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2011 Grammy Nominations were announced yesterday, and Hip-Hop showed its dominance in music this year.
Eminem lead the nominations with ten different categories, including, Song of The year, Album Of The Year, and Record of the Year.
Roc Nation also was well represented as Bruno Mars raked in seven nominations, while Jay-Z kept his Grammy track record going by grabbing six nominations.
B.O.B got five noms with his breakout album “The Adventures Of Bobby Ray,” while Cee-Lo and The Roots received four nominations this year.
Check full list below :
Song of the Year
‘Beg, Steal or Borrow’ — Ray LaMontagne
‘Forget You’ — Cee-Lo
‘The House That Built Me’ — Miranda Lambert
‘Love the Way You Lie’ — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
Album of the Year
‘The Suburbs’ — Arcade Fire
‘Recovery’ — Eminem
‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
‘The Fame Monster’ — Lady Gaga
‘Teenage Dream’ — Katy Perry
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence and the Machine
Mumford and Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Record of the Year
‘Nothing on You’ — B.o.B. Feat. Bruno Mars
‘Love the Way You Lie’ — Eminem Feat. Rihanna
‘Forget You’ — Cee-Lo
‘Empire State of Mind — Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys
‘Need You Now’ — Lady Antebellum
Best R&B Album
‘The Love & War Masterpeace’ — Raheem DeVaughn
‘Back To Me’ — Fantasia
‘Another Round’ — Jaheim
‘Wake Up!’ — John Legend & The Roots
‘Still Standing’ — Monica
Best Rap Song
‘Empire State Of Mind — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
‘Love the Way You Lie’ — Eminem & Rihanna
‘Not Afraid — Eminem
‘Nothin’ On You’ — B.o.B & Bruno Mars
‘On To The Next One’ –Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Best Rap Album
‘The Adventures of Bobby Ray’ — B.o.B
‘Thank Me Later’ — Drake
‘Recovery’ — Eminem
‘The Blueprint 3’ — Jay-Z
‘How I Got Over’ — The Roots
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
“Take My Time” — Chris Brown & Tank
“Love” — Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
“You’ve Got A Friend” — Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
“Shine” — John Legend & The Roots
“Soldier Of Love” — Sade
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Graffiti — Chris Brown
Untitled — R. Kelly
Transition — Ryan Leslie
The ArchAndroid — Janelle Monáe
Raymond V Raymond — Usher
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Nothin’ On You” — B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
“Deuces” — Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
“Love The Way You Lie” — Eminem & Rihanna
“Empire State Of Mind” — Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
“Wake Up! Everybody” — John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common
The film industry is a money making machine and myspace took a look inside how the money flows in that machine. From top grossing movies like Toy Story 3 or Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest by Walt Disney Pictures to how actors and actresses get paid.
via HipHopDX
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 1 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
496,000 | 497,000 |
| 2 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | 375,000 | 376,000 |
| 6 | Rihanna | Loud |
141,000 | 348,000 |
| 9 | Ne-Yo | Libra Scale |
112,000 | 113,000 |
| 24 | Eminem | Recovery |
48,000 | 3,053,000 |
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 25 | Lloyd Banks | H.M.F.2 (The Hunger For More 2) |
44,000 | 45,000 |
| 29 | Lil Wayne | I Am Not A Human Being |
37,000 | 511,000 |
| 83 | Curren$y | Pilot Talk II |
14,000 | 15,000 |
| 164 | Yelawolf | Trunk Muzik 0-60 |
5,000 | 5,100 |
| 176 | Kid Cudi | Man On The Moon: The End of Day |
4,600 | 502,000 |
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Businessman, entrepreneur and NBA basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson announced on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that he is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to his desire for the NFL to come back to Los Angeles.
Johnson, who Sporting News reported has recently sold a 4.5 percent stake in the Los Angeles Lakers and his Starbucks franchises, told Kimmel: “I definitely want to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles. Nobody knows this, I’m announcing this today. I teamed up with Tim Leiweke and AEG and we’re going to come together to bring the NFL back to Los Angeles.”
AEG Worldwide is the sports and entertainment subsidiary of the business giant, The Anschultz Corporation, and it owns the LA Kings NHL team, two Major League Soccer teams, as well as interests in the LA Lakers NBA team, among others.
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Justin Bieber earns a minimum of $300,000 per concert, placing him near the top of the tour earnings list, contract records show.
History of Beiber: Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who happened to come across Bieber’s videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher.
The 16-year-old performer earns more per gig than established acts like Sheryl Crow ($146,500), Weezer ($150,000), and Bret Michaels ($64,000). Bieber, though, does not command as much as Rascal Flatts ($702,500), Kiss ($500,000), or Keith Urban ($487,500). Checkout full list below:
Ricky Rozay & P Diddy make up the Bugatti Boyz, Checkout the visual for their 1st single, “Another One” below:
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If you recently tried to log in to one of your favorite sites that allowed the downloading of pirated movies, music, music videos or sold counterfeit goods, chances are it’s gone.
The Department of Justice, Homeland Security Investigations and National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center have been quite busy the last couple of days.
Lots of hip hop fans were in shock when they signed on to RapGodfathers.com and OnSmash (click OnSmash in our GWOP Roll) , only to find the sites had been seized by ICE.
But those seizures were just tip of the iceberg. Dozens of other domains have fallen victim in the U.S. Government’s latest attempt to shut down rampant piracy and bootlegging that is costing the record industry, movie companies and clothing manufacturers billions of dollars annually.
James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003), better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper who achieved modest success on Master P‘s No Limit record label. He is known for his guest appearance on the U.S. #1 hit “Slow Motion” by fellow rapper Juvenile.
On November 26, 2003 Slim was en-route to a performance when he was shot four times; three times in the face, and once in the chest, in front of his mother’s home. with wife Amanda and son A’darryl in the 8th Ward/Gentilly area. Soulja Slim was buried with his cutthroat comitty charm and jewelery also the leather camo clothes he’s shown wearing on the cover of Give It 2 ‘Em Raw.
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