Before rising to fame on Hip Hop wings, a teenage Nicki Minaj could have been found gracing the hallways of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she studied to become an actress.

Today, footage from her time at the school has surfaced online, pulled from a scene in which she plays a mother desperate to be reunited with a child she lost to the family court system.

Why we see Oscars in the entertainer’s future?

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Rapper YG and trendsetting producer DJ Mustard are unlikely to welcome the New Year together later on this week, now gearing up to fight each other in the city of Los Angeles following a spat on ‘Instagram.’

Surprising news below…

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Copyright and internet privacy website ‘TorrentFreak’ has revealed their list of the ‘Most Pirated Movies of 2014’ today, revealing which flicks nabbed the most illegal downloads since the start of the year.

Did BET‘s hit series ‘The Game‘ make the list?

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Fans hoping for a new Rihanna album over the holidays found a proverbial lump of coal under their trees this Christmas. For, the 26-year-old is still working on the as yet untitled set, which supporters have codenamed ‘#R8’. Or perhaps more accurately ‘R Late’.

Delayed in earnest, some industry sources have suggested that the project may be subject to extra internal pressure due to the success rival Beyonce enjoyed with her self-titled visual LP.

Whatever the case, Ms. Fenty isn’t letting the slow-going or dwindling interest dent her drive. Because after celebrating the festive season with friends and family in her native Barbados, the star hit a studio in the region to re-commence recording of the record.

Peep a snap from the session above.

Are you still excited?

Your thoughts?

Through the new organisation ‘Global Music Rights’, Irving Azoff– the manager behind the careers of Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera– has threatened to file $1 billion lawsuit against the video sharing site YouTube.

Who, what, where and why?

Litigious drama below…

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Madonna can’t seem to catch a break these days. Not even over the holidays.

Despite her heartiest efforts to “spin” the multitude of leaks that have plagued her 13th studio album, ‘Rebel Heart’, new songs from the project’s recording sessions keep drip-dropping their way online.

The latest trio of tracks arrived yesterday (following the surfacing of 14 cuts last week) under the titles ‘Never Let You Go’, ‘Arioso’ and ‘Two Steps Behind Me’. According to reports the latter was aimed at long-time rival Lady GaGa – although Madge has gone on to deny.

Peep the lyrics, the Material Girl’s response to the claims, and GaGa’s interestingly timed Instagram post below…

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Since its release on October 28th, Nicki Minaj‘s Hip Hop bop ‘Only’ has sold 399,125 units, set to cross the 400,000 mark by the end of this week.

Impressive, right? A reminder of the rapper’s commercial prowess, right? Of course.

So, can anyone explain where said commercial prowess is hiding in the UK?

You know, where the rapper’s latest album ‘The Pinkprint‘ is now on course to fall out of the Top 40 two weeks after its release.

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Parisian R&B lovers were graced with Chrisette Michele‘s presence recently, treated to a stellar performance by the performer at the French entertainment complex Bizz’Art.

There, she brought the house down with her ‘Better’ pulled jam ‘Charades.’

Watch the ‘R&B Diva’ do what she does best, below…

Your thoughts?

When he isn’t flying the flag for R&B on Top 40 radio Jeremih can be found on ‘The Body‘, the latest jam from Nigerian rapper Wale.

The song is the first to be pulled from the performer’s new album ‘The Album About Nothing’ and will no doubt whip up momentum for Jeremih‘s forthcoming effort ‘Late Nights’, due out on Valentine’s Day 2015.

Check ’em out below…

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Budding divas Fifth Harmony have started to blossom and bloom in a big way on iTunes.

Following its release last month, the quintet’s latest single ‘Sledgehammer’ has been surging on the main count of the digital tally in the US. The holidays, however, have brought the Meghan Trainor penned production its most pronounced success yet.

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As the year draws to an end, so too sadly is the marriage of Chris Rock and wife of 19-years Malaak Compton-Rock.

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Congratulations are in order for Alicia Keys and hitmaker husband Swizz Beatz.

The power couple welcomed the birth of their second son early yesterday morning, it was announced moments ago.

Details below…

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