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After 2010′s aggressively weird Maya , M.I.A. gets back to her brassy pop roots on “Bad Girls,” the first single from her upcoming fourth album. Produced by Timbaland protégé Danja, the song’s packed with thumping beats, slinky grooves and genius lyrics that never fail to flaunt the singer/rapper/hellraiser’s trademark souped-up swagger.

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New Song: M.I.A., ‘Bad Girls’

Nicki Minaj has been running on fast forward for the past 12 months and the Young Money rapper shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. After performing at the 2012 Grammys (where she is also nominated for Best New Artist ), Europe and Asia will be her next stops, for an international promotional tour. Minaj announced the new tour dates on Twitter today, also telling fans that she plans to perform her latest material on the Grammys stage

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Nicki Minaj Announces International Promo Tour Dates

By Jocelyn Vena The Grammys surprised us when they didn’t give Kanye West a nod for Album of the Year, but turns out The Recording Academy also has some more tricks up their sleeves for the 2012 awards show. On Wednesday (January 18) LL Cool J, who has previously hosted the Grammy nominations concert, was been announced as the official host of the February 12 broadcast

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2012 Grammys: LL Cool J Is the First Host Since 2005

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy Lil Kim seemed to temporarily forget her longstanding feud with Nicki Minaj, Drake and Young Money during an appearance at Club Imax in Tampa, FL over the weekend. After performing “Lighters Up” and “Magic Stick,” the beleaguered rapper gave a gaggle of fans an impromptu karaoke performance of Drake’s club anthem “The Motto.” She shimmied about to the bouncy track, clearly in high spirits. “That was a hot ass motherf—ing joint! I can’t even front on that motherf—ing bitch ass n—-!” she proclaimed at one point.

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Lil Kim Loves ‘The Motto,’ Still Fires Shots At Drake

Awards season is upon us, and on Wednesday night (January 11) Nicki Minaj was confirmed as a performer at the 2012 Grammys.

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Nicki Minaj Performing At 2012 Grammys, Fans React

Many of today's biggest starts brought in the new year with various appearances on network television last night.

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(Nicki Minaj celebrates New Year’s 2011 in Miami) On New Year’s Eve, we know that YEEZY WORLD PEACE (aka Kanye West) will likely treat some lucky crowd to a DJ set under his brand new alias, and hopefully there will be footage to prove it when January 1, 2012 rolls around. In the meantime, check out what some other hip-hop stars have planned to ring in 2012.

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Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Drake: New Year’s Eve 2011 Celebrations

(Minaj on ‘Roman in Moscow’ video) By Nadeska Alexis After announcing the title and release date of her sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (due on Valentine’s Day 2012) Nicki Mina j released the two zany singles “ Roman in Moscow, ” and “ Stupid H–. ” Of course, the next step would be releasing videos for the songs, plus a tracklist for the album, both of which Minaj says are due in a matter of weeks

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Nicki Minaj: ‘Roman In Moscow,’ ‘Stupid H–’ Videos Due In 2 Weeks

By William E. Ketchum III Bizarre has always turned heads with his over-the-top lyrics (and for wearing a shower cap in music videos and photo shoots), but he made a more permanent statement this week

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D12 Rapper Bizarre Gets A Tattoo Of Nicki Minaj