H.E.R. has had a great year, and she’s only just getting started. H.E.R., (the stage name of R&B singer Gabi Wilson), will perform at the upcoming 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony. The 21-year-old from California is nominated for five awards, including “Best R&B Album” and “Album Of The Year” for H.E.R., as well as “Best New Artist.” Earlier this month, the first crop of Grammy performers were announced. H.E.R. joins the likes of nominees Cardi B and Janelle Monae, to name a few.

Jagged Edge‘s Brandon Casey revealed he was involved in a car accident. On Sunday (Sept. 17), the singer took to Instagram to detail his status in the accident’s aftermath. He included a picture of his vehicle from the car accident, showing his car completely totaled.  “When you know god got you thru it you gotta say Thank you,” Brandon typed. “Gotta feel gratitude not just speak it Thank you Father I know I wouldn’t b here without ur grace and mercy I’ll prolly never be the same but I’m so grateful I’m here.

There’s he said, she said, and then there’s the truth. Last week on the premiere of ‘Love & Hip Hop’ Atlanta R&B singer K. Michelle revealed that her ex, who worked at Jive Records and helped her get signed to the label, eventually beat her up and took all of her advance money. The day after the premiere she confirmed in an interview that she was talking about former Jive Executive Memphitz, who is now married to Toya, Lil Wayne’s ex wife.

Keri Hilson took to social media this week to share her thoughts on men who claim to keep their lives low-key while using the ‘net to act up. The Atlanta songwriter shared her thoughts Sunday night on Twitter, calling out men who “brag about not being ‘in the streets'” only to take to Instagram, TikTok and the like for their tomfoolery. “A man will brag about not being ‘in the streets,’ but be on social media habitually tossing out & returning subliminal bait w/ women he finds attractive, making new ‘friends’ (lining his pockets with options), collecting void-fillers, creating methods of having his ego stroked…giving everyone attention & conversation…and moving the ‘finalists’ offline & into his phone, eventually meeting up,” she asserted.

The LAPD has performed a number of tests regarding a buried knife found several years ago at the estate of O.J. Simpson, and TMZ reported Tuesday (Mar. 15) that there was no DNA on the knife that was believed to be connected to the 1994 murders of O.J.’s ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. “…microbes in the soil degraded any DNA to the point it was impossible to get a meaningful result,” wrote the site.