With Tamar Braxton‘s career on an upward swing, the star fittingly covers the July 2014 issue of Upscale Magazine.

The singer, talk show host, and reality TV maven is currently prepping a return to the small screen with a slew of shows.

First up is WE tv’s ‘Braxton Family Values’, which makes its comeback in August. A month later, Ms. She, Me, Her will re-join her co-anchors on FOX‘s new daytime talker ‘The Real’ – which, after a test season last Summer, is back for a full season run on September 15th. Later this year, ‘Tamar & Vince’ also makes a return – with this season having a heavy focus on the recording of the follow-up to Braxton’s debut album ‘In Love & War’.

Needless to say, it’s busy times for this Braxton.

Your thoughts?

As chart disasters go, few come as high-profile as Mariah Carey‘s latest album ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’.

An apt title, the LP has experienced elusive sales – and that’s putting it politely.

Debuting with career low numbers in the US (see: 58k), the set also tanked in the UK where it premiered at #14 with sales of 6500.

Recent trend among the singer’s fan-base has been to blame her manager, friend, and longtime collaborator Jermaine Dupri – who this week clapped-back at the critique.

During a stop at The Breakfast Club yesterday, where he visited to promote R&B quad Jagged Edge, the hitmaker couldn’t escape the Mimi questions and was flat-out asked about the project’s appalling numbers.

Find out what he had to say after the jump, where TGJ’s weigh-in on the madness also awaits…

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While her music videos and live performances haven’t always been up to par, Nicki Minaj has never had any problems scoring acclaim for her lyrical prowess, celebrated for penning the music that took her from Hip Hop upstart to world renown megastar.

Unfortunately, not all of her contemporaries can boast of such a feat, oft ridiculed behind industry doors for enlisting ghost writers to create material they go on to pass off as their own work, dipping into their budgets to pay said writers for their ideas…and silence.

This, as fans of Minaj learned, hasn’t gone unnoticed by the rapper, who took subtle aim at her lyric-deficient rivals during a ‘Ustream‘ session launched to promote her latest single ‘Pills N Potions.‘

What she had to say on the matter?

Her remarks below…

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2012’s ‘Battleship’ may not have wowed as many movie-goers as she would have liked, but that did little to deter Pop star Rihanna from making a return to the big screen this year, doing so in the animated flick ‘Home.’

Due for release on March 27th 2015, the movie follows the story of Tip (Rihanna) who travels across a post apocalyptic America with a friendly alien named Oh, who learns what it means to be a human being when after fleeing his planet to escape his mortal enemy and seeking refuge on Earth.

As if that wasn’t enough to secure your support, the project will come armed with a concept album recorded by Rihanna, with cuts penned and recorded to tell the movie’s story in ways only she can.

Peep its trailer below…

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Though many a publicist would have the world believe otherwise, $0.99 singles have and will never hold more weight than $9.99 albums.

Alas, with many a ‘Hot 100′ regular struggling to move the albums their #1 singles are pulled from, record labels oft reach for the stars when window dressing the commercial failures of their microwave Pop purveyors.

Fortunately for ‘Interscope‘, they’ll be faced with no such task when handling Lana Del Rey’s ‘Ultraviolence‘, now on course to rock the ‘Billboard 200′ with an opening week figure set to put many a Pop princess to shame!

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Ever eager to push her heartfelt material to the masses, Keyshia Cole has announced the launch of her ‘Point of no Return’, launched to support its supporting album of the same name!

When you catch Ms.Cole in action?

Pop open the lid to find out below…

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Following much fanfare, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, and Claudia Leitte performed ‘We Are One (Ole Ola)’ at the FIFA World Cup 2014 Opening Ceremony in Brazil moments ago.

Prior to the showing, which was watched by millions across the globe, controversy set in when Lopez backed out with just days to spare.

Re-joining the line-up yesterday, was the diva’s return worth it? Find out below…

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While still mourning the loss of poet/author/activist/humanitarian Maya Angelou, the entertainment industry suffered another blow today with reports that actress/screen legend Ruby Dee has died at 91.

A Grammy, Emmy, NAACP Image, and Screen Actors Guild Award recipient, Dee’s 7 decade career saw her conquer television, music, movies, and stage.  Best known for her roles in ‘The Jackie Robinson Story’ and ‘Raisin in the Sun,’ the actress’s career was revitalized in 2007 with an Academy Award-nomination for her work in ‘American Gangster.’

Full story below:

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This September, gear up to see Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson like you’ve never seen them before.

The award-winning stars lead Sony Picture’s latest big screen blockbuster ‘No Good Deed’.

High octane and high action, the fast-paced flick tells the tale of a wife and mother of two (Henson), lives an ideal life that takes a turn when her family is threatened by a stranger (Elba) who talks his way into her house, claiming car trouble. The unexpected invitation leaves her terrorized and fighting for survival.

Peep the newly unwrapped trailer after the jump…

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With hits penned hits for the likes of Rita Ora, Rihanna and Beyonce, ‘OVO’ maestro Drake is no stranger to collaborating with fellow chart toppers.

Only right then, that as he sets his sights on his fourth studio album, that he announce a joint tour with an artist whose benefitted a great deal from his rise to the top, and will now do so once again once they hit the road on August 8th!

So, which one of the ‘Champagne Papi‘s amigos is to headline their first tour together?

Find out below…

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Having just wrapped their acclaimed ‘No Filter Tour’, Danity Kane are hitting the promotional rounds to plug their comeback single ‘Lemonade’.

The ladies of DK sat down with Complex Magazine recently to chat about their past, present, and where they’re heading in the future. Regarding the latter, it appears it may be a stage near you – as the trio confirm they’re prepping another tour.

Get into the interview below…

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