John Legend has joined the quartet of star mentors on ABC’s upcoming music reality series “Duets.” He replaces Lionel Richie, who was originally tapped for the gig but has pulled out citing scheduling conflicts.

Duets will feature Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke as they set out across the country looking for two undiscovered singers to be their duets partners.

The duets will compete for the top prize: a recording contract with Hollywood Records for the aspiring singer. The show, hosted by Quddus, is slated to premiere May 24.

Legend has been active in television lately. The nine-time Grammy winner also hosted and executive produced a music special, which is in consideration for a series pickup at Showtime.

via Deadline

After releasing a slew of new records online, Josh Xantus has finally returned with the release of his new mixtape “Everybody Hates Josh X”. The 13 track project features guest appearances from Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Jim Jones & Mac Miller.

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What happens when Usher and Diplo collaborate? The result is “Climax,” one of the hottest and most addictive tracks today. Take Usher’s smooth vocal and Diplo’s track to the next level by showing off your own personal style. Enter the contest to download the stems and get started.

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After much drama and rumors, R&B singer and reality TV star, Olivia has landed a new home. The singer-songwriter, who has been struggling to pursue her next record deal, but has found success thanks to VH1′s hit reality show ‘Love & Hip-Hop,’ has signed a new deal with Jerry Wonda’s ‘Wonda Music’ imprint.

Over the past year and a half Olivia has had a couple popular singles such as “December” & “Walk Away.” Her brand new album entitled “Show The World” is scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter of this year through a joint venture with Dollaz Unlimited.

Jerry Wonda is a veteran producer and musician, who rose to fame in the mid 90’s for co-producing the majority of The Fugees’ classic 1996 album The Score and since then, has crafted hits for Wyclef Jean, Pras, Carlos Santana, Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Estelle, Justin Bieber, Lupe Fiasco, Akon, Keri Hilson, Musiq Soulchild and many more.

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Need some inspiration on getting right after taking advantage of the great deals during the Spring Cleaning sale?  No worries, Orisue got you covered. Walk with me as I take a look at how to pull off some appropriate looks for the season from Orisue’s latest Spring offerings.

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A few hollywood stars got the chance to mingle with the President at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. My future wife Alicia Keys was in attendance with her husband Swizz, Swizz Beatz, who attended as guests of Bloomberg. Other attendees included Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Kimmel, Steven Spielberg and John Legend who arrived with his extremely beautiful fiancée Christine Teigen.

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During a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner, President Barack Obama gave Young Jeezy a mention, referring to his 2008 track ‘My President Is Black’.

Obama says:

“In my first term I sang Al Green. In my second term, I’m going with Young Jeezy. Michelle said ‘yeah’.”

International Secret Agents (ISA TV) recently stopped by the Orisue office last week to interview Josh, their head designer, and check out Orisue’s current Spring 2012 collection in detail. Watch the video for a humorous documentation of what went down. Shout to Kev Jumba, Justin Chon, Laura Fama and the entire staff for dropping by.

Mig Money is back!! As promised the flourishing R&B artist has just released the third and final installment to his buzzed about and critically acclaimed micro-EP series “Art Dealer Chic.” As like the first two, the set contains 3 brand new, original and creative new audio treats, from Miguel, right to you for free!

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