Featured Blog Posts – February 2012 Archive (91)

By Rob Markman, with reporting by FLX for MTV News

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By Miranda Johnson for RapFix

In the midst of the battle between Lil Wayne and The Throne for the Best Rap Album Grammy Award, Christina Milian’s new deal with Young Money was overshadowed just a bit.  The…

Nipsey Hu$$le gives us 9 records that did not appear on his TMC mixtape.

Download: Nipsey Hu$$le – TMC: X-Tra Laps (All…

Sundayt night, Common brought out Stevie Wonder during a post-Grammy Awards performance at the Conga Room at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.

While performing "The People," Com spit the line, "At the Grammy's, though they tried…

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Brother Ali released a seven track free EP for the fans, just in time for Valentine’s day the other day.  Five tracks are produced by Jake One while the other two are done by Ant.  Get the track list, stream and download link after the jump.  Via…

VH1 has announced the artists to be featured on the upcoming season of its “Behind the Music” documentary series.

According to Billboard, this season will feature artists including Pitbull, Game, T-Pain, Nas, Brandy and Akon.

Check below for the season’s full schedule:

"Behind the Music: Pitbull" -- Thursday, March 15 at 9 pm EST

"Behind the Music: Game" -- Tuesday, March 22 at 9 EST

"Behind the Music: T-Pain" --…

With her heart still heavy, Ashanti paid homage to her idol Whitney Houston with a stirring performance on “Good Morning America.” The R&B singer covered Houston’s classic “I Have Nothing,” which she has performed live before, and tweeted about the loss of the late legend.

“I still can not believe we have lost one of the most, powerful, soulful, soothing and classic voices of our time,” wrote Ashanti. “Her beauty, strength and poise touched…

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Kanye West was the big hip-hop winner at the 54^th annual Grammy Awards, although he wasn’t even in attendance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday night (Feb. 12).

Kanye won three early Grammys and picked up a fourth within the first hour of the live show on a night in which Whitney Houston’s death the previous day cast a huge shadow over the…

Chicago rapper Common talks to Fuse about his feud with Drake on the Grammy red carpet.



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As news of Whitney Houston’s death made headlines late Saturday, the Grammys scrambled to prepare a tribute.  Producers called upon one of the singers Whitney influenced, Jennifer Hudson, to pay homage to the music icon.  An emotional J-Hud took the stage with an understated, yet powerful performance of Whitney’s classic “I Will Always Love You.”

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Blondes have more fun as Rihanna proved during her performance at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. The Bajan babe kicked off her set with her No. 1 smash “We Found Love,” parading across the stage with a troupe of dancers. “Grammys, make some noise for Whitney!” she said in tribute to the late legend. She later slowed it down, dueting with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on their collaboration “Princess of China” as the Staples Center was aglow with…

Check out Melanie Fiona accepting the Grammy for her track with Cee-Lo Green ‘Fool For You’ during the pre-telecast.

Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt teamed up for an Etta James tribute during the 2012 Grammy Awards.

With A. Keys on the B3 organ, the duo performed James' "A Sunday Kind of Love" in tribute to the fallen singer, though they took a moment to remember Whitney Houston during the set.

Watch the performance below (via Yardie).…

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars hit up the Grammys stage Sunday evening, dedicating his performance to Whitney Houston.  As he channeled James Brown during the set, encouraging everyone in Staples Center to get into the spirit.  "Get off your rich asses and have some fun!" he said.

Watch the performance below (via Yardie).

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By Rob Markman, with reporting by Kelly Marino

Is he or isn’t he? In the week leading up to…