Grammy Awards
Mýa Hurts Foot, Misses Chance to Break a Leg (E! Online)
E! Online - Chicago isn't Mýa's kind of town just yet. The Grammy-winning R&B songstress had been scheduled to make her Broadway debut May 12, playing husband-offer Velma Kelly in the Bob Fosse production, but a broken left foot has forced her to lay her fishnets aside for the time being. More »
Amy Winehouse cautioned for assault (Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse was cautioned for assault and released without charge on Saturday after spending the night in custody, police said. More »
Musician reunited with $4M violin he left in N.J. cab (AP)
AP - A Grammy-nominated violinist has been reunited with a $4 million violin he left in the back of a cab. More »
Keys talks about her conspiracy theories (AP)
AP - There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: "`Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. `Gangsta rap' didn't exist." More »
L.A. music school named for Herb Alpert (AP)
AP - California Institute of the Arts is naming its music school after Herb Alpert following a new $15 million donation from the Grammy-winning trumpeter, school officials announced Wednesday. More »
Rapper Remy Ma plans NYC jail nuptials (AP)
AP - Rapper Remy Ma isn't letting jail derail her wedding plans. The Grammy-nominated artist aims to marry her fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, at the city's Rikers Island jail while she awaits her sentencing for shooting a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000, lawyer Ivan Fisher said. More »
Gloria Gaynor to open Casablanca jazz festival (AFP)
AFP - Grammy award-winning American singer Gloria Gaynor, whose hit single "I will survive" topped music charts in 1979, will open the third Casablanca jazz festival on Tuesday. More »
Wyclef Jean asks Haitians to give up crime (Reuters)
Reuters - In a radio ad sponsored by the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean is asking his fellow citizens to give up crime and work to improve the country. More »
Rapper Remy Ma convicted over New York shooting (AFP)
AFP - A New York court on Thursday found Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma guilty on assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion charges that could land the musician in jail for up to 25 years. More »
Rapper T.I. pleads guilty in U.S. gun case (Reuters)
Reuters - Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I. reversed course on Thursday and pleaded guilty to three charges of illegal weapons possession. More »