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While fans are snapping up tickets to Beyonce‘s highly anticipated ‘Formation’ tour at a rapid pace, there are some who have been quite vocal about their intent to be absent:  municipal police authorities.

Indeed, after Miami’s fraternal order announced their plan to boycott the singer’s security detail when the tour kicks off there on April 27th, now Nashville, New York City, and even the singer’s hometown of Houston, TX are joining the #BoycottBeyonce train.

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Welcome back to TGJ Replay!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest reflective segment to act as a written quest to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its TGJ retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

Now, join us as we dust off the ‘Sandcastle Disco’-housing gem ‘Sol-angel and the Hadley St. Dreams’ – the sophomore album from Solange Knowles:

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All roads lead to March 25th for K. Michelle.

The R&B maven will, on said, date unleash her quirkly titled third album ‘More Issues Than Vogue.’

Today she shares another page from the project in the form of new number ‘Mindful.’

Having sung and even yodelled on previous cuts, the reality star turned credible act showcases her rap skills on the track.

We’re serious, she spits bars for the length and breadth of the song. Of her flow, Michelle told fans upon debuting the cut:

“Nothing new! I got my record deal rapping!”

Take a listen below…

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The combination of songbird Tweet and rapper/producer Missy Elliott has birthed some of our favorite R&B jams over the past 20 years (see:  ‘Pussycat,’ ‘Oops! Oh My,’ ‘Turn the Lights Off,’ etc).

Now, as fans continue to celebrate the forthcoming release of ‘Charlene’ (February 26) – the singer’s first official LP in 10 years – they’re being greeted with news of the duo’s long awaited reunion.

Courtesy of eOne Nashville, the two have teamed up for the sassy ode to “love gone wrong” titled ‘Somebody Else Will.’ Tuck in below for your first listen and opportunity to add the song to your collection:
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The producer Dr. Luke has won the latest round of his ongoing legal war with his artist Kesha.

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Chris Brown and Zayn Malik have more than their rivalries with Justin Bieber in common.

How so? The Sony siblings have joined forces to record an original song to support Malik‘s forthcoming set ‘Mind of Mine’  and have released a snippet from it today.

Exciting times!

Ready to hear a little of what the Pop princes have cooked up?

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Rihanna‘s ‘ANTI’ has been rocked by more bad news.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor, the star of the Oscar winning movie ’12 Years a Slave’, has suggested that it it is harder to be an LGBTQ actor than it is to be an African-American.

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Shonda Rhimes’ television factory is gearing up to churn out a brand new series…and it’s a comedy.

Exciting details below…

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Star Jones‘ dramatic run on ABC’s ‘The View’ is to be depicted by way of a new “fictional” series named ‘Satan’s Sisters.’

Guess where she broke the good news?

You guessed it…

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If you thought Beyonce‘s ‘Super Bowl 50’ drama had cooled by any means, your thoughts are every flavor of wrong.

The songstress, set to kick off her highly anticipated ‘Formation’ stadium tour at April’s end, is still very much a hot topic courtesy of her recent halftime show outing (deemed by many as racially provocative and anti-police).  In fact, in addition to a number of viewers hopping on to the #BoycottBeyonce train, some cities’ police forces are banding together to boycott the singer’s security detail when she touches down in their area.

Two cities seeming to make the most noise are Floridian metros Tampa and Miami.  While reports indicated the former’s police were set to skip out on security when she visits on April 29th, the latter were said to be on the fence…

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It appears ‘Sausage’ rapstress Lil Mama has beef with internet haters and looks to take square aim at them via the video for her new single ‘Memes.’

Lifted from her December EP ‘Take Me Back,’ the tune, courtesy of a Malu-directed video, addresses her viral crying meme (lifted from her 2011 ‘Breakfast Club’ interview).  Even including an excerpt from the infamous interview to kick off the clip, the video also pays homage to Biggie Smalls’ 1997 hit ‘Kick in the Door.’

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