Undeterred by the shambolic showing that was last month’s ‘Pour It Up’ video, Rihanna is readying a follow-up for her legion of loyal fans.

With sales of latest album ‘Unapologetic’ having stalled around her usual upper limit, the Instagram model is squeezing what little else she can with new single ‘What Now’.

Set to debut this Friday (November 15th), the ballad’s accompanying clip was teased by the 25-year-old moments ago. Here’s hoping it delivers, because the rest of the era’s visuals have been disastrous let-downs – sans ‘Diamonds’.

Peep a snap above and another below…

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As anyone familiar with her gift may agree, Azealia Banks is only one carefully executed album away from claiming the critical and commercial glory her talent deserves.

Alas, by way of a mouth that runs quicker than Precious post ‘Fried Chicken‘- gate, the Harlem belle finds her brand tarnished by Twitter rants that have done quite the number on her career.

Her latest beef? With Pharrell Williams, whom she blames for the failure of their collaborative single ‘ATM Jam’, claiming his decision to ‘ignore’ the single after enjoying success via Robin Thicke‘s ‘Blurred Lines’ and the record breaker that was ‘Get Lucky.’

Her take on the matter below…

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Cop a gander of Justin Timberlake!

The stage blazer styles and profiles in the December 2013 issue of GQ magazine, which celebrates 2013’s Men Of The Year.

It’s little surprise that the 32-year-old was selected. He has enjoyed critical and commercial success with his blockbuster album series ‘The 20/20 Experience’, a project he’s currently on a sold-out world tour in support of.

The December edition of GQ hits newsstands on November 19th, while fans can garner of a preview of the JT experience when he takes to the stage at the 2013 American Music Awards on November 24th.

Cover Credit: Sebastian Kim / GQ

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Brit-Pop rebel Lily Allen is back with a bang.

The 28-year-old came out of “retirement” moments ago, revealing new song ‘Hard Out Here’ and its accompanying video.

Currently the hottest of topics, find out why after the jump!

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Five years after the release of his last album ‘Freedom’ – and doing his part to introduce a certain Lady GaGa to the world- Akon returns to Pop’s scene with a brand new single named ‘So Blue.‘

Unveiled to build momentum for his forthcoming album ‘Stadium’, the clip sees the ‘Lonely’ singer return in fine form, calling on Tiny Lester to star in it alongside him!

A long awaited come back below…

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Based in the UK and don’t recognise the artist pictured above?

Well, before reading any further…look again. For, upon doing so, you’d see that that artist is none other than Kyle Lettman, formerly of Urban Pop trio Fundamental 03!

Now, many moons removed from his time in the group, the 20 something kicks off his very own solo career with the release of a new single…’Your Body.’

Does he have what it takes to soar above the UK’s current batch of R&B hopefuls?

Find out below!

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If you do not know who gospel singing sensation Micah Stampley is, you are doing your ears a great disservice.

As the last decade has seen the hitmaker lend such memorable numbers as ‘The Corinthian Song’, ‘War Cry’, ‘Take My Life (Holiness)’, and countless others, his newest project ‘Love Never Fails’ (in stores now) looks to add a few more gems to his already noteworthy catalogue.

That Grape Juice recently caught up with the Motown Gospel star to chat about the new project, but also get his thoughts on the recent gospel scandals to rock the net and even weigh in on fellow gospel superstar Le’Andria Johnson vs. Matthew Knowles’ Music World Gospel (see more on that here).

Tuck in below to see and hear what Stampley shared about these topics and so much more.  He doesn’t hold back…

Micah Stampley Shouts Out That Grape Juice

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In the melee that is the media’s fixation with Miley Cyrus, it’s easy to forget that the eccentric star can actually sing.

Mariah Carey she is not, yet there exists a voice in the 20-year-old that we wish she’d tout more rather than the stiff twerking she seems to believe is “all the rage”.

Hence, it was warming to see the ‘Bangerz’ belle bin the theatrics on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge today, where she thrilled with an impressive showing of Lana Del Rey‘s hit ‘Summertime Sadness’.

Check it out after the cut…

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Trailblazing Beyonce continues to live up to her billing.

Last week saw the budding legend tour wrap the Australasian leg of her ‘Mrs Carter Show World Tour’; a leg Billboard report was not only one of the trek’s most ambitious, but one of its most successful.

Details after the jump…

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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Porsha Stewart dropped by “The Wendy Show” today to discuss the latest season of the hit Bravo TV show, her highly publicized divorce from NFL superstar Kordell Stewart, rumors about his sexuality, and so much more.

As always, Wendy did not hold back.  How did Porsha fare against Williams’ grilling?  Find out above:

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After kicking Eminem‘s latest offering  from the top of iTunes UK yesterday, Lady GaGa‘s ‘ARTPOP’ continues to enter the homes of millions worldwide today, doing so as its lead single ‘Applause’ speeds to the double Platinum mark in the US.

However, only her Asia based fans can boast of an exclusive DVD that came along with the album’s packaging in the market today, featuring a never before seen GaGa interview which saw her spill a number of facts regarding the conception and subsequent handling of the LP.

One of these…being that she never chooses her own singles and another seeing her explain why the release is a celebration of her polarising LP ‘Born This Way.’

Honesty below…

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Eminem may have claimed the top spot with his new LP ‘Marshall Mathers LP 2′, but that didn’t stop James Arthur and fellow Brit Pop royal Tinie Tempah from making quite the impact on this week’s ‘Official Charts’.

How both acts fared?

A fresh ‘Chart Check’ awaits you below…

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