ContactMusic — N-Dubz don't understand why they never get nominated for BRIT Awards.The group believe because their album sales are always much better than the chart performances of their singles, they get overlooked by the voting academy.Rapper Dappy Contostavlos ... more info

Guardian Music — The musician, 23, on Googling himself, being a carp angler, and feeling like TarzanMy real name is Costa. Sometimes I forget to be Costa as well as Dappy – I get caught up. Dappy has a way of taking over my whole personality; my mum's very good at ... more info

Guardian Music — He is the hottest new standup in America. Judd Apatow is his biggest fan and Kanye West is his best friend. Hadley Freeman meets trailblazer Aziz AnsariThere is a very funny and surprisingly sweet moment in the regular standup routine of Aziz Ansari,... more info

Guardian Music — Forget the hype and hoopla of the Brit awards – it's time to salute pop's unseen heroesThe voting academy for this year's Brit awards is made up of 1,000 specially invited members from across the UK music industry: music critics, music writers, onl... more info

ContactMusic — N-Dubz star Tulisa will be a "little diva" on tour, according to Encore.The urban act are set to hit the road with the 22-year-old singer - real name Tula Contostavlos - and believe she likes to have her own dressing room when she is on the road so s... more info

Guardian Music — As Mike Skinner explains in his guardian.co.uk/music takeover video, Drake is one of his favourite MCs. That's why he asked Ben Thompson to dissect the Canadian rapper's geniusThe first time I experienced Drake, it was as an absence. Cough-syrup laur... more info

ContactMusic — N-DUBZ star FAZER is fuming the rap trio has been snubbed by BRIT Award organisers again, insisting the band is "underrated" in its native U.K.The Playing With Fire hitmakers are a huge hit with fans but fail to impress industry experts. They only re... more info

MTV.co.uk News — Loick Essien may only be 20-years old, but he has already worked with the likes of Chipmunk, Bashy, Labrinth and more recently, the N-Dubz boys on his new single, Stuttering. He is also gearing up... more info

ContactMusic — British hip-hop star TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS has threatened to sue Twitter.com bosses for allegedly refusing to remove defamatory statements about her posted online by another user.The N-Dubz singer contacted bosses at the microblogging site after a user... more info

Pop Justice — Some waffle about some awards whose shortlists are being announced this evening in the presence of Fearne Cotton and James Corden: British Male Solo Artist Example would be a good person to be nominated for this, although he is an example of an indi... more info