The Wrap Up: RIP Party Arty

This week’s hip-hop news, both relevant and irrelevant:

Grammy crap: Nominations for Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, M.I.A., Nas, et cetera (grammy.com)

Kid Cudi claims new video of his “Day N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)” was posted without his permission. Anyone know who the production company was? (myspace.com)

EPMD releases new album We Mean Business on Tuesday (allhiphop.com)

New podcast: Stones Throw 40 – Hawthorne Radio (stonesthrow.com)

RIP Arthur “Party Arty” Sheridan from Ghetto Dwellas (hiphopdx.com) (unkut.com)

Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak tops Billboard album charts (billboard.com)

Internet-only ish: Beatnick & K-Salaam’s S.T.O.R.Y. (Stories Told Over Remixed Years) (myspace.com), Colin Munroe + a gang of hipster rappers’ Colin Munroe Is The Unsung Hero (onsmash.com), Clipse’s Road To Till The Casket Drops (complex.com)

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