L.A. Times - Entertainment — The vocalist and bassist is a surprise winner, beating out Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence and the Machine and Mumford & Sons. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The big Grammys shocker of the night came in the form of Esperanza Spalding, the unknown who beat out Justin Bieber and Drake to win Best New Artist. Esperanza's a 26-year-old from Portland, who, as of a moment ago had the middle name "Quesadilla" on... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper DRAKE took his mother SANDI as his date to Sunday's (13Feb11) Grammy Awards, where he is nominated for four... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Drake has no plans to leave Young Money, a rep for the rapper has said. Gossip site MediaTakeOut.com posted a rumour that Drizzy Drake was about to join Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Drake’s publicist told XXL, “Drake is signed to Aspire/Young Money/Cash... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Here is some footage of Rihanna and Drake rehearsing for their Grammy performance.   Toya a2a_linkname="Drake And Rihanna Grammy Performance Rehearsal (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/02/12/drake-and-rihanna-grammy-perfo... more info

Topix — Most artists act humble when they're nominated for a Grammy, and talk about how it's an honor just to be nominated. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The oldest cliché in rock is the casualty list. There are the high-profile heroes of misadventure: Buddy Holly, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan. There are those that couldn’t handle success and took the ultimate way out: Nick Drake, Kurt Cobain, Jeff ... more info

Guardian Music — Our site got a Mike-over this week as the Streets man delivered podcasts, pictures and the news that he was going to quit10 things we learned from the Streets editing our website•It's really not a good idea to retire on the day you start a new job�... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Her album is number one in the United States and Head of the Barbie’s paid a visit to Jay Leno. Nicki Minaj performed her new music single “Moment 4 Life”, which features Drake.   a2a_linkname="Nicki Minaj Performs Moment 4 Life On Jay Leno (V... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Young Money’s Drake has took to his blog to write a new post to his fans. The rapper said that he’s in a happy place at the moment and is enjoying life; he also touched on a few other... more info