Kanye West

 United States rapped hometown boy Kanye West on his ode-to-Chicago anthem "Homecomings," which he performed Thursday night at a special concert to benefit the Kanye West Foundation (founded by his late mother, Donda West) at the Chicago Theatre. ...

By Thomas Conner A smiling Hudson performed her hit "Spotlight," which earned her one of her four Grammy nominations, and got a standing ovation from the crowd. But she raised the bar with a pairing with Barry Manilow, injecting one of his signature songs, "Weekend in New England," with a lacking ingredie...

By Thomas Conner Rapper Lil' Wayne performs in Toronto earlier this month. (AP file) Good story here from USA Today about how this year's Grammy nominations for hip-hop -- for once -- are pretty on target ...... Rapper Lil' Wayne performs in Toronto earlier this month. (AP file)

By Thomas Conner Coldplay and Leona Lewis have been added to the performance lineup for the American Music Awards. The event will be held Nov. 23 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. Also on the bill are Kanye West, Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, New Kids on the Block, Pussycat Dolls, Taylor Sw...

By Thomas Conner Rap/Hip-Hop: Male artist: Flo Rida, Lil Wayne, Kanye West; Band, duo or group: G Unit, Three 6 Mafia, Wu-Tang Clan; Album: ''American Gangster'' (Jay-Z), ''Tha Carter III'' (Lil Wayne), ''Graduation'' (Kanye West). Artist of the year: Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Alicia Keys, Eagles, Cold...

 United States - Aug 26, 2008 Kanye West's new music video hit iTunes today — and it's yet another short film with a childlike bent. Just a few weeks after releasing a puppet-driven ... New Kanye West video debuts on iTunes ABC7Chicago.com all 2 news articles