A radiant Mariah Carey celebrated her husband Nick Cannon’s 30th birthday in New York City last evening. The head diva in charge partied with close friends at Lavo. Check out more images of the pregnant legend below:

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Here is the latest offering from Kanye West’s ‘G.O.O.D. Friday’ series. ‘Don’t Stop!’ features Pharrell and Lupe Fiasco. Give it a listen below:

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Mariah Carey has finally revealed the official tracklist for her 2nd Christmas album, ‘Merry Christmas II You’ (in stores November 2nd). The record entails several surprises including a duet with her mother, opera singer Patricia Carey, and a live rendition of ‘Oh Holy Night’. Check out the full lineup below:

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A snippet of the ‘1st’ single from Nicole Scherzinger’s long-delayed debut album surfaced today. The dance-flavoured ‘Poison’ was produced by RedOne. Give it a listen below via Def Pen Radio:

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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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