As Hip Hop continues to ‘deal’ with the drama that is Kendrick Lamar‘s KONY claim, fans of the genre will be pleased to learn of good news today.

The kind of news, that involves a collaborative EP crafted by Elijah Blake and ‘Paper Planes’ purveyor, Diplo.

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As the breakout star of ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’, singer K. Michelle has seen her debut album ‘Rebellious Soul’ become one of the most anticipated R&B releases of the year.

Boosted by lead single ‘V.S.O.P’ and a season-long curtain call on the VH1 show (she’ll be side-stepping over to the New York version this Fall), all eyes are on how the project will fare in its premiere week.

The first semblance of an answer awaits after the jump…

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Dearly beloved…

Can we please observe a moment of silence for the slayage that is Lady GaGa‘s new V Magazine cover?!

Unwrapped moments ago, the snap  is the second of four cover shots being rolled out for the September 2013 issue of the fashion major (click here to peep the first).

The high-profile feature joins a long list of promotional stops lined for the singer, whose ‘ARTPOP’ album campaign is in full-swing.

New single ‘Applause’ is rocking iTunes the world over; a trend that’ll likely continue when its accompanying video arrives next Monday – the same week Mother Monster offers the first live performance of the track at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. ‘ARTPOP’, the app and album, arrive on November 11th.

Paws up, it’s GaGa season!

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Renown for her “real”, K. Michelle lived up to her billing on The Breakfast Club today.

Hot on the promotional trail for new album ‘Rebellious Soul’, the ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’ star chatted it up with Charlamagne, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy about an array of hot topics.

Watch below as the songstress dishes on overcoming industry politics, moving to the New York version of ‘Love & Hip-Hop’, her upcoming spin-off show, and much more.

As ever with Ms. Michelle and the Power 105.1 crew, a great watch!

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“Pose for the camera now flick…flick”

Cop a gander of Iggy Azalea!

The fiery femcee is set to turn up the temperature with new single ‘Change Your Life’ – the latest cut to be lifted from her debut album ‘The New Classic’.

So as to amplify buzz for the track, which features mentor T.I, the 23-year-old unwrapped the sizzling cover above. Here’s hoping the song, which follows ‘Work’ and ‘Bounce’, is equally as hot.

In the here and now, Azalea is gearing up to open for Beyonce back home in Australia when King B’s ‘Mrs Carter Show World Tour’ hits Down Under this Fall.

Your thoughts?

New project alert!

After earning critical acclaim with last year’s ‘Two Eleven’, it appears Brandy is wasting no time cooking up its follow-up.

Taking to Twitter today, The Vocal Bible shared a shot of herself in the studio with hitmaker Mike Will. As many know, the pair teamed up for fan-favourite ‘Do You Know’ – which was a contender for ‘Eleven’s mythical third single.

Clearly elated at the prospect of conjuring up something even better with Will, B-Rocka wrote:

@mikewillmadeit and me! #studio #studio #studio ryanpress215 where you at? Thank you for reconnecting us

As difficult as this will be for us to admit, the majority of UK acts simply aren’t ‘world class’.

Indeed, as talented as they may be, the nation has developed a habit of spawning acts who are more pedestrian than power player, lacking the star quality that comes all too naturally for their foreign counterparts.

Fortunately, in joining the likes of Adele, Emeli Sande, MKS and Ed Sheeran in truly representing his nation abroad, comes Labrinth– the Brit-Pop hit maker behind Rihanna’s ‘Lost in Paradise’!

Unfamiliar with his work?

Peep his performance of ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ live at ‘Billboard’ HQ below!

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He’s the Hip Hop hit marker responsible for Rihanna‘s Urban smash, ‘Love Song‘. Now, one year after that song was released via her LP ‘Unapologetic’, Future will release his sophomore set on ‘Honest’ on November 26th of this year!

On course to benefit from the Black Friday period, the album’s cause see him arrive at Hot 97’s Angie Martinez outlet to speak on the release.

Fortunately for fans of his girlfriend Ciara, the interview marked a telling one for the star- who announced that he had plans to wed the ‘Super Turnt Up’ performer…soon.

Watch below!

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Back in July, we asked you to name songs released between now and year 2000 that you believed had had a major impact on Pop culture or the career of the act behind it.

Days later, using the songs provided, TGJ launched ‘The Greatest Song of the Decade’ poll, featuring appearances from Michael Jackson‘s ‘You Rock My World’, Lady GaGa‘s ‘Born This Way’ and Beyonce‘s ‘Single Ladies‘.

120,000 votes later, the winner of this poll stands just one week away from being announced. So, with this in mind, we ask…

Out of the three numbers mentioned in the headline of this article, which do you feel had the greatest impact on Pop music…and why.

Vote below!

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The cast of ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ have much cause to celebrate today, now the ratings for the second half of their reunion special have hit the net!

Hitting VH1 at 8pm on Monday night, part two of their reunion brought in an audience of 4,126,000 million viewers- making it the highest rated cable program of the night.

Quite interestingly, this episode marks the second highest viewed episode of the entire season, outperforming its launch episode which secured 2.94 million viewers on April 22nd.

While failing to match or better its first half ( 4.19 million), the special’s ratings saw it best efforts made by FOX’s ‘Family Guy (2,870,000 million)’ and WWE Entertainment.

Coming in at #3, the Vince McMahon led wrestling series drew in 4,317 million with an Adult Rating  (18-49) of 1.6%!

Source.

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As ‘Applause’ continues to dominate iTunes charts across the globe, Lady GaGa releases a brand new piece named ‘Lady GaGa is Over‘, dropped three months before the release of her new LP ‘ARTPOP‘.

Usually, this is the part where we give a brief description of what you can expect to see below.

However, as not to ruin what you’ll see below, we’ll simply ask you to meet us below, press play and weigh in on what you think of the release.

Ready?

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November 27th marks the spot for ‘Black Nativity’, the new Christmas movie starring Mary J. Blige, Angela Basset, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson and ‘Strawberry Vapours’ purveyor, Luke James.

Joined by ‘Sweet Lady’ singer Tyrese, the movie serves as a remake of Langston Hughes‘ Off-Broadway classic of the same name, directed by Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou) and boasting an appearance from the legend that is Nas.

Peep the trailer below!

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