EXCLUSIVE R&B SCOOPS & MORE ....

Uh-oh, it's on and popping now. The news in Canada is that Canadian R&B singer Keshia Chante has replaced Teairra Mari. Apparently, Keshia has just signed to the ROC, and it was all Foxy Brown's doing! The press release is being put out this Tuesday, so it appears that Rihanna is going to get some competition.



The Canadian singer has just turned 19 recently (16th June) and was first introduced to us when she released her single Bad Boy stateside 3 years ago. Keshia has also appeared in Bow Wow and Chris Brown's video for Shortie Like Mine. Things are bound to get interesting from here on out!

In other hot R&B news, Letoya Luckett is reportedly recording her sophomore album on Capitol records and the album is expected to be released this fall. They are practically looking at a November/December release date. On the new album Letoya is believed to be working with Dr. Dre, Rodney Jerkins and Babyface:



No wonder she has been making a lot of cameo appearances recently. She also features on Mike Jone's rendition of Bonnie & Clyde which you can listen to here. It all makes sense. But is this fall a good idea to put out another album so soon especially when Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Ashanti, Cassie and Keyshia Cole will be dropping this fall as well? What is the rush? Look what Rihanna done started now. It appears that releasing albums one year in between has become a trend because R&B singer Monica AND Janet Jackson are also releasing new albums real soon too and are now in the recording process.

Dancer Tyrell Washington also left a message on Myspace detailing Beyonce's upcoming performance at next Tuesday's BET Awards. She will be performing the track Get Me Bodied:



Apparently, he will be dancing with Beyonce on stage. She is believed to be performing the song with a "special guest". So folks, who do you think the special guest is? My bet is Rihanna. Or Destiny's Child. What's yours? Place your bets and we can compare on Tuesday. Look out for my performance and fashion reviews as well as posted performances from the event next week.

It also appears that BET are stepping up their game. E! has finally jumped on board and will be doing a Red Carpet moment. Guess BET aren't so ghetto after all. I can't wait to see Beyonce, Ciara and Rihanna take the stage. Not really looking forwards to Kelly's though as her performances aren't that great. Sorry.

And as we're on Rihanna, here is her HELLO feature:

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She talks about dating and guys needing to be approved by her mentor Jay-Z in order for them to date her.

As well as Rihanna, Amerie also attended the 2007 Entertainment Weekly's Must List Party this week:



Hot!

Jennifer Lopez graces the cover of Polish magazine Biografie:



Pure fab.

Lastly, The Daily Mirror has reported that Mel B is set to pick up £10 million in child support straight out of Eddie Murphy's pocket! Shiiiit!!!



GOOD! Eddie is believed to be worth £65m and Mel FINALLY gets the last laugh.

R&B BITES



BET has officially announced that Chris Brown's new video "Wall To Wall" from the upcoming CD Exclusive will premiere TOMORROW on BET (Monday, June 25th) every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. ET/PT!

Stay tuned!

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