TMZ — Frank Ocean's being sued by his father who says his son smeared his good name by claiming he was a bigot. Calvin Cooksey filed the defamation lawsuit over a Tumblr post Frank wrote last summer in the wake of the Orlando massacre. In the post, Frankâ€... more info

New York Post — With a résumé that includes collaborations with Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Drake and both Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, London-based producer and singer-songwriter Sampha has truly established himself as an artist’s artist over the past five years.... more info

Chorus.fm — The GLAAD Media Awards have announced their 2017 nominees. Against Me!, Tegan and Sara, Tyler Glenn, Frank Ocean, and more are all up for the music award. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate, and inclusive repres... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — GLAAD, the advocacy organization for LGBT representation, announced Tuesday its nominees for the best in film, television, music and journalism that fairly, accurately and inclusively represents the community and the issues that affect their lives... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — GLAAD, the advocacy organization for LGBT representation, announced Tuesday its nominees for the best in film, television, music and journalism that fairly, accurately and inclusively represents the community and the issues that affect their lives... more info

MSN Music — The Grammy's will be short a few major names this year because of indifference to the awards show. According to TMZ, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake all plan on being elsewhere on Feb. 12. Their absence, though, has nothing to do with them be... more info

Consequence of Sound — All three musicians intend to skip the February 12th gala. more info

TMZ — Kanye West, Justin Bieber and other big stars are going to be MIA from the Grammys, and we know why. It started with Frank Ocean, who many think had the best album of the year, but didn't even bother submitting it for Grammy consideration. Ocean… ... more info

Stereogum — Calvin Harris and Frank Ocean were spotted together over the summer, and now they've teased a collaboration together via Harris's Snapchat. Listen below. … more info

Obscure Sound — Based out of the New York/New Jersey area, 23-year-old hip-hop producer Killer Bee shows tribute to glistening old-school hip-hop on his new tape Otaku, “influenced by a variety of great hip hop instrumentalists including bsd.u and Knxwledge. It is... more info