The nominees for the 2012 Grammys were announced this evening. Frank Ocean, who’s channel ORANGE is up for Album of the Year, leads the pack with 6 along with Kanye West and Jay-Z. The ceremony airs Sunday, February 10 at 8pm EST on CBS at the Staples Center in L.A. Congrats!

[vodpod id=Video.16080445&w=540&h=350&fv=] You knew it was coming. The day after Nicki Minaj’s Grammy performance, Catholic League President Bill Donohue, spoke out on Nicki’s antics. Nicki Minaj, fresh off looking like a fool with Madonna at the Super Bowl, showed up last night on the red carpet at the Grammys with a guy dressed like the pope. This was just a prelude of what was to come.

[vodpod id=Video.16080445&w=540&h=350&fv=] What in the devil is this? Nicki Minaj channels her alter-ego, Roman Zolanski and spooked the Grammy stage with the premiere of her new song “Roman Holiday”. No celebration needed. yardie

[vodpod id=Video.16080626&w=540&h=350&fv=] Breezy returned to the stage by joining David Guetta and Lil Wayne at the Nokia Theater for a live edition of their track “I Can Only Imagine” before the Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 took over. yardie

[vodpod id=Video.16080411&w=540&h=350&fv=] During the ceremony’s recognition of music’s fallen soldiers, Jennifer Hudson graced the stage with her magnificent cover of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”.  After the jump, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt pay their respects to Etta James with their rendition of “A Sunday Kind Of Love”. yardie

[vodpod id=Video.16080260&w=540&h=350&fv=] After her ex performed, Ri Ri hit the Grammy stage for “We Found Love”. Afterwards, she stuck around and joined Coldplay for a performance of “Princess Of China” and “Paradise”. yardie

[vodpod id=Video.16080188&w=540&h=350&fv=] Nominated for three awards, Breezy unleashed an electrifying performance of his new single “Turn Up The Music” and his hit “Beautiful People”. We’ve seen him do better, but dope nonetheless. yardie

Old picture. New Grammys. This year’s ceremony is underway and trophies have already been given. So far, Kanye has won three categories including Best Rap Album. Rhythm and Blues winners also after the jump.

[vodpod id=Video.16065407&w=540&h=350&fv=] LL and Nicki M. goof off in the second promo for this weekend’s Grammys. Nicki sure knows how to work it. Let’s she if she takes home the Best New Artist award this Sunday on CBS.

For the Grammys’ latest promo video, the country star displays her beatboxing talents for Uncle L. Told you she was so Hip-Hop. Catch the ceremony February 12 on CBS.

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Yeah LL, we see her booty too. The 54th annual Grammys host and one of the nominees and performers pose for a few promo pics. Ceremony takes place February 12 on CBS. It’s a Queens thing, baby.

Not only is Nicki nominated for four Grammys, but it was just announced that she will take the stage during the ceremony. See it all go down in L.A. two days before V-Day. Are we still getting that album, Nick?

[vodpod id=Video.15816345&w=540&h=350&fv=] The Grammys are two months away and J.Cole is nominated for Best New Artist. Despite the stiff competition, Jay-Z says his protegé already won in his eyes. Cole statement. “I think it’s great for him, because I’m sure it’s a dream of his. We grew up seeing Michael Jackson, and I’m sure he grew up seeing whatever moment stuck in his mind, so I know it’s great for him to do that,” Hov told MTV News following a […]

Although Kanye leads the 2012 Grammys with the most nominations, he didn’t get one for Album Of The Year. During last night’s tour stop in the Chi, he said he blamed it on himself for dropping two of the hottest albums in the same year. Sidebar: The Throne Visits South Shore Drive

The 54th Grammy nominees were announced this evening at the Concert Live! in L.A. Although Ri Ri wasn’t present, she was found across the pond and performed her chart topper from the UK. mwp

Almost two weeks after Steve Stoute’s diatribe in the New York Times, Neil Portnow, President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and The Commissioner issued this statement regarding their new pact: “The voices of artists and our creative community are at the heart of the missions of the Recording Academy and indeed the music industry itself. Expanding constructive and positive ways to continue to actively incorporate generational and artistic diversity in the Academy’s development and good work […]

Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap Performance By Solo Or Duo Best Rap Sung/Collaboration Best Rap Song Before the main event, the Recording Academy gave out several golden gramophones in the hip-hop/urban music categories. So far, Jay-Z leads the pack with three trophies while Eminem takes home one. On the R&B front, John Legend and The Roots rack up three awards for Wake Up!. Meanwhile, Cee-Lo snags one for “Fuck You”.

Last night, Christina Milian’s husband took Twitter and vented about his album Love vs. Money getting snubbed for a Grammy nomination. This past March, YN and I appeared alongside Dream on The Morning After With Angela Yee. In the clip below, he talked about his beef with the Grammy Family. Heads Up: Rap Up

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Just saw The-Dream up here at Angela Yee’s Shade 45 morning show and he’s really excited about this video. It’s no coincidence that he put it out the day his second album Love Vs. Money drops. Here the message is clear he’s destined for greatness, and with a hot boo by his side, none of you haters and Internet bloggers can stop him. Chew on that, shawty!

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