It appears Rihanna isn’t the only Roc Nation star rocking the fragrance market.

Rising star Rita Ora is making her mark in an uber pronounced way too.

Tapped by designer Donna Karan to front the campaign for DKNY‘s new fragrance MYNY, Ora’s involvement has helped boost sales of the scent by a whopping 250%.

Details below…

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Faith Evans may have had one man to her pum pum  during her marriage to the late Biggie Smalls, but this week has seen her reveal how shocked she was when she learned the rapper wasn’t as faithful.

Speaking to Hip Hop outlet ‘Vlad TV’, the R&B performer revealed that she was surprised to learn that Smalls had been seeing his protege Lil Kim behind her back, admitting she failed to see tell-tell signs that should’ve seen her arrive at the truth far sooner than she did.

What she had to say on the affair and Kim’s “shady” behaviour after it took place?

An honest Evans below…

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‘Posse on Broadway‘ performer Six Mix-a-Lot is enjoying a career revitalisation of sorts this year.

Responsible for the Grammy-winning jam ‘Baby Got Back‘, the hit maker finds himself being introduced to a new audience of music lovers through rapper Nicki Minaj‘s reinterpretation of the bop with here new single ‘Anaconda.’

How feels about the success of the single? Elated, going as far as to call the song a new and improved version of his original and revealing that it had generated $100 million before Minaj set her sights on it this year!

His success story below…

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Mariah Carey received a frosty reception upon setting sail on the Asian leg of her new tour, The Elusive Chanteuse Show earlier this month.

For, despite bringing her heavy catalogue of hits along for the ride, her voice just couldn’t carry them – croaking and cracking at multiple points.

However, as reported, the diva appears to be whipping her chords back into shape and is garnering better press because of it. And while we’ve been wondering what she’s been doing to tune her instrument, she shared her secret on Instagram today – posting a clip clearly aimed at her critics.

Watch Mimi’s vocal warm-ups after the jump…

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With Fergie‘s new single ‘L.A Love (La La)’ burning up on radio and climbing steadily on iTunes, the singer is gearing up to further ignite her comeback campaign with the video for the blazing track.

Yesterday saw the Black Eyed Peas front-woman shoot the visual for the DJ Mustard jam and, by the looks of it, it’s shaping up to be a colorful affair. Exactly how we envisaged it.

Here’s hoping there’s ample choreography too.

In the meanwhile, check out more snaps below…

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Now, as pressure mounted on the Grammy winner to put an end to her working relationship with him, the designer has released a statement claiming the image above is more fiction than is fact, photo shopped by a disgruntled employee determined to take him down.

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Gwen Stefani is back!

The eclectic singer’s new single ‘Baby Don’t Lie’ – her first solo effort in over eight years – has arrived!

Produced by hit vendors Benny Blanco and Ryan Tedder, the anthemic number serves as the lead release from the No Doubt diva’s third studio album – currently due for a December release.

With the song’s accompanying video already shot by acclaimed director Sophie Muller (whose credits include Beyonce and many of Ms. Stefani’s previous visuals), does the track itself deliver? Find out below…

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Ariana Grande is embracing her global status.

Today saw the rapidly rising diva delight the UK on BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards 2014.

There, the 21-year-old performed her chart-topping smash ‘Problem’ .

Peep the performance below…

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Jessie J saw her new LP ‘Sweet Talker’ become her third consecutive UK Top 10 today, when the ‘Bang Bang’ led set debuted at #5 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

Not resting on her laurels, the star jetted into London from an aggressive promo push in the US to give the project an added bump by performing on ‘The X Factor’.

Watch below as the vocal powerhouse electrifies like only she can…

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The X Factor UK 2014 saw its 2nd set of eliminations tonight. Find out who’s heading home this week below…

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A global success, Lady GaGa and Tony Bennett‘s new duet album ‘Cheek To Cheek’ largely enjoys such status thanks to its solid performance in both the US and UK. Released last month, the Jazz LP topped the Billboard 200 tally and landed inside the top 10 of the Official UK Album Chart.

Giving the project an added push in the British region (while in town for her ‘ARTPOP’ tour), GaGa took to the stage on BBC1’s smash hit ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ with Bennett to perform the ironically titled ‘I Won’t Dance’.

Check out their showing below…

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Femcee Iggy Azalea is on all sorts of fire at present.

Having wracked up a bevy of Billboard and global hits, the Australian bred rapper is gearing up to give the masses fresh taste of her debut album ‘The New Classic’.

Christened ‘Reclassified’, the set is will strut into stores on November 24th via Def Jam.

Now, naturally, the expectation would be that the project would include all the tracks from its first issue with an assortment of new additions. Right?

Not in this case.

Team Azalea have interestingly opted to shave certain songs off to make room for the five new offerings.

As reported, ‘Beg For It’ will serve as the lead single from the remoulded project. But which other songs made the cut? And which new tracks are replacing them? Find out below!

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