Chris Brown Is Reportedly Fine With Rihanna & Drake Rekindling Their Relationship

March 5, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

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This is probably more non-news than anything, but…from TMZ:

Chris Brown is all good with Drake doing the midnight jockey ride with Rihanna — even though she caused MAJOR BEEF between them for years.

Sources close to Chris tell TMZ … the singer is copacetic over the duo rekindling their romance. Chris has his mind on his money … focusing on making a comeback.

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VIDEO: Rihanna Mobbed By Sea Of Fans In Paris; Drake Dating “Rumors” Heat Up

February 26, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

Above is a video clip of Rihanna being mobbed by a swarm of fans outside of her Paris hotel….but that’s not really the story.

Several outlets are reporting that the singer was actually doing the walk of shame after staying at Drake’s hotel the previous night…..what’s fueling these rumors? From TMZ:

Paris ain’t called the City of Love for nothing — Rihanna and Drake are both in town … and they can’t stay away from each other.

Drake is in Paris for a concert — he performed last night — but he and Rihanna have been hanging out since the weekend … grabbing a fancy dinner at Paris’s famous L’Avenue restaurant Sunday.

Rihanna re-connected with Drake at his concert the next day … slipping in the rear entrance.

After last night’s concert, the on-again off-again couple hit up a nightclub … and from there, we’re told they both crashed at the Hyatt hotel, where Drizzy has a room.

Check out the video clips of the two performing (as well as other footage taken at the concert in the question) below:


It should also be noted that Drake and Rih-Rih were just spotted in West Hollywood together a couple of weeks ago. GTD, Drizzy.

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Rihanna Talks About Not Wearing Bras & Panties In Vogue

February 18, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews No Comments  

Rihanna goes shopping in NYC, spending the day with Vogue’s Plum Sykes for Vogue’s March ’14 cover feature.  Read an excerpt from the interview below.

“If I’m wearing a top, I don’t wear a bra. If I’m wearing a bra, I just wear a bra,”

On growing up wanting to sing, not famous

“I did sing a lot as a child. A lot. I practiced hard to maneuver my voice. I love singing. I love it, and it doesn’t feel like a chore. It’s an expression. I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted my music to be heard all over the world. Then it happened and the fame came with it. I can’t ever imagine feeling used to it.”

On other singers being better than her

“It’s not all down to my voice. There’s people with way more talent than I when it comes to singing. Bigger voices. But people want to know who you are. Fashion is a clear indication, a way to express your attitude, your mood.”

On her wigs and always changing her hairstyle

“It’s not my hair, but the girl who donated it, she’s the bomb. Black girls never let anyone see this,” she adds, pulling apart the locks at the back of her head to show me the intricate workings of the false hair, which is woven into a net attached to her own. “I have two main hair people I work with. They’re always with me. I’m like, ‘I’m bored! I wanna change my hair!’ That’s the good thing about a weave. You can do whatever with it.”

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Drake Questions Kanye West’s Bars On ‘Yeezus’

February 13, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News 2 Comments  

Yesterday, Rolling Stone put out the first part of the interview with Drake where he shared his opinion of Macklemore sending Kendrick Lamar an apology text after his Grammy win. In the second part, Drake questions some of Kanye’s lyrics on Yeezus, and even seems to throw a shot at Fabulous. In addition, he spoke on his relationship with Rihanna. Check out some candid quotes from the article below.

There were some real questionable bars on there. Like that ‘Swaghili‘ line? Come on, man. Even Fabolous wouldn’t say some shit like that.”

“Kanye’s the reason why I’m here. I love everything about that guy.”

[ON RIHANNA] “She’s the ultimate fantasy. I mean, I think about it. Like ‘Man, that would be good’. We have fun together, she’s cool and shit. But we’re just friends, she’s my dog for life. I’m not after p*ssy like I was three years ago, when I was trying to make up for all the years when no girl would talk to me. But I haven’t met somebody that makes everybody else not matter.”

HHNM  via KTT

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Rihanna Was Actually Broke At One Point (Since She’s Been Famous)

February 12, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News 1 Comment  

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From the Irish Examiner:

The ‘Only Girl in the World’ hitmaker blames her accountants’ poor decision making for her fortune dwindling away from $11m in cash at the beginning of the year to $2m several months later.

In documents filed in her gross mismanagement case against the accountancy firm, Berdon LLP, Rihanna claims they gave her the go-ahead to buy a house priced between $7m and $7.5m, which she did – and later sold for a $2m loss.

To further add to her financial woes that year, the singer’s expenses “doubled”, TMZ reports.

In the lawsuit, Rihanna also claimed her 2009 ‘Last Girl on Earth’ tour was losing money but she was never warned of this by the accountants.

Berdon previously claimed Rihanna’s own “financial action or inaction” or those of people working for her caused her to lose money, not their decision-making.

They also dismissed the ‘Diamonds’ star’s previous objection she paid an “above-average” commission of 22% as something she had signed off on herself.

The 25-year-old star is now worth an estimated $43m.

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Rihanna & Shakira Slammed For Promoting Lesbianism

February 10, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

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From the Latin Times, where you can also find a petition created to shut down the video (which you can see in its entirety here):

Shakira and Rihanna premiered their steamy and racy video for “Can’t Remember To Forget You” last week and shocked viewers. The 37-year-old Colombian singer and 25-year-old singer from Barbados are seen in grinding and bumping up against a wall and get touchy with each other in provocative positions that turn up the heat. Fans of both stars have applauded their musical effort but outsiders have been less receptive with an activist in Colombia by the name of Marco Fidel Ramirez, starting a petition to have the clip banned.

The “Family Councilor” (“Concejal De La Familia”), as Ramirez is known, has started a campaign on Twitter to prohibit “Can’t Remember To Forget You.” “The family councilor rejects categorically the contents of Shakira’s latest video, as it is considered to damage the moral character of the youth of Bogotá, Colombia and Latin America,” he wrote on the social network using the hashtag #PeligroVideoShakira. Ramirez mentioned Shakira in the tweet and has made it his missioned to get noticed by the singer as he feels she is promoting and motivates tobacco use, homosexuality, stealing and killing.

“Our Shakira with her erotic video is promoting tobacco usage and has become the worst example for our youth,” he later added. “Shakira’s new video is a shameless case for lesbianism and immorality. It is a danger to children.”

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Rihanna Fan Stabbed To Death By Step-Father In Brazil; Singer Offers To Pay For Funeral

February 9, 2014 JUKEBOXDC Staff News No Comments  

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(Loosely) translated from Portuguese website Odia:

A crime within Sergipe shocked not only the Brazilians as well as singer Rihanna. Hardcore fan of the star, Tiago Sobral Valencia, 15, was stabbed to death by her stepfather last Saturday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Upon learning of the tragedy, Rihanna got in touch with the families of adolescents through their representatives in Brazil to provide solidarity and also help financially.

In an interview with column Eronilton Santos, the boy’s father, said he was surprised by the connection and that Rihanna’s team offered to help pay for the funeral of James. “I was surprised they wanted and worried for them. The representative said that it was a request from Rihanna herself, who wanted to offer all kinds of help. They wanted to pay for the funeral of James, but only asked that she would provide a tribute to him. The only thing I thought is that from heaven, where he is going to see this gesture. The impact of the message she posted about it on Twitter was huge. ” Still, Rihanna keeps in touch with family and asks her Eronilton accept your donation.

James collected CDs, DVDs Rihanna. Before dying, he kept his savings to go to the concert the singer.”He was never for lack of money. Since last year, when he knew she would come to Brazil, began to gather in a safe to be able to see her sing when she returned to the country.”

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