Brooklyn Vegan — photo via Kendrick Lamar is up for 11 Grammy Awards this year, more than anyone else, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. His first win is Best Music Video for his feature in the Taylor Swift... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Follow the Los Angeles Times' live coverage of the 58th Grammy Awards and top nominees Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and the Weeknd. We're on the red carpet, behind-the-scenes, and monitoring the news as it hits all day.2016 Grammy show primerSnubs an... more info

TMZ — ON TODAY'S SHOW Blake Shelton & Luke Bryan: Talkin' Trash before the Grammys Kendrick Lamar Receives a Huge Honor Jerry Seinfeld is Selling Some of His Ridiculous Luxury Cars Lady Gaga's Awesome Tribute to David Bowie SKYPE US TMZTVSHOW TWEET… ... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Frontrunners Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd will battle for the top honors at Monday's Grammy awards, but British singer Adele may well steal the spotlight at the star-studded ceremony. more info

TMZ — The sun was shining bright in LA Saturday, but it was decidedly shade in Compton as Mayor Aja Brown presented Kendrick Lamar with the keys to her city ... at Drake's expense.  The Mayor made it clear ... a key from Compton is way better than… ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When Kendrick Lamar arrives at the Grammy Awards to accept applause for his album of the year-nominated "To Pimp a Butterfly," the Compton-born rapper, lyricist and producer will be representing not only himself and his city: He'll also be carrying a... more info

Perez Hilton — Kanye West is G.O.O.D. on his word! Earlier today, Kim Kardashian West announced that her husband would be releasing new music every Friday in advance of his upcoming album Swish! And not much later, the rapper dropped his latest track Real Friends â... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kendrick Lamar's album "To Pimp a Butterfly" is looking like the consensus pick for the best and most important album of 2015, a standing that's perhaps a preview of potential Grammy success. But that doesn't mean that he's taking a break from new mu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Kanye West at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) We were just saying in today's rap roundup that Kanye West is supposedly releasing a new song every Friday starting today (1/8) ahead of his... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Kid Cudi at 2015 Pemberton Fest (more by Chris & Rae Graham) We're always posting about about a ton of rap, like the brand new Kendrick Lamar song, but still some stuff falls through the cracks.... more info