ARTSBEAT; LL Cool J to Go Solo With a Grammys

LL Cool J will horde a Grammy Awards subsequent month, imprinting a initial time in 7 years that a show’s producers have motionless to go with a singular master of ceremonies, a National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. Since 2008, a rapper and actor has been a horde for a televised nominations unison a Grammys produces in a fall. This is a initial time, however, he will be asked to keep a categorical rite relocating along.

The awards will be announced on Feb. 12 during a Staples Center in Los Angeles. CBS will promote a show, that will underline performances by Nicki Minaj, Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Aldean and Bruno Mars. The final time a awards module had a singular horde was in 2005, when Queen Latifah, another rapper incited actress, played that role. In a past, a producers have relied on comedians as hosts, among them Jon Stewart, Billy Crystal, Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O’Donnell.

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