Soul-filled songbird Ledisi today hatched the video for her latest single ‘Bravo’.

The uplifting cut (A TGJ favourite) features on the Grammy winner’s critically acclaimed LP ‘Pieces of Me‘, which was released last year.

Watch its accompanying visual after the jump…

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Check out Rihanna, sporting a ‘tight’ get up last night in NYC.

After dining in the city’s Silvano‘s, the ‘Loud‘ beaut was snapped in what appears to be a lycra dress and a shorter hair do, weeks after her latest LP ‘Talk That Talk‘ was certified 3x Platinum in the UK for shipments of 900,000 units.

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Former Danity Kane minx Aubrey O’Day stopped by The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night.

There, there singer and reality star dished on her new single ‘Wrecking Ball’, her experience on the current season of Celebrity Apprentice, Diddy, and much more.

Peep the interview after the jump…

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Single Ladies is back!

The hit VH1 series is revving up its engine for season 2, sans Stacey Dash – whose controversial exit sees her character Val also depart the show (not to be recast).

Fret not though, for staples LisaRaye McCoy and Charity Shea are back, and are joined by newcomer Denise Vasi. The latter’s character is named Raquel – a hot to trot business exec who is very much an “independent woman”.

Set to premiere on May 28th, you can get a taste of what the the show’s 2nd outing will be serving up below…

Yes, yes, yes. We know we will, but…

Will you be watching?

This Wednesday sees VH1 air one of their most hotly anticipated Behind The Music episodes.

R&B diva Brandy forms the focus of the show, peeling back the layers for what promises to be an intriguing watch. Indeed, no topic was off-limits on the retrospective, which chronicles the songbird’s career rise, as well as personal lows (including “that” car accident and her faux-marriage).

Peep a 10-minute preview after the jump…

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It goes without saying that issues of hue remain present in the Black diaspora.

Indeed, as highlighted in our ‘Word…Light Skin / Dark Skin Debate’, there exists unwavering controversy surrounding the social and commercial representation of “dark” skin and what it means to be “dark” in the modern.

It’s a debate which forms the focus of new mini-documentary ‘Dark Girls’ – by Bill Duke and D. Berry.

Check out the 10-minute teaser of the insightful feature (due in full later this year) below…

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Rihanna was certainly a sight to behold hours ago, snapped during a shoot for fashion publication Harper’s Bazaar.

Dressed in a number of gowns, including the white  number above, the chart topper’s shoot took place in California and is set to grace the mag’s cover in coming months.

More from the outing below…

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Azealia Banks has had quite enough.

Indeed, despite putting her feud Iggy Azalea to one side to focus on her debut LP, she remains on the lips of Azalea’s boss T.I, who re-lit the fight’s fire during an interview this morning.

Now Banks has struck back.

Her comments below…

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Britney‘s going to Vegas!

Well- at least if a report published by LVRJ is anything to go by. According to them, the ‘Toxic‘ icon is in talks with the Hard Rock Hotel  to serve as their resident headlining act.

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For one reason or another, Jessie J doesn’t get the acclaim we feel she deserves.

Ticking a plethora of boxes on a commercial and talent tip, J remains the UK’s most promising act, second only to her former school mate Adele.

So, in what only adds weight to the above point, ‘The voice’ has broken a UK chart record with her latest single ‘Laserlight’.

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Peep Jay Z’s favorite blonde Rita Ora, working the cover of ‘Notion Magazine‘.

Gracing the publication’s ‘London Love’ issue, the singer/actress opened up on her stage school past, her relationship with one time collaborator Craig David and her ascent to Roc Nation.

More of Rihanna’s problem below…

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It seems Ne-Yo isn’t only upgrading his business interests these days. Indeed, Universal Motown‘s new SVP of A&R has also stepped it all the way up with his physique.

Snapped at Las Vegas’ Encore Beach House over the weekend, the singer -who recently changed the title of his forthcoming LP to ‘The R.E.D Album’ – sported a freshly ripped frame.

The R&B maestro took to Twitter, thereafter; further flaunting the fruits of his gym labour.

Peep another pic after the jump…

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