Get into ‘Jumanji’, the latest effort by Azealia Banks.

The lead single for her ‘Fantastic‘ mixtape due out this summer, it arrives three weeks after the MC announced her signing to Lady GaGa’s management team- headed by Troy Carter.

Listen below…

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For young Willow Smith, fame was always going to be unavoidable.

The only daughter of Pop culture icon Will Smith and his wife Jada, the last two years have seen the star launch a career of her own- trying her hand at Pop music.

However, despite the fact that she’s generally well received, she has revealed she does enjoy her notoriety during a ‘Red Table Talk‘.

Watch below…

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Before performing for her, Nicki Minaj sat down with Ellen Degeneres yesterday for a fun filled interview.

Dishing on the Pop star’s explicit lyrics, her ‘telling’ sense of fashion and her meteoric rise to fame, their chat awaits you below…

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After prying herself away from Twitter yesterday, Rihanna joined the cast of ‘Battleship‘ for its LA premiere last night.

Just days after she was hospitalized for the ‘flu’, the model walked the red carpet signing autographs for fans- telling Access Hollywood:

I’m a lot better now…I had a couple days to rest and re-hydrated.

More from her night below…

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Rita Ora.

It’s a name that’s been perched on the lips of many as of late. Indeed, the budding Roc Nation diva has seen her buzz reach fever-pitch – globally.

And yet it begs the question -why? Is the vocals? is the fashion? Are folk simply bored of the usual suspects (see: Rihanna and co)?

It’s a question That Grape Juice put to Ora herself last month, and one we weigh-in on in latest episode of The Business.

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As reported here, Pop partners Usher and Justin Bieber are the latest stars to grace the cover of Billboard magazine.  Interestingly, Ush and his pop protege are also on duty May 20th for the Billboard Awards and expected to impart live renditions of their latest hits ‘Climax’/‘Scream’ and ‘Boyfriend’ respectively.

With both singers having albums due just a week apart in June, fans should expect to see much of the duo jointly and separately in support of the projects.  Until then, get into this behind the scenes look at their Billboard cover and accompanying interview:

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‘On the Floor’ hitmaker Jennifer Lopez reminded all of how she gets down on the floor when she took tonight’s viewers of American Idol to task with her latest ‘Dance Again’.  ‘Again’, the first song lifted from Lopez’s forthcoming greatest hits collection, may not be performing as well on charts as some of the hits that will accompany it on the disc.

That, however, didn’t stop the mom-of-two from bringing the house down at tonight’s Idol showing.

See J. Lo lend a live rendition to her latest single below:

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Ontario pop tart Justin Bieber has won the hearts of many-an-American teen girl since his debut a few years ago.  Now, it looks like the crooner is aiming for an older crowd.

Dropping a new song just for Mother’s Day, Biebz’ newest ballad will see its Itunes debut Friday morning at 12am – much to the pleasure of fans.

Get your first listen below:

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There just must be something about Adele. Despite releasing her groundbreaking sophomore album ’21’ early last year, the set is still a mainstay on the Billboard 200’s top 10.  Threatening to unseat country star Carrie Underwood to regain next week’s top spot, it’s safe to say the album shows no signs of slowing down (already passing the 9 million mark in U.S. sales alone).

And while the songstress made a triumphant return to stage at this year’s Grammy’s, the singer is still very much recuperating from a near career-ending vocal chord surgery.  Chatting on the details with NBC’s Matt Lauer, the singer dishes on these topics and more in an hour long special entitled “Adele Live in London with Matt Lauer”.

Scheduled for premiere on June 5 at 8 p.m. ET, get into a snippet of the action below:

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With Chris Brown‘s ‘Fortune’ campaign train almost ready to leave the station, the 23 year old is wasting no time prepping new visuals for the set’s latest singles. Having shot the clip for ‘Sweet Love’ two weeks ago, today saw the dynamo star take on directorial duties for ‘Till I Die’ – the next cut to be lifted from the LP (due on July 3rd).

Joined by rappers Big Sean and Wiz Khalfia, Brown led the trio in showing plenty of skin – a sight we’re sure will provoke varied responses.

Peep more pics below…

which arrives in stores on July 3rd.

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How time flies!

It been 12 months since Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon welcomed twin cuties Monroe and Morroccan into their family.

And so as to celebrate the milestone, the diva (42) has released a new family portrait – which shows the already-famous youngsters growing happy and healthy.

Cute.

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Cop a gander of Brandy!

The R&B chanteuse serves up diva in earnest in the latest issue of EBONY magazine. As earlier reported, the ‘Put It Down’ singer  features with Monica in the publication; and while their collective shoot was fierce, Ms. Norwood brought the heat in her solo shots – which were helmed by Derek Blanks.

Peep another stunning shot after the jump…

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