Keen to ensure his new LP ‘Royalty’ doesn’t tank when it hits retailers the R&B force that is Chris Brown made his merry way to ‘Taraji & Terrence’s White Hot Holiday’ special where ‘Empire’s leading couple celebrated the season with live performances from many an R&B royal.

Alas, all did not go to plan.

For Brown came under fire when his audience noticed that his vocal performance may not have been as stellar as they had been expecting it to be.

Will you agree with their criticism?

Watch below…

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It’s Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda‘…as you’ve never heard it before!

Hours after her Hip-Hop jam ‘Only‘ was certified 3x platinum in the U.S. the entertainer has released an alternate version of her smash hit single ‘Anaconda.’

Its name? ‘Anaconda 2.0.’

Nab your first listen of its hidden verse below….

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The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards have been announced – and it’s good news for Lady Gaga.

Mother Monster has nabbed a nomination for her role in Ryan Murphy’s ‘American Horror Story: Hotel.’

Find out below which gong she’s up for at the 73rd annual spectacle, which airs January live on January 10th 2016. The full nominations list also awaits after the jump.

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Jidenna is back, and if his latest cut is anything to go by, better than ever!

Following the release of his breakthrough bop ‘Classic Man’ the Nigerian entertainer has released the song ‘Love Live the Chief” and its supporting music video which leads the way for a debut album set for release in early 2016.

Peep the ‘Chief’ in action below…

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Nicki Minaj ends her ‘Pinkprint’ era with a ‘Billboard’ magazine spread this month.

There, as she prepares to enter 2016 with a new movie and fresh music in her sights she bares all on her feelings towards the project a year after its release and how its achieving success with it (it recently crossed sales of over 1 million units worldwide) was anything but a walk in Pop’s park.

More from Minaj below…

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Welcome to another addition of the Screen Juice, the TGJ original feature designed to keep you in the loop with all things visual!

This time around Beyonce and Idris make up the ingredients we’ve thrown together to create the Juice.

Drink up below…

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Adele has the chart factor and this Sunday will flaunt her X Factor when she takes to the stage on the finale of the singing show’s current season.

Details below…

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Is it open season on record labels this week?

Just hours after R. Kelly took aim at his team, his R&B understudy August Alsina launched an explosive expletive attack on Def Jam.

Find out why below…

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Does Academy and Grammy award winner Jennifer Hudson have her sights set on Tony’s as well?  If her showing on last night’s ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ is any indication, the answer is a resounding “yes”!

Taking to ‘Colbert’ to lend a stunning rendition of ‘Push Da Button’ from the musical, Hudson (who portrays Shug Avery) and the cast gave the audience a taste of what to expect from the long-running Broadway production before its December 10th opening night.

Get your first peek at J.Hud in action below:

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With his latest release ‘Black Market’ projected to make a splash on the Billboard 200’s top 10 next week, rapper Rick Ross is hot on the promo trail to push its projected 60,000 first week sales upwards.

Enlisting help from Grammy winning R&B bad boy Chris Brown, the duo took to the outdoor stage on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ last night to offer a live rendition of their new single ‘Sorry.’  And, as if that wasn’t enough, fans were gifted another treat when Breezy slid into his new single ‘Back To Sleep’ (lifted from his new album ‘Royalty’ due December 18).

See them work below:

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Azealia Banks has no time to be trapped indoors for winter as her ‘Count Contessa’ video evidences.

Lifted from her 2014 release ‘Broke With Expensive Taste,‘ the Rony Alwin-directed visual for ‘Contessa’ – her synth-soaked new single – sees the femcee soak up the sun and dance up a storm on a beachfront location.

Get into the action below:

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It’s the eve of the release of R. Kelly‘s latest album ‘The Buffet,’ but instead of dishing up performances, the Pied Piper is serving up his frustrations.

In a video posted to his Facebook page tonight, the R&B veteran squarely takes aim at his team for what he deems a “lack of support.” He also called on Urban consumers to make their voices heard by buying Urban music in the way Pop supporters do for mainstream releases.

Peep the impassioned plea after the jump…

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