Love them or hate them, Reality TV stars are hot property in today’s world- turning otherwise fame seeking hopefuls  into multi-media darlings.

So, in honor of their impact, VIBE called on Atlanta’s Kandi Burruss, Basketball ‘wife’ Evelyn Lozada, Love & Hip Hop star Chrissy Lampkin and Braxton sister Tamar for their June/July 2012 SEXY ISSUE.

Peep excerpts from their spread before it hits news stands below:

VIBE: Star Jones started a petition,lashing out against women and violence on reality TV. What’s your reaction?
Evelyn: [Bursts into laughter] I think she’s going to have to get a whole lot of names. Actually, I like the petition and I like the controversy because I’ve learned controversy is good.

But I think she’s irrelevant. And she’s using our coattails to get relevant again. Nobody gives a f*ck about her.

Do any of you see yourselves as role models?

Chrissy: I guess if somebody is afraid to speak their mind and wanna stand up for themselves, then yes. I want people to realize that they can have whatever they want.

You can be respected in your relationship exactly the way you want to be. It’s up to you to go get it.

Some of the stuff is a little heavy, but you’re not going to be exposed to crazy situations in life just by watching reality TV. You can go to the corner store and see crazy shit going on. You can go to school and see crazy shit.Don’t put it all on me.

Kandi: You would never imagine how many people come up to me on the street: “How could you be a part of that? It’s a disgrace to Black people.” I’m on a show called Real Housewives and I’m not married so I guess I represent single mothers out there who are handling their business and trying to take things to the next level.

So when people say, “You shouldn’t be on the show, it’s like, “Well, who do you want to go on there? More people you don’t like?”

So you’re saying the producers orchestrated the violence?

Chrissy: Absolutely. They would go as far as telling the new girl, “Chrissy thinks she’s Queen Bee around here so we need you to step up because nobody here has a strong enough personality.

We need you to shut it down.” They were feeding people this negative energy from the door. I have no reason to lie.

Source.

Your thoughts?

We asked and boy, did you answer.  With a whopping total of over 80,000 votes, the faithful fans of Destiny’s Child, SWV, TLC, and more replied in groves to support their favorites in this showdown.  One of our best yet, we asked ‘who’s the greatest girl group to ever do it’?  In arenas of harmony, influence, and more, you voiced your opinion on who’s who of girl groups.

Sparking quite the debate, did the girl group blueprint The Supremes reign supreme over polls or did the listings see En Vogue victorious?

Without further adieu, the results of the tight race to choose the greatest girl group await:

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That Grape Juice (New York) are in the house live at the press conference for the BET Awards 2012.

Literally seconds ago, network head Stephen Hill confirmed that there will indeed be a tribute to the late, great Whitney Houston.

More after the jump…

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It’s safe to say, by way of her success outside of the series, Nene Leakes is the Bethenny Frankel of ‘The Real Housewives Of Atlanta‘.

However, as you’ll know if you’ve been tuning in, her rising popularity has become synonymous with her spats with the show’s other breakout star Kim Z and ‘fallen housewife’ Sheree Whitfield.

Now peep her talk candidly on the matter with Wendy Williams, sharing her  honest thoughts on the ladies, open up on her friendship with Kim Kardashian and snub the woman once believed to be Sheree’s replacement, Kenya Moore.

Hilarity below…

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It’s that time of year again!

Urban music’s biggest calendar night, the BET Awards, is set to air live from Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on July 1st.

After a year of hot tamale releases, all eyes are on who is up for awards at this year’s show.

Wonder no more, as the answers await after the jump…

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Last week, America’s Next Top Model welcomed Brit supermodel Rob Evans to it’s judging panel, following the dismissal of Nigel Barker, Jay Emmanuel and runway coach ‘Ms.Jay’.

So, in a bid to boost his profile before his season airs, he recently spoke with our friends at E!- dishing on his ‘role’ in the competition and what fans can expect from him as far as judging goes.

Their “telling” conversation below….

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Urban music’s biggest calendar night, the BET Awards, returns on July 1st for what is sure to be an unmissable extravaganza.

So as to cement the latter, the network announced moments ago that Pop forces Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj are the show’s first confirmed performers.

As reported on our Urban Hollywood sister site, That Grape Juice TV, actor Samuel L. Jackson succeeds Kevin Hart as this year’s host.

Your thoughts?

As reported yesterday, ‘Untitled’ singer D’Angelo is back.

The soulful star struck many a pose in his new GQ feature, yet it’s his words that are sure to resonate most.

Flip the hood to see the 38 year old dish on his demons, overcoming them, and an interesting encounter which saw him put Pop queen Madonna in check.

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Hip-Hop outfit Travis Porter are finally set to unleash their debut LP ‘From Day 1’ onto the masses next Tuesday (May 29th).

Boasting an array of the Decatur native’s hits, including ‘Make It Rain’ and ‘Go Shorty Go’, the album is poised to further cement the trio as one of Rap’s young break-out stars.

That Grape Juice has 5 copies of the LP up for grabs. Want to be in with a chance of winning? Simply answer the following question correctly:

Travis Porter Are From Which State? ….

a) Texas

b) Georgia

c) Mississippi

Submit your answer, along with your full name, age, address, and telephone number to the address below. Please be sure to title entry ‘TGJ – Travis Porter’ :

competitions@thatgrapejuice.net

All entries must be received by 9am EST Monday 28th May 2012!

Feast your eyes on Rita Ora, a vision of white at the Chopard Mystere Party in Cannes last night.

Dressed in Emilio Pucci, the former sales clerk took to Villa Domergue for the event, where she enjoyed the company of Brit model Kelly Brook and Bad Boy exec Diddy.

More from her night below…

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Soul-filled songbird Jill Scott brought her enchanting journey to the VH1 Storytellers stage last night.

There the Philadelphia native brought down the house with titillating renditions of hits such as ‘Golden’ and ‘A Long Walk’. Newer cuts such as ‘Blessed’ (from current LP ‘The Light of the Sun’) were also apportioned time to shine.

The hotly anticipated episode also served a character-filled twist. See what we mean after the jump…

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Look out London!

Global superstar Jennifer Lopez is set to rock the UK’s capital for the first time in her 14 year career.

Details and dates after the jump…

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