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Elle Varner isn’t sweating K. Michelle, Iman Shumpert or gossip

Elle Varner is doing just fine. The L.A. girl is finishing up her sophomore album, 4-Letter Word, the follow-up to the well-received Perfectly Imperfect. Since bursting onto the scene in 2011, Varner has become the sultry chanteuse of R&B, and she’s had to learn quickly how to handle the spotlight.

Drake disses Rihanna on ‘Views From the 6?’

Drake’s upcoming album Views From the 6 is expected to drop in early September, but a rough version of the title track was unofficially leaked earlier this weekend–and it’s getting lots of attention.

Rita Ora opens up about her breakup: ‘It was a wake-up call’

Pop singer Rita Ora spoke about her recent split from DJ/producer Calvin Harris, revealing how hard she took the breakup. When the news broke last month, Ora was reportedly shocked to learn about that Harris shared the news of their split via his own Twitter posts.

Filmmakers examine breakups in ‘The End Again’ with Columbus Short

“The End Again” is an emotionally-gripping look at the heartache, frustration and sometimes-catharsis that individuals experience during a breakup. Starring real-life couple Columbus Short and Tanee McCall-Short, the short film serves as a precursor to the feature film OpenEnded, and it’s an honest look at how conflicted one feels when watching love fade.

The fall of G-Unit indicates the decline of ‘gangsta rap’

This week, after months and maybe years of speculation, the end of 50 Cent’s G-Unit crew appears to be official. The hip-hop star departed his longtime Interscope label, taking his G-Unit label independent. He signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Caroline/Capitol/UMG, and he is expected to release a new album called Animal Ambition on June 3rd. But in the wake of his announced departure from Interscope, 50’s old G-Unit cohort Tony Yayo made statements in an interview that indicated that G-Unit was long over as a hip-hop group and, most importantly, as a collective of old friends.

T.I. admits he and Tiny had a blowup over the Grammys

TMZ is reporting that Atlanta rapper T.I. and his wife of three years, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are not splitting up, despite rumors to the contrary. Tip allegedly addressed the issue directly and TMZ says that he explained that, while the couple did have a big fight, there are no plans to divorce anyone.

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