MICHELLE WILLIAMS EXPLAINS HER FASHION SENSE; DEBUTS 3rd SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM 'UNEXPECTED.'

‘I like to mix expensive and cheaper clothes, but shoes are what really makes an outfit. You can slip on a Topshop skirt with a Gap top, and with the right footwear you can look like you’re dressed from head to toe in Roberto Cavalli. It breaks my heart to see young girls bankrupting themselves and their parents because they believe they have to emulate celebrities. They don’t realize the couture dress that a singer is wearing on the red carpet at the Grammys is borrowed, or that there’s a team of security guards waiting off stage to take away the Harry Winston diamonds as soon as the star leaves the spotlight.’

--Singer Michelle Williams on how she chooses her wardrobe and why young girls shouldn't get so caught up on mirroring a celebrity's designer-labeled clothing style.

In other Michelle news, the singer just dropped the video for her third single The Greatest from her R&B solo debut album Unexpected, in stores now. “I’m making a statement with this album - Michelle is feisty. She’s not the quiet one. She’s not at church 24/7. She’s not on the altar sprinkling blessed oil everywhere. She has fun.'

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NEW PICS & VIDEO: ASHANTI'S 'GOOD, GOOD' VIDEO; NELLY'S 'BODY ON ME' VIDEO FT. AKON & ASHANTI + ASHANTI PICS FROM 3 EVENTS.

Earlier this week I posted pictures from Nelly's new video Body On Me featuring Akon and Ashanti. Body On Me is the official second single from Nelly's fifth studio album Brass Knuckles which is slated for release on August 19th.

Also released this week was Ashanti's video for her second official single, Good, Good from her fifth studio album The Declaration. When asked recently in an interview about rumors that she and Nelly were/are engaged to be married, Ashanti laughed out loud in that goofy-ass (I meant that in a nice way) voice of hers and said, "Nelly is a really good friend ..." After watching her new video, in which Nelly portrays her husband, I think she meant to say that the St. Louis rapper was a "really Good Good friend." Watch it below.

I've also gathered up images of Ashanti at three separate events. In the first set Ashanti and her mom/manager Tina Douglas attend Sephora's 10th anniversary celebration at Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City on July 17th; in the second set Ashanti co-hosts alongside 106 & Park host Terrence J. on July 17th & July 18th; and in the last set of pics, we see Ashanti at the 2008 ESPY awards. The singer presented the the award for Best Championship Performance with actor Greg Kinnear. The show will air on ESPN AT 9PM on Sunday, July 20, 2008.

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PICS: FOXY BROWN, LIL MAMA, TRICK DADDY. RICK ROSS ON THE SET OF DJ KHALED'S 'OUT HERE GRINDING' VIDEO SHOOT.

Rapper DJ Khaled shot his new video Out Here Glidin' Feat. Rick Ross, Plies, Trick Daddy, Lil' Wayne, Akon, Ace Hood & Lil' Boosie in Brooklyn, New York last week. Also on set were Fat Joe, Foxy Brown, Shawty Lo, Maino, Lil Mama, Young Jeezy and Sean Kingston.

Word around the web is that Foxy and Rick (who looks like he could be one of the many offspring of the late Barry White) are hip-hop's newest celeb couple. One source told Allhiphop.com the unlikely duo have been 'seriously dating' for a while. “They are in fact a couple. Rick Ross swept her off of her feet and this is going to [be] the next big hip-hop couple. They both are in love.” The source also claims that Brown, fresh out of prison, is trying to leave Brooklyn and move to Miami so she and Ross can be closer together. She has already developed a good relationship with Rick's family and an alliance with his kids and his mother. Well, I guess if you spent eight months at Rikers, cuddling up to a big bear like Rick could be easy on the eyes.

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NEW VIDEO: SOLANGE NEW VIDEO, 'I DECIDED.'

Below you'll find Solange's new video I Decided from her upcoming second solo album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams. Check it out.

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NEW VIDEO: MARIAH CAREY'S 'BYE BYE' VIDEO FEATURING GUEST APPEARANCE BY NICK CANNON.

Mariah Carey's new video Bye Bye which features a guest appearance by the singer's second husband, Nick Cannon is now available online. I swear Nick Cannon will forever look like a little-ass lovestruck boy. Ain't nothing mannish about him. Bye Bye is Mariah's second single from her new album E=MC2. Check it out below.

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NEW MUSIC VIDEO: USHER'S 'LOVE IN THIS CLUB.'

For those of you who weren't able to catch Usher's new video, Love In This Club (which features cameos from Kanye West, Nelly, Rick Ross, Robin Thicke, Polow da Don and Diddy) when it aired every hour on the hour on B.E.T. today, check out the official video below. Oh, and just so you know, the video is over 6 minutes long. Good luck in trying to enjoy it. From his performance in this video, it looks like someone--and I ain't saying who, but her name starts with a T(ameka)--has taken away his swagger. Got ol dude looking like if he even thinks about touching his co-star or look at her in an intimate way, that that will be his ass when they get home.

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GNARLS BARKLEY'S NEW VIDEO, 'RUN' BANNED FROM MTV; SPECIAL EFFECTS COULD CAUSE EPILEPTICS TO SUFFER SEIZURES.

The video for Gnarls Barkley's new single, Run, may feature a cameo from Justin Timberlake, but it's still not quite ready to air on MTV. That's because of its strobe effects, which caused the clip to fail the Harding Test -- guidelines established to prevent TV images from triggering epileptic seizures. However, the Happy-directed video is available on various online outlets, and Gnarls Barkley's Danger Mouse tells Billboard he's hopeful the situation can be resolved shortly. "I don't know exactly what's going on, but we're having issues. I think [the video] is cool. It works for me. But I'm not necessarily that easily seasick," he says with a laugh. "We can't predict how people are going to interpret it."

Run centers around the fictional public access show City Vibin' and is set in the early '90s. Timberlake appears as the host of the program, on which Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo then perform the track. With its new album, The Odd Couple, nearing its April 8 release date, the group is also rehearsing for summer tour dates.

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NEW VIDEO: ERYKAH BADU'S 'HONEY' FROM HER UPCOMIN LP 'NU AmERYKAH.'

About a week ago, I told you all that Erykah Badu would be releasing her third studio album, NuAmERYKAH next month (February 26). Here's her new video from her album's first single, Honey. If you weren't an Erykah Badu fan before, after watching this video you just may become one because she definitely brought it. Trust. Peep the way she parodied her first baby's daddy, Andre 3000's Hey Ya video.

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SOULJAH BOY CLEARS UP PREGNANCY RUMORS; MAKES HISTORY AGAIN; SEE NEW VIDEO.

Earlier this week, a particular black celebrity media blog--whose only claim to fame consist of posting fake, bogus and outright lies about black celebrities--created a 'story' claiming 17-year old rapper Soulja Boy Tell'em had knocked up a 19-year-old Atlanta woman (that he'd been dating on and off for a year), then kicked her to the curb after she told him about her pregnancy. The woman allegedly 'chose' this particular site to reveal her story in the hopes of having the rapper come to his senses and own up to his soon-to-be paternal responsibilities. Long story short: it ain't true. Atlanta music mogul/music producer, Michael 'Mr. ColliPark' Crooms, who signed Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Way) to his first record deal, tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the rumors are completely false.

In other Soulja Boy news, the rapper's hit single Crank That (Soulja Boy), from the album Souljaboytellem.com, made history this week by becoming the first digital track to be downloaded 3 million times, according to Interscope. "Soulja Boy has set the bar for what's possible in terms of breaking an artist online. He's been doing it since day one, before he was signed here, so I'm not surprised he's setting a record today. Soulja Boy is out there on the frontier, showing everyone else what's possible," commented Steve Berman, President of Sales and Marketing for Interscope Geffen A&M Records.

Soulja Boy adds: "I can't thank my fans enough, without them all of this wouldn't have been possible. The support they give me is beyond incredible. I have so many Soulja Boy Tell'em projects ready and I will continue to give them what they need in 2008."

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NEW MUSIC VIDEO: JANET JACKSON'S 'FEEDBACK.'

Last week, I told you all that Janet Jackson's new music video Feedback (produced by Rodney Jerkins) would premiere sometime this week. Well, here it is. Feedback is the first single from Janet's 10th studio album, Discipline, which hits record stores next week. Very galactic in my opinion. There's been a lot of positive buzz regarding Janet's upcoming album. Hopefully, her signing to Def Jam and enlisting producers such as Jerkins, Ne-Yo, The Dream and of course, her boo, Jermaine Dupri, maybe--just maybe, this album will revitalize her music career and make others forget about her two previous consecutive album flops. Hey, it can happen.

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NEW VIDEO: CIARA'S 'THAT'S RIGHT' FEATURING LIL JON

Ciara's new video That's Right featuring Lil Jon and a cameo appearance by Monica hit the net recently. I caught a small case of deja vu while watching this new video. It reminded me a lot of Ciara's very first video Goodies back in 2004: similar dance moves and a cameo appearance from Monica as well. Check it out below.

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