After being arrested & charged for the possession of illegal substances on September 1st, rapper T.I’s fate seemed undecided. Now the ‘Got Your Back’ performer’s parole officer has submitted recommendations for for his parolee’s possible prison sentence. Peep all the details below:

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Faith Evans made a promotional appearance on ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ today. The singer performed her current single, ‘Gone Already’, from her ‘Something About Faith’ album which hit stores on October 5th. Check out the performance below:

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Destiny’s Child stars Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams were spotted en route to dinner here in London last night. Rowland is currently in town to promote her new single ‘Forever & A Day’, while Williams is starring in hit TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

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Chrisette Michele’s ‘Let Freedom Reign’ LP is scheduled to hit stores on November 30th and she’s starting to give her fans an idea of what to expect from the record. The ‘I’m A Star’ singer has revealed that she rapped a few verses on the album; adding diversity to her already unique sound. Check out what she had to say to about the project below:

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Rihanna takes her goat-flavoured vocals to the prairie where they belong in her video for ‘Only Girl (In the World)’. Check out a full collection of screenshots from the visual below courtesy ot This Is RnB:

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Faith Evans has been picked to play Florence Ballard in a new biopic about the tragic life of the fallen singer. Ballard, who died abruptly at the age of 32, was once the lead vocalist of the iconic group The Supremes before being forced out in favour of diva Diana Ross. No further details about the film are available yet but one thing is certain: Evans has haunting resemblance to Ballard. {Source}

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Despite the horrendous ticket sales and several canceled shows of her ‘Last Girl On Earth’ tour, Rihanna’s team made sure that she made a profit. The vocal joke (seen in a new promotional image above) reportedly earned a standard rate of $410k per show regardless of box office sales and 80% of all earnings exceeding $565k. These figures mean that Rihanna earns over $100k and $250k more than Justin Bieber and Drake respectively. {Source}

Clearly Rihanna is able to command such a payout because most of her shows receive substantial sponsorship as part of her many lucrative endorsements, thus the cost of those events are generally covered in advance.  Furthermore, her label undoubtedly takes the remainder of the revenue as part of their possible 360 deal where they are entitled to part of all revenue generated from her record sales and concert box office profits.

Still, after the failure of her ‘Last Girl On Earth’ tour in the US, Rihanna’s contract will almost certainly be renegotiated to entail a considerably smaller payout. I highly doubt that her camp will take such changes lightly, however, because we all know that because of the little creative input adds to her music, she does not make a large sum of money from royalty payments (if she gets any at all) and her main source of income comes from concerts and endorsement deals.

Sidebar: Rihanna makes all that money yet she can’t hire a proper vocal coach or learn how to dance. I guess her investments in high fashion and hair colouring is more important to her. I’m judging you Rihanna.

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Christina Milian and her daughter, Violet, were spotted heading to Cafe Med in Los Angeles yesterday. The singer was all smiles; enjoying her a life free since separating from The Nightmare The-Dream. Check out more images below:

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Rihanna is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Billboard magazine. Matt Kemp’s girlfriend will be releasing her new album, ‘Loud’, on November 16th.

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Ciara visited East High School in Memphis yesterday for the ‘Get Schooled National Challenge’ tour.In addition to talking to the students about the importance of education, the performer did a short rendition of her ‘Deuces (Remix)’. Check out the impromptu performance below:

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Chris Brown appeared on the 10 anniversary celebration of BET’s ‘106 & Park’ earlier this week. This energetic entertainer didn’t use his moment in the spotlight to do the Dougie that he usually enjoys. Instead, Brown performed the increasingly popular Cat Daddy dance. Peep the footage below:

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Nicki Minaj has yet to release her debut album, ‘Pink Friday’, but she already has reason to celebrate. The ‘Check It Out’ performer is now the female rapper with the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 in a single year. Minaj has 8 songs appearing on the tally, 7 of which are among Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling singles of 2010 to date for a grand total of 4,298,00o units sold.

The songs that have allowed the rapper to accomplish this feat include her solo song ‘Your Love’ and her features on Ludacris’ ‘My Chick Bad’, Lil Wayne’s ‘Knockout’, Trey Songz’s ‘Bottoms Up’, Usher’s ‘Lil Freak’, Sean Kingston’s ‘Letting Go (Dutty Love)’, Mariah Carey’s Up Out My Face’ and Jay Sean’s ‘It Ain’t The End’. Expect Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ in stores on November 23rd. {Source}

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