Like The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Miguel, and others, Baby Tate is learning the power Tik Tok has to breathe new life into songs from yesteryear.

Nearly 7 years after the rising rapper-singer released ‘Hey Mickey,’ the tune unexpectedly took off on Tik Tok – a resurgence that’s helped it become her first charting single (having peaked at #40 so far on the main Hip-Hop/R&B chart).

To help it reach even higher heights on that tally and beyond, Tate tapped ‘Tap In‘ star Saweetie to assist on its revamp.

Look inside to hear how they teamed to rework the 1982 Toni Basil classic.

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‘Power Book II: Ghost’ is back for season 3 and That Grape Juice teamed up with Lionsgate+ to host an exclusive launch screening in Central London.

The latest installment of the hit series follows Tariq in his new life as he attempts to shed his father’s legacy and save his family. Indeed, he now faces his toughest challenge yet: “level up or lose it all.”

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Beyonce is full of surprises!

For, the megastar music maven has announced the launch of a brand new high fashion collection, ‘Renaissance Couture’ in collaboration with Balmain. 

A joint vision between Queen Bey and Olivier Rousteing, the line – which is comprised of 16 outfits – represents each of the 16 tracks found on the diva’s chart-topping ‘Renaissance’ album.

To trumpet the news, the ‘Cuff It’ hitmaker poses it up on the cover of Vogue France‘s April 2023 issue.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know how passionate we are about music – whether that be past or present.

However, unlike our other segments – Retro Rewind, TGJ Replay, and From The Vault – The Pop Stop is the most in-depth look at Pop songs that may have flown under the radar over the last week that you should know, rather they be from music’s biggest stars or those on the rise.

This week, we want to highlight cuts from Fall Out Boy, Rosalia & Rauw Alejandro, NCT Dream, and Catie Turner .

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Omarion may have spent most of the week garnering headlines for the jaw-dropping confessions found aboard his five-part docuseries, ALLBLK’s ‘Omega: The Gift & The Curse,’ but now the GRAMMY nominee is looking to redirect the attention to his musical endeavors – namely the heavily teased new track ‘Big Vibez.’

“Girl, you lookin’ in that Louie (Aye) / You should bring a friend that’s a two-piece / Dinner movie at my place and movie / And for dessert I wanna taste / Spread yo legs and feed my face,” O croons on the sexy cut.

The latest taste of previously unheard music set to line his forthcoming album, ‘Full Circle: Sonic Book One’ (due on digital shelves May 5), hop inside to see the promotional dance video attached to the song.

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Ciara‘s latest era, the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s ‘Beauty Marks,’ is still in full effect and showing no sign of slowing.

After delivering up-tempo cuts ‘Jump‘ and ‘Better Thangs,’ as well as previewing the Big Freedia-assisted ‘Winning,’ the GRAMMY-winning diva has unloaded yet another winner in the form of slow jam ‘Da Girls.’

The amply-teased women’s empowerment anthem lives up to its title sonically and lyrically.

“This is for the girls getting money (Ayy) / This is for the girls who don’t need no man / This is for the girls who love yourself / This is for all the girls who up and did it by themselves / This is for all the girls that’s I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T,” she croons on the cut’s OG Parker-produced chorus.

Dropped alongside its accompanying, Sara Lacombe-directed music video, hop inside to see Cici do what she does best.

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Three years after Lucky Daye called upon fellow singer-songwriter Victoria Monet to guest on the warmly-received ‘Little More Time’ (found aboard the deluxe edition of his 2019 debut album ‘Painted‘), the dynamic duo reverse roles for her new single, ‘Smoke.’

Produced by Academy and GRAMMY Award-winning producer D’Mile, the island-flavored ‘Smoke’ comes as the first single from Monet’s forthcoming ‘Jaguar II‘ project – the conceptual follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2020 EP ‘Jaguar‘ – and sees her trade verses with Daye laden with metaphors about puff-puff-passing.

“Little fireworks that light up for me / In my finger tips I burn my worries / Do it somethin’ like that eight track shorty / Keep it in rotation, it’s a celebration every time we smoke, smoke,” the two croon.

Hear the song in full inside and peep its retro-inspired music video.

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Ahead of the arrival of the newest addition to Ed Sheeran‘s wildly popular mathematically-titled albums, ‘-‘ (Subtract), the singer-songwriter is giving his dedicated fans (affectionately called #Sheerios) their first taste of what the project is set to serve.

“This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out and you expect to just bump into them, and every thing just reminds you of them and things you did together. You sorta have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things just bring you right back into it,” Sheeran shared about the song before its March 24 arrival.

Hear the Shellback & Max Martin-produced tune in full inside.

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With the help of legendary, GRAMMY-winning producer Timbaland, rising rapstress BIA is back and ready to prove once and for all that she’s that b-tch!

Having already previewed the bop at live shows over recent weeks, the femcee (born Bianca Landrau) has already earned her fair share of thumbs up  and buzz from her growing legion of fans.

As those clips continued to make their rounds, Landrau took to the net to reveal the song would be available for a full listen on March 24.

Sampling Missy Elliott‘s classic 1999 jam, ‘She’s a B-tch,’ hear BIA’s latest inside.

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After working up a sweat in the latest Beats Fit Pro commercial to the tune of her own sizzling cut ‘Body Do,’ stage-blazing R&B singer Chloe Bailey ignited some serious demand from fans to hear the cut in full.

Much to their surprise, Chloe took to Instagram Thursday (March 23) to reveal their wish would be her command.

“Because you guys have been so good to me and been asking for it, I’ma drop ‘Body Do’ early,” she shared – much to the delight of her 5.9 million IG followers.

Housed on her forthcoming solo debut album, ‘In Pieces,’ ‘Body’ comes as third taste of music set to line the March 31-due opus (following ‘Pray It Away’ and the Chris Brown-assisted ‘How Does It Feel‘).

Hop inside to get your first full listen and see what that body do.

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As promised by the Whitney Houston estate, 2023 will be filled with celebrations and headline-grabbing events to commemorate what would’ve been the diva’s 60th year of life.

In addition to perfume and cosmetics lines, television ventures, and a biographical Broadway play in the works (as we reported here), the Pop icon’s dedicated fans – affectionately called #Nippians – can expect to hear unvaulted tunes spread across multiple “new” albums.

The first in that stead comes courtesy of ‘I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston.’

“Her love for gospel music permeates through every song with love, compassion and conviction. To love Whitney is to love what she represents to all that love the gospel. I salute this project knowing that Whitney always stood on a solid rock for her love of gospel music,” said Pat Houston, the executor Whitney’s estate, in an official statement.

A 12-track collection lined with fan favorites like ‘Jesus Loves Me’ (from 1992’s ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack) as well as ‘I Go to the Rock,’ ‘I Love the Lord,’ and ‘Joy to the World’ (from 1996’s ‘Preacher’s Wife’ soundtrack), ‘Rock’ also includes six unreleased song including a live ‘VH1 Honors’ version of Simon & Garfunkel‘s classic ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ (with CeCe Winans), ‘I Found a Wonderful Way,’ ‘He Can Use Me,’ and more.

Stream it inside courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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From ‘Sweet Thing’ to ‘I Feel For You,’ ‘Through the Fire,’ ‘Tell Me Something Good,’ and many more, Queen of Funk Chaka Khan has blessed R&B with some of its most memorable numbers over the last five decades.

Yet, despite her hits and soaring vocal displays earning copious critical acclaim and inspiring generations of singers after her, it’s criminal (but factual) to say the 10-time GRAMMY winner’s prized catalog hasn’t seen that fanfare reflected commercially.

However, a recent announcement from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is proving to be an overdue step in the right direction.

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