This week’s Cover Star is Corey Mekell. The Alabama-based singer serves up his own rendition of Usher’s Urban smash ‘Hey Daddy’. Check it out below (skip to 1.00 mark):

While Mekell’s voice may not pack the horse-power that Usher’s does, he still turned in a solid spin on the song. Good stuff.

For more on Corey Mekell, check out his Youtube page

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Electric entertainer Fantasia sat down with 92Q yesterday. The R&B singer used the opportunity to talk about her upcoming album, ‘Back To Me’, her video for ‘Bittersweet’, her Vh1 reality show and much more. Fantasia also spoke about the film adaptation of the play ‘The Color Purple’ and that she’ll be touring to support her new LP in September. ‘Back To Me’ hits stores on August 10th.

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Lady GaGa performed on ‘The Today Show’ this morning. The Pop star performed a mixture of material for the crowd of 18k including her mega hit ‘Bad Romance’, ‘Teeth’, ‘Alejandro’ and her new song ‘You & I’. Peep the performances below:

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That Grape Juice was in the house at London’s swanky ‘Hospital’ venue last night (July 8th) for Ne-Yo’s exclusive ‘Libra Scale’ listening session.

Hosted by the man himself, 6 tracks from the album (his fourth) were showcased to the audience of select UK media outlets.

Check out our take on what the singer-songwriter is serving up this go round…

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Superstar Beyonce may be accustomed to designer frocks and what not, but the ‘Single Ladies’ singer is clearly a fan of high-street fashion, after being snapped shopping up a storm ar Topshop‘s flagship store here in London last night.

The 28 year old is currently in town with hubby Jay-Z, who has been playing the festival circuit. HOV will be taking to stage at the T In The Park and Oxygen festivals in Scotland over the weekend.

{Spotted over at Punch Bowl Blog}

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It appears Christina Aguilera is indeed looking to salvage what’s left of her ‘Bionic’ campaign, with the release of the video for new single ‘You Lost Me’. Behind the scenes footage of the soon-to-debut video has surfaced via VH1. Check it out….

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Brandy‘s high-fashion feature for ‘160grams’ has been causing alot of head-waves as of late; and looks set to cause even more, after revealing that hitmaker Timbaland is to produce the bulk of the singer’s hotly anticipated new album.

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Yet more US cities will be spared two hours of cat howling courtesy of Rihanna, following the news that yet more Stateside dates on her ‘Last Girl On Earth Tour’ have been scrapped.

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Check out the 1st single from Usher’s upcoming ‘Versus’ project. The track, entitled ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love’, features Pitbull and was produced by Max Martin. ‘Versus’ hits stores on August 24h. The song can be heard below:

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Check out the cover of Ciara’s ‘Basic Instinct’ LP. The album hits stores on August 17th and will feature tracks such as the 1st single ‘Ride’ which has thus far peaked #5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #50 o the Billboard Hot 100.

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Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated debut album has finally been given a release date. The album, which has yet to receive a title, will hit stores on November 23rd. Preceding singles include ‘Massive Attack (Ft. Sean Garrett)’ and ‘Your Love’. {Source}

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R&B/Pop phenom Usher is set to release an extension to his platinum-selling ‘Raymond vs Raymond’ later this year. The record, entitled ‘Versus’, will contain 8 new songs and will hit stores on August 24th. Interestingly, the deluxe edition of ‘Raymond vs Raymond’, which will feature contributions from rapper Bun B and producer Polow Da Don, is due to be released on the same day. The 1st single to be lifted from ‘Versus’ will be the Max Martin-produced ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (Ft. Pitbull)’. {Source}

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