BEYONCE'S WORLD

Baltimore& Teen Wannabes// Back To Black

Beyonce addressed the protests and violence taking place in Baltimore on Thursday, with a post on Instagram that encouraged people to donate to the NAACP to support those affected by the riots. "People are hurting," she wrote in her message to fans. "Join us in supporting the NAACP to help in the cleanup efforts and to provide housing, food and supplies to those affected by the unrest in Baltimore."

Along with her message, Beyonce posted with a picture of man draped a black-and-white flag, covered with Freddie Gray's name and other victims of police violence written on it. She also posted a video of Time magazine's newest cover, which juxtaposes a 1968 photograph of civil unrest with a recent picture of a protestor running away from riot police in Baltimore.

Beyonce was previously vocal about the shooting of Trayvon Martin. She held a moment of silence in 2013 when a Florida jury found George Zimmerman innocent. She also attended a "Justice For Trayvon" rally with her husband Jay-Z.

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Beyoncé has found a group of three aspiring singers and signed the teen crooners to contracts totaling $1.5 million.

The superstar is asking a Manhattan judge to approve the five-year deals, a requirement because the girls are minors, The Post's Julia Marsh reports.

The first contract covers LA-based sisters Chloe Bailey, 17, and Halle Bailey, 15. Beyoncé's manager came across a YouTube video of the duo belting out "Pretty Hurts," a song from Beyoncé's last album. The video has over 10 million views.

Their father, Douglas, gushes in court papers, "We cannot think of a better person to help guide the girls," adding his daughters "worship" Bey. Their $1 million contract provides for up to six albums over five years. It awards Beyoncé 15 percent of the sisters' gross earnings.

Beyoncé also signed a third singer, 14-year-old Sophie Beem of New York, to her Parkwood Entertainment company.

Beem inked a $560,000 deal after she wowed Parkwood executives. Beem finished in the top 40 contestants on "The X Factor" in 2012.

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SONG OF THE DAY- Back To BLack

He left no time to regret

Kept his lips wet

With his same old safe bet

Me and my head high

And my tears dry

Get on without my guy

You went back to what you knew

So far removed from all that we went through

And I tread a troubled track

My odds are stacked

I'll go back to black

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to......

I go back to us

I love you much

It's not enough

You love blow and I love puff

And life is like a pipe

And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

Black, black, black, black, black, black, black,

I go back to

I go back to

We only said good-bye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to

We only said good-bye with words

I died a hundred times

You go back to her

And I go back to black

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