With hits such as ‘Torn’ and ‘Regret’ under her belt, R&B songbird LeToya Luckett is renown for singing about the ups and downs of love.

However, as she continues work on her third studio album ‘Until Then…’, the Destiny’s Child original opts to shine light on social issues.

Using the vehicle of new song ‘Together’, the singer (in partnership with The Caliber Foundation) aims to help put an end to illegal gun violence in America.

Speaking on the track, Luckett said:

Hey Love’s,
In a time where we’re in need of unity, there is division. In a time where we need peace, I feel as if we are taking a step back from all that we have already accomplished in our history. People spend more time spreading hate and breaking others down instead of acting out of love and building each other up. How dare I not use my voice to encourage change.

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‘2’ is the magic number.

At least for FOX‘s freshman series ‘Empire’.

The music drama, which aired its second episode this week, has today been confirmed for a second season.

Details below…

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As to celebrate the late singer’s birthday and legacy, ‘Pink Matter‘ singer Frank Ocean has paid tribute to Aaliyah today, recording his own version of her Isley Brothers cover ‘At Your Best (You Are Love).‘

Press play to hear Ocean’s moving tribute after the jump…

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Hip Hop prince Tyga is moving onto bigger…and arguably better.

After launching his very own Adult Entertainment company ‘Rack City’ and announcing his departure from the Cash Money music group, the ‘Bedrock’ rapper has secured his very own MTV Reality TV series this year, and is bringing Chris Brown along the televised ride!

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Is Ciara onto a chart winner with new single ‘I Bet’?

If early radio and online streams are any indication, it seems the Harmony Samuels production is heading in one direction…upwards.

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Jessie J‘s push for new album ‘Sweet Talker’ continues.

The vocal powerhouse showcased why she’s billed as such on The Graham Norton Show last night.

There, the star – who this week signed on a coach on The Voice Australia – performed current single ‘Masterpiece’, which follows chart smash ‘Bang Bang’ and winter warmer ‘Burnin’ Up’.

Watch Jessie in action after the jump…

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After donating 500 state of the art computers to underprivileged teens in the Philadelphia area last year, this year has seen the actor Kevin Hart explain why he walked away from a part he was offered in the movie ‘Tropic Thunder.’

Speaking to hit radio show ‘The Breakfast Club‘, the philanthropic performer revealed that he turned down the chance to play a character in the project because of how “gay” he came across in its original script.

Kevin’s story below…

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After building bops for the likes of Leona Lewis, Cher Lloyd and Melissa Steel, Autumn Rowe steps into the light as her own artist this year, doing so with the brilliant new single ‘If I Don’t Have You.’

A House lover’s dream, the jam was released earlier this week and is now available to spin below, dropping  after the star developed the Pop force that is Fifth Harmony while on the ‘X Factor USA.’

Ready to press play?

Get into ‘You‘ after the jump…

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It’s no secret that the Houston family is not on board with Angela Bassett‘s cinematic ode to the romance of pop icon Whitney Houston and her R&B bad boy ex-husband Bobby Brown.

Coming in the form of the biopic ‘Whitney,‘ airing Saturday, January 17th at 8/7c on Lifetime, anticipation for the film is reaching feverish pitch as barely a day separates viewers from it. But, if you were looking to see if the sentiment was shared in the Houston household, you got your answer today when Whitney’s former manager/sister-in-law Pat Houston took to Facebook to slam the movie and the channel (despite it once being their own reality show’s network).

After pointing out its shambolic, Wendy Williams’-produced ‘Aaliyah: Princess of R&B’ film as evidence, the businesswoman went on to urge fans of Houston to boycott the film.

Read her fiery statement below:

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As TV moms go, few come as loved as Aunt Viv from The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

For six seasons, the Banks matriarch delighted audiences with her class, wit, sass, and sophistication.

Interestingly, the character was portrayed by two different actresses – Janet Hubert first and Daphne Maxwell Reid who would step into the role from the show’s third season.

The story surrounding that change is drenched in drama, however this instalment of Retro Rewind celebrates the semantics of Aunt Viv, a character who, along Claire Huxtable, serves as one of the most progressive images of Black womanhood in television history.

By no means a coincidence, each of That Grape Juice‘s favourite Aunt Viv moments are played by the “originale” and they await after the jump…

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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, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday. Unlike its retrospective predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

Now, as fans ready themselves for the highly anticipated Whitney Houston made-for-TV biopic ‘Whitney’ (January 17th at 8/7c on Lifetime), there is no better time to ode the songstress than with today’s replay of her multiplatinum third album ‘I’m Your Baby Tonight.’

“The third album is probably always the hardest because people expect so much. [They say] the first one is ok, the second one was pretty good, but now what is she going to do for the third one? It’s always that expectation level that makes it hard to deal with. You want it to be accepted in the same way that the first and second one were.” – Whitney Houston, 1991

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