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Singer Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas poses as she arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Singer Jennifer Hudson accepts the Best R&B Album from singer Whitney Houston during the 51st Annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

Days before her death in a Los Angeles hotel, Whitney Houston behaved erratically during an appearance at a rehearsal for a Grammy awards party.

Singer Usher and Tameka Raymond arrive at the 2007 NBA All-Star Game at the Thomas & Mack Center on February 18, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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With his first mixtape offering since putting the year-long Maybach Music Group/Warner Bros.

Rep. Brooks Coleman , Sen. Fran Millar and Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver were invited to the panel hosted by the Emory Lavista Parent Council.

THE Really Rather Retro Romp returns to Maccarthy's Bar for a late night boogie on Friday, February 10, from 9.30pm til late! The last Retro Romp in November, which featured the Electric Picnic's Gramophone Disco, was a great success.

Meet Walk off the Earth, the ultra-talented quintet that turned its version of a sleeper hit into a viral phenomenon on YouTube and earned itself a record deal.

Charter school supporters failed Wednesday to win state House approval of a proposed constitutional amendment, reinstating the state's power to approve charter schools over local school board objections.

The chairman of Cobb County's legislative delegation, Rep. Ed Setzler, filed a bill Tuesday that would cancel the regional transportation referendum set for July, make changes to the process and call for another referendum in 2014.

Michael Jackson performs during the halftime show at the NFL's Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, California in January 31, 1993.

R&D, not R&B. The government has announced plans for tax breaks to encourage research and development that will help industries such as pharmaceuticals, in a bid to make the UK more attractive to innovative companies and to create more jobs here.

With a reputation for one-upping the competition by arriving via helicopter at rooftop listening parties for his own T.R.U. imprint, and the kind of grandiose ambition that a rapper from southside Atlanta needs to chase down the American Dream, 2Chainz officially launches his solo career as the newest signing to Def Jam Recordings.

Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.

Show Some Love Talent Showcase is an outlet for all rappers, hip hop and R&B singers and dancers to show off their talent, and to move forward in the music and entertainment industry.

Maybe it was their B-girl style, the way they were pretty brown girls with sass and charm.

Actress Marsha Warfield, Bobby Brown, actress Dawn Lewis and Mike Tyson attend the Third Annual Soul Train Music Awards Rehearsals on April 11, 1989 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show "Soul Train," shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his home, police said.

Toronto-based musician Slakah the Beatchild is best known as a hip-hop and R&B producer, having made beats for artists like Drake and Melanie Durrant .