Guess who decided to give those vocals a rest?

Yep, perhaps in realising the sound that springs from her mouth can at times give ‘nails on a chalkboard’ realness, last week saw Rihanna employ a backing vocal during her performance of ‘Pour It Up’ on the first night of her ‘Diamonds World Tour’.

Opting to execute a stripper friendly choreography instead of singing live, her serving of the song does make for an interesting watch, telling a number of tales on how many hours both she and team spent in rehearsing for the show.

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Let’s be honest…how many of Justin Timberlake‘s contemporaries ten years ago can say they’re just as successful today as they were back then.

When you take Beyonce and Britney out of the equation, that leaves very few- and now, days before his latest album is set to secure sales of over half a million units in its launch week, he extends his current reign with a visit to BET‘s ‘106 & Park‘.

Pushing the album to its Urban audience,  the former N’Sync frontman dished  on the process behind crafting the album, the aforementioned Bey  and what the future holds for his ever potent brand.

Watch below!

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This week’s That Grape Juice Cover Star comes from Youtube songbird Jouelle.  Watch as she shines with her cover of ‘Body Party’ –  the latest single from Ciara‘s highly anticipated 5th album ‘One Woman Army’ (start at :30):

Sang Jouelle!  We definitely give kudos to the songstress for putting her own soulful spin on Ciara’s softly sung number.  Opting to inject a bit more melisma and “umph” into the tune than its seductively cooed original, Miss Young put on display an instrument somewhat reminiscent of Elle Varner‘s (in part).

Yes, a few missed lyrics and misfired runs here and there, but what shines through is Young’s undeniable potential.  Overall, a fairly solid showing!

For more on Miss Jouelle, check out her Youtube page.

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This week has seen Justin Timberlake take over Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in support of his hotly anticipated comeback album ‘The 20/20 Experience’. Indeed, each evening served up a new JT showing from the project. Yet, for the final night of his “residency”, the 32-year-old took viewers down memory lane with a retrospective ‘Hits Melody’.

Watch below as the singer-actor rocks out to ‘Like I Love You’, ‘My Love’, ‘Cry Me A River’, and ‘Senorita’.

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Appears Lil’ Wayne is a-ok!

After major outlets filled the net with headlines the hit rapper was in an L.A. intensive care unit (ICU) after a reported overdose, Lil Tunechi took to Twitter himself to confirm his well being….

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As headlines have reported throughout the week, Hip Hop hitmaker Lil’ Wayne has been hospitalized for “seizures”.

Despite being released Wednesday, now, our good friends at TMZ share that not only has the Young Money maestro been rushed to the hospital again, but this time he is reportedly “unstable” and being monitored in an intensive care unit…

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Jessie J went above and beyond for charity today when she shaved her head to raise funds for this year’s ‘Comic Relief’ festivities. Undoubtedly marking one of the boldest moves any of her contemporaries has made for a good cause, she explained:

“It’s the weirdest feeling, It feels so liberating. Shaving my head for charity is something I’ve promised to do for a long time and Comic Relief has given me the opportunity to try and raise as much money as possible for good causes by doing it.

“I’ve loved watching Red Nose Day since I was a kid and I’m so excited to join this year’s team of celebrity  fun raisers and help support the campaign. Together with help from the UK public, we are on a mission to raise more money than ever before for Red Nose Day.”

Watch her in action below…

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The good people of Philadelphia were the latest to witness Rihanna‘s ‘Diamonds’ stage outing last night, marking her first audience since announcing she was suffering from laryngitis.

We wish we could say that they got their money’s worth and witnessed a live show worthy of the singer’s name, but that dear friends….would be a low down dirty lie.

In fact, if footage of her performing her song ‘What Now’ is anything to go by, some could be forgiven for asking why they bothered to purchase tickets to the show in the first place, taking her ‘drunk girl chic’ performance style and inconsistent voice into account.

Want to see what you missed out on?

Watch her do what she does best below…

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It’s finally here!

Yes, minutes ago saw Pitbull drop the video for his Christina Aguilera assisted cut ‘Feel This Moment‘.

Watch below!

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Rihanna is back at work!

That’s right, after cancelling the second and third nights from the show, the MAC girl  continued the tour at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena last night.

Though footage from the set is yet to surface, fans can catch hot shots from her outing below.

What are you waiting for?

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Justin Bieber lends his ever improving vocals to Will.I.Am‘s new single ‘That Power‘, pulled from the latter’s April 2013 release, ‘#willpower‘.

Recorded in the city of London, the overproduced number samples the Daft Punk classic ‘Harder‘ and arrives weeks after Will watched his Britney Spears led ‘Scream & Shout’ dominate charts across the globe, spearheading the campaign for her own forthcoming album.

Good times with JB and the ‘Black Eyed Pea’ below!

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New music alert!

He’s the R&B Prince carving the genre’s new sound via Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius and Rihanna. Now, before the release of his debut album via Def Jam and Roc Nation, Elijah Blake gifts us his very own take on Drake‘s smash hit single, ‘Started From The Bottom‘.

Sure to boost even more interest in his critically acclaimed ‘Bijoux 22‘ EP, the cover comes as the original single hit US sales of 648,547 units, and months after the aforementioned ‘Bijoux’ became the fastest downloaded R&B EP at Def Jam.

Get right into it below!

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