Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, and Carrie Underwood sported 3-D glasses during rehearsals for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards at L.A.’s Staples Center on Saturday (Jan. 30). The artists will pay homage to the King of Pop at tomorrow’s show. The tribute also features the premiere of Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song” mini-movie in 3-D.

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Speaking to MTV, Drake says he’s pushing for a March release now.

Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy and Kanye West will be on the album. Drake refers to a mystery guest.

Congrats to Drizzy for the Grammy nomination.

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The Nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards took place last night. LL Cool J opened proceedings with a freestyle medley. Maxwell performed a tribute to Michael Jackson and the Black Eyed Peas rocked the stage. 

There is no Rap artists up for top gongs like “Song Of The Year”, “Album Of The Year” or “Record Of The Year”.

Respect and congratulaions to newcomers Kid Cudi and Drake who are both nominated.

Jay-Z recieves 5 nominations, Beyonce has 10 and Kanye has 6.

Below is the nominations for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Best Rap Solo Performance

• Best I Ever Had
  Drake
• Beautiful
  Eminem
• D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
  Jay-Z
• Day ‘N’ Nite
  Kid Cudi
• Casa Bey
  Mos Def

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• Too Many Rappers
  Beastie Boys & Nas
• Crack A Bottle
  Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
• Money Goes, Honey Stay
  Fabolous & Jay-Z
• Make Her Say
  Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
• Amazing
  Kanye West & Young Jeezy

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Ego
  Beyoncé & Kanye West
• Knock You Down
  Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
• Run This Town
  Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
• I’m On A Boat
  The Lonely Island & T-Pain
• Dead And Gone
  T.I. & Justin Timberlake

Best Rap Song

• Best I Ever Had
  Drake
• Day ‘N’ Nite
  Kid Cudi
• Dead And Gone
  T.I. & Justin Timberlake
• D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
  Jay-Z
• Run This Town
  Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Rap Album

• Universal Mind Control
  Common
• Relapse
  Eminem
• R.O.O.T.S.
  Flo Rida
• The Ecstatic
  Mos Def
• The Renaissance
  Q-Tip

More at the Grammys Website

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For the upcoming 51st annual Grammy Awards, rap star Lil Wayne has notched up eight nominations.

The rapper holds the most nominations including ”Album of the Year” for his multi-platinum selling album Tha Carter III.

Ne-Yo is set to battle it out with Wayne over the year’s best album with ‘Year of the Gentleman.

Kanye West is up for 6 awards this time around including his feature on Estelle’s hit record ‘American Boy’.

Speaking on UK artists, Leona Lewis is up for a Grammy in the ‘Record of The Year catergory. Also in same catergory is the lovely M.I.A., who is nominated for her smash hit ‘Paper Planes’. 

Its been a great year for Lupe Fiasco. He’s up for four awards including “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration,” “Best Rap Album” and “Best Rap Solo Performance” for tracks taken from The Cool.

And finally Jay-Z is up for 6 awards this year after the successful release of American Gangster last year.

The 51st Grammy Awards show is scheduled to air on the 8th of February 2009 in California.

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