Get into ‘Barbie Sh*t’ by Rap fire starter Azealia Banks.

Reportedly aimed at  La Guardia sister Nicki Minaj, peep Banks performing the cut at London’s ‘Heaven’ on Monday night below…

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Topping charts from home.

Once again Beyonce shows there’s little she can’t do. For, a month after giving birth, the singer has scored the first Billboard #1 single from her ‘4’ LP.

Details after the jump…

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We’re not quite sure what Lil Kim is promoting, but the pint-sized femcee is back, and took front stage centre on BET’s Rip The Runway 2012 last night.

It marks a welcome return to the spotlight for the one-time Billboard, now PayPal chart topper. Indeed, recent years have seen her collect her coins by making appearances at cookouts, BBQ’s, and other events of the ratchet persuasion.

Needless to say, her return to the main-stage is one we wholly endorse. And with preliminary reports suggesting she ‘nailed it’, we can’t wait to see if they’re truthful or lies, fairytales, and fallacies. The answer awaits on March 21st only on BET!

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It’s been a long time coming, but this week saw the launch of Lady GaGa’s ‘Born This Way Foundation‘, in partnership with Harvard University.

Now, ahead of the its airing on Oprah’s OWN, peep footage from the event, featuring GaGa and her mother below….

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Soul-filled songbird Melanie Fiona is honing in on the release of her sophomore set ‘The MF Life’; and so as to ensure folk buy the LP when it arrives on March 20th, Fiona has unveiled its next official single.

Christened ‘This Time’, the J.Cole assisted cut follows ‘Gone & Never Coming Back’ and R&B hit ‘4 AM’.

We’re loving the taste of this one. Bite into the delicious number after the jump…

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With ‘It All Belongs To Me’ making its way up charts as we speak, diva duo Brandy & Monica are making promo rounds in support of the effort.  Along the way teasing fans with plans of a ‘joint tour’  (only helping build anticipation for the single’s accompanying visual).

Winning praise for their first live showing of the cut on Leno, the divas continue their double team with a recent sitdown with People magazine.  Posing it up for a set of forthcoming snaps, the talented twosome chatted about their new single, their first official meeting, and what makes this time different from the first.

Get into what the two shared after the jump:

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After nearly a year hiatus from the music scene, looks like ‘Spotlight’ singer Jennifer Hudson is ready to get back in the spotlight with the Ne-Yo and Rick Ross-assisted ‘Think Like A Man’.  The lead single from the soundtrack of the Steve Harvey book turned movie (also sharing the same title), funny man Kevin Hart (who also stars in the film) guests the Chris Robinson-directed visual.

See JHUD and co get down with the get down.  It all awaits below:

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As the self-proclaimed Queen Bee, Lil Kim is used to having all eyes on her. A trend which continued tonight when she arrived at BET’s Rip The Runway 2012.

A head-turner in more ways than one, the 37 year old struck many a pose in this “interesting”  get-up.

Fierce….quite literally.

More pics below…

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In at #2, 6 and 9 respectively are ‘Whitney: The Greatest Hits‘, ‘The Bodyguard’ and ‘Whitney Houston‘, making Whitney the first woman in Billboard history to have three albums in the top ten at the same time.

Selling a total of 320,000 albums and 373,000 tracks in the last week alone, sales of her music are set to rise even further.

For, in a bid to capitalize on the renewed interest in her discography, major retailers have begun stocking her music this week to drive physical sales up, as most of her sales last week were generated digitally.

Full chart check below…

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It has been the longest of roads, yet Chris Brown‘s comeback has been nothing short of stellar. Indeed, the last year has seen the  dynamo performer blaze the charts and earn a Grammy, after 3 years of clawing his way back into public favour.

So what better way to celebrate such success than with the release of his 5th studio album, the aptly titled ‘Fortune’.

Preceded by singles ‘Strip’ and ‘Turn Up The Music’, the 22 year old today unveiled the set’s striking cover, along with its official release date – which awaits below! What are you waiting for?!

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The last decade has served Pop culture with a healthy stream of ground breaking  acts.

From Beyonce in 2003 to Lady GaGa in 2008, the last ten years have seen many of its newbies become some just as iconic as the acts they themselves were inspired by.

Now we want to know:

Which artist do YOU feel has done the most for their respective genre in the last ten years.

You decide below…

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Has Britney Spears been tapped by Simon Cowell to judge the next season of ‘The X Factor (US)’?

According to Cowell himself the answer is ‘yes’!

Read the full details concerning the former-barefoot-bathroom-walker possibly earning a seat at season two’s judge’s table after the jump and sound-off below.

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