Peep these snaps of Rap Empress Nicki Minaj shooting her performance for ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Special‘ recently.

Performing cuts from her debut album ‘Pink Friday‘, the starlet’s set at the event will air two month’s before the release of her sophomore LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded‘ and arrives days after the surfacing of the project’s first single ‘Stupid Hoe‘, a fiery response to the criticisms aimed at her by the late Biggie Small‘s mistress, Lil Kim.

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BET’s The Game returns for a 5th season on January 10th.

Peep this sizzling new teaser, which promises that the antics of Derwin, Melanie, Tasha, Malik, and co, will be as must-see TV.

Will you be tuning in?

Another week, another Rihanna controversy.

No more than two months after having to fork out almost a $1,000,000 for plagiarizing the work  of David Lachapelle in her video for the single ‘S&M’, Island beauty Rihanna has found herself being accused of stealing concepts once again.

This time from fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø, for her latest music video, You Da One‘.

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Get familiar with ‘4 Tears‘, the latest cut to be released by ‘Novacane‘ crooner Frank Ocean.

Reportedly lifted from his upcoming LP, set to hit stores in 2012, the surfacing emotional cut came with a message from the star which read:

“I just listened to this a few times for myself. figured maybe some else needed to hear it.”

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Peep R&B diva Alicia Keys, along with son Egypt and husband Swizz Beats, celebrating the Holidays at Madison Square Garden yesterday.

The wholesome trio were on hand to watch the New York Knicks defeat the Boston Celtics.

Keys is reportedly cooking up a new album for release next year.

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Aaliyah‘s untimely death aged 22 in 2001 left the Urban community in shock. And while the masses have since coped with the loss by celebrating her legacy, Hip-Hop heavyweight Drake has opted to immortalise the singer on his body.

Spotted playing tennis with basketball star Carmelo Anthony, Drizzy (in the white headband) inadvertently revealed his latest ink work. Check it out after the jump…

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Better late than never, ay? Pop powerhouse Jessie J finally unwrapped the video for her current Stateside single ‘Domino’ today.

A Dr Luke cut  from the re-package of her debut set ‘Who You Are’, the colourful cut is paired with an equally vibrant visual. Check it out after the jump…

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With 2012 opening its doors to the world in now just a few days time, fans of Hip Hop veteran Lil Kim are now just one step closer to discovering just what the performer has in store in support of her long awaited ‘come back’.

So, as her way of saying thank you for the continued support, she released a brand spanking new promotional image for the upcoming project via Twitter on Christmas Day.

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The ever-eclectic Kelis makes a return to the public eye with a stunning new shoot in Hunger magazine.

Shot by the publication’s brainchild (photographer Rankin), the former Mrs Nas joins Kelly Rowland as one of the music names tapped to feature in the launch of the lifestyle monthly.

Yet, in news that will no doubt titillate supporters that much more, the singer has revealed that the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Flesh Tone’ not only almost finished, its release is around the corner.

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While 2011 brought success for many an act, Pop trier Nicole Scherzinger was gifted a lump of coal.

Failing to capitalise on the moderate success of her ‘Killer Love’ LP in Europe, the 32 year old has spent much of the year trying to jump-start the project in the US – to no avail.

Speaking in a recent interview, the singer lamented on the hardships of juggling her judging duties on the X Factor with her music career.

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Proving that she’s still note for note one of this generation’s greatest vocalists, Christina Aguilera blew the roof of Disney’s Christmas Parade today.

The 31 year old served up a stellar showing of ‘Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas’; whetting our appetites for her chart comeback early next year.

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After hundreds of comments and thousands votes, the time has finally come for the winners of the 2011 That Grape Juice End of Year Awards to be announced! 

A certain Queen B dominated, while Adele also performed well.

However, the most surprising result of all emerged from the most popular poll, ‘Most Anticipated Comeback for 2012’. So who do most people want to see return to the charts next year? Check out the full list of winners below (in bold):

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