The 59th annual Grammy awards are to air live from Los Angeles tonight and there’s no doubt that its organisers have an impressive line-up on their golden hands.

The only trouble is…where does one place everyone?

How they’ve solved that “problem” taking the industry’s friendship, feuds and photo ops into consideration?

Find out below…

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With almost two decades in the game, Trina is not only still standing – she’s “still da baddest.”

The Queen of the South stopped by The Breakfast Club today and dished on a laundry list of topics.

Included were her long-rumored casting on the all-but-confirmed ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Miami,’ mending fences with ex French Montana, dreams of marriage, and a new album.

For the latter, Ms. Taylor told Charlamagne, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee that features include Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, K. Michelle, and Kelly Price.

Watch below…

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In an age in which male artists swim in very shallow creative waters, Chance the Rapper is a breath of fresh air.

How the good people of ‘Saturday Night Live‘ rewarded him for this? By inviting him to perform on their platform to support his album ‘Coloring Book’.

Watch him in action below….

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Rihanna’s ‘ANTI’ may not have fared as well as she may have liked it to, but that’s done all of nothing to disturb sales of her fruitful relationship with PUMA.

How so?

Fantastic news below….

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Drake‘s foray into a fashion has pulled him into New York City.

Good news for the town’s locals below…

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It’s Grammy nomination time!

Music’s biggest calendar night, the 59th annual Grammy Awards, are set to air February 12th 2017 live on CBS.

The industry’s brightest stars will align to shine at the event, which will boast performances from the creme de la creme.

Today, excitement for the ceremony soared to new heights as its committee reveals which artists have been nominated in which categories.

What are you waiting for? The nominations for the 2017 Grammys await below…

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Lil Kim looked all sorts of “luminous” last night at Bliss Night Club.

The female Rap pioneer made a rare appearance at the DC hot spot and was joined by ‘Love & Hip-Hop’ stars Yandy Smith and Kimbella, as well as 2 Chainz. 

Cheered on by the capacity crowd, the ‘Whoa’ femcee soaked up the love and even bust a few moves too.

There’s a lot that can be said, but we’ll leave at…we wish her the best.

Pics and clip after the jump…

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The independent force that is Chance the Rapper touched down in London recently to spread the word on his new release ‘Coloring Book.’

While there, the devout Christian took to ‘The Live Lounge’ to perform his own material and cover Drake‘s ‘Feel No Ways‘ after ‘Book’ became the first project to impact the Billboard 200 solely on streams.

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After wrapping up a whirlwind tour with Beyonce on her ‘Formation’ tour, DJ Khaled unlocks new music with the singer’s husband, Jay Z, with the 808 Mafia-produced ‘I Got the Keys.’

Found aboard Khaled’s new album, ‘Major Key,’ the blazing hot tune sees the DJ and Jay bring along Future for a ride over a Sam Lecca-directed black and white clip.  Featuring an impressive list of guest stars (see:  2 Chainz, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, T.I., and more), the video – set inside of a prison – sees the rappers touch on a number of pressing topics from racial injustice to financial stability and more.

An unexpected departure from Khaled’s standard fare, tuck in below to watch the video via TIDAL if you missed its premiere last night:

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Kanye West is wasting no time moving on from his recent album ‘The Life Of Pablo.’

Moments ago, the eclectic MC stopped by Big Boy’s 92.3 radio station to premiere ‘Champions’ – the lead single from his new LP ‘Cruel Winter.’

Yeezy is joined on the jam by Big Sean,Travi$ Scott, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Quavo, Gucci Mane and G.O.O.D music’s newest addition Desiigner.

What are you waiting for? Listen below…

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Drake’s quest to become a household name is proving to be a fruitful one.

After adding value to his global stock within the last year by way of new music, a carefully executed presentation of his new look and his ties to Rihanna, the entertainer can now say that he is the first of “contemporary” Urban act to truly challenge Beyonce commercially in today’s market.

How this is working wonders for him in the United Kingdom?

Find out below…

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Grammy winning rapper Kendrick Lamar sent fans into a frenzy last week when he dropped his fourth album unannounced.  Released nearly a year to the date of 2015’s acclaimed ‘To Pimp A Butterfly,’ the new project – which features appearances from Bilal, SZA, Cee Lo Green, and many more – went head to head with the highly anticipated new release from 2 Chainz, among others.

Needless to say, Lamar, charging into his next era off quite the high delivered from his much-talked about Grammy performance, wins, and controversial losses, left all of his competition in the dust.

Find out how much everyone’s new favorite rapper is predicted to move this week with his new album ‘untitled unmastered’:

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