Earplugs at the ready?

Good. For, if you intend on watching the performance waiting below you’ll most certainly need them. A performance, put on by none other by ‘Battleship’ bomber Rihanna at the 2012 Wireless Fest, held in the city of London yesterday.

Curious to see how she fared? Watch below…

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Now on the second night of his ‘Revel Resorts’ performance commitment, Kanye West ensured fans got their money’s worth with a killer performance of ‘New God Flow‘, assisted by  Pusha T.

Tuck into the visual feast below…

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That Grape Juice were live in Los Angeles for the BET Awards weekend. While in town, we caught up with R&B star LeToya Luckett who dished on her new album (the housing label of which she was coy on), her friendship with fellow child of “Destiny” Michelle Williams, and more.

Hit ‘PLAY’ to peep our chat with the ‘Torn’ singer.

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As Roc Nation‘s latest priority (sorry Rihanna) Rita Ora is undoubtedly Pop’s fastest rising star- impacting the Billboard Hot 100 with her feel good number ‘Party’.

However, what some fans may not know is that despite debuting this year, Ora has been signed to the label/management company for some time- reportedly under the pupil-age of boss Jay Z and his wife Pop Queen Beyonce.

Now peep Rita dish on their relationship and the gift she bought their daughter Blue Ivy below…

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In what can only come as great news for the Rapper, Nicki Minaj‘s new single ‘Pound The Alarm’ continues to soar on the UK Singles Chart this week.

The highest rising cut on the tally, its ascent also makes it one of the fastest selling numbers of the year- well on its way to surpassing feats scored by her earlier hit ‘Starships‘.

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The Prince Of Pop has struck again.

Yes, after spawning the smash hit single ‘Turn Up The Music‘ and wowing audiences worldwide with his 2012 BET Awards performance, today saw Chris Brown welcome more good news.

For today, his latest album ‘Fortune‘ rose to the top of the UK Albums Chart- marking his first ever #1 album in the country.

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Just as renown for her smash hit single ‘My Neck / My Back’ as she is for her outspoken nature, Rap belle Khia has made the quite the name for herself as a ‘Pop culture commentator’.

Now, weeks after mocking Lil Kim‘s alleged addiction to cosmetic surgery, she has weighed in on ‘Sweet Life’ sensation Frank Ocean.

Full story below…

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Peep Keyshia Cole performing her latest single ‘Enough Of No Love’ live at this year’s ‘Essence Music Festival’.

Despite struggling to live up to its recorded version, her ‘stage presence’ was enough to make up for the shortcoming, rousing the crowd with conviction and emotion we hope to find on her upcoming ‘Woman To Woman’ LP.

Not sure what we mean?

Watch below…

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After serving a scorching set at last night’s Wireless Fest, Rita Ora hit the London night scene sporting PVC.

Making her way to London’s DSTRKT, the star and her entourage braved the rain (and the paparazzi) as they entered the spot-  where the Radio One after party for the festival was also  being held.

More snaps below…

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In 2007, after a short musical hiatus, TGJ-favorite Kelly Rowland showed those who had doubted her that she could in fact “bump like this”. Our pick for this week’s From The Vault comes in the form of her club-classic ‘Like This’

Produced by Polow Da Don and written by Sean Garrett and Rowland herself, the track – which features a rap verse by the amazing Eve – was released as the first single from her sophomore effort ‘Ms. Kelly’.

It peaked at #30 on the US Hot 100, a respectable feat if you ask us, still we are sure you would agree when we say it deserved an even higher ranking – as it is often the case with Kelly’s material. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart though, the tune managed to reach the 7th position and was her very first single to ever top the Hot Dance Club Songs tally. It also proved to be an international hit placing inside the Top 20 in Australia and Top 5 of the British and Irish charts.

The house party-themed accompanying visual, helmed by Canadian director Mike Ruiz does a stellar job capturing the carefree vibe of the song and at the time presented us with a brand new Kelly, a sassier and more confident Kelly. The performance bits are particularly stunning and the night-vision shots make for a nice addition.

With ‘Ice’ generating quite the buzz ever since its release last week and ‘Motivation’ standing as one of the biggest achievement of her career, let’s only hope the ex-X-Factor judge doesn’t forget to feed us with the club-bangers on her next project.

For as much as us and radios alike live for her mellow material, cuts such as this one, ‘Work (Put It In)’, ‘I’m Dat Chick’ or ‘Turn It Up’ as well as her more Dance-oriented tunes only testify of the diversity Ms. Kelly has to offer.

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For fans of Rap collective Young Money, London was the place to be last night.

Sending in their chart topping cash cows, Drake and Nicki Minaj, to represent them at the 2012 Wireless Festival at  which the ‘Practice‘ perfectionist headlined.

Now watch the pair perform their budding hit ‘Make Me Proud’ below…

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As further proof of her global star power, last night saw Nicki Minaj take her ‘Pink Friday World Tour‘ to the French capital,Paris.

The latest stop on the global event, the Rapper touched down at the Zénith de Paris armed with the upbeat stage show and the benefit of its hype.

This, spearheaded by the recent success of her new single ‘Pound The Alarm‘ which is well on its way to becoming one of the fastest selling UK singles to be released any artist , of any genre.

Her Parisian set also comes before she launches her UK arena tour this winter, marking the first time a Female Rapper will headline her own show at London’s 02 Arena.

However, until that happens peep more from Paris below…

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