Rick Ross, Common, Furious Five To Perform On Grammy Special

Rappers will join Melle Mel and Scorpio for a special performance of 'The Message' at the Grammy Nomination Concert on November 30.
By Rob Markman

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Photo: Ebet Roberts/ Redferns

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were onto something when they recorded one of rap's earliest hits, The Message" in 1982. Not only would hip-hop rock the party for years to come, but the then-budding genre would grow to become the CNN of the streets -- detailing the ills of the inner city ghetto. On November 30, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Rick Ross and LL Cool J will join Furious Five members Melle Mel and Scorpio for a special performance of "The Message" during "The Grammy Nominations Concert," airing live on CBS.

The one-hour show, will reveal the nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards which will take place on February 12, 2012 in Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. LL Cool J will host the awards and Lady Gaga, Ludacris, Rihanna, Sugarland and USher have already been announced as performers while Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry will be on deck as award presenters.

For the fourth time the nominations will be announced during primetime and "The Grammy Nominations Concert" will not only feature the cross-generational rap performance, but will also boast performances from past Grammy winners and nominees.

On November 21 it was announced that "The Message" would be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, 30 years after it was recorded. On the track rappers Melle Mel and Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher rhymed about junkies in the alley, pimps, prostitutes and the rampant unemployment of the 1980s. The groundbreaking lyrics were summed up perfectly on the track's hook, "It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under."

"The Message" has since been a staple not only in hip-hop, sampled by Ice Cube in 1993 on a remix to his "Check Yo Self" single and again on Diddy's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" in 1997.

The Grammy Nominations Concert Live-- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night will air on November 30 on CBS at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Related Artists

• Rick Ross
• LL Cool J
• Lupe Fiasco
• Common

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674954/rick-ross-furious-five-grammy-nominations-concert.jhtml

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3 face prison time in special toilet paper scam

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ? Talk about a dirty scam.

Federal prosecutors in Florida say at least three people working for a septic tank company duped customers into buying about $1 million in unnecessary products ? in some cases enough toilet paper to last more than 70 years.

More than a dozen customers were told they needed special toilet paper to avoid ruining their septic tanks because the federal government changed regulations on toilet paper. The federal government does not regulate septic tank products.

The trio pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud.

The Miami Herald reported (http://bit.ly/uNgbS7 ) that they worked for FBK Products. A phone number for the Riviera Beach-based company was not working Saturday.

The trio faces up to two decades in prison when they are sentenced in February.

Associated Press

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