Last night while Charlie Sheen was putting on quite a display of crazy on CNN, ?uestlove announced via Twitter the rather eclectic line-up for the 4th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.  This year the Philadelphia hip-hop heroes will share the stage with The Grammy’s pick for Best New Artist, Esperanza Spalding, Wiz Khalifa, and Mr. […]

Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding is at work on the follow-up to her 2010 album, Chamber Music Society, with none other than A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip in the producer’s chair. Q-Tip confirmed his involvement with Spalding’s project in December 2010 via Twitter.

Justin Bieber fans were outraged when their idol lost the Grammy for Best New Artist to jazz singer/bassist Esperanza Spalding.  They were so outraged that they defaced her Wikipedia page.

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Esperanza Spalding shocked everyone last night at the Grammy Awards when she took home the “Best New Artist” Grammy. Spalding has been making headlines in the jazz world before her 2006 debut solo album, “Junjo,”and President Obama selected her to perform at the Oslo City Hall when he accepted his 2009 Nobel Prize, as well […]

Even when Kanye West tells himself to be quiet, he says more than he needs to.   Last night during the Grammy Awards, Kanye West expressed disappointment via Twitter at the naming of 26-year-old jazz bass prodigy Esperanza Spalding as the Best New Artist. Spalding beat out Drake and Justin Bieber for the award.