The Grammy Awards go live in less than 20 minutes but already the winners have been announced, check out the official link here.
Let’s review…
Best Rap Album: Eminem – Relapse
Best Rap Solo Performance: Jay-Z – D.O.A. Death of Autotune
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or a Group: Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – Crack A Bottle
…and Best Rap Song: Jay-Z, Rihanna, & Kayne West – Run This Town

It’s no life altering discovery but I just want to draw a quick comparison:
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Cannot take either one of these dudes seriously! You can’t do the most hilarious stand-up ever and then bust out the pop/ R&B expecting us to switch over like that. I keep watching the video expecting a laugh track to come in at the end. I guess I better warm up to it, Jamie Foxx has been in the music game for a minute now. Eight years to be exact and he’s stockpiling awards. This year he’s up for three Grammy nominations. Let’s see how he does …read more

I’m sure you all know by now that Gucci Mane dropped The State vs. Radric Davis last month. I just wanted to put my stamp of approval on it and say I’ve been killing this one all week. Stupid Wild is the banger on here and it’s getting some play tomorrow night. Incidentally, if any of you are downtown Toronto this Saturday evening come through 751, Queen Street West. I’ll be playing hip hop jams (90’s till now) all night, cheap brews and loose morality.
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A couple of months ago I put up a little Nipsey Hussle Appreciation Post to get you all informed and stoke on the young up and comer. Keeping you up on the latest we’ve got a video below with Nipsey and Current TV taking you on a tour of the old neighborhood. Check it out.

Big things happening in L.A. tonight. Famous Stars and Straps and Snoop Dogg are celebrating the number 10.

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10 Years of FSAS and The Big Snoop Dogg’s 10th solo album. It’s all going down quite officially as the Famous Stars and Straps x Snoop Dogg Decade Event. The flier boasts performances by Travis Barker and The D-O-double-G himself, sets by Diplo and DJ Spider, art exhibit and classic car show. To top it off my favorite photographer, the legendary Estevan Oriol will be there snapping flicks and representing the very exclusive t-shirt design made especially for tonight’s event. …read more

Last night Hip Hop Roll was at the Reebok Pump 20th Anniversary Party in Toronto. A slew of the cities finest packed into the Red Bull Gallery on Queen Street to celebrate The Pump. Reebok pulled out all stops staging the turntable stylings of Kid Koala and the Chocolate Boy Wonder himself Pete Rock.

Photo by: Stephanie Hoff

If you didn’t already know about Ludacris’ handcrafted Cognac named Conjure then brace yourself. It definitely is going to be the drank of the holidays! On November 12 Ludacris hosted the Conjure Miami Mix Off that brought together the best of the best Miami mixologists.

These pros battled  to ‘create the best Conjure cocktail’. Conjure is considered a ‘highly mixable’ Cognac that lends itself to ‘plenty of creative’ recipes. Or as Ludacris himself likes to describe it:
Conjure is strong enough for a man, smooth enough for a woman.
He has even gone as far to say that it is sex in a …read more

Legendary Hip Hop artist LL Cool J is set to host next month’s “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!” for the second year in a row.
The rapper, who has two Grammys of his own (for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1991 and 1996), will preside over the Dec. 2 event at Club NOKIA where The Black Eyed Peas, Sugarland and Maxwell are set to perform.
The 52nd annual Grammy Awards themselves will take place on Jan. 31 during a ceremony, also to air live on CBS.
LL got his awards for “Mama Said Knock You Out” and “Hey Lover”!
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Yesterday, rap mogul Jay-Z and R&B songstress, Alicia Keys performed their collaborative single together, “Empire State of Mind” at Game 2 of the 2009 World Series. The two of them brought the house down in Yankee Stadium, Hova wearing his New York Yankees hat and jacket.
The performance was great and I would have loved to been there! They couldn’t have chosen a better pair of performers, especially since Jay-Z loves his team so much. 
Alicia recently said that she’s grateful that Jay-Z hit her up for the song, “Obviously, I’m very grateful to him for reaching out to me and …read more

The BET Hip-Hop Awards were held last night October 10, 2009 at the Atlanta Civic Center and many of the top rappers walked away with some of the night’s most prestigious prizes. Ice Cube received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to hip-hop.
Other winners included Jay-Z who made a surprise appearance to perform “As Real As It Gets” and accept his MVP of the Year Award, beating out Lil Wayne and Drake. Though don’t get mad yet cause Drake took the spotlight when he won in the Rookie of the Year Award – go Canada!
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