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Doechii won at the 2025 Grammy Awards in the Best Rap Album category for “Alligator Bites Never Heal.”

Doechii is taking over the stage with a show-stopping performance!

Doechii is a winner!!

for her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal was both poignant and celebratory. She noted that since the was first introduced in 1989, only two women had won it, but then she corrected herself.

Kehlani has the cutest plus-one!

William Earl Controversial rapper Kanye West has returned to the Grammys, and his arrival shocked onlookers before even heading into the venue, as his wife Bianca Censori removed her fur coat on the red carpet revealing a see-through slip which left her completely nude for cameras. West flamed out his career in a big way in Dec.

Kanye West has issued an apology to former vice president Kamala Harris in his return to social media.The rapper – now known as Ye – has been largely absent from X and Instagram over the last year and has been banned from the former platform three times in the past for offensive remarks. Recent days, however, have seen a flurry of activity.In among posts thanking the Grammys for nominating his song ‘Carnival’ and praising The Weeknd’s song ‘Niagara Falls’, he took a moment to apologise to the recently defeated Democratic candidate for president.In a riposte to a now-deleted explicit comment about Harris, Ye wrote on Saturday (February 1): “Kamala seems like a very nice human I just wanna say sorry to her kids”.Kamala seems like a very nice human I just wanna say sorry to her kids— ye (@kanyewest) February 2, 2025He also tweeted in praise of Donald Trump, writing: “Trumps back in office.

Eminem‘s music publisher has sued a Detroit car dealership for unauthorised use of ‘Lose Yourself’ in advertisements.The track, which was written by Marshall Mathers, Jeffrey Bass and Louis Resto for the rapper’s semi-autobiographical 2002 film 8 Mile, has gone 13 times platinum since its release and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003.It’s previously been the centre of a copyright infringement lawsuit against the ruling National Party in New Zealand. The party was found guilty in 2017 and ordered to pay New NZ$600,000 (£314,000), plus interest, to Eminem’s publishing company.Now, a Metro Detroit car dealership has been sued in federal court in Detroit over the alleged unauthorised use of the song.Lawyers for Eight Mile Style, LLC and Martin Affiliated, LLC have accused LaFontaine Ford St.

Flavor Flav and Chuck D of Public Enemy have been visiting families who were displaced by the recent Los Angeles wildfires.The two rappers are raising money with the BMAC (Black Music Action Coalition), with Flav initially teaming up with them to launch a GoFundMe page to benefit displaced Black households in Pasadena and Altadena.“There’s not enough being done for the Black families and the communities,” he wrote on social media announcing the partnership. “Come on, y’all.

André 3000 is set to miss the Grammys ceremony, despite being nominated for multiple awards, including Album of the Year.‘New Blue Sun’, the OutKast rapper’s debut solo album, was released in November 2023 and has been nominated in three categories at the Grammys: Album of the Year, Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Composition for ‘I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time’.With the ceremony taking place in Los Angeles on Sunday night (February 2), André has confirmed he will not be in attendance. Writing on Instagram on Saturday, he said: “Unfortunately, I’m not able to attend the Grammys tomorrow, but some of the ‘New Blue Sun’ musicians, friends and supporters will be in attendance.”A post shared by André Lauren Benjamin (@andre3000)“Our album was conceived and recorded in Los Angeles with the spirit of openness and creative collaboration,” he added.

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Anderson .Paak performed at the FireAid benefit gig last night (January 30) and brought out Sheila E and Dr. Dre as special guests.

Saturday Night Live‘s ‘SNL 50’ concert has been revealed – see the bill below.Last night (January 30), SNL and the Peacock network took to social media to announce the current line-up for the SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert show, which is due to take place on Friday, February 14. The concert will stream live on Peacock, and will kick off the 50th anniversary celebrations for SNL.SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon will be on hosting duties, while Lorne Michaels and Mark Ronson are the show’s executive producers.

Dr. Dre has publicly spoken about Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ for the first time – see what he had to say below.Last year, during the heated rivalry between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, the latter delivered his final blow in the form of the chart-topping ‘Not Like Us’, which has gone on to be nominated for several Grammys including Record of The Year and Song of The Year.In June last year, Kendrick Lamar hosted the one-night-only concert, ‘The Pop Out’ in Los Angeles, which featured a myriad of special guests. During the show, he performed nearly every song he released during his beef with Drake.

Kendrick Lamar has shared that he felt like the anime character Goku from Dragon Ball Z while working on his song ‘Hey Now’.In a new interview with the Recording Academy, American record producer and DJ Mustard – who is nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at this year’s Grammy Awards –who produced Lamar’s latest album ‘GNX’ opened up about the creatuon of the song and how the west coast rapper compared himself to the famous anime character while creating ‘Hey Now’.NME previously described the track as “a fun track where the computerised percussion transports you to the hottest block party to show off your best C-walk”.“I had heard “Hey Now” during the “Not Like Us” video shoot; he played me a snippet,” Mustard told the Recording Academy. “I asked him, ‘Man, what made you do that?’ And he said, ‘When I heard the beat, I just felt like Goku or something.’ I was like, ‘What?’ And he explained, ‘Yeah, when I hear certain shit on your beats, it brings out something else in me, so I just did whatever I felt.’ I was like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.'”Mustard had previously explained how the beat for ‘Hey Now’ was created and how it was passed to various musicians before it landed in the hands of Lamar.“I was talking to Kendrick one day and I was just like, ‘Man, I got this really weird-ass beat, but I really love it.

Jay-Z has hit out at the lawyers of Jane Doe who have accused him of raping a 13-year-old girl.The lawsuit against the rapper – real name Shawn Carter – was first filed back in December by a woman who alleges that Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her at a VMAs party in 2000, when she was 13-years-old.He went on to issue a statement via Roc Nation, denying all accusations and calling them “heinous in nature”. He also dismissed them as a “blackmail attempt” by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Anthony Buzbee.Combs has consistently denied all allegations raised against him, including this one, and is currently in jail on sex trafficking charges.Now, according to HipHopdx, Carter has filed a memo with additional arguments to dismiss the suit brought against him.

Will Smith and Big Sean have teamed up on the single ‘Beautiful Scars’ and shared its The Matrix-themed video.Produced by OmArr and LeXoskeleton, ‘Beautiful Scars’ sees Smith rap: “Couldn’t tell I been through hell on Earth / The truth and it burns, you live and you learn,” discussing the pain that comes with fame and both learning and growing from that experience.Big Sean also raps on the track, with a verse that sees him say: “I had to quit trippin’ over shit that isn’t worth the fall, you know / Back against the wall, my whole life a work of art (Boi) / Younger me would blame everybody else like it’s they fault / ‘Til you realize you a walkin’ magnet so you the cause,” addressing the mistakes he has made and how he has become stronger since then.Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, and with products integrated from partners, Stellantis (Grand Wagoneer) and Chilli Beans Sunglasses, the song’s accompanying music video sees both Smith and Big Sean recreate The Matrix, with Smith revealing that he had turned down the role of Neo in the 1999 action/sci-fi film.In the video, Big Sean portrays Morpheus, while Smith portrays Neo. The two reflect on Smith’s career choices, with Sean saying: “Look, you’ve made some awesome career choices your whole life.

Kanye West has previewed some snippets of his new material which featured a shoutout to Diddy and having threesomes with his wife.The Chicago rapper took over the 1 Oak club in Tokyo, Japan where he and the likes of internet personality Justin LaBoy and rapper Jim Jones played a few of Ye’s tracks from the DJ booth.Ye played a song that featured vocals from his daughter North West over Dipset’s ‘I’m Ready’. “Focused on my dreams /I’m working at them everyday / I’m ready / I’m Ready,” the tween rapped.Kanye West previews a new song by his daughter North West in Tokyo that samples "I'm Ready" by DipsetJim Jones is in Tokyo also pic.twitter.com/kYTkmsXxET— SOUND | Victor Baez (@itsavibe) January 29, 2025Another track played by Ye sees him rap over Future‘s ‘Lil Demon’ from his 2024 mixtape ‘Mixtape Pluto’.

Bruno Mars has joked about the rumour that he is $50million in debt following his collaboration Sexyy Red climbing the charts.The quip comes as the singer shared his new song, ‘Fat Juicy & Wet’, with the rapper last week, and dropped a music video which featured Lady Gaga and BLACKPINK‘s Rosé.He dropped the track after teasing the collaboration just days before, describing it as an upcoming “strip club anthem”.Now, following the track climbing up the charts and racking up huge numbers on streaming platforms, Mars has hit another big milestone – becoming the first artist to reach 150 million monthly listeners on Spotify.Celebrating the news, he took to Instagram Stories to make a lighthearted reference to past rumours that he was in huge levels of financial trouble in Las Vegas.

A woman who claims to have had a four-year-long relationship with Diddy is now breaking her silence about the last time she saw him just months before he was arrested on charges of sexual assault, sex trafficking, racketeering, and more. On Tuesday, Rolling Stone published a

Rihanna has appeared at the trial of her partner A$AP Rocky for the first time.It comes as the rapper, who has two toddler sons with the pop star, has appeared in court on trial for two felony charges stating that he fired a handgun at a former friend. If he is convicted, he could face up to 24 years in prison.According to new reports from AP News and BBC, the ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker attended the courtroom proceedings in the downtown LA criminal courthouse for the first time and sat out of view of the courtroom cameras.Taking place yesterday (January 29), she reportedly watched as the accuser – a man born Terell Ephron, who goes by the name A$AP Relli – gave testimony relating to the 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood.The trial began on January 24, and A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, has been accused of pulling out a gun on his former friend and opening fire after a heated discussion.