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+ Foo Fighters' Grammy ad debuts tonight, but we have a sneak peek of their hazy gold spot. The 25-time nominated Foos are up for six awards this time, including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album for Wasting Light. The Grammys air Feb. 12. (MTV News)

+ It's official: M.I.A. will perform "Give Me All Your Luvin'" with Madonna and Nicki Minaj during the Superbowl on Sunday. She told NME, "If you're gonna go to the Superbowl, you might as well go with America's biggest female icons." #truth (Billboard)

+ Jack White will release his debut solo album, Blunderbuss, on Apr 24. The single "Love Interruption" was released last night. "I've put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name," he said. (MTV News)

+ So what happens when Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams hit the studio together? We're thinking magic. The trio worked together over the weekend. (Rap-Up)

+ Justin Bieber may host "Saturday Night Live" sometime this year. Though "SNL" network NBC has not announced his appearance, Alec Baldwin interviewed executive producer Lorne Michaels in his office, where Baldwin read Bieber's name on a confirmed host list during his podcast. (MTV News)

+ Garbage will release Not Your Kind Of People on May 15. Their first studio album in seven years, the '90s hitmakers will self release the album. (Rolling Stone)

+ OK Go are masters of the viral video and their latest vid aims to teach kids about colors. Check out their totes adorbs "Sesame Street" video for their song "3 Primary Colors Song." (EW.com)

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+ Coachella 2012 announced its lineup, and it is awesomesauce. Radiohead, The Black Keys and Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg will headline the now two-weekend fest. Reunions include At The Drive-In, Mazzy Star and Pulp. Peep the full lineup. (MTV News)

+ Blue Ivy's just a couple days old, but the rumor mill starts early when your mom and dad are Beyoncé and Jay-Z. New York's Lenox Hill Hospital says the couple didn't take over an entire maternity floor, nor did they rent it for $1 million as some speculated. (MTV News)

+ Katy Perry tweeted she won't be attending the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday, adding, "I want to thank u all for voting for me, fingers crossed! #KATYCATS." It would've been her first public appearance since her divorce was announced. She's up for seven awards. (MTV News)

+ Lupe Fiasco announced on his website that he and Pharrell Williams are planning a joint album. Fiasco is also working on Food And Liquor 2, the follow-up to his 2006 album. (Rap-Up)

+ The Shins released "Simple Song" from their forthcoming Port Of Morrow, which is due out in March. The album will be available in various formats, including a limited deluxe edition on reel-to-reel tape! (Pitchfork)

+ Two more alleged Radiohead tracks have surfaced online. A recent "leak" was discovered to be fake. Check out "Fat Girl" and "Fragile Friend," which purportedly come from a 1986 demo tape from when the band was called On A Friday. Real/sham? (NY Mag)

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+ Justin Timberlake's grandmother, Sadie Bomar, confirms that he and Jessica Biel are engaged. "He called me on Christmas Day and told me he's engaged," she revealed. Congrats, and thanks for spilling the beans, Nana! (MTV News)

+ As we mentioned, Jason Derulo fractured his neck while rehearsing for his upcoming European tour. The injury led him to cancel those dates. "I'm praying for a speedy recovery in order to perform for you in the near future," he said in a statement. (E!)

+ Rick Ross' "Rich Forever" mixtape drops today, apparently at 3:05 p.m. It features collabs with Drake, Nas, Kelly Rowland, Diddy, Pharrell Williams, John Legend and more. Peep the official track list. (Rap-Up)

+ Jack White has paired with wide-ranging folks from Insane Clown Posse to Stephen Colbert. Next up for his Third Man Records 7-inch singles series is the 71-year-old icon Tom Jones. (Rolling Stone)

+ The Weeknd's mixtape trilogy -– "House of Balloons," "Thursday," "Echoes of Silence" -- were remixed, chopped and screwed by Slim K. Get 'em here. (Pitchfork)

+ East Coast, West Coast, no matter. From Notorious B.I.G. to Dr. Dre, when it comes to rappers they're unified in their love of spelling in songs, their names to be specific. Watch this "Rapper Spelling Bee" video for a rapper's ABCs refresher course. (Idolator)

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+ Jonas Brothers have been really busy, but mainly with their individual projects. However, Nick Jonas reveals they "want to take [their] time" for the next album. He also talked about a tour. "I don't know necessarily when that will be, but it will happen." (MTV News)

+ Jay-Z raps about his impending fatherhood in GQ's "Men of the Year" issue; he's one of four GQ covers for the issue. "Providing -- that's not love," Jay says. "Being there -- that's more important," he said on being a dad. GQ crowned Hova "King of the Year." (MTV News)

+ If this video has a lesson, it's never hold a Kurt Cobain photo at a Courtney Love concert, unless you want a litany of swears thrown at you, and for her to insult Foo Fighters and storm off stage. NSFW, unless your boss loves hearing the F-bomb multiple times. (Rolling Stone)

+ Dr. Dre needs some time off. He's taking a break from recording his forthcoming Detox album. "I'm gonna just wrap it up for a minute... the longest I've been out of the studio in 27 years has been two weeks." (Rap-Up)

+ So there's been some controversy around Nickelback playing halftime during the annual Detroit Lions home football game on Thanksgiving. Fans started a petition to remove them, but they're officially on the bill. Um, U.S. Thanksgiving, Canadian band? Just sayin'. (MTV News)

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+ Last night's Fashion's Night Out drew fashionistas, designers, celebs and fans to New York City. Fashion-forward artist Nicki Minaj tweeted shopping locales and RT'd a fan photo at YSL. Meanwhile, Ne-Yo sang at Saks. Justin Bieber was decked out in Dolce & Gabbana. (MTV Style)

+ Turns out the Biebs likes fashion and has a thing for drums -- particularly Cobra Starship's drums. He got behind their kit before the VMAs and hijacked them another time, too. Drummer Nate Novarro took it in stride: "It's a rental." (MTV News)

+ Lady Gaga, who was in school with her friends at the time, reflects on 9/11 in an interview: "None of us believed it was happening... we ran up to the roof and I just remember we got up to the roof, and one tower had already fallen and we all watched the second tower fall all together." (MTV News)

+ Host Ryan Seacrest reportedly confirmed that Lady Gaga will perform to ring in 2012 during Dick Clark's "New Year's Rocking Eve." Black Eyed Peas' Fergie will host on the West Coast. (Neon Limelight)

+ David Guetta and Dr. Dre are collaborating, but not on a song -- at least not yet, anyway. Guetta's designing headphones for Dre's line Beats By Dre, specifically for the DJ set. (Billboard)

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+ After Britney Spears killed it in Las Vegas, she brought the house down at her performance for her upcoming appearance on "Good Morning America" in San Francisco. We're liking where you're going with this, 2011. (E! Online)

+ Rihanna is Rolling Stone's newest cover girl! The cover photo is, in a word, BOOTYLICIOUS. (Rolling Stone)

+ Despite rumors, Lindsay Lohan is not dropping her last name. Probably for the better -- "@Lindsay" is already taken on Twitter. (ONTD)

+ Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Warren G paid their final respects to Nate Dogg at his funeral this weekend. The rapper passed away March 15. (MTV News)

+ False alarm! A very pregnant Mariah Carey is back home after visiting the hospital with early contractions. Just a little longer until we find out those baby names. (PopEater)

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+ Four-time Grammy nominee Nate Dogg, best known for his collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, passed away at age 41 late Tuesday night. The cause of death remains unknown. (Rap-Up)

+ After her stint in a treatment facility, Demi Lovato is healthy and getting her life back to normal, so the singer is giving Twitter another try. (Neon Limelight)

+ Miley Cyrus is auctioning off some of her personal clothes and accessories to help benefit the charity Get Ur Good On. Now you can "just be Miley," too, y'all. (Buzznet)

+ "I don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong," Selena Gomez said about her relationship with Justin Bieber. The singer opened up about her "haters" in a recent interview with Z100. (PopEater)

+ Forget handing out awards and cracking jokes -- Donald Glover is only hosting the 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards as "a ploy to meet Odd Future." The Woodies air tonight at midnight on MTV, MTV2, and mtvU. (MTV News)

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So you're watching the Grammy Awards a couple of weeks back and you're enjoying Eminem and Rihanna performing a gritty version of "Love The Way You Lie" when the announcer tells you the second half of Eminem's onstage turn will feature an appearance by someone named Skylar Grey and you say, "Skylar who?" Well, I'm here to answer that question!

1. Skylar Grey is one of pop music's hottest hook-writers: Skylar Grey is particularly handy when it comes to adding a pop hook to a hip-hop/R&B flavored track. She's added her special talents to songs like "Coming Home," which wound up being a Diddy-Dirty Money ditty and "Castle Walls" for T.I.. But her crowning achievement to date has to be the aforementioned "Love The Way You Lie." You can hear Grey's original demo of the song, here.

2. Not knowing who Skylar Grey is is sort of the point: Not knowing who Skylar Grey is seems like part of Skylar Grey's master plan. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Grey stated, "My whole rollout as Skylar Grey has been this mysterious being." That explains why her website is simply a series of Flash images and why she was shrouded in darkness during her Grammy performance.

3. She's Not A New Artist: While Skylar Grey might be making her first forays into recording, singing the hook for the soon to be released Dr. Dre single "I Need A Doctor" and putting the finishing touches on an album under the guidance of super producer Alex Da Kid, this isn't her first rodeo. Grey released a few records under the name Holly Brook, including the 2006 album Like Blood Honey.

4. Her Roots Are In The Park: Linkin Park, that is. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2003, Grey caught on with Linkin Park, signing to their Machine Shop Recordings label and singing on a few Fort Minor (the side project of Linkin MC Mike Shinoda) tracks.

5. Music's in her blood: Before she was writing melancholy hooks for Dre and Slim Shady, Skylar was making music with her mom in a folk duo named Generations.

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Saying Dr. Dre's new song, "I Need A Doctor," featuring Eminem and newcomer Skylar Grey, is powerful is an understatement akin to saying that an A-bomb is "destructive." Watching the "I Need A Doctor" video that accompanies the single is to witness just how aggressively rap can push the powers of emotion, how high a hook can soar and how far the artistic boundaries of the music video can be pushed.

While "I Need A Doctor," off of Dr. Dre's Detox album, is dominated by Eminem's paean to Dre as his creator, mentor and ultimately savior, Dre -- who plays himself in a very cinematic car crash that takes him into a bionic hospital operating room where his life, death, past, present, successes, sufferings and soul are decided in what almost feels like a passion play -- is the star of this epic piece of rap cinema.

Along with the unbearable tension of Dre's fate dangling in front of a captive audience, interspersed with scenes of his children, painful reminders of Tupac, early days with Snoop and a young Eminem, Dre's "I Need A Doctor" video is rife with symbols of rebirth, resurrection and spirituality. A beautiful holy presence -- played by model, actress and former synchronized swimmer Estella Warren -- looms over the ominous scene below. Where once Dr. Dre encouraged Eminem's recovery, Eminem begs for Dre's survival. Skylar Grey's (who plays one of the doctors)'s razor-edged hook ties a terrifying burial shroud around the the entire imperious scenario, while the physical manifestations of and metaphors for needing a doctor help culminate into an eerie, unforgettable artist experience with depth and dimension rarely seen or felt in videos. It's haunting, harrowing and heroic.

+ Watch "I Need A Doctor."

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+ Katy Perry will take her show on the road this summer. Perry's "California Dreams" tour starts in Atlanta June 7. Opening acts include Robyn and Marina And The Diamonds on select dates. (LA Times)

+ Eminem is currently working with producers Dr. Dre and Alex Da Kid (Love The Way You Lie") on new music. Could another album be on the way? (MTV News)

+ Speaking of Dr. Dre, the M.D. of hip-hop has hinted that his long-awaited Detox album could come out in April. (EW Music Mix)

+ Bruno Mars finds the hidden piano ballad inside of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" with this hushed cover from BBC Radio 1. (Idolator)

+ Doesn't sound like Christina Aguilera will be receiving an invite for actor Jeremy Renner's 41st birthday party. (TheFABlife)

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