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Beyoncé celebrates B'Day Beyoncé celebrated her 35th birthday in style with a lavish Soul Train themed party. In attendance were Alicia Keys, Swizz Beats, Cassie, Diddy, Kelly Rowland, Solange, LaLa & Carmelo Anthony and of course Jay-Z and Blue Ivy. There were plenty of pictures posted on social media that featured everyone in 70s get ups.  Damon Dash is calling out Beyoncé & Jay Z for not defending his ex-wife Rachel Roy during the whole Becky debacle. When "Lemonade" was released in April, Rachel Roy posted a shady Instagram post leading many to believe that she was the "Becky" that Beyoncé spoke about in her song, "Sorry". The rumor was never confirmed by Beyoncé. I did read that someone said that "Becky" is in fact Beyoncé and not any of the aforementioned women. Karlie Redd of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" fame is reportedly back with her old boo, Yung Joc(who also stars on the show) and Karlie is also facing...

Rihanna News: Tinashe is mad!!! The singer took to social media and disclosed that her album, "Joyride" which was set to be released in the coming weeks is not being ripped apart. The title track was given to Rihanna and will be included in a rumored "Anti" re-release. Tinashe took a jab at Beyoncé claiming she was the first to use an inspired makeup idea that Bey debuted in the video for "Sorry". Sounds like its been a bad week for Tinashe or should I say a bad last week. If that ain't enough, Chris Brown blasted her after she spoke out against him for disrespecting Kehlani. Oh shucks! Stuff like this happens all the time. Songs are passed around left and right in the industry. So good luck to Tinashe though. Maybe she should go independent. What do you think? And more on the whole Beyoncé debacle. It is being reported that Rachel Roy is indeed "Becky" and that's what Beyoncé allegedly referred to her all along. During the infamous fi...

Shortly after "Lemonade" aired, people began to speculate who exactly Beyoncé was referring to when she sung "Becky with the good hair". Well everyone didn't have to wonder for long because Damon Dash's ex-wife, Rachel Roy started shading Beyoncé with the song reference which led many to believe she was the woman responsible for Jay-Z's infidelity. Soon the #Beyhive began attacking Rachel Roy and her daughter on social media. Rachel issued a statement saying that she respects marriage and wouldn't do such a thing to ruin the union of a marriage. Apparently the #Beyhive was not buying this and soon Rachel Roy deleted her social media page altogether after making it private briefly. Not content on resting, the #Beyhive formed together and came up with the fact that "Becky" may indeed be former Roc Nation artist, Rita Ora(l), which wouldn't surprise me if it were true. Rita has been around in the industry but has she banged Jay-Z? Who k...

Nelly is back with new album, "5.0" in stores and online now. The album features the singles, "Just A Dream" and "Move That Body" featuring Akon and T-Pain. Music Biz: Beanie Sigel Sounds Off On Damon Dash! Earlier this week Philly rapper Beanie Sigel and radio personality Star put their personal differences aside to talk music, Kanye West, Damon Dash , and more on the Star & Bucwild Show on Philadelphia’s Power 100.3. Shortly after Star mentioned Beanie’s loyalty to Damon Dash the rapper revealed that he has no loyalty to Dash and that he’s owed millions of dollars by him. “I ain’t loyal to Dame. Dame owe me some money,” Beanie explained. “My own lawyer found about 11-million that Dame stole from me…He filing bankruptcy. I’ll spend a million dollars just to say a person owe me? I have a piece of paper that say he owe me some money. Who wants to go through that?” Beanie also referred to Dash’s support during his legal problems as a “façade” and...

According to where I uncovered this information, the picture to your left is not the actual album cover for 'Angels Advocate' but the tour book cover. For the last few months we have heard all these stories about a remix album for Mariah's recent album, 'Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel'. For the most part these stories have been true. The only real thing that was off was the rumored guests set to appear. But below you will see that this album is so star studded; it looks more like a soundtrack than a Mariah Carey album. You can expect 'Angels Advocate' in stores on February 23. The album is led by the singles, 'Angels Cry' featuring Ne-Yo and 'Up Out My Face' featuring Nicki Minaj. Both singles have videos that have already been shot. Pictures from both sets have appeared online. Below you can check out the star studded tracklisting. 1. “Betcha Gon’ Know (featuring Diddy & R. Kelly)” 2. “Obsessed (featuring Gucci Mane)” 3. “H.A.T.E.U. (feat...

The hits and videos keep a coming from Beyonce's "I Am...Sasha Fierce" album. The latest video, "Sweet Dreams" is said to be released on July 9. Here you can get a 32 second clip of the video. From the little clip, I feel like I will like this video. Check it out! Music Biz: The Game Disses Jay-Z! Compton, California rapper The Game has sparked controversy in rap circles, after a performance in Bordeaux, France, last night (July 5), where he called out Jay-Z. The rapper, flanked by two members of his entourage, stormed onto the stage during his performance at the Le 4 Sans, where he immediately took aim at Jay-Z, one of rap’s biggest stars. "I’ma tell you like this. I don’t care what a n***a say. This is how I am coming out today. F**k Jay-Z. Straight up. And if you don’t like that, I am pretty sure you can find an exit some where. This is a Blackwall Street party. We sayin’ f**k Jay-Z." The Game’s scathing diss to Jay-Z comes just days after the Brook...

"You might win some but you just lost one" were the lyrics recited by the now reclusive Lauryn Hill. It was from her song "Lost Ones" from her "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". It was her highly acclaimed album that I wasn't that fond of. The title "Lost Ones" is significant here because several artists Missy Elliott has discovered over the years have faded into obscurity. We all know Missy Elliott as the superproducer who never quite get the credit she deserves. Well today she will get some credit for her outstanding list of "Lost Ones". Remember that the information here provided is to the best of my knowledge. Gina Thompson - Missy's first major appearance was on the remix to Gina Thompson's "Things That You Do" remix. Eventually Missy signed Gina to Gold Mind; an imprint of Missy's former label, Elektra Records. Gina's second album was shelved(never released) and Gina suddenly faded into obscurity. R...

Keri Hilson is riding high with her hit debut album, "In A Perfect World" which was finally released almost two weeks ago. Check out the singer/songwriter as she reveals her writing process for Mary J. Blige. Video: Keri Hilson On Writing Day 26 strikes again with another leaked song! Check it out below! Audio: Day 26 - I Won't No one has had it harder than Nicole Wray. As one of many Missy Elliott cast offs, Nicole Wray was briefly signed to Dame Dash's label but I guess like most deals it feel through. Nicole has quite a following online and today a new song has leaked from her. Check it out! Audio: Nicole Wray - Hurts To Be My Love It's nice to see Nicole still trying after all these years. It's unfortunate that so many talented artists have been discovered by Missy only to fall through the cracks. I will actually be doing a write up more on that story.

Audio: Ne-Yo - Think About It This is another new track from the hit singer/songwriter. I am assuming a lot of these recently leaked songs from Ne-Yo are leftovers from his "Year Of The Gentleman" album. I will say that I do like this song. Video: Nicki Minaj Interview The Queens rapstress talks about her upcoming album, mixtapes, and why she is all the rage in the streets! I do love Nicki's swagger cause it reminds me a lot of Foxy(who Nicki is a huge fan of). I also will be glad once Nicki releases an album. Music Biz: Damon Dash Broke? Damon Dash the former co-founder of Rocafella Records and Recawear is reportedly broke. Reports say his $7.3 million condos and cars were seized by Eastern Savings Bank after failing topay $78,504. Dash also owes the government money. He owes $2.1 million to the NY State Department of Taxation and Finance. Atlantic Records Partners With GAP! Atlantic Record stars Flo Rida, Trey Songz, and Janelle Monae will be partnering with Gap this...