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There were no blurred lines when a jury determined today that Robin Thicke ripped off Marvin Gaye. According to TMZ.com, it was determined that Robin’s hit “Blurred Lines” heavily infringed on Marvin’s #1 classic “Got To Give It Up.” Now, Robin and the track’s producer Pharrell Williams must pay Marvin’s family $7.3 million. T.I., on […]

Demetria McKinney isn’t just some reality star. Behind her “Real Housewives Of Atlanta” moments is a successful acting career and now the “House Of Payne” actress hopes to use her Bravo platform to forge a music career. But don’t get it twisted, Demetria isn’t trying to get by on mediocre vocals. The girl can sing! […]

  Chris Brown has a child with an older woman, and he was able to keep it a secret for months! The “Loyal” crooner, who is currently on tour with Trey Songz, is said to be the daddy of an adorable 9-month-old baby girl. According to TMZ.com, he fathered the child with a 31-year-old model […]

The music on “Empire” continues to wow us with each episode. If it isn’t Jamal’s silky falsetto or Hakeem’s animated rap lyrics, Cookie’s adding the finishing touch on the family’s legacy track “You’re so beautiful.” This week is no different as Jamal serenades us on his new track “All Of The Above.” Consider this  spoiler […]

Kid Rock isn’t shying away from his recent comments surrounding Beyoncé. Rock nearly broke the internet (sorry Kim) when excerpts from an interview he gave Rolling Stone magazine became public. Last week, Rock told the legendary publication he couldn’t understand why the singer was regarded so highly by many and claimed she didn’t have a staple song (is your […]

Kanye West has started to become a fan of Twitter. Last week, West went on the social media site to give a public mea culpa to Beck after he demanded at the 2015 Grammys the musician needed to “respect artistry” and hand over his award to Beyoncé for Album of The Year.  Later on that day, West also apologized to Bruno Mars for […]

Life is imitating art for “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, who just signed a new deal with Columbia Records! We see Jussie (pictured above on the keyboard) singing his heart out every week as Jamal Lyon Fox’s addictive, fascinating hit drama “Empire.” It’s can’t miss TV on Wednesdays, and that’s as much for the story as […]

HelloBeautiful.com’s “Base Level” column features the hottest new artists we’re buzzing about. Before they make it to the summit of superstardom, we spot them at base level–the beginning of their hopeful journey to the top. Young Marco started out as a rapper until finding his voice when he wrote his first song, “In love with my […]

Will Smith Has 7 Songs With Kanye West Although Will Smith is one of the world’s highest paid actors, he remains true to his hip-hop roots. While promoting his new film “Focus,” the fresh prince spilled the tea on hitting the studio with Kanye West. Who knows when or if these songs will see the light […]

There’s no telling when we’ll finally get that Rihanna album, we’ve been craving since she announced the name of the studio project. The Bajan singer blessed the Rihanna Navy with the first cut from the album when she dropped “FourFiveSeconds” a few weeks ago. Just yesterday there was buzz that she’s going on tour with […]

Kanye West debuted his new song “All Day” at the BRIT Awards at London’s O2 Arena and if you can focus on anything other the man holding a flame thrower on stage and if you can’t tell by Taylor Swift’s dance moves, in the audience, it’s kinda good… Seconds before introducing her hubby, Kim Kardashian snapped […]

Chances are if you clicked on this post, you’re just as obsessed with “Empire” as we are. From Cookie‘s realness to the incredible music, “Empire” has the entire country hooked. Lucious Lyon is grooming his sons in hopes that one of them will take over the family business. But it’s the heated rivalry between Hakeem and Jamal […]