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Former Danity Kane members Aubrey O'Day and Shannon Bex visited the infamous radio show, "The Breakfast Club" two days ago and they spilled a lot of tea. First they say Dawn was the main culprit for the group's split the second time. Aubrey alleges that back in the day, Dawn was responsible for creating rumors about certain members of Danity Kane and it was discovered on their fansite that the IP address of an user being rude was that of Dawn's. Aubrey also spoke about the time that Dawn came up to the studio to reconcile with Shannon and Aubrey over a mix up in tour dates which resulted in Dawn soccer punching Aubrey in the head. Aubrey also dished on her relationship with "Basketball Wives" star, Tami Roman, Diddy, Lupe Fiasco, and her boyfriend, singer Travis Garland. All in all, it was a very great interview and you should log on to YouTube to check it out if you haven't already. If that ain't enough for you, Ciara says that her and her new...

FAN LOVE: J. Cole visited a fan's house who tweeted him to come over since she is one of his biggest fans. I remember when Trey Songz did that and it was recorded and the fan asked him how big he was? lol Anyway I can only imagine what happened when the cameras cut off. You know Trey Songz has the reputation to sleep with his adoring fans. I'm a fan of Trey Songz as well so I wonder does that mean he'll sleep with me too? I guess that's wishful thinking on my part but I do love his Trigga album. It was one of my favorite this year. Okay back to J. Cole his new album is expected to be #1 next week with 355K copies and I'm hearing nothing but good things about it. I figure I should check it out! Have you? GIRL ON FIRE: And while I'm on the subject of Trey Songz, you know how he likes to call himself "Mr. Steal Ya Girl"? Well I think Drake has come along and snatched that title. Why? Because it was reported on another blog that Drake started following ...

RAISING KANE: Can't we all just get along? That's the question when it comes to Danity Kane. The trio recently parted ways again after a fight went down between Dawn & Aubrey in the studio. According to Dawn, the other group members were jealous because she had the better vocals. When did this become about vocals? Then she says the remaining members re-recorded songs behind her back taking her vocals off the songs. As for an upcoming Danity Kane reunion, you'd be better seeing an album from Foxy Brown before Danity Kane reunites again. Then again I actually see the ladies reuniting again in the future maybe without Dawn. Who knows? Who cares? Do you? DIVORCE COURT: For the last few months we've been reading and hearing that Beyoncé is divorcing Jay Z. Now US Weekly the same publication that says Ciara said her engagement is off with Future, says the Beyoncé is preparing the divorcing proceedings. I guess we will have to believe it when we see it. 

END OF THE ROAD: Danity Kane has officially called it quits. After the quintet reformed as a quartet before ending in a trio, the group released the single Lemonade . The song was released to huge fanfare on iTunes. The ladies were working on an upcoming album. After group members Aubrey O'Day and Dawn Richard got into a fist fight, the hope that existed among fans that the group would come back strong has now gone down the drain again. Poor girls! I think Dawn needs to stay out of groups period. She's had no luck with them. Remember when Dawn was apart of Diddy's Dirty Money group? Then again maybe the ladies can reform again in the future when everyone has matured and are clearly ready to partake in a proper reunion. FRANK-LY SPEAKING: Frank Ocean is said to be tying the knot to his transgender lover. The singer is planning the wedding to coincide with the release of a new album coming soon. Frank shocked some earlier in the week when he revealed himself with blue and gr...

The gloves have come off in the studio between Danity Kane members Aubrey O'Day and Dawn Richard. Just when the group reunited as a quartet then later a trio, the group may be in jeopardy once again before they really take off again. Apparently Dawn was upset with Aubrey after she photoshopped Dawn's picture making her appear to be bigger. Those feelings must of spilled over during a studio session and Dawn struck Aubrey with a closed fist to the head. The third member, Shannon tried to break up the fight to no avail. Police were called resulting in Aubrey filing charges with the police. I like Danity Kane. I'm not their biggest fan by any means but I do believe that Aubrey can be annoying and push you to the edge if provoked. What do you all think? Is this really the end of Danity Kane again? 

Any news is better than no news. BE-LIEBER: Usher has come to the defense of his protégé Justin Beiber. After the videos of Justin using racial slurs, Usher has spoken out insisting that Justin is not a racist! I do feel at 13 years old or however old Justin was in the videos, he knows well enough that the gesture wouldn't go over with people. I'm just saying! KANE & ABLE: I read a rumor that Dawn and Aubrey of Danity Kane fame may be close to signing up to appear on VH1's Love & Hip Hop L.A. Ray J is already signed up as well as Teairra Mari and Ray J's other sidechick. There have been so many rumors regarding who will actually be joining the cast. All I know is that Love & Hip Hop L.A. is shaping up to be as messy if not more than Love & Hip Hop L.A. Are you all ready for the ratchetness when it debuts in September? R.I.P.: Sad news in Hip Hop JayAre of Cali District Swag passed away after a battle with sickle cell. He is the second of the quartet...

Mary J. Blige and J-LO are said to duet! I'm sure the headline alone comes as to a surprise to everyone. The two superstars recently hooked up at the Chime For Change concert a few weeks ago. Now the pair will reportedly duet for each others upcoming albums. Mary's new album is a Christmas album said to be due later this year and will feature a duet with J-LO and even J-LO's ex Marc Anthony. J-LO is currently finishing up her Capitol Records debut and has said that Mary will likely contribute to the album. J-LO has been in the studio with the likes of Future and Chris Brown. She recently released her single Live It Up featuring Pitbull. As for Mary's new album I'm all for a Christmas album but I was hoping she'd give us a new studio album. Speaking of new albums...John Legend will release his new album Love In The Future on September 3. The album was originally due to be released on June 25. The album will feature the newly released single Made To Love prod...

'86 appears on the newly released solo album Goldenheart from Dawn Richard available in stores and online now!

Dawn Richard - '86 by user8019 Dawn Richard releases the first single '86 from her upcoming album Goldenheart . The album will be available on October 16.  You can currently download '86 on iTunes.  

Dawn Richard will release her debut album Goldenheart on October 16. 

Pretty Wicked Things - Dawn Richard Dawn Richard unleashes new music which serves as a setup for her upcoming album GoldenHeart which will be released this October. Dawn cautions fans that this is not her first single but it gives you a taste of what to expect. Her EP Armor On is available on iTunes now.

From her recently released EP Armor On available on iTunes.

I been seeing and reading little things about Dawn Richard and her new mixtape; "Armor On". The first video and single from that mixtape is "Bombs". I'm definitely not feeling the song or the video but you can't blame a girl for trying. I'm not quite sure of the statement she is trying to make with this song but maybe some of her fans know.

We all know Dawn Richard from her association with Dirty Money. "Save Me From U" is one of her many solo offerings set to appear on her upcoming solo album; "GoldenHeart". I'm not sure of the release date of her album but once I find out; you all will know.

A new Mario single; "The Walls" featuring Fabolous has leaked out. I believe its the first single from his upcoming untitled album. The album is said to be due in either November or January. The song was written and produced by Rico Love(worked with Pleasure P). A few other Mario songs have leaked out in recent weeks. That seems to always be the case when Mario gets ready to release a new album. His songs just don't seem to not be leaked out. Dawn Richard of Dirty Money and Danity Kane fame will release her debut solo album; "GoldenHeart" this Fall. The album will be apart of a trilogy. No word yet on the official first single but songs over the year have leaked out. Who knows if any of those will surface onto her debut album.

This time Kelly Rowland has pushed her album back to November 2. The album's last scheduled release date was October 26. Current single, "Grown Woman" is doing moderately well on R&B radio. Overseas single, "Commander" is doing good I suppose. She definitely had a lot of appearances lined up over there. She is a lot more successful overseas so I don't blame her for spending more time there. Hell! I would too! In other Kelly Rowland news I'm hearing actor Lance Gross is checking for Kelly. In other words he's interested in her. Flo Rida appeared on "The Wendy Williams Show" on Friday and performed his newest single from the "Step Up 3D" soundtrack. I can't remember the name of the song though. I was watching the show but not paying much attention. I did catch him mention that he did date Brandy shortly but things didn't work out. Remember the rumors going around that Flo Rida and Brandy were dating? Well he did appear i...

Diddy along with Cassie and new group, Dirty Money[which consists of Danity Kane's Dawn Richards and songwriter Kaleena]stop in Central Park in NYC and preview his new album, "Last Train To Paris". Check it out!

Hello all! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. It's unusually cool today but that's okay with me, I like cool. I have some music news for you all. Kelly Rowland talks new album, Beyonce's free concert tickets, and Diddy's album pushed back. Read more about these stories below. Kelly Rowland Talks New Album! Former Bandmate singer turned solo star Kelly Rowland is currently topping charts across the globe with her smash single "When Love Takes Over", and now according to Billboard, the songs producer David Guetta has revealed that he will in fact be producing the majority of the singers upcoming third studio album. It's looking less and less likely that Rowlands new album will be R&B like her first two efforts, especially in light of some recent comments she made to Billboard regarding Guetta. "The current sound with urban and pop is just kind of dancing in circles, and nothing is going anywhere," Rowland says. "I was really kind of...