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Azealia ponders new music Madonna, actress; Ashley Judd(movie: "Along Came A Spider"), Janelle Monae, Pink, and many other celebrities took part in today's Women March held in Washington D.C. Women and other people also gather in Las Vegas, L.A. and Denver to come together to fight for women's rights. While taking the podium, Madonna dropped several F-bombs towards detractors who are not for women's rights. She also performed two of her hits; "Express Yourself" and "Human Nature". Many more celebrities were in attendance and many also spread awareness via social media. Azealia Banks has been on social media asking her fans what they all think her next musical endeavor should be. She even put a poll and the choices are the "Fantasea 2" which is the follow-up to the mixtape she released a few years back. The other choice would be her second full length album; "Business & Pleasure". At this point I just want some ne...

Happy Belated Birthday Monica! Happy Belated Birthday to Monica, Ashanti, Toni Braxton, and all the fellow Libras. There are so many and too many to name. There is a lot of entertainment news to report and I'll just stick with the interesting stuff. :) Lady Gaga has a new album, "Joanne" which is slated to debut at #1 and she threw shade at Madonna insisting that Madonna doesn't write her songs. CORRECTION: I know for a fact Madonna writes her songs and always has from the very beginning. I think Gaga was just trying to capitalize on the success of her album and decided to call Madonna out. Madonna ain't even been thinking about a Lady Gaga but congrats to Gaga for her #1 album. You never know it might be her last. :)  Tiny Harris has issued a lengthy letter again explaining her taking a picture with her husband's, T.I.'s enemy, Floyd Mayweather. She now says Mariah didn't make her take a picture but she didn't wanna be rude and besides it...

Old site banner Happy Birthday to Madonna! The Queen of Pop turns 58 today!  Tiny is set to divorce T.I. after allegedly cheating on her with an escort from the notorious Taz Angel's click. This isn't the first time that divorce rumors have dogged the couple. 2 years ago, we found the couple at odds over more infidelity rumors. Both artists released a slew of dis records and engaged in several social media spats before deciding to stay together. So only time will tell if this is true. Meanwhile the couple recently had a baby, Heiress Harris. If I were Tiny I would of divorced T.I. a long time ago. Young Thug just celebrated his birthday as well, not sure if it was today or yesterday but Keke Wyatt serenaded him during his birthday festivities. Young Thug will be releasing his new mixtape, "Jeffrey" soon which is his real name. There are also stories that suggest he may change his stage name. Personally I think he should keep his name as it is.  French Mo...

Hey people! I know its very rare that I greet you all personally but I wanted to say this post is being labeled the "Shade Edition". A lot of shade was thrown last night and over the last few days. So I'll start with Lee Daniels, creator of "Empire" who shad some words for his dear friend Mariah Carey. He said "Mariah shouldn't do reality TV!". Mariah responded by saying her new show, "isn't a reality show". Take that Lee Daniels! Ha! On a totally different note, Madonna is facing a backlash after her Prince tribute fell on deaf ears. Madonna was joined by Stevie Wonder for a somber duet of Prince's "Purple Rain". While I feel the tribute left a lot to be desired, at least Billboard did pay tribute to Prince, had they not, people would of been upset about that. Immediately after the performance, BET shaded Madonna by posting a 15 second clip with the caption, "Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We got you"....

Foxy Brown says her luggage came up missing while on a recent trip to Palm Springs. The reclusive and always controversial rapper says she had $100,000 worth of merchandise in her luggage which included several high end shoes from Gucci among other things. The thief remains at large. In other music news, T.I. just released the video for his new single, "Dope" featuring Marsha Ambrosius. Juelz Santana's home is said to be in foreclosure as well as Lil' Kim's after both artists allegedly stopped paying their mortgage. Juelz Santana has came out and denied the claims, though the paperwork leaked out. Just a few days ago, Juelz said he was returning to music after being absent from the music scene for over 10 years. I find it pretty ironic that he is returning to music now then again he has that mortgage to pay. I ain't mad at him though. People are mad though that Madonna has been chosen to honor Prince at this year's Billboard Music Awards. I really don...

So all the stories featured today have to do with tours, funny enough. Mariah is difficult to work with!? No surprise there. Madonna is showing out on her tour as well and 50 Cent had a special guest at his recent tour. So word on the street is that Mariah Carey is becoming increasingly difficult to work with. Mariah is currently shooting a docu series for E! which will document the singer as she prepares for her tour. Mariah wants to have control of how everything is edited, which as far as I know is pretty hard to do when it comes to "reality" shows. The production company behind the show is also responsible for "Keeping Up With Kardashians". Mariah is currently overseas on her "Sweet Sweet Fantasy" tour. If that wasn't enough Mariah was recently 45 minutes late on stage in Leeds. One fan tweeted that "Mariah needs to join the crowd of over 10,000 spectators". What is wrong with these divas? Speaking of tours, Madonna is making news for her...

Madonna is going all out for her new video to her new single, "Bitch I'm Madonna" featuring Nicki Minaj. The video is said to feature Beyonce, Katy Perry, Rita Ora(l), and Miley Cyrus. The video is set to premiere any day now and its being touted as an answer to Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" video which featured a handful of pop starlets. Are you all looking forward to new Madonna video? Kanye West and Kim K. West celebrated North West's second birthday party complete with the Kardashian clan and Tyga. Drake and The Game have been hanging out shooting the video for the single, "100". Ne-Yo, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj are just a few of the performers at this year's BET Awards airing in 2 weeks(can't remember the date off top). And Happy Birthday to the late great 2 Pac Shakur. He would of been 44 today! Many artists alike paid their respects to the entertainer today.

WEST WING: So Kanye West has revealed that his new album will be called "Swish". He did say its possible that he could change his album title again. Do we love the album title? Yes or no? SHADY PALM TREE: And some serious shade is being thrown by Madonna. If you recall it was a few weeks ago when we saw Madonna passionately and awkwardly kiss Drake. Well now Madonna is saying "I kissed a girl and I liked it" referring to Drake. Ouch! I'm not exactly sure where these two went wrong. But oddly enough Drake has a song called "Madonna" which was inspired by the Pop legend. I wonder does Drake have a little bit of regret there? Personally I think this is just publicity for both artists and they don't have a real problem. I think Madonna is drumming up controversy to help her new album sell. Do you agree? Yes or no? Until next time folks!

KISS ME: So Drake has spoken out regarding the shocking kiss between he and Madonna over the weekend. While the video showed Drake looking rather disgusted with the kiss, Drake however says that he "feels 100" about the kiss and he thoroughly enjoyed it. JACKIE: Something else you may enjoy is the new upcoming album from Ciara titled "Jackie". The singer recently released the album's tracklisting which features 11 tracks and the deluxe version 16 tracks. The album features guest appearances and production from Missy Elliott, Pitbull, Dr. Luke(worked with Britney Spears), Polow Da Don, Diane Warren, Harmony Samuels(worked with Fantasia), and Ester Dean. The album's second single has been selected and its titled "Dance Like We're Making Love". Current single "I Bet" features a recently released remix with T.I. and Joe Jonas, but on separate remixes. Sounds like there's a lot going on and it is if you ask me. So with that being said...

KISS THIS: Madonna kissed Drake over the weekend during the Coachella festivities. Of course the shocking kiss between the two has made it onto social media shocking everyone. If you haven't seen the video its everywhere, but with that said you won't find it here! :) #1: Mariah Carey has revealed that her new album, "#1 To Infinity" will arrive in stores on May 18 and feature all of her 18 #1 hits from 1990 through 2008. The album's new single "Infinity" should be debuting any day now. Mariah recently signed a new record deal with Epic Records and she will embark a Vegas residency at Caesar's Palace. Are you all looking forward to Mariah's new song? HERE COMES THE BRIDE: Tina Knowles, mother of Beyonce and Solange recently got married to her longtime boyfriend Richard Lawson. Lawson is an actor and he was in "Scream Blacula Scream", that's where I remember him from. I don't know much else of what he's starred in after that ...

I know I'm late on some of these stories, well at least the story about Zendaya but oh well. Here goes nothing..ALBUMS STILL MATTER: So Drake's second week sales are in and he sold 187,000 copies of his new surprise album/mixtape. Elsewhere on the charts Nicki Minaj's "The Pink Print" album returns to the top 10 thanks to a heavy rotation of singles on the radio. FALLING DOWN: The Brit Awards went down and there were a lot surprises. Madonna took a fall down some stairs and Kanye debuted a new song. Has anyone heard it and did you all see the Madonna video of her falling? It definitely looked painful. HAIR YEAH: And there were some painful words used to describe Zendaya(who was supposed to play Aaliyah) and her hair at the Oscar awards. On E!'s "Fashion Police", host Guiliana Rancic made comments about Zendaya and her hair saying she looks like she reeks of "weed" and "oil" and of course she caught flack for her comments. Rancic ...

"OSCAR" THE GROUCH: So I was wondering how come so many musicians have Oscar parties? I'm assuming its because maybe their nominated for Best Original Song or something? I say this because Ne-Yo recently had an Oscar party and I think Madonna did too or in the past she has. Anyway I caught up on some much talked about interviews with Amber Rose and Kanye West who both appeared on The Breakfast Club days apart. Kanye was asked what the thought about Amber calling his wife "Fake" and Kanye replied that he had "to take 30 showers" after Amber to be with Kim and that was all he said. It was like he knew not to say too much because he didn't want to make the situation any worse and of course Amber replied on Twitter saying Kim "let Ray J nut on her", referring to the now infamous sextape. Personally what do you all think about this whole mess? I guess its interesting but after awhile things like this get old. And we all await the next epic ba...

GRAMMY NIGHT: So good evening everyone! I'm sorry I haven't updated lately. You know I be meaning to but I didn't realize it has been six long days. Any who I'm sitting here watching the Grammys and trying not to fall asleep and I say that with the utmost sarcasm. I'm watching Annie Lennox perform a cover of I Put A Spell On You. I saw Beyonce and Jay Z win a Grammy for Best R&B Song for Drunk In Love. Now my question is why Jay Z ain't join on her stage? I mean its not just her award its yours too. But he's always pretty gracious when it comes to his wife as he should be. I mean Drunk In Love wining was a no-brainer right? It deserved it though. Madonna performed earlier and she did a pretty job. I can't remember the name of the song she performed but I'm guessing its on her new album Rebel Heart due in March. I forget that Madonna is 55 because say what you want about her, her body was looking really nice. But Madonna does keep in shape so it ...

MUSIC BITS: Usher, Pharrell, Common, John Legend, and Madonna are just some of the artists that are performing at this years Grammys which will air next month. I can't say I'm excited about the telecast but I'm sure I'll watch since there will likely not be nothing else on then again Atlanta Housewives may be on so I might just stick around my Mother's house to watch that. Bloop! Tyga has pushed back the release of his album The Gold Album since he is still battling Cash Money. I'm really starting to wonder is anyone really anticipating this album anyway? I mean I know I will be downloading though when it comes out! Kid Cudi is back in the studio working on his new album Man On The Moon 3. And if your fan of his I'm sure your excited about the news. I liked Kid Cudi's indicud album so I just may check this one out. So I'm checking out for the night and you should check back again tomorrow for another update. Until next time, thanks for reading!

MUSIC BITS: Ever since Christina Milian has been dating Lil' Wayne she has had it pretty bad. She's caught heat from fans, bloggers, and even Wayne's daughter and former baby mama's. I'm not sure why all the hate for Christina but it could be given her track record of men she's been with. But its no different from any other chick in the game to be honest. Christina's latest adversary is none other than famed groupie turned author turned groupie again Karrine "Superhead" Steffans. She's taking aim at Christina Milian in my opinion because she's jealous of the relationship and she wants Wayne back. A few years back Karrine took a picture of Lil' Wayne sleep in her bed beside her. I was just thinking about an interview that Marlon Wayans did on Sway In The Morning and he joked that Lil' Wayne must have a big dick because he lands these attractive women and is not the most attractive guy. And I'm saying that nicely because I believ...

GOD'S MATERIAL GIRL: Happy Halloween! Nas and Madonna were spotted in the studio together. Nas and Madonna together definitely makes for an interesting collaboration. Now when will we get to hear this remains a question. Whose album will this appear on is another question. It is a known fact that both artists are working on new albums so I guess we will just have to wait, see, and hear. What do you all think about Nas and Madonna collaborating? Desperate? Odd? Interesting? What? That's actually all the news I have for you today. Let's hope something more interesting goes down tomorrow! Enjoy your Halloween night and be safe if you do go out!

Chal is serving the TEA! Hey y'all! I'd like to say this before divulging into my latest post. There are some errors below you might notice in spelling because my spell check didn't wanna work upon posting this. So anyway enjoy my latest 'music feed' and remember to 'get yo life'. So after Beyonce performed Drunk In Love at the Grammys word spread that the singer was lip syncing. Beyonce has yet to speak on the accussations. But this is not the first time Beyonce has been bit by the lip synching bug. Or is it? Read below to find out the singers who were either caught or rumored to be lip synching and the backlash they received upon doing so. Mariah Carey We all know Mariah Carey's live performances are pretty hit and miss these days and one of the reasons is because of the constant rumor that her live performance are lipped. In fact it was while Mimi promoted her single Touch My Body when her backing track started playing before she even put her mi...

Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Madonna, Kanye West, Others Join Stevie Wonder's Florida Boycott (Report) - Yahoo! TV I saw this story on a blog but not the full story just the artists that were mentioned. Click the link above to learn more. 

Mario, Madonna, and Amerie will all release new albums on September 29. Mario's "D.N.A." formerly titled, "And Then There Was Me" contains the hit single, "Break Up" featuring Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett. Madonna will release her second greatest hits album, "Celebration". I forget the name of her first single. Crazy right? Amerie will release her Def Jam debut, "In Love & War". The album had been pushed back a few times. First single, "Why R U" stalled somewhat on the R&B charts but is now climbing and new single, "Heard Em All" recently leaked online.

Originally titled, "Iconography"(which I like better), Madonna plans to release her second greatest hits album, "Celebrate" real soon. A release date wasn't available when I checked. Music Biz: Kelis Gets Her Day In Court! Kelis just hit the jackpot in court today -- a judge awarded her a ton of money in her bitter divorce battle with estranged hubby Nas. A judge decided Nas has to pay Kelis $55,000 a month in combined spousal and child support -- plus the mortgage on their L.A. residence. Nas also has to pay Kelis -- who gave birth last night to the couple's only child -- for the baby nurse, prenatal expenses and medical insurance. The rapper also has to pay $35,000 to his worst nightmare -- Kelis' lawyer, disso-queen Laura Wasser. Well I am glad with the birth of Kelis and Nas' son, Kelis finally gets her cash out! Meet Reality TV's Newest Star! Reality stars endure the Hollywood shuffle just as much big-time actors. The newest Georgia peach to...