Last Week in Music: 1/31 - 2/6
See why Beyonce and others recently made headlines.
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Record Breaking - Beyonce set a new record by winning the most Grammys by a female artist in a single night. A 10-time nominee this year, Bey took home awards for Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "Single Ladies," Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Halo," Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "At Last" and Best Contemporary R&B Album for "I Am Sasha Fierce."
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Tragic Loss - George Clinton, Jr., the son of funk music pioneer George Clinton, was found dead in his apartment in Tallahassee on Monday (2/1). The medical examiner's office says that Clinton Jr. died of natural causes, but they have yet to release any additional information.
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Diddy Academy - Diddy is opening a business academy in his NYC hometown. Though details are still sketchy at the moment, the mogul said he wants the school to be located in Harlem.
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Together Again - Though Janet and Jermaine are no long romantically involved, the pair is set to team up for Janet's upcoming album.
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Confessions - Syed Rahman confessed to luring 24-year old Ingrid Rivera to a rooftop utility room and viciously beating her to death with a metal pipe and cutting her throat after she refused his sexual advances the night of Lil Kim's birthday party. He faces a sentence of 20 years to life.
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Let Me Explain - Only days after her shocking Grammy speech, a usually tight-lipped Beyonce explained why she slipped when telling her husband, "I love you." “It was because I was so happy,” Beyonce explained to Access Hollywood. “I looked up and he was the first face I saw and I was like ‘What did I just do.' No I didn’t just say that’ He was shocked.”
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Investigation - Rapper/actress Eve has reportedly been named in an ongoing investigation involving foreign corruption. Eve is being mentioned due to an alleged relationship she had with millionaire Teodorin Nguema Obiang. Obiang, son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, has been accused of illegally transferring millions of dollars into his American banking account.
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Probation - Due to his involvement in an incident in Henry County, Georgia back in October of 2009, Soulja Boy has just been sentenced to one year of probation.
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Shock Value - Fox Boogie inexplicably decided to diss Lil' Kim, Eve and Trina on a new track entitled, "Let Em Know." She also confesses to an intimate relationship with Jay-Z on the track.
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No Sweat - In his last cover story before heading to jail, Lil wayne spoke to Rolling Stone Magazine about his upcoming sentence. “This is Lil Wayne going to jail. Nobody I can talk to can tell me what that’s like,” he told Rolling Stone. “I just say I’m looking forward to it.”