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Hello all! So a few days ago K. Michelle announced that she was returning to "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta". Now this is something I definitely didn't see coming. If that's not enough her VH1 reality show will return in January as well. Then there's K.'s third album that she will be releasing in March, so expect a K. Michelle overload in 2016. In other music news, VH1 Soul will now be known as BET Soul. This news comes directly for Viacom who owns both networks including MTV. What do you all think about that? Videos are not as viable as they used to on the networks. Videos are made now more so YouTube, VEVO, and other third party sites. It's funny because MTV used to be primarily known for showing videos as well as BET and VH1. My, how things have changed. Personally my attention is so short these days, videos don't interest. There are a lot music videos that I have never seen and don't care to see, same thing with movies. But that sounds like a pe...

Happy Holidays everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates but I was out of town for the Holidays. Now while I may of not updated here on the blog, I still kept up with what was going on in the world of entertainment. I just saw this morning that Rihanna's producer said the reason for the hold up for her new album, "Anti" is because of rumored boyfriend Travis Scott. Allegedly Scott told Rihanna that her new album is "not good enough". The album has never had an official release date but was rumored to drop November 6, November 27 and most recently Christmas day. A while back Rihanna revealed the album's cover art which led many to believe the album was on the way. Then came a string of Samsung commercials which is likely endorsing Rihanna's new album. But it looks like this whole thing is a nightmare. Rihanna said in the press that the album was executive produced by Kanye West and she was waiting on him to put on some of the finishing touches. Now with a...

There's a new couple alert! Reality TV star and business entrepreneur Angela Simmons and rapper Yo Gotti. Gotti has been pursuing Simmons for awhile and recently surprised the star with flowers among other things. What do you think about these two together? In other music news, Tyrese is mad at Ginuwine and called him out of the dissolution of the group TGT(Tank Ginuwine Tyrese). Together the group had a hit or two and a Grammy nominated album. Feeling some type of way, Tyrese took to social media and Ginuwine responded back. It turns out that Ginuwine wants to record another solo album which I think is fine. Tyrese just put out an album a few months ago. You didn't see Ginuwine or Tank whining about that? Did you? I have a lot more feelings about this but I won't get into all of that. Meanwhile Nicki Minaj is gearing up for a new TV show on the ABC Family network titled "Nicki". I also read the title "Freeform" floating around so I'm not sure whic...

Azealia Banks got her ass arrested a few nights ago after being denied entry in an invite only club. The bouncer didn't recognize her until someone else did. Once they let her in, she started back on to bouncer and before you know it all hell broke loose. According to reports, Azealia bit the a female in the breast. Being that I heard this story days ago, I'm forgetting some key facts. But I think the woman was an officer, god I hope not. What's wrong with Azealia? As much as I love her I hate to see her go down this path of getting arrested and acting a damn fool. She is starting to remind of Foxy Brown. In new music news, Chris Brown releases his new album, "Loyalty" and Monica releases "Code Red". I haven't heard either album yet but I plan to in the next few days or so. Congratulations to Teyana Taylor for having her baby a few days ago. This is the first child for the singer and her mate Iman Shumpert(sp). Tamar Braxton is upset about the port...

So it's being reported that Rick Ross has called of his engagement with Lira Galore. This comes after pictures of the video model surfaced of her butt ass naked on a video shoot alongside Slim Thug. I'm guessing these pictures are new! Anyway its also being said that Rick Ross unfollowed her on Instagram. My thing is, the girl definitely has a past and she should make Rick aware of it, no matter how ugly and embarrassing it is. It prepares him for being embarrassed by yet another photo. It remains to be seen what will come out of this. This is the second time the two have allegedly broken up though Rick Ross contends the two never broke up in the first place. Rumors surfaced the two broke up after Lira was called out briefly dating Wale's crazy ass. Ciara may be an attention whore in my book and it definitely works to her advantage. Her single, "I Bet" was recently certified Platinum and becomes her fifth Platinum single overall. On top of that, its the only R...

Good morning readers! Sorry for the lack of updates! I can simply say I've been busy with this thing called life and just overall too lazy to update. But on to some music news, last week Big Sean's house was broken into. It all happened while the rapper was in Dubai. $150,000 in jewelry was taken and a ransom note was apparently left behind. There was an e-mail left to Big Sean stating that if he wanted his jewelry back, there were instructions to get it back. Many believe the burglary was an inside job. What do you think? And Nelly won't face charges after a drug bust back in April on his tour bus. The judge says Nelly must stay out of trouble for at a least a year and his record will be wiped clean. Migos and Bow Wow got into a Twitter spat over the origin of "dab". Look it up more for info. Speaking of Bow Wow, his ex Erica Mena has been making shocking allegations saying he's abused his baby mama and maybe even her. Wow! These girls be ready to blab to a...

So the Grammy nominations came out yesterday and no one was more upset than Omarion. The R&B star/reality TV star felt snubbed after his single, "Post To Be" featuring Chris Brown and Jhene Aiko failed to get a nomination. Omarion took to Twitter to express his disdan and in turn caught a lot of flack for his words. Do you think Omarion should of been nominated? I was listening to "The Breakfast Club" this morning and they had some valid points about Omarion's argument. First, the song was a hit, no doubt. But also they said that Omarion won a Soul Train award but didn't show up to accept the award. But artists want to be acknowledged by the Grammy awards and then when they are not, they cry wolf. Many artists want to be acknowledged by the Grammys because the Grammys are the most prestigious award a musician can receive. Think of it this way, a Grammy to a musician is what an Oscar is to an actor. Going back to what I was saying though, some musicians...

Happy Birthday to Jay Z! The rapper turns 46 today! Also Happy Birthday and R.I.P. to Pimp C. Happy Belated Birthday to Trina, who celebrated her birthday yesterday along with Monica, Rico Love, and Missy at Monica's "Code Red" tour. Speaking of Monica, she will release her new album on December 18 as will Chris Brown. Rick Ross released his new album today, "Black Market" and Jeremih "Late Nights". There's certainly an overabundance of new music out. I think out of all the new music I'm interested in Erykah Badu, Jeremih, and Rick Ross. Who are you listening to or who are you still anticipating as we close out the year? And "The Wiz" premiered last night to big ratings. 11 million viewers tuned in to the live broadcast on NBC. Did you watch? And did you see Stitches, a rapper who was taunting The Game outside of a club, got dealt with by one of Game's associates. When Game and his crew exited the club last night after a series ...

Ashanti appeared on "The Real" where she was grilled about her new man who she described as 6 foot 4 and 290 lbs. She stated that her new boo is not in the music industry either. We did some digging and its none other than San Francisco 49ers player Darren Dockett. Though this is not new news to most people. The two have actually been dating for quite a while. I believe the two met over Twitter where they have exchanged convo in the past. Interesting thing about Dockett is he's rumored to be gay and I thought he had a domestic dispute in the past. But if she likes it, I love it! In other music news, Rich Homie Quan called out Young Thug last night at a concert and now the two are beefing on social media. Apparently Quan made some homophobic comments and name dropped Young Thug. If I'm correct I believe these two had fallen out before over some other stuff, not sure what though. But the way these two carry on, one would think that they were more than friends! :) And ...

2 Chainz just won a case involving a woman who sued the rapper for referring to her as a "THOT" in a backstage video. Elsewhere, Mendeecees Harris from "Love & Hip Hop New York" was just sentenced 8 years in prison. The trailer for "Love & Hip Hop New York" was just released a few days ago and in the clip, there was that possibility of him facing jail time. Future is being sued after a promoter paid him $15,000 upfront to perform at a club. When Future performed, his manager pulled him off stage after only one song when it was discovered that the promoter didn't have the rest of Future's money. The promoter is suing though. Ha! Benny Boom, most notably known for being a video director having worked with the likes of Keyshia Cole is now said to be directing the long-awaited, oft-delayed Tupac biopic. And is Rick Ross sending shots to Drake and Lil' Wayne on his new song, "Color Money". Well it looks like Ross the Boss, made r...

Have you all ever wondered what happened to Lloyd? He was responsible for such hit singles as "Southside" and "You". Well turns out the singer recently got his GED and he took to social media the share the news. Now on the music front, I'm not sure what happened to him. Then again I'm not sure if he knows. In other news, Remy Ma turns up on the trailer to the new season of "Love & Hip Hop New York". The rapper is seen arguing with one of cast mates and discussing her future with her husband Papoose. "Love & Hip Hop New York" airs on December 14 on VH1. Iggy Azalea took to Twitter to voice her shock at being the topic of Erykah Badu's opening monologue on the Soul Train Awards. I'll say Iggy, be glad people are even still talking about you at this point. I certainly don't think this is the last we heard from Iggy musically. I do think she has to come pretty hard to shut the naysayers up because she has a lot of them. ...