In 2013 Ciara and Future stood tall as Hip-Hop’s freshest couple.

Alas, alleged infidelities would see the pair split before the birth of their son Future.

In 2016, the ‘Paint it Black’ singer announced that she is to wed the athlete Russell Wilson following several public spats with her ex.

How some of her fans responded?

Find out below…

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It’s official.

R&B royal Ciara is set to wed superstar athlete Russell Wilson.

Good news below…

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Mariah Carey has reportedly signed up to star in a brand new Reality TV series…much to the horror of insiders in her brand new team.

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One week remains until Gwen Stefani unleashes new album ‘This Is What The Truth Feels Like.’

Preceded by singles ‘Used To Love You’ and ‘Make Me Like You,’ the project serves as the No Doubt diva’s first solo effort in ten years.

To further amplify buzz, The Voice coach has rolled out latest cut ‘Misery.’

Produced Mattman & Robin and written by two of Pop’s most potent pens (Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels), the cut awaits below and may be our favorite from the album thus far.

Take a listen below…

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The Reality TV royal Khloe Kardashian has criticised the R&B singer Ciara for promoting celibacy.

Khloe, whose older sister is the sex tape star turned entertainment magnate Kim Kardashian, slammed the singer’s decision not to sleep with her new boyfriend Russell Wilson until their wedding night.

Why?

Her explanation below…

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These days, a Lil Kim sighting is relatively rare.

But when the pint-sized rapper does pop up, she sure sets tongues wagging.

The Queen Bee stopped by the Funkmaster Flex Show on Hot 97 this week to reminisce on the life of lover and mentor Notorious B.I.G – who died exactly 19 years ago.

Accompanied by Maino, the femcee shared untold stories about B.I.G as well as how she coped in the aftermath of his still-unsolved murder.

More from the blonde bombshell below…

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It’s here!

Ariana Grande has unleashed new single ‘Dangerous Woman’ – the lead single and title track from her third studio album (due May 20th).

Markedly more moody and mature than previously released efforts, the song and its parent LP are being billed as the “evolution of Ariana Grande.”

Are you feeling her new direction?

Take a listen below…

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After a string of professional and personal successes over the last year, ‘So High’ hitmaker John Legend has been just that – riding high on award wins, chart-topping hits, and more.

Now, as if forthcoming fatherhood wasn’t enough to sing about, the Grammy & Academy Award winning crooner can boast delivering record ratings for WGN America as his new show, ‘Underground’ (starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell), drew in a whopping 2.5 million with its Wednesday night premiere.

Taking to AOL in a recent interview, Legend weighed in on the controversy surrounding the show as well as racial tension in the U.S. today (ripping into Donald Trump‘s ‘racist rhetoric’).  When quizzed on his new album, however, the singer delighted fans with news they should expect the project in late 2016.

Tuck in to hear his thoughts on ‘surprise’ album releases, a la ‘Beyonce,’ and if his 5th album will be unveiled with a similar rollout:

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After dominating the Billboard 200 for 10 non-consecutive weeks with her massive comeback album ’25,‘ ‘Hello’ hitmaker Adele bids farewell to the top spot once more this week.

Ousted by alternative band/fellow Brits The 1975, it should be noted her abdication was fairly narrow given the group’s new album only sold 25,000 more copies than hers its first week (this week marks ’25’s 15th week).

But, those hoping for her return to the top soon will have to wait yet another week as, we reported here, ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ beau Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album, ‘untitled. unmastered,’ is set to be the master of next week’s refreshed chart.

Until then, tuck in below to check out this week’s occupants of the Billboard 200’s top 25:

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‘Underground,’ a pre-Civil War-based series centered around a group of Georgia plantation slaves who embark on a 600-mile trek to freedom via the Underground Railroad, has been colored with controversy since its 2015 announcement.

Executive produced by Grammy & Academy Award winning singer John Legend, the WGN America program (starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell) has seen its fair share of criticism as some argue it supports the notion the only noteworthy roles available for black actors are those based on slavery or some dark area of the African Americans’ past in the America.

But, despite ongoing skepticism, the show – which made its premiere last night – set viewership records for its network home.  Get the details below:

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‘Back To Sleep’ singer Chris Brown is back on the attack just a day after slamming former ‘Strip’ collaborator Kevin McCall.

This time with his sights on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Grammy winning beau took to Instagram to wield a lengthy, yet fiery weigh in on the potential Republican nominee and recent reports of people (of color mainly) getting attacked at political rallies in his support.

Dropping no shortage of F-bombs and claims of racism and cultural misappropriation along the way, tuck in below to get into the not-so-kid-friendly read lent by Brown:

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This week we’ve checked the charts of 2006 to see Beyonce reigning with her Slim Thug-assisted hit ‘Check On It.’  Lifted from the greatest hits effort of Destiny’s Child, the song’s accompanying music video served as quite the festive musical advert for the year’s Steve Martin-led film ‘Pink Panther’ (which Knowles also starred).

Skyrocketing to #1 on the Hot 100 shortly after its release, the Swizz Beatz-produced bop gave Bey her 3rd chart-topper as a solo artist and enjoyed an impressive 5 week reign atop the Hot 100 before it was dethroned this week in 2006.  Tuck in below to see who did the honors as well as check out where some of your other faves from the era landed:

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