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Jay-Z's much anticipated album, "4:44" was released last night via streaming service TIDAL(which Jay-Z co-owns). Cellular phone service Sprint offered its current customers and future customers 6 free months if they signed up for TIDAL. Jay-Z famously scored a deal with Sprint which helped house the album. The response to the Jay-Z's new album has been overwhelming to say the least. Here's what I know(and read considering I haven't heard the album yet). No I.D. produced the album. Jay-Z name checks(and disses) Kanye West, Solange, Eric Benet(actress Halle Berry's ex-husbad), OJ Simpson(song: "The Story of OJ" and I'm assuming it references the football athlete), Future, Diddy, etc. Jay shockingly opens up about his marriage with Beyoncé(involving infidelity, stillborns, egos, children etc.). The album is currently being celebrated via social media and beyond. It is a welcome return for the New York emcee! In other music news...Socialite and...

Flashback Friday pic. Wendy Williams is under fire for throwing shade at "RHOA" star Kenya Moore. Moore, who is in a battle with co-star, Shereé Whitfield over whose new house would be completed first, finds the two stars nearly comes to blows during the season 9 trailer. In the trailer, Kenya is seen saying that Shereé's mother, Thelma has her name on the house so therefore its not really Shereé's. Wendy offered her insight as she usually does making light of the fact that Kenya's own mother wouldn't even open the door for her. Kenya shared on the past season that her mother has been estranged since she was a child and won't acknowledge her. Wendy has caught a lot of flack for her comments the same way she did when she criticized the black colleges. Wendy has always been cutthroat, even during her radio days but she is starting to get nastier. I have always been a fan and supporter of Wendy. I do feel like her comments towards Kenya was harsh but Ken...

The ever controversial Azealia Banks has apologized for her homophobic and racist rant. Her Twitter account remains suspended. In other music news,  Keyshia Cole has met her biological father. Future has a song with Jay Z in the works that he gushed about on social media. Tyga and Kylie Jenner have broken up and Tyga has already been seen with Karlie Redd from "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta". He contends that they are not dating though. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I did. I went to Chicago and I got see Trina live in concert. She was amazing and she looked absolutely beautiful. Thanks for reading! For more music news, gossip, rumors and my personal commentary, check back later!

Tyga is in the news again! This time for allegedly lusting over a 14 year old girl. Well the real story is Tyga contacted the girl to hear her sing since she reportedly had somewhat of a following online. Tyga alleges he was eager to sign her to his record label, Last Kings. OK! magazine ran a story accusing the 14 year old girl Molly as someone who came in between Tyga's relationship with Kylie Jenner. Molly is being represented by high powered attorney Gloria Allred who says nothing inappropriate went down between Tyga and Molly. In text messages, the girl says she was 17 when Tyga asked her about her age. Tyga attempted to Facetime the singer three times and the girl never answered. Tyga says he Facetimed her because he wanted to see her sing for he and his managers. So what do you think about this story? Do you think Tyga was trying to kick game to another child or was he simply trying to sign new talent? I mean we do know Tyga has a thing for young girls. In other news, ...

Angie Stone says Idris Elba tried to get with her but she turned it down. Angie is known for attracting much younger men like D'Angelo who she has a child with. Would you have turned down Idris Elba? I'm sure Angie is regretting it now. Speaking of couples, there were news reports that Kylie Jenner had broken up with Tyga. Now its being r eported that they are back together. This came on the heels of news and pictures of Kylie Jenner spotted out with A$AP Rocky. In other music news, "Empire" has only two more episodes left until its Fall finale. After that the show will return in March. Last Wednesday's episode was really good and the ratings were up for the first time in a long time. Beyonce' and Jay Z were spotted in Vegas at Britney Spears' show. Monica says she is not dissing Ciara in the leaked title track for her new album, "Code Red" though I thought the same thing. Nicki Minaj's ex Safaree Samuels is suing her for his work on all th...

The Game appeared on "Wendy" and spoke out about several rumors. First he said he didn't date Khloe Kardashian, he remained mum on a former relationship with Kim K. and he said he has no beef with Chris Brown. Brown called Game out after he liked a few pics of Brown's ex on Instagram. The new season of "Empire" premiered last night and 16 million viewers tuned in. Kylie Jenner reportedly was called out for her use of the "N" word on social media, though I haven't seen the exact post in which the slur stems from. And in much better news, Usher has tied the knot overseas with his longtime girlfriend Grace Miguel. This is the second marriage for Usher. Hopefully this once works out for him!

Hey y'all! So here is what's going on in the world of entertainment and there is a lot to report so I will keep it short and sweet. Kylie Jenner's lime wig was snatched after leaving Chris Brown's concert. Patti Labelle cursed out a fan who she invited onstage who began to undress. Rihanna says she's waiting on Kanye West to help her finish her album. Louis Farrakhan says he wants Jay Z to tell Beyonce to cover up. Drake and Future will release their first single from their upcoming mixtape on iTunes today at 8 p.m. EST(Eastern Standard Time). Well that's all folks! Thanks for reading! :) 

Drake and Future are releasing a mixtape that should be dropping at anytime now. The two most recently collaborated on "Where Ya At" from Future's "DS2" album. And Tyga's girlfriend Kylie Jenner has been put on blast by some guy named InkMonstarr. He put up a screenshot of a convo he had with Kylie via Instagram of Kylie saying she was going to "hit" InkMonstarr up. InkMonstarr took this whole thing one step further by putting out a dis song towards Kylie. He says in the song that he "came on her tits and her lips" and her vajayjay ain't smell that good! Ooh! I'm not sure where all the animosity came from. But if this indeed true, Kylie must of messed around or started talking to this guy when Tyga was being called out for his relations with several trans girls.

The Game is a free man now after turning himself in for threatening a cop. And after his release he cuddled up with his assistant and sent out a lengthy tell off to all the haters. He had some pretty valid points in there. You'd have to go to his Instagram though to read it. And speaking of The Game, his close friend Khloe Kardashian(who I usually never talk about unless she's beefing with a musician) swears up and down that her new body is from all her hard work but still people aren't buying it. Many believe Khloe got some butt shots and I believe she did too. Have you seen her lately. And Khloe's sister, Kylie Jenner says she's been independent since was 14. She said her pimp Mother, Kris Jenner cut her off at 14. Since then Tyga she pays all her bills, gas, mortgages, etc. Way to go Kylie! :) And Miley Cyrus says she told her Mother that she was bisexual at 14. No surprise there now is it?

In honor of Flashback Friday, I posted this picture of myself in 5th grade circa 1995. My hair looks nothing like that anymore. I'm damn near bald now. I still wear bifocals. I had one ear pierced then and I let it close up. I got both ears pierced again years later only to let the same thing happen. Ha! On to the music news, it has been an interesting week for Chris Brown who doesn't just make the occasional headline, he's making headlines practically everyday for something different everyday. This time, Chris Brown caught his ex at the club and he proceeded after her to which she turned away. He chased after her and it was all caught on camera. Of course the media is having a field day with this coverage. This is all over the blogs! And in other Chris Brown news, Kylie Jenner is mad at Chris for being somewhat insensitive towards her father Bruce Caitlyn Jenner. Brown posted on Instagram a meme about Akon donating money to Africa and how its not news but Bruce Caitlyn ...

Kylie Jenner says she's not pregnant! R&B singer Cheryl Lynn(song: "Encore") went in on Anita Baker via social media when she discovered Anita blocked her. Lynn went on to say that Baker is jealous of her singing skills and after she ranted enough offered a semi apology. What do you think about Anita blocking Cheryl? I'm sure there is more to the story but we only know one side right now. But this feud can be filed under "strange" right along with the recent feud between Chris Brown and Tyson Beckford which has since been resolved. I've read that Anita Baker can be a little coocoo so who knows what the problem really is. Speaking of feuds, fans of Nicki Minaj have signed a petition against Iggy Azalea saying her award at the Billboard awards for "Best Rap Song" should be revoked. They are upset not only because Nicki didn't win but they say they song was released outside of the eligibility time. My gosh! Just let the girl live! I'...

ARM CANDY: Jay Z has come out defending his streaming music service, TIDAL saying it needs time to grow did other popular music services such as iTunes and Spotify. Do you think he has a point or nah? And Tyga has tattooed his girlfriend Kylie Jenner's name on his arm. That's always a big no no when artists and celebrities do that. The relationship becomes doomed once you do that in my opinion. But best of luck to them. And I say that because Tyga's ex and baby mama blasted Tyga when she leaked out text messages of him saying he wanted to get back together. He kindly responded back and said he ain't with the "tea". Well there you have it! TOUR DE FORCE: Speaking of Tyga, his friend Lil' Wayne found his tour bus shot up in Atlanta. I don't think anyone was hurt but is it safe to say Birdman might of sent his henchmen out for Wayne? Hey you never know! Speaking of Lil' Wayne, his ex boo Trina was said to perform in Columbus, Ohio but however did not...