magical musical arrangement and let the magic happen.

Seven years after his passing, with today’s biggest artists struggling to bring anything new to the table, it’s becoming more and more clear why Michael was and still is the King Of Pop. And no we’re not saying that to diminish them. We simply mean that in his lifetime, as an artist MJ, has done EVERYTHING there was to do with a precision and a determination that only he possessed. Thus making it hard for anybody to keep up.

From reinventing himself, to using shock tactics to make people listen, to experimenting with different genres, and writing socially woken music, he will always be the ultimate star. One whose impact is resonates both music and pop culture.

Mike, we loved you then, we love you now, we’ll love you forever. Long live the King!

Your thoughts?

Adele‘s fans continue to ride on the praise the singer scored following her headlining Glastonbury gig yesterday evening.

Her appearance at the festival brought with it stellar live renditions of cuts found on all three of her studio albums and the endearing personality partially responsible for selling them.

Press play to catch one of the strongest artists of our time in all her Adult Contemporary glory below…

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Coldplay‘s Chris Martin has nothing but praise for his ‘Princess of China’ co-star Rihanna.

Taking to ‘The Guardian’ recently to shower the singer with compliments, Martin – who was reportedly sober at the time of the interview – not only spoke very highly of the ‘Work’ wailer’s “delicious” vocal stylings, but even compared her to legendary jazz/standard singer Frank Sinatra.

And, while his words may earn a collective side eye from a number of people who can actually hear her detractors, we at TGJ – being the unbiased, family-friendly site we are – can say some of Chris’s assessments were spot on.

Tuck in below and tell us if you agree as well:

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The talk of the weekend is undoubtedly Kanye West’s new controversial video ‘Famous,’ an ode to artist Vincent Desiderio‘s painting ‘Sleep.’

A concept-heavy video developed as a metaphor for celebrity culture, the visual debuted on Tidal last night and has already caused quite the chatter on social media for its feature of nude wax figures of celebrities Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, and many more.

After a tweet-and-delete of West daring any of the stars featured to “sue him already,” Chris Brown shared his opinion on seeing his likeness in the clip.  Tuck in below to see his thoughts:

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There’s no doubt that the handling of Rihanna‘s latest LP ‘ANTI‘ has been obstreperous.

Unfortunately, despite delivering material some are bold enough to argue outdoes Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’, said handling seems to be behind the problems brewing on her latest world tour on a ticket sale front.

What’s going down?

Details below…

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Drake‘s current era continues to spell trouble for Pop’s usual suspects.

Now forced to compete with the rapper following his ascension to household name status, the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Adele have now learned that a chart record they may have had their eyes on has now been snatched up by the bearded one.

Full story below…

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Tory Lanez joins Jacquees to fly the flag for R&B’s new school this year.

How the ‘Say It’ maestro extends his rising run with the unveiling of his visual for the single ‘Luv’ pushed to promote its parent album ‘I Told You.’

Watch below….

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

Today, to celebrate his life and acknowledge the seven years that have passed since his death, we return to Michael Jackson‘s unforgettable conversation with Oprah Winfrey?

Yet to see the informative interview?

Watch below…

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