The week in pop culture: 'Real Housewives' in Africa, Waka Flocka in jail

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Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We’ve got all the black entertainment news from the week that was!…

Janet Jackson could possibly be walking down the aisle end of the year to wed her billionaire boyfriend Wissam Al Mana. (Hollywood Gossip)

Nicki Minaj has wardrobe malfunction on ABC’s Good Morning America. (Radar Online)

Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta are reportedly filming episodes of season 4 in South Africa. (YBF)

Soulja Boy announces on Twitter that he is removing his face tattoos while in NYC. (Global Grind)

Rihanna returns to her native island of Barbados and dances in the streets barely clothed during a celebratory carnival. (The Daily Mail)

R&B singer Eric Benet is now married to Prince’s ex-wife Manuela Testolini.. (MSNBC)

Cee-Lo Green has signed on to play Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon’s father in the new biopic C.R.E.A.M. (Complex)

Beyonce’s new album is officially certified platinum. (Perez Hilton)

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Sean Kingston opens up about how he overcame the tragedy of his jet skiing accident. (Today)

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is arrested in Atlanta on drug and weapons charges. (MTV)

James Earl Jones and Oprah Winfrey will be receiving honorary Academy Award this year. (Los Angeles Times)

Forrest Whitaker, Anthony Mackie, and Sanaa Latham will be starring in the psychological thriller Vipaka. (BET)

Laurence Fishburne cast as Perry White, the no-nonsense newspaper editor in the upcoming Superman movie, Man of Steel. (Hollywood Reporter)

Katy Perry ties Michael Jackson’s record after scoring her fifth #1 single off her of album Teenage Dream. (NBC)

Eric Williams is seen throwing a glass of water in Jennifer Williams’s during an intense promo clip for VH1’s Basketball Wives. (Urban Daily)

Fantasia Barrino announces that she is pregnant with her second child during an outdoor concert in Florida. (People)

Beyoncé shoots her video for “Party” feat. Andre 3000 and bring Kelly Rowland and Solange along for the video shoot. (YBF)

Dallas police release the 911 tapes from Nicki Minaj’s hotel fight last month. (TMZ)