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(AllHipHop News) Canadian rapper Drake discussed his upcoming performance tonight (January 31) during the 52nd annual Grammy awards tonight.
 
Late last week it was announced that Drake, Eminem, Lil Wayne and Travis Barker would perform their hit single “Forever.”
 
Controversial rapper Kanye West will not be performing with the trio of rappers tonight, despite having a standout [...]

50 Cent talks X Games, Super Bowl, boxingESPNWinter X Games fans love their hip hop. Rap superstar, actor and entrepreneur Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson loves to cross promote. …

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MTV.com

The Roots Bring High-Energy Classics To Pre-Grammy Jam SessionMTV.comJohn Legend, Mos Def, Jay Electronica, more join the hip-hop band onstage at their sixth annual event. By Ryan J. Downey WEST HOLLYWOOD — The Roots, …and more »

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Hilltop Hoods & APRA Supporting Hip HopMusic Indistry News NetworkThe Hilltop Hoods Initiative will give one emerging Australian Hip Hop artist a career starting opportunity – $10000 to release and promote an album. …

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Jakarta Globe

Auschwitz Survivor Mixes Hip-Hop and HumanityJakarta GlobeNow, 65 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp, the 85-year-old has teamed up with a hip-hop group to spread her antiracism message to German …and more »

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E! Online (blog)

Hip hop stars to help Haiti with TV telethonCBC.ca(Associated Press) ?Hip hop stars have organized a special concert to raise money for the victim's of Haiti's earthquake. The two-hour telethon — featuring …Sean 'Diddy' Combs to host Haiti concert and telethonBBC NewsBET's "SOS" Telethon Set To Kick Off With Diddy, Pharrell And Queen [...]

Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is coming to the aid of the people of Haiti via the power of music and the Internet.
 
The rapper/activist assembled artists on his SLAMjamz record label for Kombit pou Haiti, a new album featuring material created to help raise money for the ongoing recovery effort in the ravaged country. According [...]