She’s the Grammy winning R&B pioneer with a career spanning over twenty years.

Indeed, while it’s a fact most overlook, Brandy‘s arrival via the hit show Moesha saw her carve a clean lane for Urban songstresses hoping to enjoy mainstream notoriety. Songstresses, that debuted as early as 1997 and as later as 2005 (Destiny’s Child & Rihanna respectively).

Now watch as she shares on her thoughts on ‘Bow Down‘- the scorching new song released by fellow triple threat Beyonce below!

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With a new album on the way, it’s clear that Chris Brown is finally ready to address the issues that continue to plague his career, as to lay them to rest.

Marking a bold new step in the right direction for the upbeat entertainer, this morning saw him address those very issues on Ryan Seacrest‘s radio platform, speaking very openly on his assault on Pop Princess Rihanna back in 2009 and the traits in her personality he feels led up to the event.

Meet an older and wiser Chris here.

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 Without a doubt, the success Elijah Blake‘s debut EP ‘Bijoux 22’ has everyone in the know very excited about his debut album.

Billed by some fans as a more Hip Hop driven alternative to Frank Ocean, his brand of understated R&B has seen him swerve into a lane currently occupied by Drake, The Weeknd and ‘I Want You’ sensation Luke James.

Believe us when we say we’d put  good money on him being R&B’s leading beau by this time next year. So, until that happens, watch him dish on what fans can expect from the Jay Z backed release with Joombas TV below!

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The Twitterverse was set alight this morning with news that ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ starlet Porsha Stewart and husband Kordell Stewart are soon to be splitsville.

Indeed, Kordell – who hasn’t won much love from fans since his inclusion on the show due to opinions that he is “too controlling” – was actually the one who filed the petition for divorce.

Via Access Atlanta:

“Petitioner, after marrying respondent, a cast member on the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” on May 21, 2011, is seeking divorce as the marriage is irretrievably broken.“

Reports also indicate the former NFL player says the show has damaged his reputation.

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Eve tones it all the way down for her ‘Lip Lock‘ album cover, released to fans online a matter of minutes ago.

Set for launch in May, the arrival of the album’s cover comes weeks after the Rapper released her motivational new single ‘Make It Out This Town’, set to push the album to the heights of the Billboard 200 with the help of vocalist Gabe Saporta.

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Season 4 of The Voice kicked off in spectacular fashion last night. And as has become customary on the NBC hit, the show’s four coaches took front stage center for a rousing joint performance.

New additions Usher and Shakira teamed up with show staples Adam Levine and Blake Shelton to rock the house with the aptly titled ‘Come Together’.

Watch the Pop quad in action below…

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The Prince of Pop is back!

After a brief hiatus to enjoy life and embark on a number of non-musical endeavours, Chris Brown readies the release of a brand new album…named ‘X‘.

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Brandy stays busy these days.

The Vocal Bible stopped by The Wendy Williams Show today to talk all that she has cooking at the moment – namely her upcoming marriage to Ryan Press, Tyler Perry movie ‘Temptation’, and her starring role as Chardonnay in BET’s ‘The Game’, and more!

Watch B-Rocka dish it all below…

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One’s a Brit Pop Princess whose sold over 1 million units in the UK since debuting last year. The other, a Pop icon just as renown for her timeless music as she is for her endless stream of charitable ventures.

This summer, in lending a helping hand to Gucci’s ‘Chime For Change‘ initiative, Rita Ora and Beyonce will join forces for a one off concert special, to be held in the city of London.

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Movie fans may remember that at initial reports of Quentin Tarantino‘s controversial slavery film ‘Django Unchained‘s casting, rapper/actor Will Smith was touted as its lead.  However, by the time the film neared release, Jamie Foxx was cast as the movie‘s main character.

While not much fuss was made at the time, Smith recently acknowledged his decision to pass on the film.

Via Entertainment Weekly:

‘Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead,’ said Smith. ‘The other character was the lead! I was like, “No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!”‘

The actor did later shower the film with praise and commend Jamie for his performance.

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