Katy Perry is keeping her momentum a’going with the release of a brand new single.

For, just as comeback cut ‘Never Really Over’ hit top 10 on US radio, the Pop titan has announced follow-up effort – ‘Small Talk.’

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Yung Miami of the City Girls is safe after she managed to escape a shocking assassination attempt!

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Check out Serena Williams!

The tennis ace scorches the September edition of Essence Magazine. 

Billed as the inaugural Global Fashion Issue, the feature sees Williams pose it up in a striking shoot lensed by Kwaku Alston.

Within its inner-pages, the multi-time champion opened up about body positivity, her fashion line, the importance of freedom, and more.

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Ava Duvernay made her way to the Hollywood Reporter’s TV Director’s Roundtable to offer her fans fresh insight into her changing world following the success of ‘When They See Us.’

There, she was joined by her peers (Patty Jenkins, Ben Stiller and Adam McKay included) and spoke openly about her journey in Hollywood, beautiful relationship with film and how she is using the medium to shed fresh light on stories once buried by the media.

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Just days after winning fans over with his latest single, ‘Single Again,’ rapper Big Sean dropped a cinematic, short-film to accompany the tune.

Shot in May, the visual – shot in Detroit and prominently featuring acts local or native to the Motor City – stars real life couple Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny among other notable figures from the area.  Seeing Sean portray a celebrity under fire for assumed romantic infidelity, the music video is somewhat of art imitating life as many assumed the 31-year-old was the cause of the failure of his relationship with singer Jhene Aiko.

“I know what it’s like to be in social scandals where even with no information/ evidence, just people assuming will blame you and turn on you,” he wrote on Twitter upon the release of the video.  In a statement, Sean elaborated on his Twitter commentary and said: “The video has a lot of important messages, but the main one is for people to ‘wake up and smell the roses’ in a world where we wake up and check our phones instead.”

Wise words.  Watch the video inside:

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Check out Cardi B!

The Rap royal delivers demure divadom a-front of a new feature for Harper’s Bazaar.

Cardi, whose real name is Belacalis Almanzar, has been all sorts of busy of late – juggling international festival dates with the roll-out of new music.

Its a trajectory that looks set to continue as the year progresses, as the  New York native is booked and busy.

No word yet on the release of a sophomore album, but one thing remains a cert- it’s still Cardi Season!

Peep more from the Mariano Vivanco lensed shoot below, as well as music magnifique from the femcee.

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Embattled R&B legend R. Kelly pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing women and young girls during his arraignment in a New York City court on Friday (August 2).

The hearings, which confirmed his denial of bail and will see him jailed until trial, came after his arrest just last month in his hometown of Chicago for a related, but separate set of accusations for allegedly engaging in child pornography.

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In breaking news, it’s been confirmed that A$AP Rocky has just been released from a Swedish jail – after a month of incarceration.

But there’s more to the story.

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Busta Rhymes was filmed in the middle of a tearful dispute with a member of the general public.

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When Lil Kim learned that she was imprisoned back in 2005 she teamed up with her friends in television to build a documentary named ‘Countdown to LockDown’ which offered fans access to her world as she prepared to go inside.

Featuring in the documentary? Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Back then, when Harris stood tall as the San Francisco district attorney, she was asked to appear in the project to offer professional insight into Kim’s case and urge African-American youth not to follow in her footsteps…at least as far the rapper’s relationship law was concerned.

Today, Kim’s fans have unearthed her segment in the show and criticised her for condemning the Hip-Hop icon.

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ASAP Rocky‘s legal drama rages on in Sweden as the latest chapter of his assault case unfolds in a courtroom this week.

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Issa Rae, Queen Latifah and Jordan Peele are among three African-American creatives who have signed up to star in the next season of ‘Finding Your Roots.’

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