Katy Perry‘s headlining slot at the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show is rapidly approaching.

Details about what the Pop force is cooking up for the February 1st spectacle are being kept under wraps, however the singer has begun drip-feeding tea about her set.

Find out what the 30-year-old had to say about her surprise guest and more below…

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Disappointing might be one word to describe Kendrick Lamar today, set to surprise some fans with a remark he made on the treatment of ethnic minorities during a recent interview with ‘Billboard.’

I wish somebody would look in our neighbourhood knowing that it’s already a situation, mentally, where it’s f—ed up. What happened to [Michael Brown] should’ve never happened. Never. But when we don’t have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don’t start with just a rally, don’t start from looting — it starts from within.

Accused of suggesting that African-Americans who “don’t have respect” for themselves are deserving of the discrimination they’re said to face, it wasn’t long before Lamar found himself on the receiving end of remarks made by ‘Chips’ rapper Azealia Banks.

What she had to say on Lamar’s comment?

Find out below…

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Christina Aguilera has been hard at work crafting her comeback album since last year.

The superstar, who gave birth to daughter Summer Rain last August, had been recording in the run-up to the baby’s arrival and has continued after.

It appears an LP isn’t the only thing the multi-octave songbird has been piecing together.

Details below…

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‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s newest retrospective segment to act as a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.  Next up?  Unsung R&B beau Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, better known as Ginuwine.

Get into his 1999 sophomore album ‘100% Ginuwine’ below:

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Fifth Harmony are taking their fire-filled stage presence on the road.

With just three weeks remaining until the quintet’s debut album ‘Reflection’ struts into stores, the ladies have announced their first headlining trek – aptly christened ‘The Reflection Tour’.

Due to set sail from February, the jaunt’s dates below…

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Weeks before she’s set to attend this year’s Grammy awards ceremony, ‘Beg For It‘ rapper Iggy Azalea has revealed that she is confused by the heat she is currently facing for performing what she has called “black music.”

Speaking to ‘Vanity Fair‘, the entertainer opened up when quizzed on claims that the criticism she was facing was misogynistic, comparing herself to the likes of Macklemore, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.

Read below…

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Tamar Braxton, as reported, will be unleashing her third studio album onto the masses this April.

Never one to rest on her laurels, the singer, reality star, and talk show host is already hard on the promo trail for the as yet untitled set – which follows 2013’s ‘Love & War’.

The 37-year old was tapped to open for Maze and Frankie Beverly in Atlanta recently and used to slot to perform new material from her project.

Watch her belt lead single ‘Let Me Know’ live below…

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Nine songs have already been written for Lana Del Rey’s new album ‘Honeymoon‘ it has emerged today, penned by the star following the critical success scored by her last LP ‘Ultraviolence.‘

Baring all in a recent conversation with ‘Billboard‘, Rey revealed:

It’s very different from the last one and similar to the first two, Born to Die andParadise. I finished my last one [Ultraviolence] in March and released it in June and I had a follow-up idea. It’s growing into something I really like. I’m kind of enjoying sinking into this more noirish feel for this one. It’s been good.

A release date for the project is yet to be announced

Your thoughts?

Tonight brings with it the much-anticipated premiere of FOX’s new primetime show, ‘Empire’.

Produced by Lee Daniels and led by Oscar nominees Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the series is a musical drama aptly centered on the running of a family empire.

Armed with a strong supporting cast, which includes the likes of Naomi Campbell, Raven Symone, and Gabourey Sidibe, the show also benefits from the fact that hitmaker Timbaland signed on to create all of the music featured.

Having watched the first episode ahead of this evening’s debut, we’re super buzzed about what’s to come and here are five reasons why…

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Call it coincidence or just good timing, but just as her new album, ‘Reality Show,’ is due to hit shelves on January 13th, Jazmine Sullivan took to our friends over at VIBE to pay homage to Whitney Houston (whose biographical film is due just days later on January 17th).

Before fans of either diva can get their hands on their latest offerings, tuck in below to hear Sullivan share a rousing rendition of Houston’s famed hit ‘I Have Nothing’ from ‘The Bodyguard Soundtrack.’  Putting her signature melismatic flair on the tune, see her show Jennifer Lopez how covers are supposed to be delivered.

It all awaits after the jump:

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Three years before she booted Mathew Knowles from her management camp, ‘Speechless’ singer Beyonce faced claims she had agreed to “whiten” her skin as part of a lucrative deal with the French cosmetics company ‘L’Oreal.’

This year, as he prepares to release take her story to the big screen, Knowles has finally spoken out about the drama she faced when the rumour hit the net.

Telling all in a recent interview with the ‘Wall Street Journal’, Knowles also revealed how a deal he signed in 2003 saw he and Beyonce tied to business moves made by her competitor Mary J. Blige.

Hit the 12 minute mark below…

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With his plans to release a Destiny’s Child biopic exposed by ‘Sony’ “hackers”, Mathew Knowles has come forward to spill a number of details about the forthcoming big screen release.

Speaking to the ‘Wall Street Journal’, Knowles bared all when quizzed on the project and his current ties to the group’s members who he hopes will reunite to support the project.

Will his plans come to fruition?

Peep the interview and weigh in on it below…

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