2010 Grammy Awards - Rap winners

The 2010 Grammy Awards featured a Triple threat contest between Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, with the teenage music star taking home some of the biggest awards of the night, including Album of the Year for "Fearless". Meanwhile, the Grammy show saw an interesting lineup of performances trying to stretch the limits of artistic creativity on stage. These included P!nk's cirque de soleil like performance with the superstar wearing very little and suspended from the ceiling dripping wet. Or there was the Green Day American Idiot musical performance of "21 Guns" by the band as well as their Broadway cast. Add to that a nice tribute to Michael Jackson done by Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Usher and Carrie Underwood, complete with 3-D effects. There were also a few rap/hip-hop performances, with T-Pain & Jamie Foxx doing "Blame it on the Alcohol". They had Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash come out and play his solo from "November Rain" as the track got rowdier towards the end. One of the final performances of the night was introduced by Inglorious Basterd Quentin Tarentino, as Eminem, Lil' Wayne and Drake took the stage, minus K-West. The camera caught Taylor Swift dancing to "Forever" in the crowd several times, in a happy Grammy moment. Here's the big winners for the 2010 Grammy rap categories: Best Rap Album - Relapse by Eminem Best Rap Song - Run this Town by Jay-Z, Kanye West & Rihanna Best Rap Solo Performance - D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) by Jay-Z Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group - Crack a Bottle by Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Run This Town by Jay-Z, Kanye West & Rihanna See more of the 2010 Grammy winners here.

Taylor Swift & T-Pain - Thug Story Lyrics & Video

The 2009 CMT Music Awards kicked off with a most unlikely pairing as Country/Pop and Hip-hop/R&B worlds collided. The opening video was entitled "Thug Story" by country star Taylor Swift and the master of the autotune, T-Pain. That's right it was T-Swizzle and T-Pizzle with Taylor delivering some "swift" lyrics backed by the crooning of T-Pain. Here's the Thug Story video featuring Taylor Swift and T-Pain. Find Taylor Swift Ringtones at Funtonia! Find T-Pain Ringtones at Funtonia! Thug Story Lyrics Taylor Swift & T-Pain ey ey T-Swizzle (T-Swizzle) T-Pizzle (T-Pizzle) I'm like 8 foot 4 blond hair to the floor You shorties never thought I dreamed about rappin' hardcore! No I ain't gotta gun, no I never really been in a club Still live with my parents but I'm still a thug I'm so gangsta you can find me bakin cookies at night You out clubbin? well I just made caramel delight! T-Swift & T-Pain rappin' on the same track It's a thug story tell me can you handle that? I had a dream last night, I had hi-top Nikes I had diamonds in my mouth and diamonds on my mic By the time I woke I was singin - I'm on a boa---t (T-Pain) Cuz I'm a signature rapper (Swift) Shorty I'ma make ya (T-Pain) Straight to the top yo (Swift) Shorty I'ma take ya (T-Pain) Call me T-Sweezy now I'm a rap star (Swift) It's a Thug Story now tell em who you are (T-Pain) Say ya turned gangsta (T-Pain) You don't wanna fight me (Swift) Straight to the top (T-Pain) In my xtra-small white tee (Swift) T-Swift & T-Pain on the same track, now it's a Thug Story now can you gimme that? (T-Pain) What?! What?! I knit sweaters yo! What?! What?! Don't test me (bleep) Swift talking: Hey hold on, hold on I didn't even say anything I said yo You guys bleeped me and I didn't even say anything, I didn't swear T-Pain sings: She didn't even swear- Swift: Hello? ugh! Get Taylor Swift Music at Amazon.com! Get Taylor Swift Tickets! Another interesting collaborative effort later in the show saw the duo Sugarland singing the B-52's classic "Love Shack" right before the group joined them on stage to finish the track out. Taylor Swift was one of the CMT Awards big winners of the night as winner of Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for "Love Story". Possibly "Thug Story" will be up for a BET award? Think not, but still a creative little comedic skit to merge country with rap, similar to the radio hit Nelly did years back.

I'm on a Boat Video (Lonely Island feat. T-Pain)

Here's the smash sensation music video by The Lonely Island, which features SNL's Andy Samberg and his partners in rhyme as they rap about how great it is being on a boat. T-Pain chimes in with his guest vocals to take the track to a whole nother level. Warning: Parental advisory, the following video is vulgar and also takes place on a large boat. The Lonely Island is comprised of a group of filmmakers and comedians founded in 2001 by Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Saturday Night Live star, Andy Samberg. The hit comedy rap "I'm on a Boat" can be found on The Lonely Island's 19 track long "Incredibad" album which also includes hits: Jizz in My Pants, We Like Sportz, Bing Bong Brothers and the classic "D--k in a Box" featuring Justin Timberlake. The album is available here at Amazon.com. See an interview about the single I'm on a Boat from Myspace. See info and videos from Incredibad, the album from The Lonely Island or see The Lonely Island entry at Wikipedia.org.

Billboard's Top 10 Ringtones 10.06.08

Here's a look at Billboard.com's top mobile ringtones right now. Dominating the chart is TI's smash hit Whatever You Like. TI is also dominating iTunes downloads right now with the top album and song download ("Paper Trail" and "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna). You'll notice one artist who appears quite often amongst the ringtone selections here, Lil' Wayne. The rap star is puttin in work, and getting his name on just about every album, remix and genre of music these days. Looks like Wayne wants that top spot on the MTV Top Hip Hop Artists debate next year! 1. Whatever You Like by T.I. 2. Can't Believe It by T-Pain feat. Lil' Wayne 3. Paper Planes by M.I.A. 4. My Life by The Game feat. Lil' Wayne 5. So What by Pink 6. Miss Independent by Ne-Yo 7. Mrs. Officer by Lil' Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino 8 I'm Yours by Jason Mraz 9 Addicted by Saving Abel 10 Bartender Song by Rehab You can find all of the above ringtone artists and many more at Funtonia.com, a great spot for mobile downloads!

T-Pain Concert at John Carroll University

This past Friday night, music recording star T-Pain put on a show at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. The show started at 8PM and lasted over 2 hours to a nearly packed gymnasium. His opener, Black Violin performed 1 hour playing violin in a neo hip-hop type way. T-Pain also went on for 1 hour performing not just his own original songs but also songs he's appeared as a guest on, such as "Low", "Kiss Kiss", and Kanye West's "The Good Life". T-Pain performed his hit songs "Buy You a Drank" and "Cyclone" and finished up with "Bartender" to rap up a lively hip-hop performance at the school. T-Pain official website T-Pain Myspace T-Pain ringtones at Funtonia Black Violin's official website Black Violin Myspace (Special thanks to Erica for pics and concert info)