Jack Black has signed on to host Nickelodeon’s 21st annual Kids’ Choice Awards, set to air live March 29 from 8-9:30 p.m. EST (tape-delayed on the West Coast) from UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. He also hosted the awards show in 2006.

Female Singer
Beyonce
Fergie
Miley Cyrus
Alicia Keys

Congrats B!

Below are the nominees for the 1st Annual Rap-Up Awards as chosen by the Rap-Up editorial staff. Winners in the 13 categories will be determined based on your votes and published in the December/January 2008 issue of Rap-Up.

Best Single

“Irreplaceable� - Beyoncé
“Rehab� - Amy Winehouse
“Stronger� - Kanye West featuring Daft Punk
“The Way I Are� - Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.
“Umbrella� - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

Best Female Artist

Beyoncé
Keyshia Cole
Fergie
Rihanna
Amy Winehouse

Most Fly

Beyoncé
Eve
Rihanna
T.I.
Kanye West

Best Dancer

Beyoncé
Chris Brown
Ciara
Jennifer Lopez
Justin Timberlake

Best Tour
The Beyoncé Experience - Beyoncé
FutureSex/LoveSounds Tour - Justin Timberlake
Get Loose Tour - Nelly Furtado
SCREAMFEST ‘07 - T.I., Ciara, Yung Joc, T-Pain, Lloyd
The Sweet Escape Tour - Gwen Stefani

Everyone head over to Rap-Up.Com and vote for Bey!

Make sure that you guys take just 2 minutes out of your online time to vote for Beyonce for this year’s MTV EMA Awards! Beyonce is nominated in 5 CATEGORIES! And no doubt we want her to win them all! Make sure you vote for her in:
- Best Solo Artist
- Most Addictive (Beyonce and Shakira “Beautiful Liar”)
- Ultimate Urban
- Headliner
- Best Album (B’Day)
DO IT! http://ema.mtv.tv/

The nominees were announced about 2 days ago. Sorry I’m so late! I just found out that I’M MEETING BEYONCE TONIGHT!! I’m so excited! So here are the nominees!

Video of the Year
»Amy Winehouse: “Rehab”
»Beyoncé: “Irreplaceable”
»Justice: “D.A.N.C.E.”
»Justin Timberlake: “What Goes Around … ”
»Kanye West: “Stronger”
»Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z): “Umbrella”

Female Artist of the Year
»Amy Winehouse: “Rehab,” “You Know I’m No Good”
»Beyoncé: “Irreplaceable,” “Beautiful Liar” (featuring Shakira)
»Fergie: “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal),” “Glamorous” (featuring Ludacris), “Fergalicious” (featuring Will.I.Am)
»Nelly Furtado: “Maneater,” “Say It Right”
»Rihanna: “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z)

Most Earthshattering Collaboration
»Akon (featuring Eminem): “Smack That”
»Beyoncé and Shakira: “Beautiful Liar”
»Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland): “SexyBack”
»Gwen Stefani (featuring Akon): “The Sweet Escape”
»U2 (featuring Green Day): “The Saints Are Coming”

Quadruple Threat of the Year
» Beyoncé
» Bono
» Jay-Z
» Justin Timberlake
» Kanye West

Best Director
»Beyoncé and Shakira: “Beautiful Liar” (director: Jake Nava)
»Christina Aguilera: “Candyman” (directors: Matthew Rolston and Christina Aguilera)
»Justin Timberlake: “What Goes Around …” (director: Samuel Bayer)
»Kanye West: “Stronger” (director: Hype Williams)
»Linkin Park: “What I’ve Done” (director: Joseph Hahn)
»Rihanna (featuring Jay-Z): “Umbrella” (director: Chris Applebaum)

Best Editing in a Video
»Beyoncé and Shakira: “Beautiful Liar” (editor: Jarett Figl)
»Gnarls Barkley: “Smiley Faces” (editor: Ken Mowe)
»Justin Timberlake: “What Goes Around …” (editor: Hollee Singer)
»Kanye West: “Stronger” (editors: Peter Johnson and Corey Weisz)
»Linkin Park: “What I’ve Done” (editor: Igor Kovalik)

Best Choreography in a Video
» Beyoncé and Shakira: “Beautiful Liar” (choreographer: Frank Gatson)
» Chris Brown: “Wall To Wall” (choreographers: Rich & Tone and Flii Styles)
»Ciara: “Like A Boy” (choreographer: Jamaica Craft)
»Eve: “Tambourine” (choreographer: Tahesha Scott)
»Justin Timberlake (featuring Timbaland): “SexyBack” (choreographer: Marty Kuldeka)

You guys can also pick up one of these banners I made to promote Beyonce! Also, I’ll have the other file types that I got some e-mails about of MiTRL and I’ll have the videos up from TRL tomorrow! Maybe some pictures from the show tonight too!

It has now been officially confirmed that Beyoncé (who is currently on tour in Europe) will perform Via Satellite at the 2007 ALMA awards!

Beyonce received 6 NOMINATIONS for the BET AWARDS!! I’m so excited for Beyonce because she’s been nominated on so many great categories!! Tune in to BET Tuesday, June 26th at 8 o’clock PM to find out if she wins LIVE! Oh, did I mention…the show will be hosted by Monique! I can’t wait for the show to air because last time she hosted, was my favorite year! Check out B’s noms below!

BEST FEMALE R&B ARTIST
Beyonce
Mary J. Blige
Jennifer Hudson
Ciara
Corinne Bailey Rae

BEST COLLABORATION
Akon F/ Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
Beyonce F/ Jay-Z - Upgrade U
Beyonce F/ Jay-Z - Deja Vu
Diddy F/ Keyshia Cole - Last Night
Ludacris F/ Mary J. Blige - Runaway Love

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Akon F/ Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Beyonce F/ Shakira - Beautiful Liar
Ciara - Like A Boy
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

VIEWER’S CHOICE
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Birdman & Lil Wayne - Stuntin’ Like My Daddy
Bow Wow F/ Chris Brown - Shorty Like Mine
Ciara - Promise
Ne-Yo - Because of You
Robin Thicke - Lost Without You
Unk - Walk It Out