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DaBaby added a third verse to his song “ROCKSTAR” during his performance with Roddy Ricch at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday night. “ROCKSTAR” is nominated for Record of the Year, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song.

Of the third verse, DaBaby told the Associated Press that he “feels like it’s going to touch everybody.”

Due to the limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, the performances will be held without an audience, something DaBaby says won’t have too big of an impact: “At the end of the day, we still have the ability to express ourselves through camera. So it’s no different than like a music video,” he told the AP.

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Additionally, DaBaby hopped on stage with Dua Lipa to perform his verse from the “Levitating” remix, elsewhere in the show.

Ricch’s hit song “The Box” is nominated for Song of the Year, Best Melodic Rap Performance, and Best Rap Song.

Earlier in the evening, Nas won Best Rap Album for his recent project, King’s Disease. Other nominees included D Smoke (Black Habits), Jay Electronica (A Written Testimony), Freddie Gibbs & Alchemist (Alfredo), and Royce 5’9’’ (The Allegory).

For the full list of updated Grammy winners and nominees check here.

Megan Thee Stallion was named the Best New Artist at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday. Other nominees for the award included Phoebe Bridgers, KAYTRANADA, Doja Cat, Chika, Ingrid Andress, Noah Cyrus, and D Smoke.

Megan dominated 2020, releasing her debut album, Good News, appearing on Ariana Grande’s  “34+35” remix with Doja Cat, and more. Megan also took home the award for Best Rap Performance with her song “Savage,” featuring Beyonce.

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Other noteworthy winners thus far include Nas, who won Best Rap Album for King’s Disease, John Legend, who won Best R&B Album for Bigger Love, Thundercat, who won Best Progressive R&B Album for It Is What It Is, and more. For the full list of updated Grammy winners and nominees head here.

On Saturday, Megan announced that she would be partnering with Fashion Nova to donate $100,000 to the Breonna Taylor Foundation on the one-year anniversary of Taylor’s death at the hands of the Louisville Police Department. 

“Breonna’s name continues to be a catalyst for change and a powerful reminder that justice has still not been served,” she said in a statement announcing the partnership. “Fashion Nova and I are proud to give $100,000 to the @breonnataylorfoundation created by @tamikalpalmer to honor the memory of her daughter.”

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Ahead of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Finneas joked that his sister, Billie Eilish, and his girlfriend have “complete control” over his life, while explaining how he selecting which artists he wants to work with.

“The artists they think are cool are the artists I want to work with — I think just ’cause I want to impress my girlfriend and impress my sister,” he explained for Billboard’s Grammys pre-show.

He jokingly added: “It’s not influence: It’s complete control! It’s a complete ruling of my life in the best way. It’s self-inflicted; they’re just super important to me. That’s the North Star in my life.”

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Eilish is nominated for four awards, Sunday night, including Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Song Written For Visual Media, and Best Pop Vocal Performance. For Record Of The Year, her project Everything I Wanted is nominated. The’s album’s title track is up for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance. For Best Song Written For Visual Media, the James Bond track “No Time to Die” is nominated.

Thus far, Billie and Finneas took home the award for Best Song Written For Visual Media. For the full list of updated Grammy winners and nominees head here.

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Alfredo rapper Freddie Gibbs wasn’t broken up about his loss at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday, and in fact, he still had jokes after it was announced that Nas had won Best Rap Album for King’s Disease.

“Look, I might have lost today,” he admitted in a video that surfaced on social media. “But I’m undefeated in court!”

Other nominees for Best Rap Album included D Smoke (Black Habits), Jay Electronica (A Written Testimony), and Royce 5’9’’ (The Allegory).

Gibbs has survived a handful of court cases, including a sexual assault accusation in Vienna, Austria where he was found not guilty. Video evidence during the trial showed that Gibbs was alone in his room at the time of the alleged assault.  Additionally, he had charges dropped in a case regarding possession of marijuana.

Not everyone was as content with Gibbs’ loss as the man himself. Many fans on social media were upset to see that he didn’t take home any awards on Sunday.

Check out some of the reactions below and for the full list of updated Grammy winners and nominees from Sunday, head here.

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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) said that he wasn’t worried during the Capitol Hill riot on January 6th, but admitted that he would’ve been had the protesters been apart of Black Lives Matter. Johnson spoke about the infamous insurrection attempt on a radio program titled The Joe Pags Show, Thursday.

As for why he felt unthreatened, Johnson explained, “Because I didn’t [feel threatened]. Mainly because I knew, even though those thousands of people that were marching to the Capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, I knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so I wasn’t concerned.”

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So what would’ve made Johnson worried? He argued that Black Lives Matter or Antifa would have been the real cause for concern: “Now, had the tables been turned — and Joe, this could get me in trouble — had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election, and those were tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters, I might have been a little concerned.”

Johnson was first elected to the Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold.

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