Jay-z lead this year’s nominees with five nominations including “Video Of The Year” (Empire State of Mind, Run This Town) and Best Male Hip Hop Artist. Trey Songz, Alicia Keys, Beyonce and new artist Melanie Fiona followed close behind with four nominations each. Monica is up for two awards including the Centric and Viewer’s Choice.

Best Female R&B Artist

Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil’ Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
B.o.B
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money

Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans

Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Drake & Trey Songz – “Successful”
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – “Forever”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – “Video Phone”
B.o.B f/ Bruno Mars – “Nothin’ on You”
Melanie Fiona – “It Kills Me”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Viewer’s Choice
Beyoncé – “Sweet Dreams”
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Monica – “Everything to Me”
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – “Hard”
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – “Say Aah”
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – “Bedrock”

Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)

Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade

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The Carters were spotted out and about, rumor has it that Beyonce is learning how to drive. I think this is a lie because I remember Beyonce said she use to pick Solange up from school.

Beyonce is reportedly learning how to drive with the help of her rapper hubby Jay-Z.

The Single Ladies singer is allegedly having lessons with Jigga early in the morning to avoid busy roads and the hoards of paparazzi that follow the couple everywhere they go.

A source close to the pair told The Sun: “Jay and Beyonce normally go out mid-morning when it’s quiet. Their bodyguards are always in tow but they never ride in the car with them.

The On To The Next One rapper is also said to be planning on buying his wife a Bentley but Bey isn’t keen on having a flash car.

The source added: “Beyonce wants something smaller. Money isn’t an issue but she doesn’t want to feel like she’s driving a tank. She does want a car that’s big enough to take out her family and friends if she needs to though.”

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Well doesn’t Beyonce look lovely in her Sunday’s best, this was Beyonce Easter dress. The Carters has a romantic Easter Sunday dinner at Wallse in NYC, the couple also celebrated their two year anniversary this past weekend in New York.  They enjoyed a dinner at Nellos Restaurant and headed over to Broadway to check out Michelle Williams in the musical “Chicago”.

After a website published their annual “Beyonce is pregnant” story yesterday, Beyonce Knowles‘ publicist from her record company, Sony, tells Rolling Stone today that the report is simply “untrue.” So you can put your bibs and onesies away because there are no mini-Carters on the way. Beyonce’s official reps for online media and they confirm as well that the report claiming she is pregnant is 100% false.

I’m ready to sign them papers I know that Ms Tina was singing that this morning when she hopped up out the bed. Im going to say my two cent here, firstly why do we feel the need to save face folks? I did it for years and then when the shyt hits the fan and the truth comes out you still look stupid. It’s best to keep it real; deal with it and move on. Saving face for folks who don’t mean you nothing is not worth the trouble. Matthew and Tina have been over and apart but they lived a lie in the media’s eye for the sake of there money. Now the shyt done hit the fan and it stills doesn’t make either party look any better. That’s why I respected the way Russell and Kimora handled there divorce! When it was over they put out a statement and then moved on.

Hiding the truth gets to messy for me, because at the end of the day your only lying to yourself. I know these two have not been together in a while and should have handle this thing two years ago. Now look at the mess you’ve made fronting, now your still sweeping up shyt when you could have got it done and over with.

A DNA test has confirmed that Mathew Knowles is the father of Alexsandra Wright’s brand new baby boy. With the DNA test a match, we’re told lawyers for Knowles and Wright are in the final stages of negotiating a settlement for baby Nixon’s child support. Wright filed a paternity suit last October against Knowles — who was temporarily ordered to pay $8,200 in monthly child support.

Wright claims she had an 18 month affair with Knowles.

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I knew that interview with Beyonce sounded kind of fishy. Today, the magazine issued a retraction of the interview as well as an apology. As they admit they indeed ran the interview in the form everyone saw (and it was indeed translated correctly to English), they claim that they faulted in verifying the freelance writer’s info. The writer would not verify where he got his information and facts (i.e. the marriage contract with Jay-Z and her feelings about white producers), so the magazine now believes the writer made the interview up. The magazine fired the writer and has also issued a formal apology to Beyonce Knowles and to other publications. We received their apology via Beyonce’s reps at Sony Music:

Beyoncé spoke in downtown Brooklyn, New York, at the Phoenix House, a nonprofit recovery center for drug and alcohol addiction, to unveil a project she and her mother, Tina, have dreamed of and worked on for years: the Beyoncé Cosmetology Center.

According to the press release, the program is “a seven-month cosmetology training course for adult men and women.” L’Oréal has donated all the products to be used at the center, and their spokeswoman Beyoncé, along with her mother, have pledged to donate $100,000 annually. After brief remarks by  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Tina Knowles, among others, Beyoncé graciously took to the podium to explain both her ties to the house — she first visited in 2007 as part of research for her role as Etta James in “Cadillac Records” — and her hopes for the program.

While Phoenix House provides varied vocational training, “I felt like they needed something that was geared towards women — something that would teach them skills that would give them hope even after the Phoenix House,” Beyoncé explained about why she chose to fund a beauty school. Her mother also owned and operated a salon in Knowles’ hometown of Houston.

“I saw that a salon was a place for women to socialize, share stories, cry, laugh and get advice,” she continued about her experiences growing up around a beauty parlor. She was close to tears as she added, “Most importantly, I saw the joy it brought my mother, knowing she was a part of their transformation.”

B admired the strength of the women and men who’ve chosen to go to Phoenix House, citing the stigma placed on the disease of drug and alcohol abuse, and that while none of them chose to be addicts, they have all “chosen to get better.” As the speech ended and a brief set of photo ops — including the cutting of a ceremonial ribbon — began, Beyoncé took to the microphone one last time. “It’s a very proud day for me and my mother,” she beamed.

Hip-hop’s first couple, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, finally made it to the White House … only for a visit that is. Jay and B visited the nation’s First Family at the White house on Wednesday (March 3) while in town during a stop on the “BP3″ tour, where he performed at the city’s Verizon Center. A White House official said the rapper — alongside his wife/singer Beyonce, her mother Tina Knowles, singer Trey Songz, and industry veteran Kevin Liles — toured the residence. Then later, Jay actually had a quick, unscheduled visit with President Obama, said the Washington Post.

The hip-hop superstar shared news of the visit with fans during his show that evening, before wishing a White House staffer’s child happy birthday.

“I don’t know where you are, but happy birthday. I just came from the White House. And your pop works there. He said, ‘Happy Birthday,’ ” Jay said.

In an interview with Interview magazine last month, Jay reflected on his rise from the streets all the way to the White House, saying it “was crazy” that he could even meet with these powerful people.

“For me, being with [President] Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton … It’s crazy,” he said. “It’s mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians — by America in general.”

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Not me, but she does look pretty fly in it. Beyonce took some sexy pics for the House of Dereon Spring 2010 line.  Some were shot in Greece she looks so pretty and I guess you can get yourself a fly hair accessory like Beyonce from Macy’s.