Word is Erykah Badu is gonna be a baby’s mama yet again! Mediatakeout.com is reporting that she’s pregnant with her 3rd child by a Dallas, TX police officer, who’s known so far only as Officer Brown.
Santa's Elves: Selita & Kanye Do Some Good (And Are They A Couple??)
Well Kanye West finally shut up long enough to do something positive! He spent an hour and a half wrapping presents for the foster kids on Tuesday at a Charity event in New York. He showed up with help, his rumored girlfriend Selita Ebanks! Log onto our Facebook page to check the flix of the two of them playing Santa’s elves!
53rd Annual Grammy Nominees
Last night the 53rd Annual Grammy nominations were released and Eminem is cleaning up, nominated in ten categories. B.O.B. has four nominations including “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap Album.” He’s up against Em in both of those categories.
Record of the Year
Eminem & Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie"
B.o.B & Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
Cee Lo Green - "Forget You"
Best Contemporary R&B Album
Chris Brown - Graffiti
R. Kelly - Untitled
Ryan Leslie - Transition
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Usher - Raymond v. Raymond
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You"
Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall - "Deuces"
Eminem & Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie"
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common - "Wake Up! Everybody"
Best Rap Song
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Eminem and Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie"
Eminem - "Not Afraid"
B.o.B & Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You"
Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz - "On to the Next One"
Best Rap Album
B.o.B. - The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Drake - Thank Me Later
Eminem - Recovery
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
The Roots - How I Got Over
The 53rd annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 13th.
New Mixtape For Rick Ross
He’s not nominated for a Grammy, but Rick Ross is releasing a new mixtape titled “Ashes to Ashes” the day before Christmas as a free gift to fans!
The Game Taunts Lloyd Banks
Speaking of albums, The Game was on twitter taunting Lloyd Banks about his first week album sales!
"Shout out to Lloyd Banks for coming in number 25 on SoundScan the first week,"
"I knew you could do it champ!"
"Everyone to go out and cop Lloyd Banks new album 'SMH2'" he said. "Oops, I meant HFM2...my bad."
Lloyd Banks “Hunger For More 2” actually debuted at #26 not #25, selling 43,000 copies!
Chart Action
Lloyd Banks’ album sales numbers weren’t the only ones released this week, Nicki Minaj and Kanye’s were also. Kanye’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” debuted at #1, selling almost a half a million copies. Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” is right behind him, moving 375,000 units. Jay-Z’s “Hits Collection” debuted at #43 with sales of 28,000.
