The Hip Hop Chronicle — Last night Jay-Z played Carnegie Hall in a historic night for Rap. Alicia Keys and Nas came out as special guests. Hov even went into the crowd to perform some tracks.   more info

Mjsbigblog — Carrie Underwood and Tony Bennett will perform together at the Grammys--probably "It Had to Be You" their duet from Tony's album. Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt will perform a tribute to the late Etta James. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jay-Z w/ orchesta, Alicia Keys & Nas @ Carnegie Hall - 2/6 Fans of disposable income -- earning it, spending it, rapping about it, listening to someone rap about it -- had much to cheer about during this concert, the... more info

Stereogum — After last year’s Grammys, when Arcade Fire performed dodging Mat Hoffman bike-tricks and then immediately won the Album Of The Year award, the award show has a high standard to live up to when it comes to ridiculous and implausible but kind of awe... more info

411 Mania — The two have done songs together... more info

Gigwise — As part of new side-project... more info

Pop Justice — BET have 'allegedly' banned Nicki Minaj’s 'Stupid Hoe' video from being shown, but refuse to explain why. (TMZ) (http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/01/nicki-minaj-stupid-hoe-banned-bet/#.Tyo5vMXKA2U) In further Nicki news, it is well worth checking out her... more info

Guardian Music — The former White Stripe's first solo outing sounds slight at first but is brilliantly compelling on repeat listensIt was always going to happen wasn't it? Sooner or later, serial collaborator Jack White was likely to run out of people to work with (B... more info

Pop Justice — Labrinth has generously provided us with a lyric video for his new single 'Last Time', which you can either read or listen to here. (YouTube) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JdfPZrcEeqo#!) It up there with Jessie J’s 'Domino... more info

ContactMusic — will i ams new solo album features Britney Spears Alicia Keys and Shakira The Black Eyed Peas leader featured Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger on the first single from the album T H E The Hardest Ever but promises many more guests on the other... more info