‘Un-Break My Heart’ has taken on a new meaning for R&B icon Toni Braxton over the years.

The 7-time GRAMMY winner, who has been open about her battles with lupus, microvascular angina, and other health concerns, made headlines in late April when she took to ‘The Today Show’ to reveal she recently had to have a coronary stent placed to prevent a possibly fatal heart attack.

“It (was) put in at a really, really scary moment,” the 55-year-old told the morning talk show, adding that the experience felt “surreal.”

Later on ‘Sherri‘ (May 1), Braxton elaborated on the cardiac episode with surprising details.

“I had a little scare about six months ago,” an emotional Toni started. “Having lupus affects a lot of your vital organs. It’s starting to affect my kidneys. It can affect any organ in your body, but this time it’s affecting my heart,” she revealed before detailing her coronary artery was 80% blocked and having to undergo surgery to avoid a massive heart attack.

A paid spokesperson for Aurinia Pharmaceuticals’ ‘Get Uncomfortable’ campaign (which encourages routine kidney testing for people living with lupus nephritis), look inside to hear more about Toni’s health journey.

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German Pop princess Kim Petras is looking to reign over Americaan music charts with a little help from Rap royal Nicki Minaj.

Barely two weeks after the hitmakers revealed their highly anticipated duet ‘Alone,’ which features a prominent sample of Alice Deejay‘s 1999 signature hit ‘Better Off Alone,’ the dynamic duo have lifted the lid on its accompanying music video.

“I been tryna give it to you all night/ What’s it gonna take to getcha all alone?/ I just want you here by my side/ I don’t wanna be here, baby, on my own,” Kim croons in the futuristic clip.

Showing off some killer choreography as everything from a band leader to a fitness instructor and more, see Kim get down alongside the Harajuku Barbie in the Arrad-directed visual.

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Pop Queen Janet Jackson is reportedly rolling out the royal red carpet for Rap Queen Lil Kim aboard the hotly-selling ‘Together Again Tour.’

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Nearly two decades into her career and Taylor Swift is still setting personal bests on the chart.

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Harry Styles is continuing his monumental ‘Harry’s House’ era with the confirmation of a new single.

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Taylor Swift and The National have joined forces once more.

Case in point, they have teamed for a new song called ‘The Alcott.’

Building off of previous releases, ‘The Alcott’ is a down tempo cut that features plenty of vocal interplay between Swift and Bryce Dessner.

Across the tune, they sing:

“And the last thing you wanted is the first thing I do/ I tell you my problems, you tell me the truth/ It’s the last thing you wanted, it’s the first thing I do/ I tell you that I think I’m falling back in love with you.”

The song appears on the group’s ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ album.

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After a 14-year rest on the bench, the return of BET’s HBCU-inspired reality show ‘College Hill’ got a celebrity upgrade in 2022 thanks to the big names lining its roster like Big Freedia, Slim Thug, Ray J, NeNe Leakes, and Lamar Odom.

Ready to bounce back for a sophomore season, ‘College Hill: Celebrity Edition’ is set to drop jaws as revealed by its star-studded cast which includes reality TV veterans like Joseline Hernandez and Tiffany “New York” Pollard as well as Iman Shumpert, Amber Rose, O’Ryan, and more.

Filmed at Alabama State University in Montgomery, the Tracey Edmonds-produced series is slated for a May 11 return. Ahead of its season 2 launch, watch the official trailer inside.

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Fantasia ended 2022 by announcing she was working on not one, but TWO new albums – the follow-ups to 2019’s critically acclaimed ‘Sketchbook.’ 

But, before her dedicated fans could even get a whiff of what she was cooking up for the forthcoming projects she’s already sent them into a frenzy with the report she’ll be bringing the new songs alongside her brigade of R&B hits to a stage near them.

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The Queen of Disco Donna Summer is set to reign over HBO and HBO Max’s airwaves this Spring courtesy of an intimate look at her life via the forthcoming documentary ‘Love to Love You.’

Chronicling the diva’s meteoric rise to worldwide fame through never-before-seen photographs, home videos, and interviews, ‘Love’ – directed by Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams – shines with reflections from Summer herself as well as glowing commentary from her close family, friends, and professional colleagues.

Hop inside to see the official trailer ahead of the doc’s May 20 premiere.

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Jack Harlow‘s surprise album, ‘Jackman,’ may be en route to selling less than half of its predecessor’s first-week numbers but that isn’t deterring the rapper-actor from moving full speed ahead with its promotion.

The latest supportive effort for the 10-track project comes courtesy of the video treatment afforded to its housed cut, ‘They Don’t Love It.’

Directed by Eliel Ford, the clip invites fans for an unofficial tour of Harlow’s hometown of Louisville, KY.

“I been smooth for so long, I’m tryna get rough / F-ck buffin’ my nails, dawg, I’m tryna get buff / F-ck shapin’ my beard up, I’m likin’ the scruff / And f-ck the hills ’cause I’m livin’ my life in the cut,” he spits on the Hollywood Cole-produced joint.

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Congratulations are in order for Serena Williams!

For, the tennis legend and her entrepreneur husband Alexis Ohanian have announced that they are expecting their second child together.

And the reveal was made in tandem with them hitting the red carpet at the MET Gala 2023.

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For fashionistas and fashion-forward fellows, “fashion’s biggest night out” – better known as the Met Gala – is easily the most wonderful time of year.

A designer costume party that doubles as a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City, the outing is an annual assembly of Hollywood’s “who’s who” to show off some truly outrageous and over-the-top ensembles courtesy of top named and well-respected designers.

As history has seen jaws dropped courtesy of gowns adorned by the likes of Beyonce, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, and many more, 2023’s exhibition – christened ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’ – delivered more memorable looks.

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