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LISTEN: Kelly Rowland Airs Her "Dirty Laundry"

Kelly Rowland debuted a new track this morning that is creating a buzz . "Dirty Laundry" was written by The Dream and third single from her upcoming fourth studio album Talk a Good Game.

The track is catchy but it is the lyrics that standout: Rowland sings about being in an abusive relationship, experiencing physical and emotional violence at the hands of her boyfriend and her initial feelings on Beyoncé's success. Listen AFTER THE JUMP ...

Kelly Rowland Performs National Anthem at Mayweather Fight

The fab Kelly Rowland performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the Floyd Mayweather/Robert Guerrero WBC welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Kelly's rendition is nice. I'm happy for her success with "Kisses Down Low" but this style seems more suited for her. Curious to hear your thoughts so WATCH AFTER THE JUMP ...

MUSIC VIDEO: Kelly Rowland Premieres "Kisses Down Low"

The much-anticipated new music video for Kelly Rowland’s club banger “Kisses Down Low” debuted today. The gorgeously multi-colored video was directed by Colin Tilley.

The track is the second single from Kelly's upcoming fourth studio album Talk a Good Game. The video is all kinds of luxurious and brilliance. Watch the many faces of Kelly Rowland AFTER THE JUMP ...

VIDEO, PHOTOS: Beyoncé/Destiny's Child Reunion at Super Bowl

PHOTOS: GETTY

Beyoncé performs at Super Bowl half-time, reunites with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child, causes a huge power surge and shuts down the half the electricity at the New Orleans Super Dome ...

Any questions?

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Kelly Rowland Covers "Fearless," Cover Art for "Lay It On Me"

Catching up with the fabulousness that is Kelly Rowland ...

The "commanding" diva is the fierce cover for the new summer issue of FEARLESS. The magazine goes behind the scenes of Kelly's new album "Here I Am".

On that note: The stunning new cover art for the single "Lay It On Me" has just been released. If you haven't heard the new track, listen to it AFTER THE JUMP ...

PHOTOS: Kelly Rowland at amfAR

Kelly Rowland and True Bloods Ryan Kwanten are fabulously lam at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2010 in Toronto. The benefit raised $1 million USD in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Rowland, Cheyenne Jackson, Kenneth Cole and Ace of Base headlined the event. Unfortunately no video has been posted yet, until then a few more photos WHEN YOU JUMP ...

Nicki Minaj: Hip Hop's Gayest MC?

That's how PAPER describes the scene stealer who—along with Drake—is arguably this year's breakout rap artist:

On ["Go Hard'] Nicki Minaj waxes Eminem-like on a more Elton John-like subject: "And I only stop for pedestrians, or real real bad lesbians." It's lines like these that have made her hip-hop's gayest MC -- a Jay-Z for the drag queens, as it were. "I see videos on YouTube where they impersonate me, and they do an amazing freaking job of dressing up as me," she says. In past interviews she's mentioned her own bi-curious leanings and has predicted hip-hop will one day embrace its first openly gay artist. But as far as being a gay-positive presence in hip-hop, Minaj insists, "I didn't set out to do that. I just like to put a spotlight on the people who support me, and it just so happens, you know, that the gay community has supported me -- more than I ever could have imagined."

Being an acting student at LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the "Fame school") really opened her mind. "I saw gay kids, I saw white kids, I saw grunge and pink hair and piercings," she recalls. "I think because of that, I didn't put limits on myself or what I was going to put in my raps. I really just wanted to be diverse."

In the May 2010 Details, Nicki Minaj was asked if she thought hip-hop was becoming more gay friendly. The response: "I think the world is getting more gay-friendly, so hip-hop is too. But it's harder to imagine an openly gay male rapper being embraced. People view gay men as having no street credibility. But I think we'll see one in my lifetime."

Nicki Minaj appears this weekend at Atlanta's Black Gay Pride celebration with Kelly Rowland, Fantasia, Lil Kim and Dondria.

In related news: The Trinidad-born rapper is featured on Kanye West's just-released track "Monster" with Jay-z and Rick Ross—who famously said that he was "willing to record with an openly gay artist such as 50 Cent." Minaj gets rave reviews from the "kids.' "Minaj slays!" says WhatsTheT. Listen to the track HERE.

FIRST LOOK: Images from Kelly Rowland's "Rose Colored" 3D Video

Here are a few leaked production stills from the set of  Kelly Rowland's "Rose Colored Glasses" video. The music video is being lensed in 3D and directed by fashion photographer Rankin. Not a huge fan of the new 3D craze but will definitely check this. And of course Kelly looks ferosh. More images ON THE FLIP SIDE ...

News: Martellus Bennett, Gregory Prescott, Cuba, HIV, Essence, Kaoz

BlackBerry to release touch-screen smartphone next week?

No homo. Dallas Cowboy Martellus Bennett—fined last year for a homophobic, derogatory YouTube—latest pro athlete to show his dong.

Openly gay rapper/spoken word artist Kevin "Kaoz" Moore talks coming out professionally: "With spoken word and hip-hop, I never put my sexuality into the equation, but then I realized that the LGBT community was the ones that supported me. I was no longer going to hide." 

What happened at Anna Wintour's soirée for Obama? 

Inception star Tom Hardy: "Of course I've had sex with men."

Essence editor-in-chief hires a white fashion editor and responds to the controversy.

Introducing the photography of Gregory Prescott.

The Wall Las Memorias—an inspirational Latino AIDS mural—is vandalized in Los Angeles.

 Atripla co-pay to cover more people.

HIV meds to cost Global Fund nearly $2 billion yearly.

House Ethics Committee details 13 charges against Rep. Charles Rangel and "begins the process for a rare public trial."

Kelly Rowland launches iPhone 4 in Australia.

AP: NY Gov. Paterson will not face criminal charges for his involvement in a former aide's domestic violence case.

Will Senate Majority Leader Reid schedule a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" vote before the November elections?

The Root launches its series exploring Cuba's color complex. Cuban-American lesbian journalist Achy Obejas writes "Yes, Virginia, There is Racism in Cuba" and notes: "The government's good intentions—combined with a willful silence on internal conflicts, national pride, a desire to protect a revolution that seemed constantly under siege, and the goodwill, especially from Africans and African Americans, that was inspired by the idea of eliminating racism in Cuba—[makes] it almost impossible to have an open and honest discussion."

Kelly Rowland: Elle, Singapore, FIFA, "Everywhere You Go" Video

Outtakes from the July 2010 Kelly Rowland editorial in ELLE. The "Commander' diva is photographed at New York's W Hotel by Kelly Stuart in Fendi, Hervé Léger, and Jean Paul Gaultier. "I like to see what I have first, see what everyone else is doing, and then I put my own shake on stuff so it’s my own,” she explains.

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Rowland and Diana Ross are in Singapore today and  headline the grand opening of the Marina Bay Sands.

The "Commander" video dropped yesterday to rave reviews. The David Guettta-produced anthem officially debuts next week and is expected to hit the #1 position on the U.S club charts. Popwrap at the NY Post: "In addition to 'Commander,' two other songs will be simultaneously assaulting radio next week -- the urban radio track 'Grown Woman' and the pop/mainstream hopeful hit 'Rose Colored Glasses.' A trifecta of tracks that are bound to resonate in the radio ozone for a long time."

Cover art for the new singles HERE. 

How did Kelly Rowland meet French super-producer Guetta? "'He was DJing in the place I was performing,'" Rowland explains in an extensive new interview with The Scotsman. "'He played the instrumental of When Love Takes Over and I heard it and lost my mind so much I cried. I had to sing on that track.' ... After working on the track with writers [and] rehearsing in a studio, she caught the attention of Sylvia Rhone, president of Universal Motown Records, who was next door working with Nelly. 'God puts us in the right place at the right time. That's definitely what he did that day.' When Rhone discovered she didn't have a label she signed her on the spot. 'And we've made a fantastic record.'"

The official music video for Kelly Rowland's FIFA World Cup theme song "Everywhere You Go" debuts. The track features artists from across the continent—such as Samini, Chameleone and Krotal and—who sing with Rowland and also appear in the Andrew Wessels-directed video. Unfortunately: The track is not included in the Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album compilation available on iTunes.

More images and watch the video AFTER THE JUMP ...