Kendrick Lamar is gearing up for tonight’s 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Not only is the Compton rapper up for 11 nominations he will be performing “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright” from his Grammy-nominated album,To Pimp a Butterfly. Fans are already expecting K.Dot’s performance to a “controversial” one after this year’s host LL Cool J shared some insight on what the night may bring. Grammy Producer Ken Ehrlich opened up further about what fans can expect. He said, “Controversial… I’m not sure that’s the right word. Certainly it’s provocative. One of the things that’s important to us with the show and I think to the Academy is that we encourage artistic freedom and artistic license.” More below.
Kanye West Plans To Have Over 100 Grammys Before He Leaves This Earth
Kanye West really likes Twitter these days. Perhaps he’ll go back into hiding after the promo run for TLOP comes to an end, but for now, Yeezy is Twitter Fingers…and we’re here for it. For his latest, Ye spoke on his love for TIDAL and what he plans to do with it (proving older reports wrong that he’d distanced himself from the company,) asked Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg for money (you can read about that here,) and then got into the topic of the Grammys. The annual awards show will air tonight and there’s nothing there for Ye, but he has big plans for the future. “I made Dark Fantasy and Watch the Throne in one year and wasn’t nominated for either,” Ye wrote. “I will have over 100 Grammys before I die.” Speak it into existence, Kanye! Check out the rest of his Grammy tweets in the gallery.
(Video) LL Cool J Says Kendrick Lamar Has Something “Controversial” Planned For His Performance At The Grammy’s
LL Cool J will be hosting the Grammy’s yet again. Thats pretty exciting. During a recent interview, LL was asked what can the viewers expect from this years show. LL responded that we should be on the lookout for Kendrick Lamar.
(Photo) Drake Says He Will Not Be Performing At This Year’s Grammys
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards are right around the corner and the line up of performances gets better and better by the day. So far it has been confirmed that viewers can expect all-star performances from A-listers like Kendrick Lamar, Adele, the Weeknd, Justin Bieber and just last week, Rihanna was added to the line-up. It appeared that the only artist missing from the list was Drake, who’s received four nods this year including, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Album. Fans went crazy when Drizzy was mentioned in the Grammy commercial during the Superbowl, making this year’s Grammy line up perfect, however he shot down the claims saying he actually won’t be performing. Hit the jump for more.
Kendrick Lamar: “‘good Kid, m.A.A.d City’ Is Great Work, But It’s Not My Best Work”
One of the best rappers of the current generation sat down with Billboard for a recent interview, in which Kendrick said that he believes To Pimp a Butterfly is better than good Kid, m.A.A.d City. Hit the jump for more.
Rihanna To Perform At The Grammys
Rihanna has just been added to the all-star line up of performances for this year’s Grammy awards. The eight-time Grammy winner herself will be joining Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Adele, Justin Bieber and more. RiRi just released her eighth studio album, ‘ANTI‘ and fans just may be in for a surprise appearance from Drake if she performs her latest single ‘Work.’ *fingers crossed* This year’s Grammys will be hosted by LL Cool J and will feature a tribute to David Bowie and BB King.You can catch the awards next Sunday, February 15th, live from the Staples Center on ABC. Click the gallery for more.
