(L-R) Katie Couric and Tyra Banks attend the 2012 Matrix Awards Luncheon at Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 23, 2012 in New York City.
'Fresh Prince of Bel-Airs' Alfonso Ribeiro leaving Madeo's restaurant with Angela Unkrich, West Hollywood.
Justin Bieber gets mobbed by eager fans as he lands at Heathrow International Airport.
Actresses Jada Pinkett Smith (L) and Willow Smith (R) attend the Premiere Of Sundance Selects' "First Position" at Aero Theatre on April 22, 2012 in Santa Monica, California.
Actor Blair Underwood attends the after party for the opening night of "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Copacabana on April 22, 2012 in New York City.
The hit VH1 series is revving up its engine for season 2, sans Stacey Dash – whose controversial exit sees her character Val also depart the show (not to be recast).
Fret not though, for staples LisaRaye McCoy and Charity Shea are back, and are joined by newcomer Denise Vasi. The latter’s character is named Raquel – a hot to trot business exec who is very much an “independent woman”.
Set to premiere on May 28th, you can get a taste of what the the show’s 2nd outing will be serving up below
Kim Kardashian appeared to confirm what has been rumoured for weeks, by wearing Kanye West earrings in tribute to her new boyfriend.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was spotted making her way through LAX airport yesterday, jetting out of New York City where she had been spending time with Kanye. In a less than subtle hint that they are an item, Kim flashed her new gold earrings which consisted of Kanye's initials 'K W.'
Nicki Minaj made an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in the UK this week to promote her latest album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
The Young Money rapper sat down for a hilarious interview on the
host's BBC One show, in which she revealed why she controversially
deleted her Twitter account.
"A voice in my head told me to delete my Twitter and that's what I
did," Nicki said."I had 11 million followers and I hope they will wait
for me."
Unfortunately for her Barbz, Nicki isn't planning on jumping back on
the social networking site anytime soon, but says she hopes her fans
will still be loyal when she gets back.
"I don't know yet, I'm thinking about it. I miss my Barbz, please bear with me,"Nicki said.
She
served up her own remixes to Frank Ocean’s “Novacane” and Kanye West
and Jay-Z’s “Ni**as in Paris,” closing with her Druski-produced single
“Bombs.
Singer Kelis kicked off the season opener of "Ditch Fridays" last night.
The songstress seems to be taking the recent Nas' "Behind The Music" episode
in stride. Despite Nas' manager blasting her about spending up her
ex-husband's money like there's no tomorrow she managed to rock her curls and kick off the season opener of "Ditch
Fridays" at the Palms Pool & Bungalows in Las Vegas.
Nicki Minaj has been filling the celebrity-in-a-daft-outfit void rather nicely.
And Wednesday was another normal day in the office for the
Minajatron, who decided bondage gear was the perfect choice for a rainy
day in London.
The rapper/singer donned a dress made entirely of leather straps as she left the W Hotel to go and film The Graham Norton Show, topping the outfit off with some bondage boots and a red pvc jacket.
With Trapped in the Closetreturning soon, R. Kelly dusts off his acting chops in the video for “Share My Love”, the lead single off his upcoming LP Write Me Back. The
Director X-directed clips stays pretty true to it's title with scenes of
the crooner kicking it in the club with a few special somebodies. Check
it out below.
Filming in the home of hip-hop, New York City, "MTV's Hip-Hop POV" will
feature five of the music industry's most respected tastemakers and
personalities giving viewers raw, unfiltered commentary on the news
making headlines in hip-hop culture, provide their opinions on new
music, grant insider access to the biggest events and engage in
no-holds-barred artist interviews. In addition, each episode of "MTV's
Hip-Hop POV" will end with an intimate performance by one of hip-hop's
most buzzed about artists
The crew shares its POV on Nicki Minaj's sophomore album, goes behind
the beat with Akon and Weezy, and welcomes 2 Chainz to the studio stage.
Check out the premiere show which airs every Wednesday night on MTV after, ABDC.
Pop superstar, Beyonce is not done with the 4 era just yet. On April 24, the diva will be releasing an EP called, 4: The Remix, which will feature 6 remixes of 5 songs off her platinum-selling fourth album. One of the ‘End Of Time’ remixes comes from JIMEK — the winner of competition that Beyonce
started back in February. In addition to making the EP, the Polish
producer walked away with $4,000.
Kelly Rowland, the world renown performing artist, is enjoying time down
under in Sydney, Australia, and tonight hosted the Australian TW Steel
event at The Ivy.
Rowland inked a deal with lifestyle brand TW Steel many months ago, and
they have decided the time is right to push the campaign forward in the
Asia Pacific region, and "Sin City" Sydney is seen as a potential key
market.
Australian media, marketing and music industry experts will be watching
and listening closely, as the brand strives for new heights as the same
time as Rowland's star continues to climb.
Nas isn't
the most talkative interview subject, so some fans might be a bit
surprised that the Queensbridge rapper signed on to film an episode
of VH1's "Behind the Music." When MTV News caught up with him recently, Nas revealed
that he was very reluctant to be featured on the show. "It was tough. I
didn't want to do 'Behind the Music,' " Nas admits. "I didn't. But at
some point, if you don't tell your story, somebody else will. So I gave
them a little peek inside. It can't hurt, just a little peek inside."
Take a look into Nasir Jones' life below as he opens up about a difficult divorce from Singer Kelis.
Maxwell is set to hit the road for the first time in two years,
according to a press release. The camera shy artist will perform all
four of his platinum albums in full on six dates across the country.
On
June 20, Maxwell will kick off a two night stint at the Los Angeles
Staples Center. On July 27 and 28 he will perform at Atlanta, Georgia's
Phillips Arena. Finally, his tour comes to a stop on August 3 and 4 as
he performs at New Jersey's Prudential Center.
Maxwell will perform his first two albums, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite and Embrya, on the first night of each stop. On the second evening the soul singer will perform Now and BLACKsummers' Night.
This will be the first time he's ever performed all four albums in its entirety.
In
addition, Obama 2012 merchandise will be sold on sight.
One-hundred-percent of the proceeds will go to the campaign. Volunteers
will be on hand to register voters for this fall's presidential
election.
Tickets go on sale on April 20 at 10 a.m.
Will you be going to see Maxwell when he comes to a city near you?
The pieces of Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" music video puzzle are coming together, one photo at a time.
In a new black-and-white pic posted Monday on her Facebook page,
the singer kneels in a landscape of tree branches and cascading
flowers. Next to her is a white fur throw. Clad in a mesh bikini top and
a metallic skirt, Rihanna is wearing her hair down and sporting big
bangles.
In March, Rihanna was snapped on the set of the video. In a
candid picture posted online, the singer is looking down, her hair is
done up in a messy way and she's sporting no top, but is wearing lots of clunky bracelets. About the video, she teased, "Video shoot goin MAJAH!"
Weeks later, she dropped the single art for the song.
In it, Rihanna covers most of her face with a leopard-print scarf. All
fans see of her is her eye, all dolled up with heavy, smoky eye makeup.
"Where Have You Been" will be the third video released from Talk That Talk,
following the footsteps of the quirky "You Da One" clip and the
cinematic "We Found Love." This is also her second single produced and
written by Calvin Harris, who also worked with her on "WFL." The song's
production also gets an assist from Dr. Luke and Ester Dean, among
others.
While she has yet to announce a release date for the video, she
did offer a bit of insight into when it might drop, writing on Facebook,
"The countdown to 'Where Have You Been' is on."
Waka Flocka Flame is upside down on the cover of SPIN Magazine's May/June
issue. The 25-year-old Atlanta rapper is the couldn't-be-more-perfect
face of our first-ever Loud Issue, dedicated to all things enjoyably and
compellingly disruptive.
Not just because of his blaring dreadlocks or
booming sonics or growled hooks, but — as writer Julianne Escobedo
Shepherd discovers during a whirlwind international adventure — he's a
character at a moment when that quality seems at a premium.
And while
he's on the cusp of mega stardom, flying to Paris at a moment's notice
when Kanye beckons, he's held in check by two personal tragedies, even
if you couldn't tell from his fun-loving, club-destroying image. "I'm
25, but I got an old man's soul," he says. "I just know how to
camouflage it."
Ex-Bad Boy rapper-turned-preacher Mase is making a comeback for the second time round and has been spotted in the studio with Omarion.
Mase’s first comeback in 2009 was stunted by Sean Combs refusal to release the artist from his record label and let him move to G-Unit, where he recorded material that was never released.
The pic above was posted by Omarion to his Instagram account with the words: “Ma$e &….. he’ll yeaaaa you already know.”
It was rumored last month that the 36-year-old singer was going to sign to Rick Ross’ label Maybach Money Group, but he recently showed interest in reforming his former group B2K. {Source}
Frank Ocean's slow-motion song of devotion “Thinking About You” has a complex history. First written for R&B vocalist Bridgett Kelly, Ocean's version
was originally leaked last year only to be leaked again as up updated
re-mastered this version this March. Now, we finally have an official
video for the song the to be the lead single off Ocean's next LP.
Directed by Tumblr natives the High 5 Collective,
the vid sets Ocean's doe-eyed crooning against something of an
inter-dimensional love story, that or a dreamcatcher-inspired fever
dream. {Source}
Nicki Minaj seems to have had enough of the Twitter world. The star recently deleted her popular Twitter page, igniting a firestorm of outcries and shock from her legions of fans.
It’s still unclear why Minaj deleted her account, but it’s assumed that it may have something to do with negativity that she’s received from her some of her 11 million Twitter followers and an early leak of snippets of her Roman Reloaded album on a fansite.
Shortly before Minaj deleted her page, she tweeted,“Like seriously, it’s but so much a person can take. Good f—-ing bye.” Minaj warned fans of the deletion the previous day when she wrote that she was angry with her beloved “Barbz.” “And that’s exactly why I’m paying the barbz DUST right now! And deleting my twitter. Smdh – don’t cry 4 me argentina.” Minaj tweeted, adding, “On 2nd thought I’ll just follow a new set of barbz. The ones I follow r very mean and ratchet.*side eyes them*”
Just minutes after Minaj deleted her account, a slew of her loyal Barbz went into action and started the trending topic #NickiComeBack, while sharing their disappointment and rage over their leader’s departure.
Her hype man and alleged boyfriend, Scaff Breezy, tweeted“s— just got real.” We’re not sure what Minaj is going through, but her fans sure aren’t happy, but then again, neither is she. {Source}
Kanye West has changed the title of his most recent single from
"Theraflu" to "Way Too Cold." But while Island Def Jam claims the change
was a "creative decision," the move was more likely made to avoid
potential legal action from the medicine brand.
"Last week, Kanye West lit up the airwaves with a surprise Funkmaster Flex exclusive of
his incendiary new track 'Theraflu' through New York’s Hot 97. Within
hours, the track and its vivid, revealing, personal lyrics had taken
over the blogosphere, streets and clubs, inciting a firestorm in the
press, both on and offline," a press release from West's label read.
"Today, Kanye announces the creative decision to title the track 'Way
Too Cold' feat. DJ Khaled."
Taking a brief break from crafting her long awaited sophomore album, Lauryn Hill took to London’s 02 Arena last night for a truly showstopping performance.
A far cry from the ‘out of it monster’
she’s often presented as, Hill soared with performances of some of her
greatest cuts including – ‘Lost Ones‘, ‘Ex Factor’, and Fugee smash ‘Killing Me Softly’
