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Nicki Minaj Brought To Tears, Talks Taylor Swift [VIDEO]

Darnella Dunham, Senior Producer — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:14:04 +0000

Nicki Minaj was recently honored by Billboard, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she talked about the award and shouted out Country superstar Taylor Swift. Nicki accepted the magazine’s Rising Star Award and became emotional about when talking about what it meant to her to be recognized by this publication.

See how pretty Nicki Minaj looks when she cried in the video below, and find out why she keeps showing Taylor Swift so much love.

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Nicki Minaj Thanks Taylor Swift For Her Contribution To “Superbass”

Shamika Sanders — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:15:23 +0000

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift have formed an unlikely friendship which stemmed from a radio interview Miss Swift had done where she requested Nicki’s “Superbass, ” a cut off Nicki’s Pink Friday album, to be played. The radio host, interviewing her at the time took it a step further and asked Taylor to rap the lyrics, which she said she could effortlessly do. After a slight hesitation, Taylor erupted into song, adding her soft-spoken voice to Minaj’s mature lyrics. The video spawned several copy-cats and introduced “Superbass” to a complete new realm of people.

Last night, upon accepting her 2011 American Music Award for “Favorite Hip Hop Artist,” Nicki Minaj thanked Taylor for her contribution to “Superbass.” Nicki says “Well, I have to thank her because if it wasn’t for her just being open and honest about a new song she liked no-one would know… her fan base would not have known about ‘Super Bass’.”

Taylor said she is “blown away” by Nicki’s acknowledgment!

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T.I. On Performing With Taylor Swift, Future Collaboration [VIDEO]

Darnella Dunham, Senior Producer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:05:13 +0000

T.I. jumped onstage with Taylor Swift this weekend and performed “Live Your Life” in front of thousands of surprised fans, and this may not be the last time this unlikely pair does a song together.

Tip spoke on a conference call to DJs today, and when asked if he would be working with Taylor on a song for his next album, he was initially evasive. “I really don’t know what lays down the line,” T.I. explained. He also discussed his surprise performance with Taylor Swift and described it as “monumental” and added, “It was huge.”

So can we expect a T.I. and Taylor Swift collaboration? Tip says, “Knowing how things work for me … anything can happen.”

Check out Taylor Swift singing Rihanna’s part of “Live Your Life” with T.I. in Atlanta in the video below!

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Usher Performs With Taylor Swift, Brings His Sons Onstage [VIDEO]

Darnella Dunham, Senior Producer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:28:08 +0000

During her concert in Atlanta, country music superstar Taylor Swift surprised her fans by bringing Usher onstage to perform “Yeah!,” and his sons also made an appearance. The country fans seemed to be into the impromptu collabo, and you can see Usher and Taylor together in the video below…

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Regina Michelle — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:08:06 +0000

Rapper Romeo Miller was recently inaugurated president of No Limit Records, previously headed by his father, Master P. Watch as Romeo discusses his upcoming mixtape and collaborations with Sean Kingston and Taylor Swift in the latest installment of The Playlist, brought to you by TheUrbanDaily and TV One. The Playlist Week 11: Read more..

Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift On Twitter

The Urban Daily — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:09:11 +0000

Talk about serious pre-album promotion. As if dropping a free song every week until Christmas wasn’t enough of a marketing strategy for Kanye West, now he has offered another apology to Taylor Swift for his VMA antics.

Perhaps because this year’s award show takes place Sept. 12 – and they’re both attending – he felt the need to revisit the fiasco that had everyone–including the President–calling him names.

“I’m sorry Taylor,” he wrote in 140 character per minute stream of consciousness. “She had nothing to do with my issues with award shows. She had no idea what hit her. She’s justa lil girl with dreams like the rest of us.”

Kanye also added that he’d written a song for Taylor and hopes that she performs it. I guess if Chris Brown can get redemption from the people why can’t Kanye?

Read the entire Twitter Manifesto below. (props to NecoleBitchie for transcribing)

Man I love Twitter… I’ve always been at the mercy of the press but no more… The media tried to demonize me. They wanted yall to believe I was a monster in real life so you guys wouldn’t listen or buy my music anymore. I feel like they were waiting for the opportunity to go in all the way on me and when it came they beat me to a pulp.

Even now a lot of articles start there first 2 paragraphs about how much of an asshole I am. I accept the idea (ideal) that perception is reality. When I say perception is reality I mean whatever you think is the truth… is your truth. Some people’s truth is Kanye is racist… It’s not my truth but I do believe it’s my Karma…. walk with me..

Even though the NBC telethon was widely praised yall didn’t think they was just gone let me get away with that did yall???!!! With the help of strong will, a lack of .impathy, a lil alcohol and extremely distasteful & bad timing … I became George Bush over night.

How deep is the scar… I bled hard.. cancelled tour with the number one pop star in the world … closed the doors of my clothing office. Had to let employees go… for the first time I felt the impact of my brash actions … I felt the recession from an ownership side. People booed when I would go to concerts and the performer mentioned my name. Remember in Anchor Man when Ron Burgandy cursed on air and the entire city turned on him? But this wasn’t a joke. This was & is my real life. There are people who don’t dislike me… they absolutely hate me!

I was chilling with this white girl having a conversation and she cut me off and said… Hold up… I thought you didn’t like us?! That’s when you realize perception is reality. I’ve been straying from this subject on twitter but I have to give it to you guys raw now.

If you google Asshole my face may very well pop up 2 pages into the search.

Some people say… Why worry about “the haters?” This is bigger that just the concept of haters. I have a mission in life to bring truth and beauty through my music and the visuals that anchor around it. The media has successfully diminished the “receptive” audience of (3rd person)… KANYE WEST

.taking a 15 second blip the media have successfully painted the image of the “ANGRY BLACK MAN’ The King Kong theory. I’m the guy who at one point could perform the Justin Timberlake on stage and everyone would be sooo happy that I was there. People tweeted that they wish I was dead… No listen. They wanted me to die people. I carry that. I smile and take pictures through that. I wear my scars… It’s almost like I have to where a suit to juxtapose my image and I won’t lie… IT WORKS!

I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that’s so beautiful and I want her to have it. If she won’t take it then I’ll perform it for her. She had nothing to do with my issues with award shows. She had no idea what hit her. She’s just a lil girl with dreams like the rest of us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly

We’re both artist and the media and managers are trying to get between us. Everyone wants to capitalize off this is some way. I’m ready to get out of my own way. The ego is overdone… it’s like hoodies. I know there are family members friends and fans that have literally fought for me. There are people who have named there kids after me… can you imagine that next day in school. Even though I don’t have kids…

I am responsible for those who love and represent me and what they have to deal with on a day to day defending “The American Psycho”. I watched Justin Timberlake at the Grammies loose every televised award including album of the year which the Dixie Chicks won.

I would have ran on stage for Justin that night because Sexy Back (in my mind) was that important… that impactful to our culture. It’s not about race America. No one in our position ever stands up and says anything anymore. I have given my awards to other groups multiple times on national TV… They never showed that this past year during the massacre of Kanye.

Who’s seen the play Wicked? I’ve seen it 4 times! Other than loving the music acting and costumes… it’s my story!!! The Wicked witch of the west basically is so convicted to tell her’ truth when she does it she is outcasted by society and turned WICKED! With new found humility … who am I to run on stage? I would never ever again in a million years do that. Sorry to let you down.

It is distasteful to cut people off as a general rule. What’s the point of dressing tastefully if I’m going to act the complete opposite? Yes I was that guy. A 32 year old child. When I woke up from the crazy nightmare I looked in the mirror and said GROW UP KANYE … I take the responsibility for my actions!

I am not a bad person. Even in that moment I was only trying to do good but people don’t always need my help.Beyonce didn’t need that. MTV didn’t need that and Taylor and her family friends and fans definitely didn’t want or need that.

These aren’t regular tweets… this is stream of consciousness … I want you guys to know and feel where my head is at… It feels like the movie Heat when you wanted Deniro to make it… You want the bad guy to make it. These tweets have no manager, no publicist , no grammar checking… this is raw

Humanity and Empathy are 2 of the 4 principles at facebook. Those were the 2 principles I was missing on that evening. Why are there so many tweets? Well this isn’t a simple subject. There are layers to this beyond me running on stage.

You’ve got the top layer… Kanye’s rude! You’ve got a layer of order… this is how things are spose to go this is how it’s always been etc. You’ve got a layer of… What is reality? You really want this guy to die over an award show???!! wooooooow ….You’ve got the Media play… Who benefitted off of the moment? MTV? JAY LENO? BEYONCE? ALL FORMS OF MEDIA? TAYLOR? KANYE WEST? Who gained? Who lost?

Walk with me people… let’s break this down for real now. I might get in trouble again lol? WHO BENEFITED FOR REAL PEOPLE???!!!!!!!! A year later where do we stand?

There’s a layer of… hey Kanye said what I was thinking. There’s a layer of… Entertainment… we are entertainers and this is only TV… not the War. Why was it made into such a race issue. Taylor loves rap music… I love country music.

I’ve hurt, I’ve bled, I’ve learned. I only want to do good. I am passionate I am human I am real. I wish I could meet every hater. I wish I could talk to every hater face to face and change there a opinion of me one conversation at a time. I wish they all knew how much I really cared about music and pop culture and art and peoples feelings.

I wish they could accept that I’ve grown and only want to do good for the world. I want to help as many people as I can. I want to help starting with the music and ending with the smile. I want to win there hearts back so I can continue to bring my take on culture to the masses with a clean opinion.

It starts with this…

I’m sorry Taylor.

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2010 Grammy Awards: The Winners!

The Urban Daily — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:24:19 +0000

With the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards a quickly fading memory (if it weren’t for our live blog coverage, I would’ve already forgotten what happened last night), here’s a list of the folks who probably won’t be forgetting it any time soon: the winners!

Beyoncé was the big winner last night, taking home six trophies, the most ever taken home by a woman in one night. Jay-Z and the Black Eyed Peas brought home three awards each. Eminem, Kanye West, Rihanna, and Maxwell brought home two awards each.

Song of the Year: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyoncé, Thaddis Harrell, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart (songwriter’s award)

Record of the Year: “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon

Album of the Year: Fearless – Taylor Swift

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “I Gotta Feeling” – Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyoncé

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: “Pretty Wings” – Maxwell

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Blame It” – Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “At Last” – Beyoncé

Best R&B Song: “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” – Beyoncé, Thaddis Harrell, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart (songwriter’s award)

Best R&B Album: BLACKsummers’Night – Maxwell

Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: “Pearls” – India.Arie

Best Rap Solo Performance: “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” – Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Crack a Bottle” – Eminem, Dr. Dre, & 50 Cent

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: “Run This Town” – Jay-Z, Rihanna, & Kanye West

Best Rap Song: “Run This Town” – Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, M. Riddick, E. Wilson (songwriter’s award)

Best Rap Album: Relapse – Eminem

GALLERY: 9 WTF Moments Of 2009

jlbarrow — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:00:18 +0000

2009 is becoming the year most people want to forget but here are a few moments we'll be talking about way into the next decade. ... Read more..

VIDEO: Taylor Is Swift With Kanye Payback

The Urban Daily — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:55:31 +0000

As expected, MTV Video Music Award winner Taylor Swift got in a few digs at Kanye West during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live.

“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye/and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my VMA monologue/But there‘s nothing more to say/everything‘s ok/I have security lining the stage…”

Will Taylor Swift Diss Kanye On SNL?

The Urban Daily — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:36:35 +0000

Taylor Swift will be the host and musical guest on this weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live.

According to MTV News, Swift starts saying that she’ll be this week’s host in her SNL promo, only to be interrupted by cast member Bill Hader. Watch the clip.

MTV Shows

She doesn’t say much in the promo but do you think she’ll take some jabs during the broadcast? Let us know what you think!

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VIDEO: Jay-Z & Kanye West “Sorry Taylor” (SPOOF)

The Urban Daily — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:10:21 +0000

Comedian Affion Crockett strikes again with this spoof of Kanye West and Jay-Z apologizing to Taylor Swift over the “Haters” beat.

“Send my ass to my room, room, room, so I don’t act like a coon, coon, coon…”

I can’t wait for the “Run This Town” spoof.

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VIDEO: Leave Kanye Alone!!!!!

The Urban Daily — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:45:29 +0000

Me and my homie Caktus Tree thought that no one was standing up for Kanye so we decided to do it ourselves.

AUDIO: Single, Heartless & Wild (Kanye/Taylor Duet)

The Urban Daily — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:39 +0000

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UPDATE: Kanye Apologizes For MTV VMA Tirade

Pharoh Martin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:34:11 +0000

Here is Kanye West’s apology for his VMA outburst. You can also watch his apology on Jay Leno by clicking HERE.

Somebody help Kanye West. I don’t know if it was that Hennessey he was carrying on the red carpet or a chemical imbalance in his ego that did it but Taylor Swift got robbed of her first VMA moment after beating out Beyonce, Pink, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry.

While accepting her award for Best Female Video at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards Swift was shocked after the microphone abruptly snatched away from her by West, a perpetual stage stormer.

All Swift could do is stand silently with her trophy while Kanye goes on a tirade supporting Beyonce’s video for “Single Ladies”.

“Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!”

Beyonce couldn’t believe it either.

MTV Shows

Don’t worry though. Taylor got her moment after all. In a classy moment, Beyonce surrenders her mic time after winning her own Moon Man for Video of the Year and gave it to the young country starlet so she could properly give her much deserved speech.

WATCH BEYONCE WIN AND TAYLOR SPEAK:

Kanye apologized for his actions on his blog:

I’M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD’VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE’S IN THE BLEACHERS! …………………… I’M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!…………….. BEYONCE’S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FANS IF I LET YOU GUYS DOWN!!!! I’M SORRY TO MY FRIENDS AT MTV. I WILL APOLOGIZE TO TAYLOR 2MRW. WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I’M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! NO DISRESPECT BUT WE WATCHIN’ THE SHOW AT THE CRIB RIGHT NOW CAUSE … WELL YOU KNOW!!!! I’M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! I GAVE MY AWARDS TO OUTKAST WHEN THEY DESERVED IT OVER ME… THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!!!!!! I’M NOT CRAZY YALL, I’M JUST REAL. SORRY FOR THAT!!! I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR TAYLOR AND I’M SINCERELY SORRY!!! MUCH RESPECT!!!!!
09.13.2009

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Taylor Swift & T-Pain Share Their “Thug Story”

The Urban Daily — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:30:37 +0000

VIA E!:

You already knew about the Taylor Swift/T-Pain collaboration (or not…), but you ain’t seen nuthin’ ’til you’ve watched T-Swizzle and T-Pizzle tell their “Thug Story.”

Check out T-Pain going all countrified at the CMT Awards by clicking here!

The country starlet may have swept up a pair of CMT Awards last night, but she’s really “so gangster you can find [her] baking cookies at night.”

Check out the video snippet below: