Check out the latest happenings around the music world…
- Clive Davis has come out of the closet. In a new memoir The Soundtrack of My Life, the music industry legend reveals his interest in men after his failed marriage in the ’80s. “After my second marriage failed, I met a man who was also grounded in music. Having only had loving relationships and sexual intimacy with women, I opened myself up to the possibility that I could have that with a male, and I found that I could.” He contines, “I never stopped being attracted to women. Bisexuality is misunderstood; the adage is that you’re either straight or gay or lying, but that’s not my experience. To call me anything other than bisexual would be inaccurate.” Soundtrack of My Life hits stores Tuesday (Feb. 19).
- “Suit & Tie” buddies Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z will travel across the pond this summer to headline the U.K.’s Wireless festival at the Olympic Park. The concert series will feature Timberlake on Friday, July 12 with Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz, John Legend and Frank Ocean. Jay-Z will take the stage that Saturday (July 13) alongside Emeli Sandé, Rita Ora, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Fresh and Calvin Harris.
- In between filming for NBC’s Smash, Jennifer Hudson has found time to get back to the music with her third album. On Monday, the singer tweeted pictures of her and producer Salaam Remi hard at work in the studio. “Ok ! Here we go guys! First day of recording my album!! @Salaamremi is everything !!” she wrote. “I had the best day in the studio with @salaamremi! He let me be me!” The untitled project will be the follow-up to 2011′s I Remember Me.
- And finally, Kandi Burruss has officially debuted her new single “Stay Prayed Up” featuring Marvin Sapp to the disapproval of a few church-going critics. The industry vet and reality star addressed the song, a departure from “Bedroom Kandi”, on her official Facebook page: “I knew when I decided to do it that I would be criticized. That’s to be expected. I’m a single mom that had a child out of wedlock, I speak openly about sex on #KandiKoatedNights, I have #BedroomKandi, etc… I’m very honest about who I am. My great grand father & my grandfather were Bishops in The Church of God Holiness. I believe in God but I have always struggled with the rules of the church just like a lot of people. The song “Stay Prayed Up” is like a testimony for me. Hopefully people with a similar struggle can relate.” Check out the song below!
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