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

Perez Hilton — Kendrick Lamar is kicking off the new year in full force! The King Kunta rapper stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night, and it looks like with a new year, comes new music from K Dot. He performed a BRAND NEW song with The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Back in late 2014, Kendrick Lamar debuted an untitled song on The Colbert Report that didn't end up on the great To Pimp A Butterfly, and last night (1/7) he debuted "untitled 2" on The Tonight Show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Rapsody North Carolina rapper Rapsody, who had a major guest verse on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly and also put out her own great album Beauty and the Beast, is the first artist to do an... more info