Check out That Grape Juice’s latest Cover Star singing Rihanna’s Russian Roulette. The young performer, who hails from Houston, Texas, belts out the track while perched on her kitchen counter. Her performance can be seen below:

Tracie did more than cover the song; she knocked it out of the park! Vocal on point and passionate, Tracie took the record to a whole new place. It’s amazing how good a music sounds when performed by someone with actual talent.

Peep more performances from Tracie on her Youtube channel.

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Peep Pop star Kelly Rowland on the set of the video for her new International single ‘Forever And A Day’ in Los Angeles yesterday (August 20th).

Renown choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson is choreographing the video. Many will remember Gibson (Boom Kack) from MTV’s Making The Band, as well as for choreographing many a Lady GaGa routine (‘Paparrazi’, ‘Bad Romance’, and ‘Telephone’).

Tidbit: Ms. Kelly is set to shoot the video for US single ‘Grown Woman’ this weekend.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted in Portoferraio, Italy recently. The power couple spent their day taking pictures, roaming the streets and cruising on a private yacht. More pictures are available below via Just Jared:

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Drake gets in touch with his inner Frank Sinatra for this MTV VMA ad campaign. The rapper is nominated for ‘Best Male Video’ and ‘Best Hip-Hop Video’ at the event which airs live on September 12th. Check out the video below:

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Here is a new track from Shontelle that surfaced today. The Darkchild-produced song, entitled ‘Perfect Nightmare’, will be featured on her new album, ‘No Gravity‘, which hits stores on September 24th.  ‘Perfect Nightmare’ will officially impact US radio on August 31st. Peep the song below:

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In addition to the mounting pressure being added by the media concerning her personal issues, Fantasia is now facing even more criticism. Several persons consider the singer’s decision to continue her planned promotional schedule for her new album, ‘Back To Me’, her way of benefiting from the increased negative publicity that she has been experiencing. However, the Senior Marketing VP of RCA Music Group, Carolyn Williams, has denied that such is the case. Check out what she had to say below:

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It’s been just nine months since Rihanna unleashed her lukewarmly-received ‘Rated R’ LP on the public. Yet that hasn’t stopped the vocal terror from ditching the project altogether in favour of an entirely new album, the first single of which is set to premiere sooner than you may think.

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With his ‘Raymond vs. Raymond’ deluxe edition and ‘Versus’ discs hitting stores on August 24th, Usher decided to perform on ‘Good Morning America’. The singer did renditions of his hits ‘DJ’s Got Us Falling In Love’ and ‘OMG’. Check out the performances below:

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JLS made a promotional stop at Fox 5 Morning News recently. The group performed acapella renditions of Ben E. King’s ‘Stand By Me’ and Sean Kingston’s ‘Beautiful Girls’ for the unsuspecting ears of the viewers. Peep their performances below:

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Here is a new interview featuring Chris Brown and Micheal Ealy talking about their new movie, ‘Takers’. During the discussion, Brown revealed that he was initially hesitant about accepting the role. ‘Takers’ will be released on August 27th. Check out the interview below:

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The official remix of Kanye West’s ‘Power’ has finally been released. The track was produced by Swizz Beatz and features none other than Jay-Z. Give the track a listen below:

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A new track from Chris Brown, Tyga & Parlay Starr surfaced recently. ‘Like You’ is reportedly from the ‘Takers’ mixtape that will be released to support Brown’s new film of the same name. Give the song a listen below:

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