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Rapper, Remy Ma has just signed a multi-million dollar deal with Columbia Records(Beyoncé's record label) which will release her next album. The album's first single has been revealed and its her collaboration with Lil' Kim titled, "Wake Me Up" which is said to be a Nicki Minaj dis. It was just a month or so ago when Remy Ma and Lil' Kim posed for a picture in the studio speaking of their upcoming collaboration. A video for the single has been shot and pictures acquired from TMZ show the rappers alongside a sports car and standing alongside one another in an undisclosed location. In the song, Remy is said to attack Nicki's relationship with Nas among other things. It looks like things are about to get much worse between Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj. Oh, and on a sidenote; Remy Ma is now being managed by Tamar Braxton's soon to be ex-husband, Vincent Herbert. Now take that to the bank! In other news... Singer, The Weeknd is now a single man! He and his...

Solange has had enough! The "Cranes In The Sky" singer recently deleted her Twitter account amid the racial tension and fights in southern U.S.  Rapper MC Lyte(song: "Ruffneck") recently tied the knot in Jamaica. Many are surprised at the emcee's recent nuptials because it was believed that MC Lyte was gay(or bisexual). Congrats to MC Lyte and her husband! People have been talking about rapper Cardi B. and her choice words during a recent performance. Cardi B. said something along the lines of, people not really liking her but pretending to. Many felt that her words were aimed at Nicki Minaj. Cardi B. shot back denying the claim. Nicki Minaj even responded shutting down any talk of a rift. You know how people do? They have to pit the female rappers against one another as always. I think the fact that Cardi B. has a high charting single that's been compared to Nicki Minaj's highest charting single, "Anaconda", comparisons are likely? I...

I need a new Nicki picture. Good evening! I'm sitting here on laptop of course and the movie, "Honey" starring Jessica Alba is on BET. Its been awhile since I seen this so I figure I'd watch. So here are some updates for you all for the music news obsessed. Nicki Minaj had the social media world in a tizzy last night when she revealed she had a new album releasing. The album titled, "#PickMyFruitOut" featured a tracklisting tweeted out by Nicki, 1 through 9 with fruits as the song titles. Last but not least, she revealed that track 10 would feature her favorite rapper. Well turns out for now, the news was just a hoax. But people have been on standby on music streaming services to see if an actual album existed. Then again maybe this is not the album but one may be on the way to being released.  Congratulations to Solange! Her album, "A Seat at the Table" is #1 on the Billboard charts with 72,000 units sold and streamed. This is Solange...

Have a seat at her table. Producer(s): Solange Knowles-Ferguson Writer(s): Solange Knowles-Ferguson Guest appearances: Master P, Mathew Knowles, Tina Knowles-Lawson, Kelly Rowland, Tweet, BJ The Chicago Kid, Kelela, Sampha, Lil' Wayne, Q-Tip, etc. Highlights: "Rise", "Weary", "Junie", "Don't Touch My Hair", "Cranes In The Sky" Release Date: September 30(digital retailers), November 2016(physical release(CD), December 2016(vinyl release) I was so happy when I learned that Solange was releasing her new album. I felt like it had been forever since her last project and it has. Her last project, the EP, "True" was released 4 years ago believe it or not.  I was even more surprised when I saw that Columbia Records was putting the album out. Solange was signed to Columbia when she released her first album and she revealed years down the road, that she asked to be released. Her second album was released thro...

Trina down with the sluts. Trina will be performing at Amber Rose's annual "SlutWalk". This is the second year for the event.  Solange has posted the tracklisting for her new album, "A Seat At The Table" which will be released digitally on September 30 through Columbia Records. Solange was previously signed back to Columbia Records back in the day so its nice to see her get a major release. The tracklisting features a star studded affair of artists including Tweet, Lil' Wayne, Kelly Rowland, and The-Dream. I'm really excited to hear the new album. I've been waiting for a new album from Solange for awhile anyway.  Ciara has filed an injunction towards Future to ensure he stops badmouthing her. She feels that Future talking reckless in songs is hurting her brand. Personally I feel she is hurting her own brand. She should be so lucky people even still care about her. She's a pretty girl but I'm not feeling her personally.

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...

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 ...

BABY LOVE: Congratulations to Justin Timberlake and his wife Jessica Biel. The couple welcomed a baby boy today named Silas Randall. This is the first child for both. THUG PASSION: Moving on...Lil' Wayne graced a stage a few days ago and made light of Young Thug appearing naked on his album cover for the "Carter 6". Shots were definitely fired and Young Thug responded by saying "he is my idol" and he doesn't feel right dissing him back. So there it is. You know what they say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Though I don't recall Wayne appearing naked on an album cover but maybe he was planning to. But as far as the imitation part goes I was referring to the use of "Carter" in the album title for Young Thug. What do you guys think about this story? I mean because a lot can be said. NANNY DIARIES: And a lot can reportedly be said about Tamar Braxton and her husband Vincent Herbert. The pair are being sued by their former nanny who says...

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...

HERE COMES THE BRIDE: So now that everyone is somewhat over the disaster that was the Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B movie, I can feel free to move on to other things. The big news today is the nuptials of Solange and Alan Ferguson! The couple tied the knot today in New Orleans. Beyoncé, Jay Z, Tina Knowles, Richard Lawson(Tina's man), and Juelz(Solagne's son) were in attendance. There was no sighting of Mathew Knowles and his village of children. The Aaliyah movie wasn't the only thing that people were talking about last night. SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night and his appearance which was a homage to Method Man circa All I Need To Get By . If you know anything about that Method Man looked crazy as hell. His hair was half braided and he had a white contact lens. Kendrick opted for black bubbly eyed contacts that looked a little scary if you were fortunate enough to see. If you didn't you didn't miss ...

Solange is said to be getting married this weekend to her longtime boyfriend Alan Ferguson. Nicki Minaj has apologized for her use of Nazi symbolism in the video to her new single Only. Eminem threatens to smack singer Lana Del Ray(song: Video Games ) "twice like Ray Rice" in new song and has ruffled a few feathers in typical Eminem fashion.

BIRTHDAY GIRL: Happy Birthday to Solange. The singer sister of Beyoncé turns 28. The singer is engaged to marry her 51 year old boyfriend Alan Ferguson. Hey! I had no idea her boyfriend was 51 years old. Well go head Solange and can't wait to hear your new album. I just know that its going to be good. SAMPLE THIS: Trey Songz will release his new album Trigga on July 1. Click here to get an exclusive preview of the same recycled songs Trey's been doing for awhile now. Don't get me wrong I like Trey but I do feel like his latest songs with the exception of Smart Phones have been retreads of his earlier hits. Just saying! 

Any news is better than no news. Solange, Jay Z and Beyoncé has finally released a statement regarding the now infamous elevator fight. To sum up the statement, basically the Knowles-Carter family wants everyone to respect their privacy and to know that they are over the ordeal(fight). Fair enough! Rihanna is under fire for ridiculing a fan who wore a low budget version of a gown Rihanna previously wore. Rihanna posted of herself in the gown compared to that of the girl. We all know that Rihanna is notorious for posting shocking pictures and commentary on both Instagram and Twitter. So this is not too surprising to me but it is in bad taste if you ask me. Speaking of Rihanna I saw something that said her and Drake broke up again. I really didn't think they were dating again. I figured they were just fucking again. What do you all think?

Any news is good news. Chris Rock will be hosting the BET Awards ! The live awards telecast will air on Sunday June 29 on BET. The nominations have been released. Drake, Beyoncé, and Jay Z lead the nominees. Other nominees include Rihanna, Tamar Braxton, K. Michelle, Chris Brown and more. There is no word yet on who any of the performers and presenters are but expect to learn more award details in the coming days. In the meantime you can click here to check out the full list of nominees. And days after we were all shocked at the elevator fight between Jay Z and Solange new details have emerged regarding the state of affairs between the Knowles-Carters family. I guess I shouldn't say details but allegations and rumors. People are now question whether there is trouble in paradise between Jay Z and Beyoncé. I said this yesterday. Though the couple have put on a brave front at the Heat game and beyond. It still remains to be seen or heard what the real problem at hand is. Then th...

Any news is good news. So here we go with another Jay Z and Solange story. This time the pair wasn't fighting. They were out browsing in a high-end jewelry store. Perhaps looking for a gift for Beyoncé? This is all according to TMZ. They went on to say the pair didn't speak but browsed around with Mr. Flawless, the jeweler. I say maybe they were looking for a gift for Beyoncé because she's caught in the middle of whatever debacle was going on in the elevator last weekend. I did hear that Beyoncé was caught at one of the b-ball games and wasn't wearing her wedding ring but the next time she made sure she had it on. So that begs the question, is there trouble in paradise? There are a lot of unanswered questions and some we'll never know and maybe some we might hear about in upcoming album material. I always say if you really want to know what's going on with an artist, just listen to their music. We all know that Beyonc...

Any news is good news.  So people are still reeling from the video footage of Solange allegedly attacking Jay Z. Well now news comes from E! and other media outlets saying that Solange has deleted every picture of Beyoncé on her Instagram except one. Why one? No one knows but obviously the picture means something to Solange. What went wrong between Jay Z and Solange? No one knows! The Standard Hotel, where the surveillance video was captured sent out a statement saying their investigating(yeah right!). We all know that siblings fall out and whatever the underlying issue is I'm sure it will be resolved in time. There is speculation as to what really happened. There is word that Solange had a heated exchange earlier in the evening with Rachael Roy. So was Solange drunk, wilding out or did Jay Z say something that was foul and offended Solange? Maybe one day we'll find out. If anyone will come forward and say anything its Solange. Don't expect Jay Z or Beyoncé to speak on...

It went down last weekend in the elevator. It was sister in law vs. brother in law. Why? We don't know but something pissed Solange off as she lunges at Jay Z. Check the shocking video that has everyone talking.

Solange is releasing a new compilation! The compilation, Saint Heron will feature appearances from Solange, Cassie, Jhene' Aiko(worked with Drake) and many others. The compilation will be released through Saint Records. The compilation will be available on November 12. It features the first single, Go All Night from L.A. based singer Kelela.

Solange struts her stuff in her new video for Lovers In The Parking Lot which features cameos from Mannie Fresh and Bun B. Check it out!