R&B chanteuse Ciara certainly knows how to keep busy.

Fresh from her fun-filled birthday festivities, the 30-year-old took to the stage at WE Day in Minnesota yesterday to perform for 20,000 educators and students. The annual event is staged to celebrate the youth making a difference in their local and global communities

Super Ci wowed the concert, which she headlined, with hits such as ‘Lose Control’ and ‘1, 2 Step’ as well as new numbers from her ‘Jackie’ album including ‘Give Me Love.’

Watch the stage blazer in action after the jump…

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Nicki Minaj is heading to the world of scripted television…and she wants you to come along for the ride!

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‘America’s Next Top Model’ alum Yaya DaCosta joins a growing list of African-American actresses leading the world of drama with TV shows that pack plenty of it.

How she joins the club? With the ‘Chicago Fire‘ spin-off ‘Chicago Med’ in which she plays a medical practitioner who is forced to juggle life, love and danger in a hospital just as explosive as the storylines based in it.

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2016 is shaping up to be quite the revival for RedOne.

The hitmaker, who has been laying low of late, has added Jennifer Lopez to a list of album’s he’s working on. A list that also includes Lady Gaga.

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Spike Lee has made a career out of the controversial and his latest movie ‘Chiraq’ is no exception.

Due in theaters December 4th, the film centers on gang gun violence by men in some of Chicago’s neighborhoods and is based on the Greek comedy ‘Lysistrata,’ by Aristophanes.

An all-star cast have been assembled to tell the tale, including Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon, Jennifer Hudson, and Angela Bassett. 

Watch the high-octane trailer below…

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It seems Rihanna is no longer ready to drop her new album this year.

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Over 1 million U.S. music lovers picked up a copy of Adele‘s new single ‘Hello.’

Unfortunately, the singer has been accused of copying another number to create it.

Copycat claims below…

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Britney Spears is back at it!

The Pop siren has returned to the lab to commence work on her ninth studio album.

In a fresh pic shared with fans, the ‘Crazy’ hitmaker posed it up with writers Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels.

The pair have helmed hits such as Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry,’ as well as songs for Fifth Harmony and Gwen Stefani (‘Used To Love You’).

Spears captioned the snap:

Working hard and hardly working…new album…wheeeee!

Check it out below…

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One is the year’s biggest success story, the other has experienced the polar opposite.

Adele‘s out of the gate triumph with new single ‘Hello’ has many an artist running a mile from the undoubtable avalanche that will be its parent album – ’25.’

According to a new report, Rihanna is one of said stars who’s projects have been scattered into disarray in light of the British belter’s return.

Fans and critics alike have asserted this to be the case, but now a reputable industry source is alleging it true.

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R&B’s creme de la creme are set to rock the stage at the 2015 Soul Train Awards.

Set to tape this Sunday, the Erykah Badu hosted event will air November 29th on Centric.

Find out who’s been tapped to perform after the jump…

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Odd. Bad. And now just sad.

That’s the trajectory of Rihanna‘s eighth studio album, ‘ANTI.’

And it seems the mess is about to get a lot muckier.

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It’s Adele season! As such, as the release of new album ’25’ draws near, the singer is covering all bases. The latest is the front of Rolling Stone magazine.

Though the accompanying feature story has yet to surface, the cover itself has. Check it out above.

The coveted RS spot arrives as the British megastar gears up for a whirlwind few weeks, which will culminate in two televised TV specials – one for the BBC and another for NBC during Thanksgiving Week.

’25,’ which is tipped to hit 2 million in US sales first week, hits stores November 20th via Columbia/XL.

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