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As Rihanna prepares for the 54th Annual Grammy awards Feb. 12, where she's earned a nod for Album of the Year for her 'Loud' LP, the Bajan songstress will also headline a charity event on the same day. Rolling Stone reports that the 23-year-old 'You Da One' performer is performing at a charity concert alongside her 'We Found Love' collaborator Calvin Harris, in addition to Deadmau5 and Sebastian I

As expected, Jay-Z and Kanye West hit the Los Angeles stop of their Watch the Throne tour and rocked the Staples Center Sunday night (Dec. 11) for nearly three hours, but it was their unwillingness to stop performing one particular song that got the crowd really hyped...

Lauryn Hill returned to the Rock the Bells stage for the second year in a row, closing out the inaugural show, which kicked off in San Bernardino, Calif. Saturday (Aug. 21). Unlike previous years, this year's RTB had its group of headliners -- including Hill, Common, Erykah Badu, Cypress Hill and Nas -- perform one of their iconic albums in its entirety...

In the biggest showing of West Coast unity in recent memory, 24-year-old Dr. Dre protégé Kendrick Lamar headlined a sold-out show at Los Angeles venue the Music Box on Friday night (Aug. 19), performing with his Black Hippy crew, and receiving onstage co-signs from virtually every relevant L.A. MC. A Tup...

OFWGKTA front man Tyler, the Creator joins forces with Pusha T of the Clipse on the visual for the latter's new Neptunes-produced single 'Trouble on My Mind,' from his forthcoming EP 'Fear of God Part 2: Let Us Pray.' The video, directed by Jason Goldwatch and shot in Los Angeles after the Odd Future House of Blues show where Tyler broke his foot on June 18, does a successful job of marrying the t

Prince made a royal announcement last night (April 7) on 'Lopez Tonight.' The Purple One phoned his "Puerto Rican brother from another mother" during the show to announce a 21-night string of tour dates hitting Los Angeles' the Forum beginning on April 14...

Former Death Row gangster Marion "Suge" Knight is currently being held in custody by the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery and Homicide Division. The 45-year-old mogul was pulled over shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 20, while driving a white Cadillac Escalade near the intersection of 147th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in Gardena...

After eight years, the lawsuit filed by Voletta Wallace, mother of legendary Brooklyn rapper Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G., against the city of Los Angeles and the LAPD has been dismissed. B.I.G. was murdered on March 9 1997, after the Soul Train Awards in Los Angeles...

West Coast rap legend Ice Cube's long-awaited documentary on the Los Angeles Raiders, 'Straight Outta L.A.,' is scheduled to make its theatrical debut at the the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival this coming April. The film covers the Raiders' 1982 move from Oakland to Los Angeles, where they remained until 1995, winning their third, and last, Super Bowl, before returning to Oakland...

Rapper Kanye West got into the Christmas spirit by making a surprise appearance at the Los Angeles Mission Saturday (Dec. 26). The Grammy winner, alongside longtime girlfriend Amber Rose, joined other volunteers and served lunch to the homeless, who greeted the Chicago native and took pictures...