Rapper Lil Kim arrives for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards held at the O2 Arena on Thursday, November 5th in Berlin, Germany. The rapper is actually pretty popular over in Europe is currently on a mini tour and just performed in Holland this past weekend.
Gucci Mane releases the video for his first single, “Spotlight,” featuring Usher.
The single comes from Gucci’s upcoming album, The State vs. Radric Davis, which hits stores December 8th. Usher, who is also gearing up to release his album, Raymond vs. Raymond, will drop on the the same day.
Singer Leona Lewis arrives for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards held at the O2 Arena on Thursday, November 5th in Berlin, Germany. She is currently promoting her upcoming sophomore album, “Echo” (in stores next week).
Mariah Carey carefully poses on the stairs in Malibu, CA on set of a new video on Wednesday afternoon.
Accompanied by her security, Rihanna sneaks out the backdoor of Wonderland nightclub wearing a sheer top and clutching her denim jacket on Wednesday night in L.A.
In a 5 minute clip on Thursday morning, pop star Rihanna broke her silence about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her (alternative video here). The singer spoke candidly with reporter Diane Sawyer and said she was “embarrassed and ashamed” that’s why she didn’t speak out until now.
On being embarrased and ashamed:
“That’s embarrassing that that’s the type of person that I fell in love with. So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It’s humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? It’s a traumatizing experience.”On going back to Brown after the incident:
“I stayed. I even went back after he beat me, which was wrong,” she said. “But again … I’m a human being and people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal. And all these expectations, I’m not perfect.It’s completely normal to go back. It’s not right. I learned the hard way, but again, this is what I want people to know,” she said. “When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn’t be held responsible for going back.
Canadian pop rock star Fefe Dobson performs at the unveiling of the OMEGA official countdown clock to celebrate the 100-Day countdown to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver at the Embassy of Canada on Wednesday, November 4th in Washington, DC. Fefe’s third studio album, Joy, is expected to drop on March of 2010.
Pop diva Janet Jackson is releasing her forthcoming Number Ones compilation on November 17th and the following day, Janet will air an hour-long primetime special on ABC, November 18th.
It seems as though Janet’s team on her new label (her new studio album, due out next year, will be released via A&M/Interscope Records), which will be announced officially sometime this month is trying to make all the right moves for the next phase in Janet’s career. With a great performance at this year’s VMA’s, a new video for “Make Me Move,” the new single from the greatest hits compilation, to this upcoming new special, Janet is definitely on the right track.
We can expect a new album from Jackson next year, which Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins revealed will be an uptempo/dance record.
After the success of his latest video and leaking of his album cover, it seems that Chris Brown and Jive Records are quite confident in the release of his third studio album, Graffiti, which was set for release December 15th.
In a day and age where most of the time, this is unheard of, Brown has decided that he will push his album up a week earlier. The new album from Chris will now hit stores December 8th.
Chris is presently promoting the single, “I Can Transform Ya,” but recently shot a video for his second single, “Crawl,” which will feature model/singer, Cassie.
