If you live in a major city you’ve probably encountered many a celebrity making their way through town on their way to work and play.

What happens if you don’t?

You come to the new TGJ feature ‘Celebs about Town’ which sees us churn out details about where your favourite people were the night before, and when and why they were there.

Waiting below? India Arie, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown and more!

The couple dined shortly after going public with their relationship which blossoms months after Lopez pulled the plug on her time with the entertainer Drake.

Rodriguez, a baseball player, is worth a reported $300 million and like Lopez was raised in New York City before becoming a household name by way of wins scored in his field.

Unfamiliar with his work?

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Lopez wasn’t the only one with business in Florida this month. For, Chris Brown finds himself in alligator-invested legal water following his alleged assault of a photographer.

As reported here, Brown was caught punching said photographer on camera (allegedly)  at a Tampa nightclub and parting ways with the venue long before he was scheduled to.

The club is now asking the singer to cough up the $30,000 they paid him to appear at the club as they believe he started the fight and had no good reason to split earlier than he was supposed to.

If he doesn’t return the cash he may have another lawsuit on his hands.

Let’s head over to New York.

There, the professional athlete and rising star Sterling Shepard attended the NFLxFIT Visual System Design Contest at The Museum at FIT to celebrate the marriage of sports and fashion.

Unfamiliar with the contest?

The National Football League (NFL) and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) partnered more than eight months ago to challenge students minoring in Creative Technology to reimagine all of the NFL team identities, including artwork and graphics inspired by the teams’ logos and fan cultures. The new graphic elements and branding treatments will be used on NFL merchandise.

Shepard, who is romantically tied to Chanel Iman, was signed by the Giants for $5.94 million in 2016 and plays alongside Odell Beckham Jr.

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A post shared by Sterling Shepard (@sterl_shep3) on Oct 6, 2016 at 6:59pm PDT

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Welcome to The Stream Scene, the TGJ party thrown to celebrate streaming gains made by some of the brightest stars in the Popverse.

Who made their way into the club this time around? Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar, Aston Merrygold and Beyonce.

Lamar’s new album ‘DAMN‘ is already on its way to casting a creative shadow of Drake’s hit-stained set ‘Views’.

How so?

The set, which is fronted by the single ‘Humble’, has already been streamed 50 million times and will cross the 200 million mark by the end of the week, making Lamar the first act to do so in the same space of time since Drake.

How much the album is expected to move in pure sales by the end of its first week? Between 275-300k.

Elsewhere, streams and pure sales have lifted Beyonce‘s ‘Hold Up’ to enviable new heights!

Streams garnered by her 2016 release ‘Hold Up’ recently swam past the 90 million spins point recently and, as of today, now sit at the 91,488,539 point.

Pure sales of the song’s parent album ‘Lemonade’ have been just as stellar.

By the end of 2016, the album had moved 1.5 million copies in the United States alone before streaming data pushed its to number over the 2.1 million mark!

Of course, the album’s unique rollout has seen fans opt to purchase the set as a whole instead of picking up its songs individually resulting in a less than stellar run on the Billboard Hot 100 but an epic one on the Billboard 200 where it peaked at #1.

Joining the club this week is the British vocalist Aston Merrygold, formerly of the Urban Pop group JLS.

His new single ‘Precious‘ impacted the net last week and cruises past the 20,000 spins landmark before the unveiling of his first solo studio set and the live shows he has launched to support it.

How ‘Precious’ is faring so far?

Since its arrival on April 12th, it’s been watched for a total of 744 hours and picked up 406 shares.

Will his forthcoming live shows help to push these numbers to higher ground?

Weigh in below!

Last, and never least, is Lady Gaga.

Back in February, the Pop diva rocked the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show with a tame and restrained live serving out of her discography.

How the world responded? Positively.

Proving that the general public is still very much interested in her live shows, her Super Bowl online viewing figure was recently flung into new heights after it was watched 29 million times!

29,598,336 to be exact.

This news will undoubtedly give her diehard fans cause to celebrate after they pushed her new single ‘The Cure’ to #1 on iTunes USA!

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Tinashe showcased her talent to millions across the globe moments ago when she took to the ring to perform at WWE Wrestlemania 33.

The starlet kicked off the Orlando spectacle, renown for being the Superbowl of wrestling, with a spirited rendition of ‘America The Beautiful.’

Notable for ability to dance up a storm, the 24-year-old traded the choreography for vocal theatrics.

Watch her take flight after the jump…

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After shattering records for OWN as it not only debuted with the network’s highest series premiere ratings, but was also 2016’s #1 new cable series for women (averaging over three million viewers in Live+3 in its first season), ‘Greenleaf’ is readying its season 2 kick off in less than a week.

With its seasoned cast featuring Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, Lamman Rucker, and Oprah Winfrey, the Memphis-set show – which explores the deeply-rooted secrets of a Southern family that owns and operates a megachurch – is scheduled to make its highly anticipated return March 15th at 9/8c.

After the first season’s jaw-dropping cliffhanger, fans have now been invited to peek at an extended trailer of its successor courtesy of OWN.  See it inside:

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Much to the horror of the saved and sanctified, Azealia Banks has announced that she has cast a wicked spell on her nemesis Nicki Minaj.

Full story below…

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This is the moment ‘Moonlight’ maker Barry Jenkins discovered that his movie had earned the ‘Best Picture’ award at last night’s Oscars.

Why the shock?

The announcement of the movie’s win came after the cast and crew of the movie ‘La La Land’ made their way to the stage to collect the same award?

Who, what, where and why?

Worry not.

We’ve got you covered below…

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Will Smith‘s filmography has made its way to stream-based territory with the full support of the creative David Ayer.

Following their collaboration on 2016’s blockbuster ‘Suicide Squad’ the pair arranged another meeting of the minds to build ‘Bright‘, an original movie for Netflix.

Ready to see what the pair made with the $90 million investment they secured for the weird and wonderful project?

Press play after the jump…

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Welcome to the latest TGJ Roundtable!

Over the years, That Grape Juice has established a distinguished voice that – whether loved or loathed – sparks discussion, debate, and on occasion drama!

Though comprised of seasoned writers who share a similar outlook on Urban Pop culture, the idiosyncrasies of the TGJ team members often lend for quite heated debates “behind the scenes” about the hottest topics.

Now, we give you a front row seat to the show. In a format similar to ‘The View’ or ‘The Real’, TGJ editors – Sam, David, Rashad, and Joe – get real in a very candid way.

Today’s roundtable topic asks each anchor their thoughts on the…

Grammy Awards 2017

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The 59th Annual Grammy Awards certainly provided many a notable moment courtesy of the host of music stars who took to the stage.

Now, after show-stopping performances from Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, and more, see who walked away with the show’s biggest star – its coveted trophies!

A full winners’ list awaits below…

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The 59th annual Grammy awards are to air live from Los Angeles tonight and there’s no doubt that its organisers have an impressive line-up on their golden hands.

The only trouble is…where does one place everyone?

How they’ve solved that “problem” taking the industry’s friendship, feuds and photo ops into consideration?

Find out below…

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Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has gifted music some of its most memorable numbers over the past 5 decades.  Now, after cranking out countless hits, topping charts, and filling concert venues, the legendary singer is looking to take her final bow.

Much to the dismay of longtime fans, Franklin – who boasts 18 Grammys and over 75 million records sold to her credit – has revealed her upcoming projects will be her last.

Hear it from her inside:

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After a temporary dethronement by rap group Migos‘ viral hit ‘Bad & Boujee’ (read more about that by clicking here), Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Shape Of You’ has returned to the top of the Hot 100 this week.

Reigning atop the tally for the second non-consecutive week since its debut four weeks ago, the tune’s resurgence is certainly thanks to some handsome streaming radio airplay.  Billboard reports:

“With its official video having premiered Jan. 30, the song gains by 19 percent to 31.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music, and holds at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart. It increases by 11 percent to 115,000 downloads sold…”

Alongside ‘Castle on the Hill,’ ‘Shape’ serves as the leading single from Sheeran’s highly anticipated new album ‘÷’ (pronounced ‘Divide’) due in stores March 3rd.  But, before you rush to preorder the set, tuck in below to see who joined Sheeran on this week’s updated Hot 100 Chart Check:

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