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The singer recently came up and admitted that she is terribly excited about hosting the famous Saturday Night Live show. Taylor Swift wrote the following on her twitter: : “Starting the SNL process I kinda feel like I might have a heart attack or pass out in the pitch meeting. I’m that excited.” Taylor Swift probably has nothing to worry about… if she does pass out, Taylor Lautner will most likely be there to catch her. Or, to make matters more amusing, Kanye West will play the part of the human trampoline, after all, it is supposed to be a comedy show.

Jay-Z won 4 times
Winners List 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards:
Verizon People’s Champ Award – Fabulous Ft. The Dream – Throw it in the Bag
Best Hip Hop Collabo – T.I. FT Rihanna – Live Your Life
Lyricist of the Year – Jay-Z
Producer of the Year – Kanye West
CD of the Year – T.I. – Paper Trail
Best Hip Hop Video – T.I. FT Rihanna – Live Your Life
DJ of the Year – DJ AM
Made-You-Look Award – Kanye West
Best Live Performer – Jay-Z
Video Director – Hype Williams
Track of the Year – Young Money – Every Girl
Rookie of the Year – Drake
MVP of the Year – Jay-Z
Hustler of the Year – Jay-Z
Best Hip Hop Blog Site – All Hip Hop.com

American Idol champ Kris Allen has released his new single ‘Live like We’re Dying’ off of the singer’s as yet untitled album which is scheduled to come out on November 17. Let me say this – I am quite sure that this is going to be a smash hit! The song is actually a cover from the Irish pop rock band The Script. Just like Kris did with Kanye West’s song ‘Heartless’, he totally sang the cover song as if it was it was written for him to sing. Honestly, he’s the only one I know who can make a cover sound totally original.

Kanye West Leads 2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards Nominations With Nine

List of Nominees:

Best Hip-Hop Collaboration

“Pop Champagne,” Jim Jones & Ron Browz featuring Juelz Santana
“Mrs. Officer,” Lil Wayne featuring Bobby Valentino
“Magnificent,” Rick Ross featuring John Legend
“Live Your Life,” T.I. featuring Rihanna
“Put On,” Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West

Best Live Performer
Busta Rhymes
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year
Drake
Eminem
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Video Director of the Year
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Mr. Boomtown
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Producer of the Year
Ron Browz
Cool & Dre
Tha Bizness
T-Pain
Kanye West

Track of the Year
“Day “N” Nite,” Kid Cudi
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune),” Jay-Z
“Every Girl – Young Money,” Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Mills, Gudda Gudda & Mack Maine
“Live Your Life,” T.I. featuring Rihanna
“Turn My Swag On,” Soulja Boy Tell’em

CD of the Year
“Relapse,” Eminem
“The Renaissance,” Q-Tip
“Paper Trail,” T.I.
“808s & Heartbreak,” Kanye West
“The Recession,” Young Jeezy

Rookie of the Year
B.O.B.
Dorrough
Drake
Kid Cudi
Wale

Best Hip-Hop Video
“Ice Cream Paint Job,” Dorrough – Ice Cream Paint Job
“We Made You,” Eminem – We Made You
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto Tune),” Jay-Z
“Day “N” Nite,” Kid Cudi
“Live Your Life,” T.I. featuring Rihanna

MVP of the Year
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Kanye West

DJ of the Year
DJ AM
DJ Drama
DJ Khaled
DJ Tony Neal
DJ Greg Street

Hustler of the Year
Diddy
Drake
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)
Jay-Z
Kid Cudi
Lil Wayne
Soulja Boy Tell’em
Kanye West

Best Hip-Hop Blog Site
All Hip Hop
Nah Right
SOHH
This Is 50
World Star Hip Hop

People’s Champ (Viewers Choice)
“Ice Cream Paint Job,” Dorrough
“Throw It In The Bag,” Fabolous featuring The-Dream
“Day ‘N’ Nite,” Kid Cudi
“Turn My Swag On,” Soulja Boy Tell’em
“Amazing,” Kanye West featuring Young Jeezy

After acting like a disrespectful douche bag towards Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Kanye West took to his blog twice to apologize to the country singer. The rapper then continued his tour of contrition during his appearance on Jay Leno’s new talk show on NBC last Monday. Kanye apologized once again and said that he needed to take some time off. I think he needs to check himself into rehab if he was chugging down a bottle of Hennessy like what he did at the ceremony. Hopefully, the time off that he was talking about wouldn’t affect his upcoming co-headlining tour with Lady Gaga.

The entire industry has rallied around Taylor Swift after the whole incident at Sunday night’s MTV VMAs as celebrities have taken to their respective Twitter accounts to show their outrage at Kanye West. Pink said “Kanye west is the biggest piece of shit on earth. Quote me.” Adam Lambert said “Kanye needs to chill. He freaks out every year. It ain’t that deep man.” Joel Madden said “WOW Taylor Swift’s first VMA and she didn’t even get to ENJOY it. Kanye You were just a bully on that one man.” Kellie Pickler said “Tator Tot, you handled yourself with Grace. Kanye, go grow some f-ing balls bitch! don’t mess w/my lil sis!!” Mind you, those are some of the nicer ones.

Kelly Clarkson had some fighting words for Kanye West after Sunday night’s fiasco with the rapper and Taylor Swift at the VMAs and the American Idol alum took to her blog to say them. Kelly said “…I’ve seen you do some pretty shitty things, but you just keep amazing me with your tactless, asshole ways. It’s absolutely fascinating how much I don’t like you. I like everyone. I even like my asshole ex that cheated on me over you…which is pretty odd since I don’t even personally know you… Is winning a moon man that much of a life goal?? You can have mine if it will shut you up. Is it that important, really??” And that’s just half of the letter that she wrote.

Kanye West stormed the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards and ruined country starlet Taylor Swift’s big moment by insisting her award should have gone to Beyonce.

The hip hop star was roundly booed by the celebrity-packed audience after interrupting Taylor’s acceptance speech by grabbing the microphone to slam the result in the very first category.

Kanye jumped up from his seat in the audience after Taylor’s promo for You Belong To Me had been announced as the winner of Best Female Video ahead of Beyonce’s Single Ladies video.

He took the microphone from stunned Taylor and blasted: “Yo Taylor. I’m really happy for you, I’m going to let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.”

The watching Beyonce looked horrified as the TV cameras cut to her immediately.

The audience responded with a chorus of boos as Kanye shrugged and returned the microphone to shellshocked Taylor before leaving the stage.

They continued to boo every time Kanye’s name was mentioned throughout the show on Sunday night, with the Love Lockdown star nominated for several awards himself.

Celebrities were quick to pan Kanye on their Twitter pages, with Katy Perry, who was at the ceremony, Tweeting: “F*** you Kanye. It’s like you stepped on a kitten.”

Kanye West ruins Taylor Swift’s big moment at the VMAs

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The release date of Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint 3’ got bumped up and I didn’t even know until after the album dropped! The rapper’s album, featuring collaborations with Rihanna, Kanye West and Alicia Keys just to name a few, dropped yesterday. The album was originally scheduled to hit stores on September 11th, marking the eight year anniversary of the release of 2001’s ‘The Blueprint’. I have a feeling that the release date switch had to do with the entire album leaking out onto the internet recently. They could at least try to fool everyone else who hasn’t heard about the leak.
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Fox is trying to pull out all the stops to ensure that their musical drama ‘Glee’ holds the attention of everyone. Expect to see the first soundtrack of the show released through Columbia Records very soon. The CD will feature 17 songs from the hit show’s first season, including Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’, Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’, Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’ and Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’. Fox will also make use of Twitter to boost ratings on their repeat episodes. Viewers can re-watch their favorite episodes on Fox network while getting the exclusive chance to talk to cast members and producers via the social networking site.

In the July issue of FHM Australia, Pink takes a couple of digs at rapper Kanye West. The pop rocker said “Kanye West is the person pissing me off right now. I was at Stella McCartney’s Paris fashion show with the vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Paul McCartney and Kanye West. The entire time Kanye is going, ‘They need more fur in this show’. He just wouldn’t shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he’s saying this to me, the PETA guy and Paul McCartney! I was just so grossed out by him. I’m like, ‘You’re an idiot!’ There are so many people who I think are a waste of skin and he’s up there. I should wear him. Go on, donate yourself Kanye. People can wear your fur.”

Rihanna is featured in Kanye West’s new music video for his song ‘Paranoid’. It’s the fourth single from the rapper’s fourth studio album ‘808s & Heartbreak’. The 21-year old Barbadian singer doesn’t sing on the song or speaks in the video but she does look absolutely gorgeous. It’s really more like a tribute video to Rihanna’s beauty rather than her talent really. The music video first premiered last week at the Island Def Jam Spring Collection party at Stephen Weiss Studio in New York City. It’s already made its way on the internet and it’s soon to make its way on TV.

Even though Adam Lambert seems to be the favorite for the first place on American Idol, his competition is not likely to be giving up to easily. Kris Allen goes for a very bold song choice by doing Kanye West’s “Heartless”. The surprising part is that he does it only with his voice and guitar… a bold move for which he is commended by the judges… even Simon Cowell who says that with this performance, Kris Allen managed to wipe away the failure of his first song for the evening. It’s a really tough race it seems and Kris Allen has a good starting speed… especially considering that he actually made Kanye West’s music sound like real music.

Kanye West has just previewed one pair of loafer/sneaker designs that he did for his shoe line under Louis Vuitton. The musician wrote on his blog saying “Time to crash your Internet server. Here’s 1 one of the design’s [sic] I did for Louie [sic]… Sampled in white. Can’t say too much of that though. These [aren’t] coming out until June.” It looks pretty plain and boring to me. If you cared to know about it though, his shoe line is called ‘Kanye West x Louis Vuitton Shoes’. How completely uncreative for the usually very so-called artsy guy. I wouldn’t waste money on that.

It looks like Kanye West wants to be the president of Beyonce’s fan club. In fact, he’s such a big fan that the rapper actually thinks that Beyonce is better than Tina Turner! No one is better than Tina! During a recent interview, Kanye said that Beyonce “is just as great, if not greater, than artists we had in the past. She’s probably greater than Tina Turner.” For a guy who speaks of great art, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about when it comes to Beyonce and Tina. Kanye also adds that “Nobody really wants to recognize that Beyonce is a fucking living legend.”

I guess the second coming of the rap show down between 50 Cent and Kanye West won’t be going down after all. Kanye is pushing up the release of his new album from December to November. The rapper recently released a statement on his blog saying “I CHANGED MY ALBUM (release) TO NOVEMBER SOMETHING CAUSE I FINISHED THE ALBUM AND I FELT LIKE IT.. I WANT YALL TO HEAR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.” No one stands in Kanye’s way, unless of course he was scared that 50 was going to win this time around. I wonder if 50 is going to change his release date too.

When you have a massive tour going on, when do you find the time to write new tracks for a new album? Ask Kanye West how he did it because that’s his case. Billboard is reporting that the rapper’s management has confirmed that he’s seriously considering dropping his fourth album by the end of the year. He’s been on tour for a good chunk of the year and has been producing track for Jay-Z’s new album and he still found time to do this. He’s like Wonder Woman – err, man. The name of the album hasn’t been disclosed though but Kanye reportedly intended to name his next album ‘Good Ass Job’ a couple of years back. I wonder if it would stick.

You know that you have the hottest tour of this year when you’ve got some of the hottest artists OPENING your show for you. Rihanna beams in a hot pink number during Kanye West’s ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour at HP Pavilion on Saturday in San Jose, California. The Queen of 2007 and still reigning in 2008 Rihanna is just one of three opening acts for Kanye. The other acts are Lupe Fiasco and NERD, Pharrell Williams’ rock ensemble. Kanye’s show is already getting rave reviews on its own. The addition of those three big opening acts are just an added bonus that takes the show all the way to the top.

What do Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, and Feist have in common? Besides having an incredibly successful 2007, each artist has been nominated for a Grammy and has secured a spot on the 2008 Grammy Nominees CD. The 15th edition of the best-selling compilation includes 21 tracks nominated across the spectrum of categories this year. Over 15 million Grammy® Nominees CDs have been sold worldwide!

2008 GRAMMY® Nominees CD Final Tracklisting

1. Justin Timberlake
What Goes Around… Comes Around (Interlude)
Record of the Year

2. Amy Winehouse
Rehab
Record Of The Year
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Album Of The Year
Song Of The Year

3. Beyoncé
Irreplaceable
Record Of The Year

4. Foo Fighters
The Pretender
Record Of The Year
Album Of The Year

5. Maroon 5
Makes Me Wonder
Best Pop Vocal Album

6. Feist
I234
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

7. Bon Jovi
(You Want To) Make A Memory
Best Pop Vocal Album

8. Paul McCartney
Dance Tonight
Best Pop Vocal Album

9. Christina Aguilera
Candyman
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

10. Nelly Furtado
Say It Right
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

11. Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Good Life
Album Of The Year

12. Herbie Hancock
River Featuring Corinne Bailey Rae
Album Of The Year

13. Vince Gill (Guest Vocalist: Sheryl Crow)
What You Give Away
Album Of The Year

14. Carrie Underwood
Before He Cheats
Song Of The Year

15. Plain White T’s
Hey There Delilah
Song Of The Year

16. Corinne Bailey Rae
Like A Star
Song Of The Year

17. Green Day
Working Class Hero
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

18. Daughtry
It’s Not Over
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

19. Nickelback
If Everyone Cared
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

20. The White Stripes
Icky Thump
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

21. U2
Instant Karma
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Kanye West makes his first public statement since the unfortunate passing of his mother. He recently posted a new blog on his official website. It was about his way of coping, I guess: Connect Four.

“When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours… it helped me zone out. Everybody would get involved,” he says. He talked about how a lot of people on tour beat this guy or that. But when asked who the champion is, people would say that it was Beyonce. So even at Jay-Z’s Las Vegas club 40/40 with all the Black Jack tables and slot machines, he and Beyonce played Connect Four where he got beaten 9 times in a row.