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For the second year in a row, a hip-hop artist is leading the pack in Grammy nominations.

Although his name was only called for one category during Wednesday's (November 30) "Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!," Kanye West walked away with a leading seven nods, following the hip-hop trend set by last year's leading nominee, Eminem. He's nominated for his Watch the Throne joint album with Jay-Z and also picked up a few nominations — including Song of the Year — for his powerhouse collaborative track "All of the Lights," which features Rihanna, Fergie and Kid Cudi. He's even nominated against himself, with Watch the Throne and his own My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy nabbing Rap Album of the Year nods.

West was followed by this year's critical darling, Adele, who is tied with the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars for six nods each. Lil Wayne and dance-music breakout Skrillex each garnered five nods.

While the Grammys have a reputation for catering to an older demographic (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss for 2009 Album of the Year, anyone?), this year's nominees are notably young, with 34-year-old West looking downright geriatric next to fellow nominees Adele (23), Rihanna (23), Lady Gaga (25) and Bruno Mars (26).

The 54th annual Grammys air Sunday, February 12, on CBS. Here are the rest of the nominations:

Album of the Year
» Adele - 21
» Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
» Lady Gaga - Born This Way
» Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans
» Rihanna - Loud

Record of the Year
» Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"
» Bon Iver - "Holocene"
» Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
» Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"
» Katy Perry - "Firework"

Best New Artist
» The Band Perry
» Bon Iver
» J. Cole
» Nicki Minaj
» Skrillex

Song of the Year
» Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie - "All of the Lights" »Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"
» Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
» Bon Iver - "Holocene"
» Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"

Best Pop Solo Performance
» Adele - "Someone Like You"
» Lady Gaga - "Yoü and I"
» Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
» Katy Perry - "Firework"
» Pink - "F***in' Perfect"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
» Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse - "Body and Soul"
» The Black Keys - "Dearest"
» Coldplay - "Paradise"
» Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
» Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"

Best Dance Recording
» deadmau5 and Greta Svabo Bech - "Raise Your Weapon"
» Duck Sauce - "Barbra Streisand"
» David Guetta and Avicii - "Sunshine"
» Robyn - "Call Your Girlfriend"
» Skrillex - "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites"
» Swedish House Mafia - "Save The World"

Best Rock Performance
» Coldplay - "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
» The Decemberists - "Down By the Water"
» Foo Fighters - "Walk"
» Mumford & Sons - "The Cave"
» Radiohead - "Lotus Flower"

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
» Dream Theater - "On The Backs of Angels"
» Foo Fighters - "White Limo"
» Mastodon - "Curl of the Burl"
» Megadeth - "Public Enemy No. 1"
» Sum 41 - "Blood In My Eyes"

Best Rock Album
» Jeff Beck - Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul
» Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
» Kings Of Leon - Come Around Sundown
» Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm With You
» Wilco - The Whole Love

Best Alternative Music Album
» Bon Iver - Bon Iver
» Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys
» Foster the People - Torches
» My Morning Jacket - Circuital
» Radiohead - The King Of Limbs

Best Traditional R&B Performance
» Eric Benet - "Sometimes I Cry"
» Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona - "Fool for You"
» R. Kelly - "Radio Message"
» Raphael Saadiq - "Good Man"
» Betty Wright and the Roots - "Surrender"

Best R&B Album
» Chris Brown - F.A.M.E. 
» El DeBarge - Second Chance
» R. Kelly - Love Letter
» Ledisi - Pieces of Me
» Kelly Price - Kelly

Best Rap Album
» Jay-Z and Kanye West - Watch the Throne
» Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
» Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
» Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
» Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
» Beyoncé and Andre 3000 - "Party"
» DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne - "I'm On One"
» Dr. Dre, Eminem and Skylar Grey - "I Need a Doctor"
» Rihanna and Drake - "What's My Name?"
» Kelly Rowland and Lil Wayne - "Motivation"
» Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie - "All Of The Lights"

Best Rap Performance
» Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes - "Look at Me Now"
» Jay-Z and Kanye West - "Otis"
» Lupe Fiasco - "The Show Goes On"
» Nicki Minaj and Drake - "Moment 4 Life"
» Wiz Khalifa - "Black And Yellow"

Best Country Solo Performance
» Jason Aldean - "Dirt Road Anthem"
» Martina McBride - "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
» Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee"
» Taylor Swift - "Mean"
» Carrie Underwood - "Mama's Song"

Best Country Song
» Thompson Square - "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not"
» Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You"
» Trace Adkins - "Just Fishin' "
» Taylor Swift - "Mean"
» Vince Gill - "Threaten Me With Heaven"
» Kenny Chesney (featuring Grace Potter) - "You and Tequila"

Best Americana Album
» Linda Chorney - Emotional Jukebox
» Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
» Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
» Levon Helm - Ramble At The Ryman
» Lucinda Williams - Blessed

Best Blues Album
» Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues
» Marcia Ball - Roadside Attractions
» Warren Haynes - Man In Motion
» Keb' Mo' - The Reflection
» Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator

Best Folk Album
» The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
» Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
» Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
» Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
» Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest

Source: MTV

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The Hustla is getting ready to release his new mixtape Apply Pressure 3. Here's a sample of what type of heat will be on it.

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Mobb Deep released two special limited edition Black Cocaine EP's. The first 5-song disc was released on November 21 to all retailers and indie outlets. The second of the two was released on Black Friday (November 25).

This Alchemist produced cut was included on the 7-track version.

Both special editions are collector's items that will only be available until stocks run out

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Papoose introduces his Thug-A-Cation family in this latest Doggie Diamonds directed clip from the Brooklyn MC. Check it it out as Pap, Pap Baller, Da Da Stone, Kino, Manson, C. Brown, T.Mack, Manson and Young Ye go in over a DJ Nu produced track.

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T.I. is in full grind mode as he gets ready for the 2012 release of his eighth studio album Trouble Man.

Check out the visuals for "Here Ye, Hear Ye" featuring Skateboard P.

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By now pretty much everyone has heard "Bada Boom." The song was Ludacris' answer to Drake and Big Sean claiming he bit Sean's "Supa Dupa" flow. In the video Luda released to accompany the diss track he gives Drizzy and Sean a hip hop history lesson and tells them to do their research before making claims about creating flows that were done years ago.

“With the super duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style,” Big Sean told MTV back in March 2011. “Drake really made it more popular, but Drake gave me the credit and was like I really got that from Big Sean. I think some artists just did it so wack man. Every time I say names I get in trouble and it’s like I’m dissing, but some people used it wack. If he said Ludacris used it wack, hey. Don’t get it wrong I’m not trying to dis Ludacris or nothing,” he explained. “He’s a great MC. But even though that style got so overused, there was a lot of people who did it great and there was a lot of people who didn’t do it so great. People always ask me was you mad that people took that style from you. I’m like, ‘Nah, that went and shows me how far I can go as an artist.’ I feel like I changed hip-hop. I haven’t even dropped an album yet. So that goes to show me how powerful my mind is.”

Drake also addressed that particular flow in an interview with AllHipHop back in June 2010.

"I don’t want to offend somebody…I hate that rappers picked that flow up. I wish they had left that for people that know how to use it. [They go like] “It’s a parade! MACY’S!”

That was a direct shot at Luducris, who said that line on the song "My Chick Bad" when he rapped, “Couple girlfriends and they a lil' crazy/Coming down the street like a parade, Macys.”

Now that Luda has fired back, it seems neither Drake or Sean want it with him.

In an interview with Seattle radio station Kube93 that came out after "Bada Boom" Sean was quick to back down.

"Are you sure it's about me? Because I didn't hear him say no name or nothing," Sean said. "I don't have no problems with Luda, I never did. I think he's referring to an interview I did over a year ago. I respect people who are ahead of me."

Drake has yet to comment publicly on the song.

JumpOffTV examines the beef and calls out Drake for dissing people then claiming in interviews that he didn't.

They also compare the new school rapper's version of dissing to the old school way.

JumpOffTV examines the Ludacris vs Big Sean & Drake beef.

Ludacris "Bada Boom" (Big Sean & Drake Diss)

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Gucci Mane and V-Nasty vibe in the studio in Vlog # 1 promoting their upcoming album, BAYTL, which drops on December 13.

Check out the footage below.

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Gucci Mane and V-Nasty vibe in the studio in Vlog # 1 promoting their upcoming album, BAYTL, which drops on December 13.

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T.I. and Tiny's new reality show has finally arrived.

The first episode focuses primarily on the days leading up to Tip's release from federal prison and the subsequent misunderstanding about his mode of transportation to an Atlanta halfway house. That misunderstanding cost him 28 more days in jail.

We also get to meet T.I. and Tiny's six kids and some members of their extended family.

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Mike Knox drops official visuals for "You Know You The Sh*t." The track is featured on his just released mixtape Boston George.

You can download the mixtape for free HERE.

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Looks like Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z are expecting a new bundle of joy just in time for Christmas.

In a new behind the scenes clip from her "Live at Roseland: Elements of 4" Deluxe DVD, Beyonce puts an end to any speculation by giving viewers the date of her pregnancy.

"Hello, it's Sept. 23. Oh baby! Oh baby! Oh baby! Oh baby! This was on the cover of the Daily News," she says pointing to her picture on the cover. "Right now I'm actually shooting the video for 'Countdown' and I'm six months pregnant, pretending that my stomach is flat in body suits. But thank God you can't really tell from the front, but when I turn to the side. Oh baby! Oh baby!"

Check the clip out below, plus a behind the scenes look at her most recent video "Dance For You."

Beyonce expecting baby in December?

Beyonce "Dance For You" [Behind The Scenes]

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Bow Wow is getting ready to release his 7th studio album, Underrated, in 2012. Here we get a behind the scenes look at the discs first single which features Lil Wayne.

Stunna also makes a cameo appearance.

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The final numbers are in and Rihanna will grab her sixth top ten album in as many tries. Her Talk That Talk album sold 197,000 units it's opening week. Good enough to put her at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart according to Billboard.biz.

Drake's Take Care disc suffers a 73% drop off and falls to the No. 4 slot this week with 173,000 units sold.

Mary J. Blige's latest offering, My Life II: The Journey Continues, Act I, will place the R&B singer at No. 5 with sales of 156,000.

Rounding out the list of notable urban releases from last week is Yelawolf. His Shady Records debut, Radioactive, sold 41,000 copies placing him in the No. 27 slot.

The No. 1 album in the country will be Michael Buble's Christmas, with sales of just over 227,000.

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More victims are coming forward in the bizarre case of Oneal Ron Morris, a transgender female who pretended to be a cosmetic surgeon.

As we previously reported, Morris stands accused of injecting cement, fix-a-flat and mineral oil into the buttocks of a woman. Morris then sealed the incision with super glue. That victim who has not yet been identified publicly became very ill after the procedure. She developed a staph infection (MRSA) and pneumonia.

Now a second victim has come out publicly with a similar horror story.

Rajee Narinesingh from Miami, Florida, who, like Morris is also a man living as woman, got injections in her face, buttocks and chest. The procedures left her with lumpy cheeks, a misshapen chin and ballooning upper lip according to the CBS4.

“I had to end up going to surgery, to get me even to this point,” Narinesingh said.

The 48-year old Narinesingh took the cheap route for cosmetic surgery after hearing about Morris through "word of mouth" in the transsexual community.

“It becomes so dire that you want to match your outside with your inside that you’re willing to roll the dice and take your chances,” Narinesingh said. “As a transgender person, you’re thinking ‘Oh, my God, I can start to look like I want to look like and I don’t have to spend a lot of money.'"

At least seven victims have come forward claiming to have had botched procedures performed on them by Morris.

Oneal Ron Morris also injected herself

Morris is currently free after bonding out of Miami Dade County Jail on Monday.

Sources: CBS4 and Daily Mail

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Kanye West, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj provided the musical backdrop at the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Nicki performed her hit "Super Bass," while Hov and Yeezy thrilled the crowd with "Stronger" and Niggas In Paris." Check out the performances below.

Nicki Minaj "Super Bass"

Kanye West "Stronger"

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Lil Boosie pleaded guilty yesterday (November 29) to charges of trying to smuggle drugs into two seperate prisons on three different occasions.

According to various news reports, Boosie tried to smuggle codeine, ecstacy and marijuana into Dixon Correctional Center once and into Angola State Penitentiary twice. Both prisons are in Louisiana.

He was sentenced to eight years by judge Mike Erwin.

Boosie requested he be allowed to undergo drug counseling while in prison. The judge said he would recommend it but could not order it.

"Don’t worry about me I am getting help with my drug addiction and I am accepting full responsibility for the choice I made," Boosie said in a statement to TMZ.

Boosie's troubles are far from over. He still faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Terry Boyd. That trial has been set for April 30, 2012.

"I am going to fight the false murder charge till the end. Love you all," Boosie told TMZ.

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Rocsi Diaz is starting to branch out in her career. In addition to hosting BET's popular show 106 & Park, the 28-year old beauty is getting into acting and writing her first book.

In a new interview with NBC's Peter Baily, she touches on those subjects as well as Webbie's ban from BET.

According to Webbie, the situation was a case of 106 & Park co-host Terrence J, becoming jealous after Rocsi hugged him, but she tells a much different story about the incident.

"It's really sad the way it was looked upon. It was like, 'oh he was banned.' In any light that a woman feels like she was disrespected... and I have thick skin. But when you're at your job and somebody sexually harasses you in a manner that is very vulgar and disgusting, you know I have no shame sticking up for myself and telling you you're improper right now," she said. "I'm at work, we're in a set, there's children around us, you're really out of line right now. I think people should more so applaud a woman sticking up for herself, and the people around her for sticking up for herself, than allowing that kind of behavior to happen."

Despite what happened Rocsi said she is still is a fan of Webbie's music.

"I still am I fan because I'm from New Orleans, he's from Baton Rouge. I love his music, I bounced with the best of 'em, but to have somebody that you really were a genuine fan of turn around and... I understand maybe there was some type of little crush, but there's a manner in which you speak to people," she continued. "He disrespected me, Terrence stood up for me, I stood up for myself and the network would not allow anyone to come and disrespect their host in that manner. It was really inappropriate, and it's really sad. I just hope that he just understands it. There’s never even been an apology, it’s been more of an upsetting incident [to him] because he can’t be on BET. His management has been super duper nice and they reached out to me. I think they've had problems with him before. If you youtube him you can see other interviews where he has been very inappropriate."

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T-Pain recruits Chris Brown for "Look at Her Go." The track appears on Teddy P's upcoming album rEVOLVEr, which drops December 6.

Justin Combs is now a UCLA Bruin.

The 17-year old son of Bad Boy CEO, Diddy announced he will be taking his game to the next level by playing football for UCLA according to Fox Sports.

Combs picked UCLA over Wyoming, Virginia and Illinois.

“I'm committed to UCLA,” Combs said. “I was silently committed to UCLA for awhile, but now was the time.”

Combs, 5'9, 170 pounds, played both quarterback and cornerback for Iona Prep High School in New Rochelle, New York. He will most likely play cornerback for UCLA. Combs committed to the Bruins despite the fact they just fired head coach Rick Neuheisel. That doesn't worry Combs at all.

“I have faith in the program that everything will be ok,” Combs said. “My love for UCLA is so strong. I trust and know that everything will work out.”

Combs' famous father is very excited about his son's decision.

“As a parent, today is one of the proudest moments of my life. This is everything a father could want for his son, for him to excel at what he loves to do and is truly passionate about. Justin is a shining example of what hard work, determination and a strong mentality can achieve. I am honored to call him my son and am happy that he is fulfilling his dream," said Diddy, in a statement.

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