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K. Michelle is still angry at Idris Elba for refusing to admit they had a relationship

Derek BlanksIt’s been four years since K. Michelle dated Idris Elba, and she’s still angry that he’s refused to admit publicly that they were ever together.

“I wrote a whole album called Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, and every single song was about him,” Michelle says on an upcoming episode of TV One’s Sister Circle .

Michelle says she’ll never forget how Elba refused to back her up when nobody believed they were dating.

“He did not come out and say ‘Stop attacking her,'” she claims. “I’m not over that.”

The Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood star says things came to a head when she learned Elba was having a baby with another woman.

“From the passing of his father all the way down. I was the one that was there,” she recalls. “I just remember being so hurt that this baby was coming.”

The 34-year-old artist says she also realized that she and the actor didn’t have the same values.

“He didn’t believe in marriage. He didn’t believe in a lot of things that I believed in, spiritually and everything,” says Michelle. “And it just wasn’t a spiritual match for me.”

The “V.S.O.P.” singer also says that the Golden Globe-winning actor was more interested in preserving his image than protecting her from critics.

“I feel like you picked looking like a great guy over someone who had your back, through everything,” she says, addressing Elba. “When you didn’t get nominated for Mandela. When you didn’t…all of that. When you cried. Everything. I had your back, and you didn’t have mine in the midst of everybody tweeting me and attacking me.”

“He showed that he wasn’t my friend.”

The Sister Circle episode featuring K. Michelle airs October 15 on TV One.

Beyoncé praises JAY-Z following On The Run II tour: “I’ll be your hype man any day!”

2018 Parkwood EntertainmentAfter earning over $150 million during the On The Run II tour, which ended last week in Seattle, Beyoncé is full of love for JAY-Z, her family, and all the students who won scholarships on the tour.

With a highlight video of the tour, including several scenes of her hugging and kissing her husband, Queen Bey commented on Instagram: ”To Shawn Carter, my Clyde, my best friend: this journey on OTR2 has been a highlight of my life. Thank you for every moment. I’ll be your hype man any day! To the Hive and all the fans who supported OTR2, cheers to you and I. Salud!”

Bey also posted a photo with her father, Mathew Knowles, writing, “Thank you to all of our loved ones who came out to support OTR2. And a huge thank you to the hardest working crew in show business. We couldn’t have done this without each of you beautiful human beings.”

Beyoncé and JAY-Z awarded $100,000 scholarships to high-school seniors in 11 cities during the On the Run II tour. The Boys & Girls Club of America selected the winners.

Beyoncé also posted a video montage of each student joyously discovering they were chosen, with the comment, “Thank you to all the brilliant scholarship winners. Continue to dream, work hard, and grind until you own your dream. You make us proud.”

Lil Wayne, Lauryn Hill, Meek Mill and more to perform at JAY-Z’s TIDAL X concert in New York City

TIDALLil Wayne, Lauryn Hill, and Meek Mill will be among the stars performing at JAY-Z’s annual TIDAL X: Brooklyn concert in New York City.

The fourth annual event on October 23 at the Barclays Center will also include Teyana Taylor,Anderson .Paak, Normani, Kodak Black, Kaskade, Bazzi, Lil Skies, Mozart La Para, and Black Thought.

Also appearing: Queen Naija, The Lox, Vic Mensa, BlocBoy JB, DaniLeigh, Danielle Bradbery, Jay Critch, Snoh Aalegra, SiR, Westside Gunn, Conway, Arin Ray, Jacob Banks, Cautious Clay, andPatrick Droney.

The charity event will support criminal justice reform non-profit organizations including Cut50, Equal Justice Initiative, Innocence Project and REFORM. The three previous TIDAL X benefit concerts raised over $10 million for social justice, disaster relief & recovery, and education.

Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.com.

Cardi B tells her critics to back down: “I feel like I have nothing to prove anymore”

Image Group LAAfter winning three American Music Awards Tuesday night and dazzling the crowd with her performance of “I Like It,” Cardi B is on top of the world — and telling her critics to shut up.

“It feels amazing, and it feels like such a wild thing. I feel like every obstacle I surpassed it,” she tells ABC News of her AMA wins. “Then people said I was going to be a one-hit wonder. Then I did a good album. Then I got pregnant and I don’t know what’s going to happen with my career, and then I still jumped up, pregnant and all, and it’s like, levels, levels, levels, and I keep beating.”

Cardi took home American Music Awards trophies for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song — “Bodak Yellow,” and Favorite Soul/R&B Song — “Finesse” with Bruno Mars.

The wife of Migos member Offset is currently dominating the hip-hop world as the first female rapper ever to score three number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the current number-one hit, “Girls Like You,” with Maroon 5.

“There’s nothing to beat,” Cardi adds. “I’m already doing it. I’m doing it great. I feel like I don’t have nothing to prove anymore. I proved everything.”

Now Cardi can celebrate her birthday in style: she turns 26 Thursday.

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The Chainsmokers, and Miley Cyrus read “Mean Tweets” on Tuesday's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

ABC/Randy HolmesTuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, featured a new “Music Edition” of one of the show’s signature bits, “Mean Tweets.”

The segment features celebrities reading insulting tweets about themselves on camera, and the latest edition included Miley Cyrus, rapper Tyga, Pink, Gwen Stefani and The Chainsmokers.

“Miley Cyrus is a smelly pirate hooker,” Miley reads.

Tyga reads, “Tyga raps like your homie that can’t really rap but always be rappin.'” As the audience laughs, he adds, “Actually, I do!”

“Gwen Stefani really is the worst thing to ever happen, reads Gwen. Period. Full stop. Hashtag, ‘Ugh, barf.'”

Pink took her criticism in stride, replying the back-handed compliment, “Pink is aging pretty well for a pig,” with “Thank you.”

The Chainsmokers’ Alex Pall reads, “One of my employees was talking about how The Chainsmokers are actually pretty good and don’t deserve all the hate…so I fired him!”

Other “Mean Tweet” targets included Halsey, Jason Mraz, country artists Luke Bryan and Luke Combs, Jason Derulo, Dua Lipa, The Strokes, Elvis Costello, ScHoolboy Q, G-Eazy and Nickelback.

American Music Awards 2018: Taylor Swift breaks record for most wins by a female artist, encourages fans to vote in midterm elections

Getty Images for dcp via ABC/Kevin Mazur/AMA2018It was a record-breaking night for Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards.

Not only did the pop superstar open the show with a fiery performance of “I Did Something Bad,” but she went on to win four awards, breaking Whitney Houston’s record for most AMA wins by a female artist. She took home the trophies for Tour of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Album for Reputation, and Artist of the Year — bringing her career total to 23 AMAs.

In addition to breaking a record, Taylor continued to break her silence on politics. After getting political in an Instagram post over the weekend, Taylor used her acceptance speech for Artist of the Year to encourage people to vote.

“I just wanted to make a mention at the fact that this award and every single award given out tonight were voted on by the people,” she said, “and you know what else is voted on by the people is the midterm elections on November 6.”

Taylor also seemingly teased a new album is in the works during her acceptance speech for Pop/Rock Album, saying she was glad fans embraced her Reputation era but was “even more excited for the next chapter.”

There were only a couple of other political moments during the night — including a passionate call to vote from presenter Billy Eichner and host Tracee Ellis Ross wearing a t-shirt that said, “I am a voter.”

It was also a night of “firsts” for a handful of artists. Camila Cabello won her first two AMAs as a solo artist, for Favorite Pop/Rock Song for “Havana” and New Artist of the Year. R&B singer Khalid, rap group Migos and country singer Kane Brown also became first-time AMA winners. The late rapper XXXTentacion won for Favorite Soul/R&B Album and his mother accepted on his behalf.

And as always, the ceremony boasted a slew of stellar musical performances.

Cardi B, who won for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, delivered her first post-baby TV performance with her hit “I Like It” featuring J Balvin and Bad Bunny. The three turned the stage into a colorful fiesta.

Jennifer Lopez debuted a new female empowerment anthem called “Limitless” from her upcoming movie Second Act, showing off her vocal chops and giving her dancing skills a rest; Mariah Carey sang her new song “With You” dressed in a form-fitting pink gown and surrounded by male dancers; and Panic! at the Disco paid tribute to Queen with a rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” performed live from Brisbane, Australia.

Khalid and Halsey, joined by producer Benny Blanco, delivered a chill performance of their new collab “Eastside.” So chill in fact, that Halsey actually had time to tweet from the stage.

“On stage right now at the AMAs,” she wrote. “Wearing my favorite Jordans lol. Tweeting during my performance. #priorities.”

The show ended with an emotional tribute to Aretha Franklin that brought the house down. The gospel production featured Gladys Knight, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and CeCe Winans.

Ella Mai credits Chris Brown as the first star to promote “Boo’d Up”

10 Summers/Interscope RecordsElla Mai‘s debut album, due Friday, features Chris Brown, and she credits Breezy with being the first star to promote her breakout hit, “Boo’d Up.”

“Chris Brown was the first celebrity or musician to really tap into ‘Boo’d Up’ and say, ‘Wow I really love this song,’” she tells Billboard.” “He was on his Instagram story playing it before it blew up.”

Brown is featured on the song “Whatchamacallit” on Mai’s new album, and she says it was a joy recording with him.

“He was so excited to be in the studio with me and he was telling me what a fan he is of my music, which is insane because I’m such a huge Chris Brown fan,” she gushes. “It’s supposed to be the other way around!”

The album also features John Legend on the song, “Everything,” and H.E.R. on “Gut Feeling.”

“John Legend — who is a legend, no pun intended — I’m excited for everyone to hear us on a track together, because I don’t think it’s a collaboration that anyone expected,” the 23-year-old British singer comments.

“I met H.E.R. at the BET awards in June. I really wanted her on the album because as females in R&B, especially both coming up as new artists, a lot of the time everyone in the world and in the media can pit you against each other and make it a competition,” she continues.

“She brought me out when she was opening up for Chris Brown to do ‘Boo’d Up’ in New York. I played her [‘Gut Feeling’],” Mai remembers. “She loved it and sent me back her verse maybe a couple days later.”

As Mai prepares to release her album on Friday, she’s continuing as one of the opening acts on Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic tour.

American Music Awards 2018 – Winner's List

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It was a record-breaking night for Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards, held live Tuesday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Taylor opened the show with a performance of “I Did Something Bad,” and went on to win four awards, bringing her lifetime total to 23 — breaking Whitney Houston’s record for most AMA wins by a female artist.

Here’s a full list of the 2018 winners at the American Music Awards

Artist of the Year
Taylor Swift

Favorite Male Artist Pop/Rock
Post Malone

Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock
Taylor Swift

Favorite Duo or Group Pop/Rock
Migos

Favorite Album Pop/Rock
Taylor Swift – Reputation

Favorite Song Pop/Rock
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug “Havana”

Favorite Male Artist Country
Kane Brown

Favorite Female Artist Country
Carrie Underwood

Favorite Duo or Group Country
Florida Georgia Line

Favorite Album – Country
Kane Brown – Kane Brown

Favorite Song – Country
Kane Brown “Heaven”

Favorite Artist – Rap/Hip-Hop
Cardi B

Favorite Album – Rap/Hip-Hop
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentlys

Favorite Song Rap/Hip-Hop
Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”

Favorite Male Artist – Soul/R&B
Khalid

Favorite Female Artist – Soul/R&B
Rihanna

Favorite Album – Soul/R&B
XXXTENTACION – 17

Favorite Song – Soul/R&B
Bruno Mars & Cardi B – “Finesse”

Tour of the Year
Taylor Swift

Favorite Music Video
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – “Havana”

Favorite Artist – Alternative Rock
Panic! At The Disco

Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary
Shawn Mendes

Favorite Artist – Latin
Daddy Yankee

Favorite Artist – Contemporary Inspirational
Lauren Daigle

Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music
Marshmello

Favorite Soundtrack
Black Panther: The Album, Music From And Inspired By

Favorite Social Artist of the Year Presented By Xfinity
BTS

New Artist of the Year Presented By Capital One ® Savor® Card
Camila Cabello

Collaboration of the Year
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – “Havana”

Major announces his Better With You In it tour

The Chamber GroupMajor is taking his music on the road: He announced his Better With You In It tour on Tuesday.

The crooner from Denton, Texas will perform in twelve cities, beginning October 21^st in Detroit, Atlanta, and Houston. The tour will wrap up November 16 in Los Angeles. Tickets are now on sale via Major’s website.

Major released his debut album, Even More, on September 7. It features his single, “Honest,” and his 2016 breakout hit, “Why I Love You.”

Here are Major’s tour dates:

10/21 —Detroit, MI. Fox Theatre Detroit
10/23 —Chicago, IL, Promontory
10/26 — New York, NY, S.O.B.’S
10/27 — Oxon Hill, MD, The Theatre at MGM National Harbor
10/28 — Raleigh, NC, The Pour House Music Hall
10/30 — Charlotte, NC, Neighborhood Theatre
11/2 — Atlanta, GA. Center Stage Theater
11/4 — New Orleans, LA, House Of Blues New Orleans
11/5 — Dallas, TX, Trees
11/7 — Houston, TX, Studio @ Warehouse Live
11/15 — Oakland, CA, The New Parish
11/16 — Los Angeles, CA, The Mint