Melanie Fiona kept the memory of Michael Jackson alive by lending her voice to the hand and footprint ceremony honoring the late pop legend at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday (Jan. 26).

The Canadian songbird performed an acoustic rendition of the Jackson 5 classic “I’ll Be There,” as the Jackson family, including mother Katherine and Michael’s children Prince, Paris, and Blanket, looked on. Quincy Jones, Smokey Robinson, Chris Tucker, and Justin Bieber also paid tribute to the King of Pop.

“I am at a complete loss of words. Overwhelmed and completely honoured. Cheers to the King of Pop #MichaelJackson xo,” tweeted Melanie, who will release her sophomore album The MF Life on May 8. via Rap-Up

Alley Boy celebrated the release of his latest mixtape Nigganati at Room Service. He performs “I Want In” dissing T.I. and Young Jeezy.

ATLNightSpots captures the footage.

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Brandy is starting to flex her vocal chops once again. The R&B songstress attended ‘Sing-A-Rama 2012′ at the Westin Airport Hotel in Los Angeles this past weekend. According to reports Brandy grabbed the microphone and sang this heartfelt rendition of “His Eye is on the Sparrow.” Check it out now!

The sweet and sexy Ms. Kelly Rowland was among the celebrity guests to celebrate basketball star Dwayne Wade’s 30th birthday in Miami last night. The R&B star treated the baller to a very special happy birthday song, after her own special introduction by actress/model Gabrielle Union. “There is no badder bitch on the planet, who represents the chocolate better, than Miss Kelly Rowland,” joked Gabby.

Beyoncé left her stamp on 2011 with the release of her fourth solo album 4, headlining performance at Glastonbury, and pregnancy announcement. The superstar shared one of her performances from London, which was filmed earlier in the year, during “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special.

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J. Cole continued his late night television appearances with a visit to The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday evening. Viewers and the studio audience were treated to a performance of Cole’s single “Work Out,” that’s now certified gold as of last week. That’s a gold single to match his now certified gold debut album, Cole World:The Sideline Story out now.

French Montana performs @ the Best Buy Theatre for the Breakfast Club 1 year Anniversary. Performing “Choppa Choppa Down & Shot Caller”.

Robin Thicke recently stopped by Sirius XM’s ‘Heart & Soul’ station and treated the staff to a tender, stripped down version of his latest single “Pretty Lil Heart.” The track which appears on his new album Love After War was produced by himself and Pro-J and features Lil Wayne. We would love to hear a studio recorded version like this. It’s truly more touching and heartfelt. Check it out!

The once-annual ‘Divas’ show made it’s anticipated returned to television tonight on Vh1. The themed concert, ‘Divas Celebrate Soul’, enlisted some of music’s most soulful divas including Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu and more to rock the stage.

See the performances below.

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