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UK grime artist Stormzy dropped his long-awaited debut album Gang Signs & Prayer at midnight. Since then, the rapper has been causing all sorts of chaos, and certainly the good kind.

Teaming up with Red Bull Studios, he decided to give his fans a special treat performing three separate, secret shows around the city of London. His performances were announced on social media to which crowds turned out in the masses to see the artist. The final show took place in Stormzy’s hometown of Croydon which drew in 2,000 loyal fans who heard him perform “Big For Your Boots” and “Cold” amongst other album tracks.

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Stormzy began his road to musical success many years ago as an underground artist. After grinding away with impressive freestyles and tracks, the rapper proudly put out GSAP today. The sixteen joint album features UK talent such as as Wretch 32 and MNEK. Also channeling the RnB slow jam vibe, Stormzy also collaborated with “CRZY” singer Kehlani on “Cigarettes and Cush,” who the rapper is good friends with. A special day for the London-born artist, he even got a shout out from Adele on Twitter for the record.

GSAP can be streamed below and is available to purchase now on iTunes.

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Singer Adele may have taken the awards for song, record, and album of the year, but her own heart thought that at least a couple of the awards may have belonged elsewhere.

In the video clip you can watch below, you can see part of Adele’s acceptance speech for album of the year. She takes a long moment to give a huge shout out to Beyoncé‘s album Lemonade, which she states that she found incredibly inspiring not only for herself but for her Black friends as well. From Time, Adele had stated that “My dream and my idol is Queen Bey, and I adore you and you move my soul every single day and you have done for nearly 17 years, and I adore you and want you to be my mummy”. When it came time to accept the award, Adele had said that “she couldn’t possibly accept it” because the “Lemonade album was just so monumental, Beyoncé. It was so monumental and well thought-out and beautiful and soul-bearing… we appreciate that. All of us artists here adore you. You are our light.”

Beyoncé herself had made a fantastic, resplendent performance clad in gold and featuring her body showing her pregnancy. During Adele’s speech, she appeared very emotional about the praise, even shedding some tears by the end of it. See for yourself below.

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Last night, during a concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Adele revealed to fans that she had indeed declined the NFL’s offer to perform at Super Bowl 51.

Earlier this month, rumors began circulating suggesting the British superstar was the front runner among many talented acts to perform during the half-time show. While the rumors may have had some truth to them, all hope was dashed when Adele addressed the situation with a less than welcomed response.

“First of all, I’m not doing the Super Bowl,” Adele said (Billboard). “I mean, come on, that show is not about music. And I don’t really… I can’t dance or anything like that. They were very kind, they did ask me, but I did say no. I’m sorry. Maybe next time, for my next album, because I’m going to do a dance album next time. So maybe I’ll do it then.”

Adele talking about not doing the Super Bowl Halftime show during her show. She’s the best ? pic.twitter.com/aNkE7SgJZr

— Music News & Facts (@Musicnews_feed) August 14, 2016

Unfortunately for fans Adele will not be saying “Hello” to which ever city is the winning bid to host Super Bowl 51. However, on the bright side fans can relish in the knowledge that Adele is planning another album, almost a year after the release of her third studio album 25.  

There has been no word on who might replace Adele at next years Super Bowl half-time performance, but its only a matter of time before the NFL fills that vacancy.

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The nominees were revealed live Tuesday, July 26 on MTV’S Facebook Page. The award show will air live at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. To help with the nominees, MTV listed the help of 6 of New York’s best street artists to paint a panoramic mural of “Video of The Year.” It can be seen down in the East Village inside First Street Green Art Park.

MTV Video Music Awards Nominations Announcement Mural in New York, NY on July 25th, 2016 Mike Coppola/Getty

Beyoncé‘s “Formation”, Drake‘s “Hotline Bling,” Adele‘s “Hello,“ Justin Beiber‘s “Sorry” and finally Kanye West‘s “Famous” videos are up for “Video of the Year.” Beyoncé leads the nominees with 11 award nominations due to her cutting-edge HBO special Lemonade. It is the most nominations she has ever received in a single year! Adele comes in second with 8 nominations due to her “Hello” visual.  Other artists nominated in this year’s show include Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Ariana Grande and more.

For a full list of nominees and their respective categories you can visit MTV News. Don’t forget to cast your vote online and tune in on Sunday, August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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As the country recovers from the tragic Orlando shooting there are many influential people around the world expressing their sorrows. Adele being one of them dedicated her Sunday concert in Antwerp, Belgium to this weekends disaster.

Prior to her singing Adele addressed the crowd:

“I would like to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everybody in Orlando and at Pulse nightclub last night. The LGBTQ community, they’re like my soulmates since I was really young so I’m very moved by it,” Adele said. “I don’t know why I’m crying already because most of this tonight is pretty miserable because my songs are f–king miserable. I do have two songs that sound happy but they’re not.”

You can watch the entire dedication Below:

This weekends events are very unfortunate however it’s beautiful to see how people ban together in country-wide time of need.

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According to Complex while Lil B has been busy spreading positive vibes to world, he took time out to defibrillate loyal fans hearts by posting a picture of the reclusive Frank Ocean; which has given fans hope that he’s not only still in the land of the living but maybe hopes of a “true” date concerning an upcoming album release. Lil B made it a point to text complex magazine to let them know that Ocean is very inspiring and promises that new photography will be coming soon….(hopefully displaying more and more pics of the singer).

Frank ocean – PHOTO BY LIL B

A photo posted by LIL B “THE BASEDGOD” OFFICIAL (@lilbisgod) on Jun 8, 2016 at 10:33am PDT

Fans are not the only ones wanting the singer to come out of hiding. As stated on the website jobsnhire Adele made it a point to express her frustrations as well regarding Oceans absence:

“I’m just *** waiting for Frank *** Ocean to come out with his album,” Adele shared.

Calvin Harris met up with Ocean and others for a boys night out last weekend. It was the second appearance of Ocean since he left the music scene. Fans got another glimpse of the singer back in January when Rich the Kid made fans lose their minds over a screenshot of him and Ocean face timing together, the pic didn’t stay up long as it was later deleted; I wonder if that was by the request of Ocean himself. Things that make you go hmmm…..

So, when can fans really get news of an official album release? Only time will tell. Frank Ocean will have nothing to worry about when he does finally resurface with album news, his fans are behind him for the long haul and will continue to wait it out until that time officially comes. Whenever that might be…

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Adele

The surrounding audience members hooted and hollered as she disciplined the woman, in real life, as Adele would say. The “Hello” singer is very vocal with the connection between her and her fans. It is clear, she wants her fans to be conscious of her and the moment they are sharing together. Like a true star, Adele mentions that there are fans who couldn’t make it to the show or who would love to have the woman’s spot who is taking her position for granted. The ultimate DRAGGG if you ask me. Though the action was filmed by another fan ironically, the onlooking fans have even more endearment for her after the incident, claiming her as a ‘Wig-Snatcher!”

This is not the first time Adele has not held her tongue about a slip up on tour. Last week the artist on tour in Libson, Portugal sang the wrong lyrics to “Million Years Ago.” She was open and honest about her mistake. Her words to the audience, “S**t, s**t, s**t! I started singing the verse instead of the chorus! Sorry!”

Her fans reacted in a similar way, in a open and accepting manner. It seems Adele can do no wrong.

If you missed it, make sure to watch Adele go off on one of her fans. I personally can’t stop watching!

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