Ashanti performed her chart-topping single “The Way That I Love You” on BET’s 106 & Park on Tuesday. Ashanti’s fourth studio album, The Declaration, hits stores June 3rd.

50 Cent is getting back at 106 & Park host Rosci for publicly dissing him several months ago. The G-Unit head told Washington, DC-area radio station WKYS-FM that Rosci is a “slut” and he knows of at least four people in the music industry who have bedded the pint-sized chatterbox. The 50/Rosci Feud apparently stems for a statement made during a red carpet event last Summer. In the above video, Rosci can be heard calling 50′s latest album, “Garbage.”

Listen To 50 Cent Airing Out 106 & Park Host Rosci

Usher performs “Love In This Club” on the fifth season finale of Dancing With The Stars.

Here I Stand, the follow-up to Usher’s wildly successful 2004 album Confessions, has leaked to the Net! Check out a sample of Usher’s Here I Stand album, in stores May 27th. Read the rest of this entry »

Lalah Hathaway “Let Go” Music Video. Lalah will release her next album, Self Potrait, on June 3rd.

Opening arguments have begun in R. Kelly’s long-awaited child pornography trial. The forty-one year old singer is accused of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl who prosecutors say was between thirteen and sixteen when the tape was made between Jan. 1, 1998, and Nov. 1, 2000. The alleged victim, now twenty-three, maintains she is not the girl featured in the infamous sex tape.

“A child doesn’t choose to be violated and placed on a videotape, a videotape that will live on forever — long after this child becomes an adult,” Cook County prosecutor Shauna Boliker told jurors during opening arguments.

Pop diva Janet Jackson has released a promotional photo for her forthcoming Rock Witchu North American Tour. Tickets for the live tour, Janet’s first since Nipplegate 2004, will go on-sale on June 7th. Janet Jackson’s Rock Witchu Tour opens in Vancouver, Canada this September.

British singing star Estelle performed her hit “American Boy” on Monday night’s edition of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Usher’s mom and former manager Jonetta Patton has launched her own independent record label, JPat Records. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the new cover art for Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad re-release.

Barbados-born singer Rihanna will release a Reloaded edition of her platinum-selling LP Good Girl Gone Bad is June 5th. Good Girl, Rihanna’s third studio release, spawned the Grammy Award-winning single “Umbrella.” Good Girl Gone Bad-Reloaded will include seven tracks from the original album, in addition to four new tracks, including “Take a Bow” and a remix of Maroon 5′s “If I Never See Your Face Again.” The re-release is also accompanied by a concert DVD (Rihanna in Manchester) and a documentary about the star. Read the rest of this entry »