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Over the 2014 GRAMMYs weekend, Sean "Diddy" Combs launched a swanky new home studio for Revolt TV, alongside long-time comrade Ma$e, Wale and Meek Mill. Christened the Harlem-to-Hollywood Studio, it’s located in the Hollywood and Highland Center. T...

During Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' Grammys performance, 33 couples were officiated by Queen Latifah, a certified minister in California. She pronounced the couples married after a very succinct ceremony of exchanging weddings bands. The emotional event was preceded by a live rendition of "Same Love," a song that celebrates love regardless of sexual orientation...

Pepsi was promoting its Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bruno Mars during the Grammys last night, buying a 2 and a half minute ad starring Deion Sanders, Terry Bradshaw and Shannon Sharpe. The entire thing is pretty bizarre; it opens with Sanders' autotuned voice crooning from the crowd of an awards show, before Bradshaw comes in with a cowboy-inspired country song, and Sharpe busts everything

The Grammys kicked off early today and it did not disappoint. With a dynamic performances by Beyonce and Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragon, Pharrell's hat capturing the attention of the world, and Macklemore grabbing four Grammys, tonight was pretty great. The...

Shortly after Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar’s electrifying performance, the mash-up remix of “Radioactive” is available for stream. Listen to the CD quality version below.

Pharrell lit up the red carpet before the Grammys wearing a hat that might have been taller than he was, and it didn't take long for the Internet to pick up on it. Within a couple minutes, @PharrellHat popped up on Twitter, and has more than 5,000 followers within two hours...

This year’s Grammys are underway. Check back here periodically to watch all the performances throughout the night. Beyonce And Jay Z Perform "Drunk In Love" Katy Perry And Juicy J "Dark House" John Legend "All Of Me" Kendrick Lamar "M.A.A.D...

Perfect timing. With just half an hour until the 56th Grammy Awards begin, MMG decided to drop their own video dedicated to the ceremony. Directed by Dre Films, “Black Grammys” shows Wale, Meek Mill, Rockie Fresh and J. Cole during their promotional runs. There’s al...

The Grammys kicked off early today, awarding most hip-hop categories in the pre-Awards telecast streamed on the Grammys website. Before the official show kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern time, the winners for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance were announced...

It's Grammy night. But, before the awards can be passed out and the performances can take place, the flex fest known as the red carpet entrance must go on. Check out the live stream, above. The build up for this year's awards has been bubbling for weeks...

Another female rapper is having the major label blues. Azealia Banks is the latest femcee to express her frustration with her record company going as far as pleading to be dropped from her label Universal and soliciting her record contract on social media...

Though it seems unlikely, given his 75-year sentence on charges related to robbery, kidnapping and murder, Amalgam Digital CEO Anyextee says Max B could be a free man in as soon as two years. According to the mogul/rapper a last ditch effort could save Max from spending his life in prison...