TheFader caught up with Jhene Aiko recently for their ‘Step Into The Black’ music series with Captain Morgan in Chicago. The sweet voiced singer-songwriter discussed touring with R&B boy band B2K, growing up in a musical family and her forthcoming Def Jam album, Sold Out.
Below you can catch her live performance of “Stranger.”
UK newcomer Jermaine Riley drops a brand new video for his song called “Peaceful Day” featuring Cherri V. The latest cut to be lifted from his free LP Hello Earth. Check it out, let us know what you think?
To celebrate the 300,000th view of her “Bombs” video on YouTube, Dawn Richard debuts a new song called “Wild N’ Young.” The song was originally going to be appear on her EP “Armor On.”
“#wildnyoung was up against “Change” on the EP Armor On,” explained the former Dirty Money member. “I loved both songs. But chose ‘Change.’” Take a listen to the previously unreleased track now.
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Teairra Mari leaves her inhibitions at the door in the brand new video for “U Did That,” the 2 Chainz-assisted lead single off her sophomore album, Sex on the Radio, due this Summer.
“This is one on my favorite videos that I’ve done for a couple of reasons, starting with the mixture of grit and glam, the fact that the settings are very gritty and dark and I’m still serving glam,” Teairra tells AOL’s The BoomBox of the video, which was shot in Los Angeles.
“Also, I love, love, love seeing myself let loose in the one-on-one dance scene!” she adds. “To top it off, I had a great time shooting the video with my incredible glam squad and 2 Chainz was absolutely amazing!”
The 24-year-old singer, who is signed to songwriter Rico Love’s Division I imprint, continues to deliver her sexified image, as she shows off her curves in a barely-there outfit and gyrates with a male dancer.
Rico Love, the producer of “U Did That,” supported his artist’s decision to heat things up on set. “I’m such a fan of Teairra and I love the visual for this song,” he states. “I feel like it captures a more mature Teairra. She has a a lot to prove and she’s up for the task. I support her 100 percent.”
Watch the sex-drenched visual below…
Look who’s back! Cocaine 80s, the collective consisting of James Fauntleroy, No I.D., Common and Makeba Riddick return with a new cut entitled “Queen To Be.” While, we were getting used to whole EP’s dropping without any prior notice, this single track still pleases, and could be the lead to their first full release in 2012. Take a listen now!
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Beyoncé is one of the many female performers who was inspired by Donna Summer. The pop superstar paid tribute to the late disco diva, who died at the age of 63 on Thursday, with a letter on her website. “She was so much more than the queen of disco she became known for,” wrote B, who sampled Summers’ “Love to Love You Baby” on her 2004 hit “Naughty Girl.” Read B’s words below…
Usher was up early Friday morning, as he was chosen to kick off NBC’s “Today” Show ‘Summer Concert Series.’ Fans lined up in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza to catch the R&B star performing his hits including his chart-topping singles “OMG,” “Without You” and “Climax”
He spoke with Matt Lauer about his upcoming album Looking 4 Myself, due June 12. “The last two, three years of my life have been an incredible journey musically and emotionally, so all of the finds of Looking 4 Myself went into this album,” he said.
“There’s a mantra that I’ve kinda adopted and it is evolve or evaporate. That is really the meaning of life, if we decide to not allow ourselves to move forward musically, in life, whatever it may be, we’ll never see the beauty in it.”
He shouted out his two sons Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond who were watching at home. “The most important part now is being involved as a person, being an incredible father,” explained the 33-year-old singer. “That’s probably one of the greatest goals of all. Receiving awards, having houses, cars… That doesn’t mean anything. Having incredible young men raised is the most important part of all of it.”
Catch Usher’s performance below…
