The Braxtons Gearing up to Release Christmas Album

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Toni, Tamar, Trina, Towanda, and Tracie have set their sisterly beefs aside to finally join together for a family album that has been in the works for almost 25 years.

The album is called Braxton Family Christmas and is out October 30, 2015 on Def Jam Recordings.

They’ve crafted new original songs like “Under My Christmas Tree” and “Every Day Is Christmas” as well as classic covers, such as “This Christmas” and “O Holy Night.”

Tracklist:

1. This Christmas

2. Every Day Is Christmas

3. Mary, Did You Know?

4. O Holy Night

5. Last Christmas

6. Blessed New Year

7. Under The Christmas Tree

8. This Christmas (Braxton Family Version)

Malika Haqq Arrested for DUI in LA


According to TMZ, one half of the Haqq twins and the new star of “Dash Dolls,” Malika Haqq crashed her car on the 101 around 3 AM yesterday morning.  The police report stated that Malika showed “objective symptoms of intoxication.” She reportedly failed a sobriety test as well.

Malika was promptly arrested for DUI, according to LA Country PD and charged with a misdemeanor around 4:18AM.  She was booked at the LAPD Valley Jail in Van Nuys at 5:37 a.m, then was was released a few hours later at 11:56 a.m. on $30,000 bail.

Matt Barnes Addresses Derrick Fisher Incident

Matt Barnes made headlines yesterday when he reportedly confronted former friend Derrick Fisher over his estranged wife, Gloria Govan.  He told ESPN that he went to his former home with Gloria to check on his sons out of concern after a facetime session where one mentioned Derek was at the house.  At 10pm.  Matt also said he only drove 15 minutes tt he house, not 95 miles.  Check his account below:

According to Barnes he had no intentions of driving to his ex wife’s house to confront Fisher, he was actually going to check on his son. Barnes says that he got a text from his son, who was at home with his ex-wife, and immediately his concern rose. I’m like, first of all, why are you still up? It’s like 10 o’clock at night?’ ” Barnes said. “So I text back, ‘I love you and I miss you, too.’ Then I Face-Timed him. I’m just like, ‘Hey, what’s up buddy?'” Barnes went on to say that he knew something was wrong when his normally “rambunctious” 6-year old wasn’t acting as himself.

“When I saw his face, he was just sitting there, and I knew something was wrong. I was like, ‘What’s wrong, Carter?’ and he shook his head, ‘No.’ Then he lays his head down on the couch, puts a pillow in front of his face and says, ‘Mommy’s friend Derek is here.’ Noting that he could see the look in his son’s eyes.

Barnes also wants to clear up the “driving an hour and a half” rumors. I can’t believe people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up,” Barnes said. “No. I live 15 minutes away, and I was going over to check on my kids because they seemed uncomfortable. That was my main reason for going over there.” On his relationship with Fisher, Barnes says that they were once “close friends” but “some things” have happened to change that.

Janet Jackson Heads Toward 7th #1 Album with ‘Unbreakable’

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Janet Jackson is heading for her seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Unbreakable.

Jackson earlier led the Billboard 200 with All for You (in 2001), The Velvet Rope (1997), janet. (1993), Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) and Control (1986).

Congrats to Janet!!!

Matt Barnes Attacks Derek Fisher Over Estranged Wife

The New York Post is reporting that Matt Barnes and Derrick Fisher were involved in an altercation at Gloria Govan’s (Matt’s ex-wife) home in Los Angeles on Saturday night after Barnes discovered that Fisher was there. A source told the Post that Barnes drove 95 miles from Santa Barbara, Calif.—where the Grizzlies are holding training camp—to Los Angeles to “beat the shit” out of Fisher, who has reportedly been dating Govan for “a few months.” It doesn’t sound like Barnes was successful, but it does sound like he tried to go after Fisher.

“Matt came after Derek but he only had a few scratches,” the source told the Post. “Derek’s not going to press charges. He’s going to let it go.”

A representative for the Knicks refused to comment on the report, but it’s worth noting that Fisher was not at the Knicks’ practice on Monday due to “personal reasons”:

Janet Jackson, Nine Inch Nails, N.W.A Nominated for 2016 Rock Hall of Fame

Via Billboard

Janet Jackson, Chic, The Smiths, Nine Inch Nails and N.W.A are among the 15 finalists on this year’s ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, organizers have announced.

Others to make the nominated class for the 2016 Rock Hall are The Cars, Chicago, Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Chaka Khan, Los Lobos, Steve Miller, The Spinners, Yes and the J.B.’s.

Acts are eligible for the Rock Hall 25 years after the release of their first recording, album or single — 1990 or before for this year’s nominees.

Congrats to all the nominees.

Rihanna Opens up to Vanity Fair About 2nd Failed Relationship with Chris Brown

Rihanna opens up in the latest issue of Vanity Fair about her non-existent relationship with Chris Brown and why she ended things the second time around.

Check out a quote from the magazine:

“I was that girl… that girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others. Maybe I’m one of those people built to handle s*** like this. Maybe I’m the person who’s almost the guardian angel to this person, to be there when they’re not strong enough, when they’re not understanding the world, when they just need someone to encourage them in a positive way and say the right thing.

I was very protective of him. I felt that people didn’t understand him. Even after … But you know, you realize after a while that in that situation you’re the enemy. You want the best for them, but if you remind them of their failures, or if you remind them of bad moments in their life, or even if you say I’m willing to put up with something, they think less of you—because they know you don’t deserve what they’re going to give. And if you put up with it, maybe you are agreeing that you [deserve] this, and that’s when I finally had to say, ‘Uh-oh, I was stupid thinking I was built for this.’ Sometimes you just have to walk away… I don’t hate him. I will care about him until the day I die. We’re not friends, but it’s not like we’re enemies. We don’t have much of a relationship now.”

Nicki Minaj Addresses the Meek Mill and Drake Beef, Miley Cyrus and More in NYT Magazine

Nicki Minaj makes an appearance on The New York Times Magazine.  She finally addressed the beef between Meek Mill and Drake, Lil Wayne vs. Birdman, and Miley Cyrus. Nicki was very candid as usual and wanted to set the record straight. Read the highlights below:

ON MILEY CYRUS: “The fact that you feel upset about me speaking on something that affects black women makes me feel like you have some big balls. You’re in videos with black men, and you’re bringing out black women on your stages, but you don’t want to know how black women feel about something that’s so important? Come on, you can’t want the good without the bad. If you want to enjoy our culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap with us, then you should also want to know what affects us, what is bothering us, what we feel is unfair to us. You shouldn’t not want to know that.”

ON BODY IMAGE: “Back in the day, in hip-hop, the thick girl was glorified. Now the rappers are dating skinny white women. So it’s almost like, ‘Wait a minute, who’s going to tell the thick black girls that they’re sexy and fly, too?’”

ON COMPARISONS TO LADY GAGA: “I don’t even want to discuss that. That’s so old to me

ON HER ESTRANGED FATHER: “He was just abusive. I would always hear him yelling and cursing, always. And it made me feel it was the way to interact, because that’s how I saw him interacting.”

ON HER RELATIONSHIPS: “Since I was 15, I came out of one relationship and went into another relationship. In my relationships, I’ve been told, ‘You don’t have to work that much.’ But I can’t stop working, because it’s bigger than work to me. It’s having a purpose outside any man.”

ON MEEK MILL VS. DRAKE: “They’re men, grown-ass men. It’s between them,” she said, adding, “I hate it. It doesn’t make me feel good. You don’t ever want to choose sides between people you love. It’s ridiculous. I just want it to be over.”

Rihanna Reveals New Album Title and Cover Art

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The wait is over !! Rihanna has just turned up the heat and sent the #Navy into an uproar. She has revealed the title of of her highly anticipated 8th album, “Anti.”

She released the cover art for the album moments ago. The photo is a childhood photo of the singer on her first day of daycare. She collaborated with artist Roy Nachum, who distorted the image, added a gold crown over her eyes, and painted over in red and white.

Are you ready for “Anti?”