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While recent headlines have seen the self-proclaimed Queen of Rap reign over headlines more for personal dramas than professional endeavors (see:  testifying at brother’s rape trial, backlash for asserting her position in “reintroducing female hip hop to the mainstream”), Nicki Minaj is still using her platform to highlight problems in the Hip Hop community that mesh the two realms of personal and professional.

Just two weeks after highlighting the absence of dominating female presences in the Hip Hop world, Minaj highlights her own personal struggles the top.  The biggest hurdle she’s had to overcome?  Sexism.  And, let the Grammy nominee tell it, it’s a battle she’s still having to fight…

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Even with 11 studio albums, dozens of mixtapes, EPs, and more, rapper Gucci Mane‘s Hot 100 history – outside of guest appearances on rap duo Rae Sremmurd‘s #1 hit ‘Black Beatles’ and Selena Gomez’s ‘Fetish’ – has not sung of much top 30 success.

In fact, as of September 2017, Big Guwop had never been able to boast ownership of a top 30 single as a leading artist.  However, that all changed thanks to his Migos-assisted single, ‘I Get the Bag,’ which – as of time reported – is on its way to helping him bag his first ever top 10!

Details inside:

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Issa Rae‘s visions are coming to fruition with every passing day.

Brilliant news for the writer below…

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Cardi B‘s ‘Bodak Yellow’ may be followed by a gargantuan bop backed by none other than Beyonce.

An exciting twist in Cardi’s tale below…

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Tony Goldwyn, the star of the hit Shonda Rhimes series ‘Scandal’, has joined the growing list of men speaking out against male on male sexual violence and harassment within Hollywood.

What happened to him?

His story below…

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On January 28th 2018 the stars will descend upon New York City to attend the 60th annual Grammy Awards.

Today, months before then, Beyonce has revealed that she hopes bag an award or two on the night by submitting new material to its committee for their consideration.

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Moves made their respective labels may see Nicki Minaj and Cardi B clash and compete in the same categories at next year’s Grammy Awards ceremony.

Details below…

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Sam Smith, the Brit-Pop superstar behind a number of the last decade’s greatest hits, has revealed that he does not identify as a cisgender man.

His major announcement below…

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October 20th invited fans to their first listen to a new Keyshia Cole album since 2014’s ‘Point of No Return.’

Fatefully titled, that project almost made fans believe Cole had indeed reached such point as it not only debuted to her worst first week sales to date (26,000 copies sold), it went on – with less than 100,000 units shifted as of time reported – to become her worst-selling effort ever.

The years that followed may have seen the Grammy-nominated songstress hitting headlines more for personal dramas than professional endeavors, but that all changed at the top of 2017 when she announced the release of ‘You’ (featuring Remy Ma and French Montana).  The song and its accompanying visual – a critically well-received return to form for Cole – did not see that fanfare reflected commercially.

Said response undoubtedly planted seeds of worry in her faithful fans…

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Taylor Swift may be currently sitting at #1 on iTunes with her latest single, ‘Gorgeous,’ but there’s at least one beautiful person who can say she’s not a fan of the soon-to-be-hit…the mother of toddler Jayde Robinson…

Find out why inside:

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Atlantic Records, the major label behind the careers of Lil Kim, T.I, Bruno Mars and Trey Songz, are determined to turn their latest signing Cardi B into a megastar.

How they intend to do so? By backing her bid to pick up a Best New Artist gong at the forthcoming Grammy Awards ceremony.

Fantastic news below…

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Liam Payne‘s quest for solo stardom presses on with the release of new single ‘Bedroom Floor.’

Co-penned by Charlie Puth and Steve Mac, the track finds the former One Direction star once again on Urban-Pop terrain.

He’ll no doubt be looking to best the success of preceding single ‘Strip That Down’ – which went on to come the biggest-selling solo single from a current member of 1D – selling over 5 million units worldwide.

Speaking on ‘Bedroom,’ Payne says

“I’m so excited to finally release this song. I’ve been working on it for a while and am really happy with how it sounds. It’s a bit different from what you’ve heard from me before, but helps to show where I’m going with my album. It’s very important to me to keep challenging myself, to keep pushing into new areas.”

Take a listen below…

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