Tuesday 31 July 2012

2012 VMAs Nominees

The 2012 MTV VMAs will air September 6 at 8 p.m. from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. check out the official nominations here. Thus far, performances have not been announced yet, except for Alicia Keys


Video of the Year


Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

Gotye, “Somebody That I Used To Know”

Rihanna, “We Found Love”

Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

M.I.A., “Bad Girls”



Best New Artist

Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”

Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”

The Wanted, “Glad You Came”



Best Hip-Hop Video

Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”

Drake feat. Lil Wayne, “HYFR”

Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, “Mercy”

Watch the Throne, “Paris”

Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, “Beez in the Trap”



Best Male Video

Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”

Usher, “Climax”



Best Female Video

Rihanna, “We Found Love”

Katy Perry, “Part of Me”

Beyoncé, “Love on Top”

Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

Selena Gomez & The Scene, “Love You Like a Love Song”



Best Pop Video

One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”

Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”

Rihanna, “We Found Love”

Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”



Best Rock Video

Coldplay, “Paradise”

The Black Keys, “Lonely Boy”

Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”

Jack White, “Sixteen Saltines”

Imagine Dragons, “It’s Time”



Best Electronic Dance Music Video

Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”

Calvin Harris, “Feel So Close”

Skrillex, “First of the Year (Equinox)”

Martin Solveig, “The Night Out”

Avicii, “Le7els”



Best Video with a Message

Demi Lovato, “Skyscraper”

Rise Against, “Ballad of Hollis Brown”

Kelly Clarkson, “Dark Side”

Gym Class Heroes, “The Fighter”

K’Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, “Is Anybody Out There?”

Lil Wayne, “How to Love”



Best Art Direction

Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”

Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”

Of Monsters & Men, “Little Talks”



Best Choreography

Chris Brown, “Turn Up the Music”

Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”

Beyoncé, “Countdown”

Avicii, “Le7els”

Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, “Dance Again”



Best Cinematography

M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

Adele, “Someone Like You”

Drake feat. Rihanna, “Take Care”

Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”

Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die”



Best Direction

M.I.A., “Bad Girls”

Duck Sauce, “Big Bad Wolf”

Coldplay feat. Rihanna, “Princess of China”

Frank Ocean, “Swim Good”

Watch the Throne, “Otis”



Best Editing

Beyoncé, “Countdown”

A$AP Rocky, “Goldie”

Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know”

Watch the Throne, “Paris”

Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, “Mercy”



Best Visual Effects

Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”

Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”

David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”

Linkin Park, “BURN IT DOWN”







Tuesday 17 July 2012

Lil Wayne feat Big Sean- My Homies Still

NEW Elle Varner: 'I Dont Care'

Nas celebrates LIFE IS GOOD release in NYC

Guests included Jay-Z, a camera-shy Beyoncé, Barry Weiss, Wale, Teyana Taylor, Swizz Beatz, Bridget Kelly, Jermaine Dupri, and “Empire Girls” stars Adrienne Bailon and Julissa Bermudez

Check out highlights







Monday 9 July 2012

NEW Vaygez Blakk- Chasing Pavements




Vaygez Blakk is a street savvy hip-hop recording artist known for writing cutting edge lyrics with story lines brought to you directly from the realities of the hood. Open mic battles, competitions and showcases are not new to this sexy rap artist. She is known to devour any track given to her with confidence and charisma.




Vaygez Blakk was born in the very place where hip-hop started, "The Bronx", in New York on January 24. She started out rapping at jams in the park in the summer time in her early teens and earned respect from DJ's and other aspiring rap artists in surrounding neighborhoods. Vaygez has a genuine passion for writing songs about situations that actually occur on the streets and has the ability to make people believe and feel her pain through her music. She has been on numerous mixtapes throughout New York and has been releasing her own mixtapes as well beginning with the summertime classic Mixtape Series Dame of the Game Vol 1 (2011) and Vol. 2 Hosted by DJ ty Boogie (2012)



Vaygez has an undying hunger to be heard. Her role as one of toughest female voices on the East Coast is guaranteed to propel her into the spotlight where she needs to be in order to succeed in such a male dominated industry. With hopes of landing a major recording contract, she continues to bless the Tri-State area with hard-hitting songs that have the potential to become classics in the near future.



Recently Vaygez blakk has been a guest on the Media Take Out and WSHH renowned A&R Report courtesy of Xtreme104FM hosted by DJ XXXotic Mami, as well as WDIB Radio, and BB1 Live hosted by Black Beauty Kia. In addition she is featured on the smash single Look At Me Now (2012) performed by risisng R&B songstress Nya Tabia, and countless other outputs by some of the Tri-State Areas underground sensations.



Touring wise, she has been a standout on the P Realz records Spring/Summer series with stops in Connecticut and NYC respectively in addition to performances in conjunction with Bigg Boy's Monday Mayhem; In the coming 2nd Quarter Vaygez will continue with a healthy radio presence, as well as performances with Limelight Foundation's DiceHood Showcasing @ Sapphire Lounge, NYC and GX Media's Duce and Friends as well as #TheTour Series which to date has included performances by Torch (Maybach Music Group), Beanie Sigel, and Fred the Godson (TBM/Blockwork).
 
 
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**THE DAME OF THE RAP GAME**

It May Not Be What U Call Perfect....But It's My Life!
 
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Monday 2 July 2012

BET AWARDS 2012 Highlights

Check out the celebs who participated in the 2012 Edition of the BET AWARDS