Nicki Minaj helped fans celebrate independence day by performing at Philly 4th Of July concert at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Friday, July 4. The concert also featured performances from The Roots, Jennifer Hudson, Ed Sheeran and Aloe Blacc.
Looking sexy as ever, the Young Money queen went through her past and present hits including ‘Super Bass’, ‘Moment 4 Life’, ‘Pills N Potions’, ‘Yasss Bish!!’ and more during her 20 minute set. Watch in entirety after the break.
Robin Thicke appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to perform two songs from his latest album Paula. He first killed the stage with the single ‘Get Her Back’ and then returned with his piano on ‘Lock The Door’. Say what you want, this man can really sing live.
Paula is in stores now and expected to sell 20-25k copies in the first week.
Trey Songz’ new album Trigga is in stores now so the singer appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight to promote the project. He performed his hit ‘Na Na’ and the new single ‘Foreign’ for the live audience. Trigga is expected to debut at #1 with 85-90k copies sold.
Lupe Fiasco was a recent stage performer at SKEE Live where he fell off the stage at one point and then freestyled about it.
On a more formal note, he also performed his upcoming song ‘Crack’ featuring Chris Brown which will appear on his anticipated new album Tetsuo & Youth. Watch the performance of full song below.
Despite not being in the building for the BET Awards, Jay Z and Beyonce still made their presence felt on the show with a pre-taped performance of ‘Partition’ remix, now featuring a Rap verse from Hov. The “performance” did satisfy the fans but left those in the building disappointed as some were expecting a real surprise appearance from the couple. Watch the footage of ‘Partition’ remix below.
While the 2014 BET Awards are currently underway, we’ve already seen some incredible performances from tonight’s festivities.
Setting the Staples Center ablaze, Pharrell Williams kicked things off with a great performance of his hit track ‘Come Get It Bae’. After that, Skateboard P brought out the legendary Missy Elliot who performed ‘Pass The Dutch’. We’re also expecting to see performances from Beyoncé and Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, T.I., Iggy, John Legend, August Alsina, Trey Songz, Jhene Aiko and more.
Take a look at Pharrell and Lil Wayne’s performances at the 2014 BET Awards after the break and we’ll be sure to update this post as more performances become available.
UPDATE: Check out John Legend performance of ‘You And I’ and Jhene Aiko’s ‘The Worst’ after the break. Dope transition!
UPDATE 2: Lil Wayne gets ‘Krazy’ for his BET performance and also performs ‘Believe Me’ without Drake unfortunately.
UPDATE 3: Chris Brown makes a return to the stage with an epic performance of ‘Loyal’ alongside Lil Wayne and Tyga. See the full thing after the break!
UPDATE 4: Usher brings back the classic with a stellar performance. Enjoy after the break!
UPDATE 5: Nicki Minaj is up next as the YMCMB first lady gave a short snippet of ‘Chiraq’ followed by her brand new single ‘Pills N Potions’. Check it out after the break.
UPDATE 6: August Alsina graces the stage after winning Best New Artist earlier this evening. And to cap off his hit smash ‘I Luv This Sh*t’, Chris Brown and Trey Songz join him for the remix version. I guess the beef is officially over with. Check it out after the break.
