Grammy Awards 2014: Perfomers List

1. Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers, Pharrell
Williams and Stevie Wonder -- It was
announced on Jan. 7 that Rodgers, Williams
and Wonder will join previously announced
performers Daft Punk for a special Grammy
night performance. The group is nominated for
four awards at the 56th annual Grammys,
including Album of the Year, Best Dance/
Electronica Album for "Random Access
Memories" and a Record of the Year and Best
Pop Duo/Group Performance for one of the
biggest songs of the year, "Get Lucky.".
Williams is also nominated for seven awards,
for his featured credits on the songs "Blurred
Lines" and "Get Lucky" as well as a producer
on Kendrick Lamar's album "Good Kid,
M.A.A.D city."

2. Imagine Dragons -- The Las Vegas-based
rock group has enjoyed a successful 2013,
thanks to hit songs such as "It's Time,"
"Radioactive" and "Demons" off of their debut
studio album "Night Visions." The group
notched two nominations, including Record of
the Year and Best Rock Performance for the
song "Radioactive."

3. Katy Perry -- It was announced on Jan. 7
that Perry was added to the growing list of
Grammy night performers. The singer is
nominated for two awards, including Song of
the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for
her No. 1 hit single "Roar." Perry released her
third studio album, "Prism," in October 2013,
which also features the songs
"Unconditionally" and "Dark Horse" featuring
Juicy J. Check out a track-by-track review of
the album here.

4. Kendrick Lamar -- The rapper received
seven nominations stemming from his debut
studio album "Good Kid, M.A.A.D city," which
debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums
chart in Oct. 2012. His nominations for the
night include Best New Artist, Album Of The
Year, Best Rap Album for Good Kid, M.A.A.D
City, Best R&B Performance for "How Many
Drinks?" featuring Miguel, Best Rap
Performance for "Swimming Pools (Drank),"
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Now Or
Never" featuring Mary J. Blige and Best Rap
Song for "[Expletive] Problems" featuring
Tauheed Epps, Aubrey Graham, Rakim Mayers
& Noah Shebib.

5. Lorde -- New Zealand-born Lorde will
perform at the Grammys following a stellar
breakthrough year on the music scene. She
released her first studio album, "Pure
Heroine," in September 2013, yielded by the
No. 1 single "Royals." She is nominated for
four awards, including Record of the Year,
Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo
Performance for "Royals" as well as Best Pop
Vocal Album for "Pure Heroine." Lorde's
album was also featured on OTRC.com's list of
the 10 best albums of 2013 .

6. Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie
Nelson and Blake Shelton -- The four country
singers will partake in a special Grammy
moment, with details yet to be announced.
This marks Haggard's first ever Grammy
Awards performance. Shelton is nominated for
Best Country Solo Performance for the song
"Mine Would Be You" as well as Best Country
Album for "Based On A True Story."

7. Metallica and Lang Lang -- Legendary
rockers Metallica will team up with Grammy
Cultural Ambassador to China Lang Lang for a
special performance. This marks the first time
the group has performed at the Grammys in 23
years. They are nominated in the Best
Recording Package category for their album
"Metallica Through The Never (Music From The
Motion Picture)."

8. Pink and Nate Ruess -- Pink and the fun.
front man hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
earlier this year for their duet "Just Give Me a
Reason," which the two will perform for the
first time together on network television. The
song, off of Pink's sixth studio album "The
Truth About Love," has also been nominated
for Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance.

9. Robin Thicke and Chicago -- Thicke will be
joining the band Chicago on stage for a special
Grammy performance. Chicago's album "The
Chicago Transit Authority" was inducted into
the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. Thicke is
nominated for three awards, including Record
of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance for the No. 1 hit single "Blurred
Lines," as well as Best Pop Vocal Album.

10. Taylor Swift -- The pop star is nominated
for four awards at the Grammys, including
Album Of The Year and Best Country Album for
"Red," Best Country Duo/Group Performance
for "Highway Don't Care," which features Tim
McGraw and Keith Urban, and Best Country
Song for the song "Begin Again."

11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- The rapper
and producing partner duo enjoyed massive
success following their debut album "The
Heist." This will mark the first time the two
have performed on the Grammy stage. They
are nominated for seven awards, including
Album of the Year and Song of the Year for the
track "Same Love" featuring Mary Lambert.

12. Beyonce -- The pop diva will take to the
Grammy stage for her first live television
appearance since the release of her surprise
visual album in December 2013. The album
broke several records upon its release, with no
prior promotion or announcement of the
album. Check out a track-by-track review of
the album here.

13. Jay Z -- The rapper enjoyed a successful
2013, releasing his twelfth studio album,
"Magna Carta Holy Grail," in July. The album,
which is nominated for Best Rap Album,
features the hit single "Holy Grail" featuring
Justin Timberlake. Jay Z toured extensively to
promote the album in 2013, joining
Timberlake on a joint stadium tour titled
"Legends of the Summer" as well as his own
headlining world tour.

14. John Legend -- The singer is nominated
for Best R&B Album for "Love in the Future,"
his fourth studio effort. Legend married model
Chrissy Teigen in September 2013 , whom he
says inspired the hit single "All of Me" off of
the album.

15. Kacey Musgraves -- The country singer
experienced a breakthrough year in 2013,
coming off the heels of her highly successful
debut album, "Same Trailer Different Park."
The album is nominated for Best Country
Album. Musgraves will join pop superstar Katy
Perry as the opening act of her "Prismatic"
world tour in 2014.

16. Keith Urban -- The "American Idol" judge
is nominated for Best Country Duo/Group
Performance for "Highway Don't Care," a song
that features pop superstars Tim McGraw and
Taylor Swift. Urban recently returned to the
"American Idol" judging panel for a second
season, which features the return of Jennifer
Lopez and the addition of actor/singer Harry
Connick Jr.

17. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr -- The
two members of The Beatles will be honored at
the Grammy Awards the 2014 Recording
Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Additionally, McCartney is nominated for two
awards, including Best Rock Song for "Cut Me
Some Slack" and Best Music Film for "Live
Kisses."

18. Sara Bareilles and Carole King -- The pop
singer will participate in a special Grammy
performance with 2014 MusicCares Person of
the Year honoree and four-time Grammy
Winner Carole King. Bareilles is nominated for
two awards, including Album of the Year for
"The Blessed Unrest" and Best Pop Solo
Performance for the track "Brave."

19. Bruno Mars -- Mars is nominated for Best
Pop Vocal Album for his second studio effort,
"Unorthodox Jukebox." The album has
spawned several hit singles, including "Locked
Out of Heaven," "When I Was Your Man,"
"Treasure," "Gorilla" and "Young Girls."

20. Hunter Hayes -- The 22-year-old country
singer continues his success following his 2011
self-titled solo release. In 2013, he re-released
the album with additional tracks. He is
nominated for Best Country Solo Performance
for the song "I Want Crazy."

Alli Kiba Shows Off a Picture of his Beautifull Girlfriend

The Tanzanian hit maker Alli Kiba, who had gone mute for the past year, posted a picture on instagram of him and a beauty who is thought to be his soul mate, and maybe the reason as to why the hit maker took a break from music.

This was just after being in Nairobi for the recording of his new track with Kenya's dancehall king Redsan which is expect to be released soon.

Rapper's Wives That Have Been Arrested

12 rapper's wives who have had some trouble with the law.

It’s hard out there for the life of a rappers wife or that ride-or-die chick. Once you beat out the competition; the gold diggers, video vixens and schemers, and officially accept the title, your public image changes, usually for the worse. The role of the rappers wife includes extended alone time, which can make you feel like a single mother, cheating allegations and a hedonistic lifestyle of bottle poppin’ and partying. But what’s even more unfortunate is that it opens up your personal life to scrutiny from, well, pretty much
everyone.

Chrissy Lampkin of “Love and Hip Hop” and fiancé to Jim Jones found herself in this exact predicament just a couple of weeks ago. Dec 29th right before the New Year Chrissy found herself locked up after a bar fight in New Jersey. Unfortunately for her as a rappers ride-or-die chick, her life is forever open to scrutiny from the media.-- and we have found 11 other rapper wives just like her. We compiled a list of these women who have been arrested either on their own accord or in association with their husbands (many of whom also have criminal records). With trends like this, VH1 and E! will be in the rap-game exploitation business for some time.

LA Times' Movie Sneaks: 'THE OTHER WOMAN'

Check out this newly released still from LA Times' movie sneaks of Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nicki Minaj and Kate Upton in 'The Other Woman'.

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman strikes up an unlikely friendship with the man's wife, and the two plot their revenge with help from yet another of his mistresses.

Directed by Nick Cassavetes. Starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney and Nicki Minaj.

Release Date : In Theaters April 25th, 2014

Charts don't lie - 2014

With the holiday season winding down, we're still seeing the affect it had on the charts and the sales. It seems like almost everyone on today's Charts round-up had an increase in sales and a rise up the Billboard 200 in the past seven days except for B.o.B. Unfortunately, Underground Luxury does not seem to be taking off in any way, and although it was released in time to give as a Christmas gift, it apparently wasn't. For his second week on the charts Bobby Ray sold 19,000 units, and dropped to #30. On the other hand, rappers like Childish Gambino and Drake benefited from the past week, rising up the charts and selling more albums. Check out how others fared this week below.

1) Beyonce — Beyonce: Beyonce sits atop the Billboard 200 for third consecutive week. The visual album from the singer continues to sell digitally and physical copies, moving yet another 310,000 copies. Her total sales have surpassed 1 milly, 1,301,000.

2) Eminem— The Marshall Mathers LP 2: MMLP2 has seen a rise in spots over the past few weeks, after sitting at #6 last week Em has now moved up to #3 on the charts. While his album has received mixed reviews, it nonetheless sold another 120,000 copies over the past seven days. The Detroit native’s total album sales are nearing 2 million aka 2x platinum, currently at 1,727,000.

3) Justin Timberlake — The 20/20 Experience 2 : JT is another one who has been rising up the Billboard 200 this holiday season. 2 Of 2 sold 55,000 units this week,
bringing Justin’s grand total up to 781,000. Not quite the sales for the first 20/20 Experience but still strong.

4) Drake — Nothing Was The Same : You guessed it. Drizzy also rose up the charts this week, with Nothing Was The Same mounting climbing from #20 to #16, after spending 14 weeks on the charts. Drake’s album pushed out 49,000 copies, as his total sales rise to 1,344,000.

5) R. Kelly —Black Panties : Kellz latest effort is not exactly thriving on the Billboard 200, but it’s not doing too badly either. This week Black Panties fell from #15 to #17 sold 44,000 copies. Kelly’s total sales are 238,000.

6) Childish Gambino— Because The Internet: Gambino had a spurt up the charts this past week, with his Internet-themed album rising from #25 to #20. After charting for 3 weeks, the rapper sold 33,000 copies bringing his total sales up to 157,000.

7) Macklemore & Ryan Leiws— The Heist: These two have dominated 2013 and as we begin 2014, it looks like they’re sticking around. The Heist comes in at #27 this week (that’s up from #50 last week), selling 22,000. Total sales for the independent album are at 1,232,000. He’s been charting for 64 weeks.

8) Justin Timberlake—The 20/20 Experience: The first instalment of The 20/20 Experience comes up behind the second, but similar to The Heist it rose up from #49 to #28 this week. Justin sold another 20,000 copies of this album, with total sales of 2,427,000.

9) B.o.B —Underground Luxury : Bobby Ray’s new album wasn’t off to the best start, as we saw last week he debuted at #22. This week he’s fallen further to #30, and it’s looking like it’ll be a quick downfall for B.o.B . He’s moved another 19,000 units, add that to his 35k and his total sales are 54,000.

10) Yo Gotti — I Am: Last week Yo Gotti had fallen off to #109 on the Billboard 200, making it seem like his charting time would soon be up. However this week Gotti rises up to #67, proving he’s not done just yet. I Am sold another 12,000 copies with total sales of 112,000.

Fast & Furious 7 will "retire" Paul Walker's character using existing footage of the actor

Universal and the team behind Fast & Furious 7 have been in a bind since Paul Walker’s death in November.

His tragic car crash was followed by a break in production and a speedy brain-storming session to figure out how to tie up any loose ends with Walker’s character.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Walker’s character, Brian O’Connor, will not die in the seventh film, but will instead be “retired” in order to gently ease viewers into the transition.

The studio hopes that this decision will not only satisfy fans, but allow the production team to utilise existing footage of Walker, since the 40-year-old actor passed away about halfway through the Fast & Furious 7 shoot.

In the few weeks following Walker’s death, director James Wan, writer Chris Morgan and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Universal's lead executive on the Fast films, pored over the footage Wan had shot.

They devised a plan to rework the existing script, so that Walker could remain a part of the story for the seventh film, but would be written out by the end.

Naturally, some additional scenes will have to be filmed, but the extended production schedule (the release date was recently rescheduled for April 10, 2015) would allow plenty of time for reshoots.

Walker was killed in a car accident on November 30th, while attending an event for Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide in aid of Typhoon Haiyan.

The actor left in his friend Roger Rodas' Porsche Carrera GT, with Rodas driving the vehicle. The car crashed into a light pole and burst into flames soon after, killing both Walker and Rodas.