Most won’t visit The White House in their lifetime. Yet, for R&B siren Ciara today marked her second stop at the iconic residence of the US President.

This time the ‘Dance Like We’re Making Love’ cooer wasn’t accompanying football player beau Russell Wilson. Instead, she joined Michelle Obama and more to launch the Better Make Room campaign.

This scheme targets young people ages 14-19, with a view to celebrate education, and reach students directly where they are. It’s also designed to help prepare students for the college entry process, and their career goals. {Source}

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It’s been a rocky re-introduction to the music industry for Gwen Stefani.

2012 brought it the botched comeback of No Doubt, while last year’s solo re-boot was more soggy than success.

Despite the dramas, one arena that has proven fruitful for the fierce feline is television – namely her current turn as a coach on The Voice.

Presently in promo mode for the show’s latest season, the 46-year-old used the moment to open up about what went wrong with her 2014 efforts. She also unwrapped a new song titled ‘Used To Love You.’

Both await after the jump…

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For many, Beyonce is the industry’s one to beat.

It’s apt then that the superstar features in the newest issue of BEAT Magazine.

As reported, the reclusive star steps into the spotlight to rock the British publication as buzz builds for her sixth studio album.

Praise has already been heaped upon the Ryan McGinley lensed cover and we imagine it’ll continue to flood in now that its accompanying shoot has been unveiled.

Check out Beyonce in all her patriotic fierceness below…

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It’ll take more than being hard at work on a new album to stop Keyshia Cole from catching up friends.

Just ask Remy Ma, with whom she celebrated her birthday days ago.

Snapped enjoying each other’s company months after the ‘Conceited‘ rapper’s prison release the ladies flaunted their friendship on social media as Cole continues work on her first independent album and Remy gears up to star in the New York arm of the ‘Love & Hip Hop’ body.

More on her venture into television here.

Your thoughts?

Thought the ‘Feeling Myself’ visual would mark the last time you saw Beyonce & Nicki Minaj in action?

Think again.

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Girlicious chanteuse Chrystina Sayers continues to speed towards higher solo ground as her new single ‘Feel Lit’ finds itself being picked up by a number of Urban radio platforms.

So, keen to pull her swelling fan base into her journey she has launched her very own online series named ‘Too Lit.’

The project sees her give her supporters a fly-on-the-wall look into her life as she builds material for her solo project as she attracts the attention of major recording labels hoping to pick her up before its release.

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She may have made up a powerful third of his most successful group to date but it seems Mathew Knowles is unhappy with Kelly Rowland‘s success as a solo entrepreneur.

Well, at least as far as television goes.

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An urban gossip news website has found itself on the wrong side of legal waters this year after sharing footage which is reported to feature the rapper Lil Wayne engaged in an intimate and explicit act.

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It’s official.

Adele‘s new album is on its way.

So, to ensure she bulldozes anyone who attempts to compete with her, the ‘Cold Shoulder’ lyricist has released a teaser from its first official single.

Where is it you ask?

Below…Adele’s new music is waiting for you below…

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To say the 58th Annual Grammy Awards are set to be competitive would be an understatement.

For, while 2015 is yet to deliver any mega-sellers, it has seen Urban Contemporary ushered back into Pop’s courts by tastemakers who will now be tasked with placing a number of LPs from the genre in next year’s ‘Best Rap Albums Category.’

Which acts and their albums are likely to be recognised by the committee?

Find out below…

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Two of Janet Jackson‘s younger dancers found themselves in the company of the Pop icon Beyonce last night.

Yes, after performing alongside their boss/mentor at the latest showing of her ‘Unbreakable World Tour’, the Janet dancers were introduced to Beyonce and her daughter Blue Ivy, who is around the same age as the ‘Single Ladies’ singer when she attended her first Janet concert.

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The ‘2015 Black Ball’ is set to feature a collaboration between Alicia Keys & Lion Babe.

Epic news below…

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