Calls for iconic R&B boy bands Jodeci and Dru Hill to face off in a #VERZUZ battle have rang out for almost as long as the Timbaland and Swizz Beatz-helmed platform has been “a thing.”

Debate about who would take home the crown if the groups ever dueled hit a feverish pitch over the summer, leading the latter’s lead singer, Sisqo, to add his two cents to the ongoing conversation recently.

Look inside to hear what the 43-year-old had to say about the matter.

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Rap Snacks may have bitten off more than they could chew with the unveiling of the Nicki Minaj “Barbie-Que” potato chips.

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Alicia Keys and Beyonce are easily their generation’s top female R&B performers – critically and commercially.

Unfailingly waving the genre’s flag over the last two decades, the ladies are no strangers to breaking Billboard records in the name of the musical format – including each other’s.

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Inside the pages of her 11-page tell-all book ‘Love and Joy of Robert,’ 26-year-old Joycelyn Savage – one of R. Kelly‘s reported former victims of sex abuse – is making several jaw-dropping claims including one she’s expecting the GRAMMY winner’s child.

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Megan Thee Stallion shocked fans with the semi-surprise release of her brand new album ‘Traumazine.’

Indeed, as reported, the Hot Girl Coach announced the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Good News’ just a few hours before its midnight arrival on August 12.

The eagerly awaited project was preceded by Dua Lipa collaboration ‘Sweetest Pie,’ ‘Plan B,’ and the Future-assisted ‘Pressurelicious.’

With the buzz around the set intensifying (courtesy of tracks such as ‘Her’), attention now turns to its commercial performance.

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After watching his Ella Mai-assisted single ‘Keeps on Fallin’ rise to the top 20 of Billboard’s Adult R&B Charts, Babyface is looking to hit higher heights on the tally with its Kehlani-enlisted follow-up, ‘Seamless.’

The second single from the legendary singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album ‘Girls’ Night Out’ (due October 29), ‘Seamless’ – also produced by Babyface – tells the story of romantic partners who just can’t seem to be on the same page of late.

“We ‘posed to be seamless / But you love showin’ off weakness / Gettin’ all mad for no reason / Turnin’ up on me for breathin’,” K croons on the chorus.

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Nicki Minaj is making an almighty splash on the streaming scene with her brand new single ‘Super Freaky Girl.’

Unleashed yesterday (August 12), the infectious cut is proving magnetic to the masses. Especially on Spotify, where it’s made history.

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FLO are celebrating the ‘Summertime’ with their like-titled new song.

Lifted from the trio’s debut EP ‘The Lead,’ the harmonious jam has been a fan favorite since its arrival last month.

‘Summertime’ follows on the heels of critically-acclaimed breakout ‘Cardboard Box‘ and ‘Immature.’ It also lands after the rising R&B ensemble received props from the Vocal Bible Brandy.

Watch Renée, Jorja, and Stella‘s latest visual after the jump…

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Taylor Swift may have thought she shook off a copyright infringement claim against her 2014 megahit ‘Shake It Off’ when the case – brought on by the writers of 3LW‘s 2001 tune ‘Playas Gon Play’ – was dismissed in 2018, but to her surprise an appeals court revived the legal dispute and is deferring to a jury with the first hearing set for September 19.

In a motion to dismiss (as we reported here), Swift not only alleged she was the sole writer of ‘Shake’ but that there was no way she could have stolen content from 3LW as she had never heard of them or their song before the lawsuit.

The ongoing drama has sent Swift’s fans, affectionately called #Swifties, into an uproar with many of them taking their frustration out on the three members of the defunct R&B trio.

Kiely Williams, the group’s resident rapper, has grown weary of the online attacks and took to Instagram Friday (August 12) to explain why she nor former bandmates, Naturi Naughton and Adrienne Bailon, have anything to do with the copyright kerfuffle.

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Mario may have referred to the Omarion-toplined edition of the ‘Millennium Tour’ as “raggedy sh*t” during their VERZUZ battle in June, but it appears the GRAMMY-nominated singer has had a change of heart as he’s listed as one of the headliners for the forthcoming iternation of the highly anticipated North American jaunt.

Once again led by Bow Wow, the trek calls on some of the early 2000’s most popular Urban movers and shakers to unite for a night of nostalgic hits.

Having previously wowed crowds across the United States with a lineup that’s featured the likes of Ashanti, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Bobby V, Ying Yang Twins, Chingy, and more, this time new faces like Hilson and Day26 are being brought into the mix.

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Funkmaster Flex‘s recent challenge to Fabolous to drop new music “spitting bars” was answered in earnest not once, but twice by the New York rapper.

To put the cherry on top, Fab even accompanied both new songs with visuals.

For the first, he hopped on a banging beat that samples 2005’s ‘1 Thing’ – the signature hit of R&B singer-songwriter Amerie.  12 years after he first joined the diva in the music video for her single ‘More Than Love’ (as we reported here), the GRAMMY nominee returned the favor by making a surprise cameo in his new Abeni Nazeer-directed music video.

Elsewhere, Fab called on fellow rapper French Montana to assist on the tune ‘Say Less’ and even took to New York City to shoot the song’s music video at a popular Asian-fusion restaurant conveniently titled Sei Less.

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As Alicia Keys fans get acquainted with the expanded version of her 2021 album ‘Keys,’ aptly titled ‘Keys II’ (available for streaming now), the 15-time GRAMMY winner is pushing full steam ahead with promotion of the project by unveiling the music video for its housed tune ‘Trillions.’

Tapping rising R&B singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz to co-produce and co-star, the tune is one of multiple new tracks that appears on ‘Keys II’ and comes as a rework of her previous tune ‘Billions.’

“Oh, no limit to the things that I do / Nobody else can say it ain’t true / I am a one in a billion (trillion), you are a one in a billion (trillion) / We got a one in a billion (trillion),” Keys croons on the catchy cut’s chorus.

Look inside to peep ‘Trillions’ and its accompanying music video.

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