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Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez and the Black Eyed Peas have been tapped to take the stage for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 22. The awards will air live on ABC from the famed MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas strip, and honor charting artists from February 28, 2010 through March 1, 2011. Th...

Veteran '90s rapper Play of Kid 'n Play has been tapped to host the 11th annual Holy Hip Hop Awards. Created in an effort to celebrate Christian hip-hop ministry and bring light to gospel MCs, the Holy Hip Hop Awards is an offshoot of Holy Hip Hop Week, which has featured rap luminaries like Kurtis Blow, Grand Master Caz and Ma$e...

MTV has announced the nominees for its Seventh Annual mtvU Woodie Awards, airing live from the South by Southwest Music Festival, and apparently the kids like hip-hop in 2011. The college network's picks include the ubiquitous Kanye West alongside hip-pop phenom B...

Black Eyed Peas front man and producer, will.i.am will be honored by performance rights organization BMI, during their annual Urban Awards on September 10. The 35-year-old will receive BMI's President's Award for his work as both an artist/producer and a humanitarian...