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  BEYONCÉ LEADS GRAMMY ®  NOMINATIONS WITH NINE; DUA LIPA, RODDY RICCH, AND TAYLOR SWIFT EACH GARNER SIX; BRITTANY HOWARD EARNS FIVE SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (NOV. 24, 2020)  — The Recording Academy ®  has revealed nominees for the  63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards ® . Leading the pack this year are recordings representing a wide-range of musical genres, including pop, classical, jazz, rap, R&B, and rock. Top nominees include  Beyoncé (9) ,  Dua Lipa (6) ,  Roddy Ricch (6) ,  Taylor Swift (6) ,  Brittany Howard (5) ,  John Beasley (4) ,  Justin Bieber (4) ,  Phoebe Bridgers (4) ,  DaBaby (4) ,  Billie Eilish (4) ,  David Frost (4),  and  Megan Thee Stallion (4) . As the only peer-selected music accolade, the GRAMMY Awards are voted on by the Recording Academy's voting membership body of music makers, who represent all genres and creative disciplines, including recording artists, songwriters, producers, mi...

California rapper YoYo who was popular in the late 80's and early 90's is featured in the museum. “Represent: Hip-Hop Photography,” the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s latest exhibition, is currently on display on the second floor in the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts (CAAMA) gallery. “Represent” is on view through May 3, 2019. Inspired by the four elements of hip-hop - DJ’s, MCs, breakdancers and graffiti – “Represent”   showcases photographs from the Eyejammie Hip Hop Photography Collection that illustrate the early days of hip-hop and its rapid expansion to a cultural phenomenon in the mid-to-late 1990s. Photos showing some of hip-hop’s iconic figures and moments are paired alongside other images from the museum’s photography collection to explore how different social movements, historic figures, art, culture and dance have influenced the musical genre. For example, artist Queen Latifa...

buzzz worthy. . . Gabz will release the album "Up" this fall.  Take a listen to the uplifting lead single. Stevenage born singer/songwriter, multi instrumentalist and rapper  Gabz  started to play the violin at the age of six, which was followed by the piano, guitar, drums and ukulele. She also grew up learning the crafts of drama, ballet, modern and tap dance but music was always her main passion. F ast forward a few years later and the highly talented artist became a finalist of the  Britain’s Got Talent  2013 series! Gabz  has gone from strength to strength since being on the show with her innovative fusion of urban ‘hip-pop’ and has been likened to a ‘mini Alicia Keys.’ Her first single ‘ Lighters (The One)’  (self written at age 13!), reached  No. 6  in the official UK charts, a spot on the  Now 85  album and now has over  3 million  hits on YouTube. Gabz  has already performed throughout the UK ...

buzzz worthy. . . MIDDLETOWN, Del., May 2, 2016 -- Collin Clarke out of East Kingston Jamaica, known as G. Blunt, has become the most talked about emerging dancehall artist, and he has no plans of slowing down right now. With a joint hoisting collaboration for his upcoming and most anticipated debut Mix Tape, G.Blunt has chosen to get creative with this project. Since many major artists have had much success and capitalized tremendously from the Guyana Reggae and Dancehall market, G.Blunt has decided to do the opposite. He has teamed up with DJ Magnum and Stone Love with a joint hosting collaboration releasing his mix tape with two different mixes in one official release. Rory, who has long admired the artist's humble attitude and reputation for being himself, has endorsed the mix tape, his single " Hard Fi Dead ," both the regular version and the diss record in response to general negative comments in his interview with Jamaican Starz. The records are ...

buzzz worthy. . . ICONIC LYRICIST TALIB KWELI PARTNERS WITH  BINGENOW.COM  TO PROMOTE POSITIVE HIP HOP THROUGH THE SPEAK UP CAMPAIGN AND $12,000  VIDEO CONTEST Atlanta, Georgia  — One of hip hop's most celebrated conscious emcees, Talib Kweli, is teaming up with new urban video social network  BingeNow.com  to give away $12,000 in prizes to artists who uplift hip hop culture and their communities with positive content. The Speak Up Campaign and Video Contest is a platform for music artists and creators around the nation to Speak Up and be heard. The cool part is, artists will be rewarded for promoting positivity in music—an industry that has been plagued with negative content targeting young ears. The contest is live on   BingeNow.com  and participants can upload videos through May 23rd. Categories for the Speak Up campaign include; Hip Hop, Spoken Word, and Soul/R&B. The grand prize winner with the most inspirational video will wi...