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Hip Hop artist Nicki Minaj excitedly Tweeted about the extra special gift from Madonna after the pop star legend planted a kiss on Minaj’s lips for her birthday

As pro-equality hip-hop artist Macklemore took the stage at Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, Neb., last month, to perform his marriage equality anthem "Same Love," the crowd went wild, shrieking their support for the artist's outspoken lyrics like "No freedom 'til we're equal / Damn right I support it."

Rihanna's new video is literally too hot for television. At least it is in the U.S., anyway. Luckily, Europeans aren't so prude, and computers can cross oceans in seconds. The new video pairs the hip-hop/rock artist with French supermodel Laetitia Casta. And no, I won't make that pun about her name. It's too obvious.

Long before the African- American celebrity gossip, news, popular culture and entertainment blog Bossip.com outed Dana Owens a.k.a Queen Latifah with photos of her and gal pal and “personal trainer” Jeanette Jenkins in a tender embrace not for public viewing, the century-long reliable "chitlin' circuit" told us our closeted Queen was “in the life.”

If you are "chomping at the bit” for down-to-earth Jersey girl Dana Owens a.k.a reigning Hip-hop’s Queen Latifah to come out of her open closet, don't hold your breath. The blogosphere, based on out-of-context quotes, recently went crazy with rumors that Latifah had finally come out as a lesbian.

Arro Verse (a SheWired Featured Artist) debuted her new marriage equality song, “Marry Me,” on YouTube.

As a site that features entertainment and news geared toward the lesbian community at large we are committed to highlighting artists, musicians and craftspeople in the community. This week we'd like to introduce you to Arro Verse, a musician who originally hails from Detroit.

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