Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Justin Timberlake and the quadruple threat of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West have been added to the performance lineup for the 51st annual Grammy Awards.
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MTV.com News — We think the New Orleans MC is cut out to be a bona fide rock star, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Lil Wayne
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The best thing about "Prom Queen," Lil Wayne's much-discussed foray into the world of ro... more info
Pitchfork — Muxtape used to be the ultimate music playlist website-- so simple even an especially dumb baby would have little trouble uploading its own personal Lil Wayne's Greatest Hits mix to share with its dumb-baby friends. But then evil powers in the form o... more info
MTV.com News — 'Hot Revolver' borrows Green Day lyrics, Cars-like chorus.By Shaheem Reid
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Could Lil Wayne be the coolest rock-and-roller in the biz now? (Or the next Axl Rose?) That's up for debate, but as soon a... more info
MTV.com News — Tech-savvy musicians (or their underlings) have been releasing breaking news through the site.By Steven Roberts
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Coldplay will headline the Werchter festival in Belgium on July 3 and Roskilde in... more info
Nialler9 — Diplo’s productions just keep on giving with this new version of ‘Unstoppable’ featuring that Lil Wayne fellah and his mate Drake. I can take or leave Jeezy’s verse but the rest of it is solid gold. On another note, with Santogold’s penchan... more info
VH1 News — Producers Infamous and Drew Correa talked about Lil Wayne's new single "Prom Queen," saying they too were surprised by how rock-and-roll the song turned out. more info
Pitchfork — The psychedelic jazz composer David Axelrod (pictured) is not the same David Axelrod who masterminded Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but this Axelrod is more important for our purposes here at Pitchfork. This Axelrod got his start producing ri... more info
ET Online —
This year's Grammy Award campaign is all about musical influences, and our own Mark Steines and Mary Hart are getting in on the action!
Seen here are Mark and Mary's very special Grammy portraits created by the award-winning TBWAChiatDay agenc... more info