Earlier this month, Ciara kicked it with the guys, bowling at Lucky Strike in L.A. for Chris Paul’s annual PBA Celebrity Invitational Tournament. Kevin Hart, Reggie Bush, Michael Strahan and Blake Griffin also took part in the charity event. Watch the 30-second preview below (Ciara is shown around the 18-second mark)… Read More
Are you a believer of speaking your destiny into existence?
Budding songstress Emeli Sandé, 24, believes. The Scottish singer, whose first name is Adele, discovered Alicia Keys in her teenage years, identified with her because of their similar backgrounds and hoped to one day play her music for the superwoman.
“She was mixed race like me, a great student who’d been top of her class, who played piano and loved Nina Simone,” she tells YOU.
As we know, artists as authentic as Keys often go unheard; they are shadowed by their generic counterparts. 14 Grammys later, Alicia continues to persevere. Emeli admires that Alicia has managed to gain notoriety without complying to industry standards or popular expectation. Read More
Queens is touching elbows, as LL Cool J and Nicki Minaj spread love in their TV spot for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be hosted by Cool James.
Minaj will take to the stage at the heralded ceremony, performing what most would hope to be better jams from her forthcoming album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Read More
Lil’ Wayne tarnishes a perfectly decent video, directed by Antoine Fuqua, by incorporating gang-affiliated gestures and symbolisms throughout. The song is “Mirror,” lifted from his multi-platinumalbum Tha Carter IV. Chart-topping crooner Bruno Mars salvages the song with his soaring, passionate vocals during the chorus.
In the clip, Wayne appears to be failing miserably at an Out of the Box project, but in the end, it’s revealed he was actually painting a mural of himself. He mixes religion with mobbing by crucifying himself on a cross made from music notes. The entire mirror/wall is covered with shades of red paint, indicating blood (pun intended). Read More
Last week, Jermaine Dupri teased fans by releasing photos of himself and Mariah Carey in the studio, crafting songs of “Always Be My Baby” caliber. Earlier today, the Atlanta-based producer liberated video footage, as part of his Living The Life web series, allowing fans an inside look at the happenings in the lab.
What’s happening you ask? A whole lot of nothing. Well, according to JD, they are five songs deep – MC assures there are more to come. Watch all the fun below… Read More
On a trail to promote many of her current ventures, Madonna takes to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and dishes out details on her forthcoming album, MDNA, the anticipated Superbowl performance, and directing the new film, W.E.
She also breaks down the triple entendre-titled album, which she says represents her name first, the DNA of Madonna, and MDMA…a drug that emits euphoric feelings of love.
Peep the clip below…
Over the weekend, Madonna unveiled the single cover for “Gimme All Your Luvin’,” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. Last night, the Pop icon revealed the astonishing cover for her upcoming album, MDNA (Mar 26).
The covers are vastly different: ‘Luvin’ ” being flirtatious and grayscale, and MDNA being colorful and intense. On the latest artwork, the cynical snoot holds her nose in the air, embracing her manufactured stardom. It’s quite effective and impressive.
America’s X Factor is making some key changes in its second season, but hold your bucket for tears…it isn’t surprising. A rep for Fox confirms that panelists, Nicole Scherzinger, and host, Steve Jones, will both discontinue their roles on the hit singing competition.
Scherzinger has stated that her decision is so that she may focus more on her music, which took a back seat to the show that filmed six days a week — a schedule she seemed unprepared for. Jones, however, is more of a boot-likely due to unfavorable comparisons to Idol’s Ryan Seacrest.
See what both of them said below…