Kanye West released his video for “All of the Lights” from his platinum-selling album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Instead of extensive pre-promotion and hype, the video was announced only about an hour or so before it was set to debut Saturday (February 19).
Janet Jackson zoomed into the future during her first performance in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday (Feb. 9). The iconic pop star, dressed in a metallic body suit accented by knee-high stiletto boots, shoulder pads, and a high-waisted belt, opened the show with a medley of some of her biggest hits including “Pleasure Principle,” “Control,” “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” and “Feedback.”
Currently on her global “Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour,” the sexy singer is also scheduled to appear in a candid interview with NBC’s Meredith Vieira. During the chat, Janet discusses her new book True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself and touches on her difficult childhood, self-esteem issues, and her weight struggles.
“I would literally bang my head up against the wall because I didn’t feel attractive… There was a lot of pain in my life,” she revealed. “And I still have issues with it. I don’t bang my head up against the wall, but I still have those moments. And I think it’ll probably continue but at least I know how to deal with it now. And I’m in a much better space.”
The tell-all interview is set to air this Friday and Monday on “Today” and Sunday on “Dateline NBC” at 7 p.m. EST.
Erykah Badu glides through a futuristic factory in the video for “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long,” a cut off her recent release New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh.
Check out out Nelly and Kelly Rowland posing it up on the set of the video for ‘Gone’ in Cancun, Mexico. Rowland shared the snaps with her fans on Twitter, after wrapping the Marc Klasfeld shoot.
Chris Brown attended the premiere of ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’ at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles yesterday. Other artists at the event included Usher, Willow Smith, Will.i.am, Toni Braxton and her sister Tamar.
Nicki Minaj has achieved an incredibly rare feat on the Billboard 200 chart. The rapper’s ‘Pink Friday’ has finally managed to claim the #1 spot in its 11th week on the tally on the tally after debuting at #2 when released on November 22nd.
Rihanna just released the first set of her North American dates, for her US tour, LOUD.
June 4 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
June 7 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
June 28 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
June 30 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
July 19 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
July 21 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
July 23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Lupe Fiasco reaches out to an eclectic roster on his third album Lasers, dropping March 8.
1. “Letting Go” feat. Sarah Green
2. “Words I Never Said” feat. Skylar Grey
3. “Till I Get There”
4. “I Don’t Wanna Care Right Now” feat. MDMA
5. “Out of My Head” feat. Trey Songz
6. “The Show Goes On”
7. “Beautiful Lasers, (Two Ways)” feat. MDMA
8. “Coming Up” feat. MDMA
9. “State Run Radio” feat. Matt Mahaffey
10. “Break the Chain” feat. Eric Turner & Sway
11. “All Black Everything”
12. “Never Forget You” feat. John Legend
Some throwbacks….. both of these songs were my joints back in the day. The smoothness of Zhane‘s voices mixed with their jazz influences, and Donell Jones laidback swag…I don’t understand how these artists were so underrated. Nevertheless, I can still appreciate them both and still love both songs like yesterday.
R&B powerhouses Fantasia, Faith Evans, Melanie Fiona and Angie Stone delivered a rousing medley performance during the all-star tribute to Chaka Khan. .Ms Khan deservingly picked up UNCF’s prestigious Award of Excellence in recognition of her distinguished career and her charitable support for UNCF.
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