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But at the Grammy Awards, which air tonight, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in the top categories.

He slowly rose from beneath the stage amid billowing red smoke, then glided toward the audience aboard a conveyor belt.

The White House just released a list of 29 songs that will be heard at President Barack Obama 's campaign stops and events between now and November 6.A The list runs the gamut from R&B slow jams that includeA Al Green 's "Let's Stay Together" - which he just serenaded the country with last month at a fund-raising event at New York's famed Apollo ... (more)

Would Jesus invite Tupac Shakur and Queen Latifah into his house to save "those who hunger and thirst for right-eousness?" The Framingham resident who is chairman of the African-American Studies Department at Northeastern University and serves as founding pastor of the just-opened Community of Love Christian Fellowship church in Allston believes ... (more)

The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z's Web site, Life + Times, an apparent follow-up to Beyonce's public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth.

The Grammys take place this Sunday night, and though Kanye West is the ceremony's top nominee, all eyes have been on Nicki Minaj , who's up for three awards including Best New Artist.

Rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson visited Kenya and famine-hit Somalia this week to raise awareness on hunger and poverty issues.

Can you smell it? Either love is in the air or the Chick-Fil-A has started using chicken-scented billboards.

Suge Knight, the man many suspect of arranging the mob-style murder of Biggie Smalls , has been arrested and jailed in Las Vegas.

'MDNA,' Madonna's new album featuring lead single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is set to hit store shelves March 26.

In this Jan. 21, 2012 file photo, Ice-T, from the film "The Art of Rap," pose for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

From Eminem and Mariah Carey's bittersweet triste to Darlene's immortal gangsterism, and the Kelis and Nas shakedown, HipHopDX looks back at some high-profile Rap relationships.

While Kanye West is the lead nominee with seven, Adele, who's up for six, will be the act who dominates - well, at least that's what we think.

The artist, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, began serving a two year prison sentence on weapons and tax evasion charges in June.

It is alleged at the trial of Lamar Skeete that he was the mastermind of a crew whose members, in the infamous words of the singer Snoop Dogg, travelled in packs and did it from the back.

'For me, it's Kanye and Jay-Z,' the filmmaker tells MTV News of his picks for MTV's 'Hottest MCs in the Game.' Filmmaker Spike Lee is on fire.

The rap star Curtis Jackson, known as 50 Cent, was able to see first-hand the food crisis in the Horn of Africa region during a field visit to Somalia and Kenya this week that was hosted by the United Nations food relief agency.

Initially, the business offered a variety of coffees and teas, sold online and in a small cafe in the Tribeca part of New York City.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya.

We are back at it again, the Grammys are back and those who worked hard all year get the nod, a trophy and some kind of ovation.