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R&B singer Omarion is talking a bit of smack about rapper Kanye West’s girlfriend, former stripper Amber Rose. He says that he would never date a woman who’s into guys and girls. Omarion explained “No disrespect, but no Amber Rose for me. Everybody has their past – and don’t get me wrong, I’m not judgmental at all – but I do like a certain amount of class.” Yes, because that statement that you just made wasn’t judgmental at all. I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but I give much props to Kanye for being with Amber. Omarion can only dream of being with a girl with a killer body like Amber’s.

The rapper was asked to perform at a charity event in Colorado Springs recently. Apparently, he was 90 minutes late and when he arrived the guards refused to let him it. DMX, being the wise and noble man that he is, eventually picked a fight with them and the charity participants rooted for him. Moreover, DMX actually won and did get in, but wasn’t able to dazzle anyone with his musical abilities since all of the equipment was turned off, so he was simply asked to leave. Man, this dude must be trying to get around to be as famous as Kanye West for these incidents! He definitely started out right, all he has to do now is crash the MTV Europe Music Awards and he’s in business. Kanye West might have actually started a new trend with this crashing of events.

Cast members from the Tony Award winning musical ‘In the Heights’ Kyle Beltran, Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda sang their own rendition of Jay-Z’s hit song ‘Run this Town’ featuring Rihanna and Kanye West. The video is a creative introduction for the first national tour cast of ‘In the Heights’ which kicks off on Tuesday, October 27 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Florida. Thanks to the TV show ‘Glee’, musical stars doing covers of mainstream music seems to be a growing trend. I like their versions though and sometimes even better than I like the originals.

2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards Nominees:

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

Full 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

Everyone may still be upset at what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs but there’s a network which isn’t – BET. The rapper received nine nominations for the fourth annual BET Hip Hop Awards which will air on October 27th. Kanye leads in the nominations with Jay-Z and Lil Wayne following with seven nods each and TI having six nods. People may not be happy with Kanye as a person but they sure are happy with his music. This time, I bet he can hog the spotlight and ruin his image without having to hurt someone else in turn.

Backtracking Kanye West has issued an apology to Taylor Swift for ruining her big moment at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The hip hop star took to his blog almost immediately after the show on Sunday night to admit he was in the wrong.

He promised to apologise to Taylor for going on stage during her acceptance speech to claim Beyonce deserved to win the Best Female Video award.

But he insisted: “I’m not crazy yall, I’m just real.”

Kanye blogged: “I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom.

“I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would’ve said.

“She is very talented! I like the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she’s in the bleachers!

“I’m in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!

“Beyonce’s video was the best of this decade! I’m sorry to my fans if I let you guys down!!!!

“I’m sorry to my friends at MTV. I will apologise to Taylor 2mrw. Welcome to the real world!!!!

“Everybody wanna booooo me but I’m a fan of real pop culture!!!

“No disrespect but we watchin’ the show at the crib right now cause… well you know!!!!

“I’m still happy for Taylor!!!! Boooyaaawwww!!!! You are very very talented!!!

“I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me… That’s what it is!!!!

“I’m not crazy yall, I’m just real. Sorry for that!!! I really feel bad for Taylor and I’m sincerely sorry!!! Much respect!!!!”

Source: Splash News

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Jay-Z has topped the UK singles chart with new track Run This Town.

The rapper has beaten the Sugababes to the top spot.

Jay-Z’s new song, which features Rihanna and Kanye West, is his first number one in the UK.

Run This Town is the first single from the 39-year-old’s new album The Blueprint 3.

Source: Splash News

There’s a new trailer that recently came out for the video of Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s new song ‘Run This Town’. Jay-Z said “The song is about evolution and the progress. You start out as a new artist and you make your way into the game. You climb that mountain and you get to the top and you put your flag down. This is us putting our flag down. This is Roc Nation. Pledge your allegiance. You’ve got to put your flag at the top of the mountain and say we run this town.” The trio of singers and rappers will perform the song on NBC’s The Jay Leno Show on September 14. It’s also being said that they will also perform a day before the show at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Rihanna will be making her comeback performance on the premiere night of NBC’s The Jay Leno Show on September 14. This will be her first ever performance ever since she was assaulted back in February. The 21-year old Barbadian singer, along with rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West, will perform ‘Run This Town’ from Jay-Z’s new album ‘The Blueprint 3’ which will hit stores on September 11. E! also reports that The Jay Leno show is close to securing Tom Cruise to participate in his new segment ‘The Green Car Challenger’ wherein celebrities race each other in alternative-fuel vehicles. That sounds interesting.

Sources are saying that Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush’s split may have been caused by Kanye West’s close relationship with Kim. Allegedly, the football player saw several texts messages from the rapper on Kim’s phone and freaked out on her. An insider said “The texts referenced a night they hung out, how much fun he had, how hot Kim was, and more racy things that got Reggie’s imagination running.” When Reggie confronted Kim about it, their trust and jealousy issues came pouring out. And with their problems out in the open, they realized that they couldn’t continue being together anymore.

The rapper who beat up Rihanna, which might be the title some will be using to refer to Chris Brown from now on while most will substitute “rapper” with various other words, was seen kissing Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend, Amber Rose, at a party Saturday night, even though he already had a date. A source related the following about Chris Brown’s daring act: “Diddy announced the DJ would be performing a tribute to Michael Jackson. Chris did an amazing impression of Michael’s moonwalk. It wasn’t long before he was dancing with Amber. They were holding hands and making out in the shadows. She had her hand on his leg.” Looks like Chris Brown is trying to spark up something with Kanye West. Maybe he has a master plan of turning his reputation around.

Kanye West will be happy the weather forecast is sun for the UK’s Wireless Festival, his protege Mr Hudson has revealed.

The rapper’s British protege Mr Hudson, 28, said that Kanye, 32, is not a fan of the rain.

He said: “I’m so pleased that it’s looking to be a warm sunny day as Kanye can’t cope with rain. If it drizzles he would be calling it a thunderstorm and be like: ‘Man it’s so cold.’ It’s quite funny.”

The star, whose real name is Ben Hudson, joined Kanye for a bike trip around Amsterdam recently.

He added: “I rode in front while Kanye rode behind rapping and thinking up new ideas. It started to drizzle and he just kept moaning: ‘Hudson, it’s so wet and cold.’

“He ended up being distracted by expensive designer shops we rode past so he insisted we gave up and went in there instead.”

But despite having worked with Kanye and R&B star Estelle, Hudson admitted he hasn’t been flashing the cash.

He said: “I followed Kanye around the shops while he splashed out. I don’t want to tempt fate by going crazy with money, especially as it’s not really mine to spend.

“At the minute I’ll stick to window shopping.”

Source: Splash News

Whoever Kanye West is dating just got herself a serious wardrobe upgrade. It has been reported that the rapper and a member of his entourage rolled through the Deliciously Vintage women’s clothing store in Chicago last week and that Kanye spent over $5,000 on dresses and accessories. A source close to the situation says that the rapper was actually looking for inspiration pieces for a new clothing line that he’s launching. And when Kanye was asked if the clothes were for anyone special, he replied “Come on now, you know who it’s for!” It has also been reported that Kanye has gotten back together with stripper/model Amber Rose so they may be for her.

Lil’ Wayne and Beyonce lead with 5 nominations each. Second are Keri Hilson and T-Pain, each with four nominations, while Rihanna, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West and Jazmine Sullivan all got 3 nominations

THE FULL NOMINEES LIST:

Video of the Year
Beyoncé – “If I Were a Boy”
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Kanye West – “Heartless”

Best Male R&B Artist
The-Dream
Jamie Foxx
Ryan Leslie
Ne-Yo
T-Pain

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Keyshia Cole
Keri Hilson
Jennifer Hudson
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
T.I.
Kanye West
Young Jeezy

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Lil Mama
M.I.A.
Trina

Best Group
Day26
GS Boyz
N.E.R.D.
The Roots
Three 6 Mafia

Best New Artist
Keri Hilson
Kid Cudi
Ryan Leslie
M.I.A.
Jazmine Sullivan

Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Lil Wayne – “A Milli”
Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie – “Kiss Me Thru the Phone”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Believe It”
Kanye West – “Love Lockdown”

Best Collaboration
Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain – “Blame It”
Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne – “Turnin’ Me On”
Jim Jones feat. Ron Browz and Juelz Santana – “Pop Champagne”
T.I. feat. Rihanna – “Live Your Life”
Yung L.A. feat. Young Dro and T.I. – “Ain’t I”

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Rik Cordero
Gil Green
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

BET J Award
Musiq Soulchild
Raphael Saadiq
Seal
Solange
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Gospel Artist
Regina Belle
Shirley Caesar
Mary Mary
Smokie Norfu
Trin-I-Tee 5:7

I am thrilled to announced that Kanye West his hitting the road this fall with Lady Gaga. You better buy your tickets the second they go up for sale because I believe that this will be the hottest tickets in the fall. The duo will be playing to audiences all over North America. And if you’re wondering if the ‘Poker Face’ singer is going to open for the rapper, no she isn’t. In fact, it’s not even going to be a co-headlining tour. The two incredible artists are going to be performing together as part of one long set. I can’t believe Kanye’s big ego actually agreed to that.

Kanye West has finally released the official version of his music video ‘Paranoid’ which features Rihanna. It’s way more polished and less gratuitous than the incomplete version that was leaked last week. The rapper had been devastated that fans were able to see the video that wasn’t up to his standards. He wrote “It hurts me to see the old and very wrong version of the ‘Paranoid’ video get leaked all over the net while I was on an 11-hour flight and couldn’t do anything about it. It’s just frustrating when this stuff happens because I really care about the product and, since videos never get played anyway, you might as well tweak them and make them as special as possible.” And looking at the finished version, his standards are pretty high.

Chris Martin has said he is inspired by Kanye West’s confidence.

The Coldplay frontman said the rapper’s innovative techniques made him want to write better music.

And he said he admired the fact that West ignores his critics.

He said: “That’s what I really admire about Kanye. Because for all the flak he gets, I feel so inspired by his confidence.

“He knows that there’s been all this history of music, but he still believes he can do something that no one else has done.

“That, for me, is a liberating idea.”

Martin, 32, who appeared in Kanye’s Homecoming video, said the band still wanted to write new music – but they may take a break from performing gigs.

He told a US newspaper: “We spend an awful lot of time creating. Maybe it’s because we’re about to turn 33, but I just feel hungry to write all the time.

“I think at the end of this tour, we may not tour for a while. We may put out a record without quite so much fanfare.

“I think the next one will be quite stripped-down and based upon this story idea which I can’t talk about because it might be bad.”

Kanye West was recently asked what he thought about American Idol winner Kris Allen’s rendition of the rapper’s hit song ‘Heartless’. Kanye West said “I penetrate pop culture. I write Broadway-level melodies that transcend any genre.” Are you wondering where the comments on Kris went? Don’t say you’re surprised with his reply. This is Kanye West we are talking about after all. The rapper loves to think that the world revolves around him and that everything good in this world comes from him. Somebody really needs to knock this guy off his high horse and I don’t care who does it or how. Just do it!
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We all know that KanyeWest is a cocky and self-centered bastard but he really does care about giving back. Especially if it means that he can give back in memory of his mother, the late Dr. Donda West. The Kanye West Foundation, which was founded back in 2007 by his mom, will now host its 2nd ‘Stay in School’ Benefit Concert next month in Chicago. The intention is to help bring awareness and prevent kids from dropping out from school. Kanye will lend his support by performing at the event which will take place on June 11th at the historic Chicago Theatre.

Kanye West has entered his plea of not guilty to charges of misdemeanor battery, grand theft and vandalism from his September 11 arrest at LAX. The rapper was not in court as he entered the plea through his lawyer. His next hearing has been set for July 15. I wonder what was so important that he had to miss a court date. Mind you, there’s a lot of video evidence regarding the charges against him. There’s a chance that he’s still going to get more than just a slap on the wrist. I would love to see him head to jail. Maybe our eyes won’t have to be harassed by his all caps blog writing for a while.