Grammy Awards

There's clearly still serious bad blood between Migos' rappers Quavo and Offset following the death of Takeoff ... and those emotions boiled over backstage at the Grammys into a physical fight.

Sources at the show tell us just before Quavo took the stage to perform his song "Without You" as a tribute to Takeoff during the "In Memoriam" segment of the show, he and Offset got into a physical fight and had to be pulled apart.

As for what led to it -- we're told The Grammys had asked Offset to be a part of the tribute, but Quavo refused to let him take part. We're told Quavo blocked Offset from joining him on stage ... leading to the melee.

Our Offset sources say it was Quavo who started the fight.

We should note -- Quavo and Takeoff were extremely close at the time of Takeoff's murder -- Offset was still hanging out with Takeoff separately, but the trio wasn't hanging out as a unit. Quavo's "Without You" was a song he specifically wrote for Takeoff.

Beyonce's history-making Grammy night was enough to sell Symba on paying for her Renaissance Tour, even if the ticket prices may warrant a small bank loan!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Atlantic Records rapper just as the 65th Grammy Awards let out and he says he was pretty floored by the 50th-anniversary hip hop tribute ... as well as DJ Khaled's "God Did" performance that put Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and his pal Fridayy all on the same set.

But Symba says the biggest highlight was seeing Beyoncé get her record-setting 32nd Grammy -- the most of all-time and says the moment was culturally significant as a whole.

He thinks Beyoncé is now the greatest entertainer of all-time ... even surpassing the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson's glory days.

We're less than 24 hours out from the unveiling of Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour ticket sale to the general public and fans have been anticipating exorbitant prices, but Symba says it doesn't matter.

Symba says if there was ever an artist deserving of the support, it's Beyoncé ... and he thinks fans need to figure out a way to pinch their pennies together to make any show they can.

The Grammys' hip hop tribute to celebrate the culture's 50th anniversary stole the show -- and even had some legends nodding their heads and rapping along while waiting in the wings backstage.

TMZ Hip Hop obtained this video of LL Cool J rappin' out to Too Short's "Blow The Whistle" and The LOX's "We Gon Make It" in between takes of his own "I Can't Live Without My Radio."

Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star, Run-DMC and Flavor Flav all performed their own classic tunes too, and also couldn't contain their excitement while waiting to get onstage for the grand finale ... where ALL of the artists came out at the same time.

This coming August will mark 50 years since DJ Kool Herc birthed hip hop with a party in the Bronx, and the Grammys put the anniversary spotlight on a ton of famous faces -- Black Thought of the Roots, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim, Chuck D and Flav for Public Enemy, Posdonous for De La Soul, Scarface, Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Method Man for Wu-Tang Clan, Big Boi for Outkast, Missy Elliott, Nelly, DJ Drama, Lil Baby, GloRilla and Lil Uzi Vert (with his new Philly Eagles anthem) all contributed to the performance!!!

Harry Styles winning over Beyoncé didn't sit well for many online, and one guy in the building wasn't pleased either -- screaming in indignation ... and outing himself as the yeller.

You might've noticed somebody briefly interrupted HS's acceptance speech Sunday after he won Album of the Year for 'Harry's House' -- an honor many felt should've gone to Queen Bey for her smash hit, 'Renaissance' ... and who made their opinion heard on Twitter.

However, the outrage clearly made its way into Crypto.com Arena ... with one dude shouting "BEYONCEEEEE" while Harry was giving his thanks at the end of the show.

At first, it wasn't clear who had screamed it or from where ... but now, the fella has ID'd himself -- posting a video from the nosebleeds, where he was sitting, which shows the moment he made his protest. Turns out, the Beyoncé superfan's a journalist from Philly.

His name's Ernest Owens, and he writes for Philadelphia Magazine -- it also sounds like he's won an award or two ... plus, the guy's verified on the bird app. So, not just a total nobody.

Clearly, Owens wasn't happy with who the biggest award of the night went to ... and he continued to express his outrage after posting his scream video -- throwing up another clip that shows people filing out of the building during the final performance (post-Harry win).

He also wrote this, "Off to the #GRAMMYs after-party I go. Industry is completely speechless. If TV award shows die after this, I wouldn't be surprised. They exploit diverse talent for ratings only for them to play these games."

Owens added, "It's been over 20 years since a Black woman won Album of the Year."

It's interesting ... you could argue this is in the same ballpark as Kanye West taking the microphone away from Taylor Swift during the 2009 VMAs and sticking up for Beyoncé in passionate terms -- albeit, from a distance and perhaps without so much theatrics.

There's also a lot of noise about the fact that Harry said this type of thing doesn't usually happen to "people like me" -- with the Internet collectively scratching their heads.

Many would say it actually does happen quite often -- namely, a white person getting a big award over the People's true choice, who may or may not be Black ... and, in this case, was.

Hollywood was in the mood to party after the 65th Grammy Awards -- and that's exactly what they did ... going out in spades and flooding the streets of L.A. with their boogie shoes.

Several shindigs were being held all across town following the award show in downtown, with celebs kinda splitting their allegiances between Universal Music Group -- which was hosting its own bash -- and another blowout attended by just about everybody in hip-hop.

Let's start with the latter ... over at the Grammy Museum party in Bev Hills, which was hosted by Larry Jackson, Swizz Beatz and Richie Akiva, we saw Busta Rhymes, Madonna, French Montana, Lil Wayne, Amber Rose, Lil Kim, Nelly, Teyana Taylor, Rick Ross, Dave East, Evan Ross, Rita Ora and more rubbing shoulders.

At the UMG party, it was more of a mixed bag in terms of genre. LL Cool J was there, as was Nick Jonas, Shania Twain, Paris Jackson, Olivia Rodrigo, Kim Petras, Stevie Wonder and Samara Joy.

Elsewhere ... Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes, Diplo and others attended a private house party -- meanwhile, at Wally's in Bev Hills, you could find LeBron James, Rich Paul and Adele.

Last but not least ... a ritzy get-together at the Chateau Marmont -- hosted by none other than Taylor Swift -- had its own famous crowd partying up ... with Camila Cabello, Laura Dern, Lana Del Rey, Casey Affleck and other stars swinging by for a good time.

Sunday capped off an entire weekend full of ragers like these ones, proving that the Grammys are probably the biggest award show in town -- seeing how it tends to draw talent across the entertainment biz, not just music.

BTW, it's somewhat strange ... the big winners of the night -- Lizzo, Beyonce and Harry Styles -- were nowhere to be found at any of these gatherings ... at least from what we can see. Guess they were all burnt out from hitting the stage so often throughout the night. 🤷🏽‍♂️

In any case, it seems a blast was had all by all. And, another Grammy is in the books.

Chris Brown proved he was nothing but a sore loser after his Grammys defeat Sunday night.

The artist was nominated for Best R&B Album for "Breezy (Deluxe)" alongside Mary J. Blige, Robert Glasper, Lucky Daye and PJ Morton.

When Glasper was announced as the winner for his album "Black Radio III," CB took to Instagram to ridicule the now five-time Grammy-winning pianist, songwriter and record producer.

Chris posted a Google screenshot of Glasper and wrote, “BRO WHO THE F–K IS THIS?”

CB's vitriol didn't stop there...he posed the question again in another IG post...“YALL PLAYING  WHO DA F–K IS THIS?”

And, CB did it a third time ...“WHO THE F*CK IS ROBERT GLASPER.”
He then mockingly told his fans that he’s “gotta get [his] skills up” and “start playing the harmonica."

CB ended his tantrum by displaying a photo of himself playing the harmonica with the caption ... “NEW LEVEL UNLOCKED!” and “HARMONICA BREEZY.”
Twitter users were quick to pounce on CB.

One person bluntly wrote, "What a loser." Another said, "Nobody wanted him to win anyways."

A third person called out his domestic abuse history, saying, "Abusers losing will always make me laugh."

Beyoncé just hit a new milestone in her career ... she's now the single most-winning artist in Grammys history, knocking off a longstanding record that's been around since 1998.

The singer won her 32nd Grammy Award relatively early Sunday night -- taking home the honor for Best Dance/Electronic Album to set her over the top. She can easily win more, as there are still more awards to win -- and she's up for some of the biggest categories that have yet to be announced -- including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

She won best R&B song earlier in the night for "Cuff It" for Grammy 31.

Before the broadcast even started, she picked up her 29th and 30th wins in Best Dance/Electronic Recording and Best Traditional R&B Performance for two songs from 'Renaissance,' respectively. That put her just a win away from tying conductor Georg Solti.

Solti was the top dog at 31 Grammys total prior to Sunday. He'd been steadily racking up statuettes since the '60s with his opera albums/recordings -- and seemed to be a lock in those categories for decades. He won his final record Grammy at the 40th Grammy Awards.

While Bey may have just knocked Georg off the list for most wins, she had already secured her place as the most nominated artist ever -- sharing that mantle with her hubby, Jay-Z, at 88. Paul McCartney is below them at 81 nominations and Quincy Jones clocks in at 80.

Hard to say if anyone will ever really get close to what Beyoncé's achieved here -- there are certainly other heavy hitters who have a tendency to rack up awards ... but none seem to be able to touch the longevity of success she's had firmly in her grasp for nearly 30 years now.

Trevor Noah kicked off the 65th annual Grammy Awards with a lot of humor, and a little meet-cute too ... linking up Adele with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson for the very first time.

The comedian -- who was back in the hosting seat again -- ran through a pretty zippy monologue that hopscotched over a lot of big celebs, including Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Lizzo, Beyoncé and Adele ... the last of which he honed in on for an official introduction.

Check it out ... TN says he'd done his homework on tonight's nominees, and read somewhere that Adele had never gotten a face-to-face with the wrestler-turned-actor.

At first, Trevor made it seem like he didn't actually have Dwayne on hand, but then trotted the dude out anyway -- which totally caught Adele by surprise. She got up and gave him a hug/kiss ... and DJ even plopped himself down at her table as the camera panned away.

When it comes to the other jokes ... he said Harry Styles was in the unique position to have panties thrown at him onstage and possibly wear them afterward, and he also jabbed at Taylor Swift by flipping her 'Anti-Hero' song on its head ... while taking a shot at Southwest.

Trevor also made sure to point that Queen Bey is on the verge of history ... she's up for a record number of Grammys, and stands a chance to win the most ever tonight too.

Taylor Swift just touched down at the Grammys -- and, per usual, her loyal fanbase seems to want to know if her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, has what it takes to protect her at all costs.

It's a running gag among Swifties now -- anytime she steps out into the spotlight, especially on a night like this, Alwyn starts to trend on Twitter ... and the same question is asked by literally thousands of users who get a look at their icon ... CAN YOU FIGHT???

Of course, they're all kidding ... but it's still pretty funny. You could argue they're asking because they wanna make sure JA can fend off any would-be punks in the street. That, or they're wondering if he could possibly take them on if they wanted TayTay for themselves.

A little toxic, but hey ... that's the what comes with a diehard following these days. 😄

As for Joe himself, he was nowhere to be seen as Taylor walked the red carpet in a sweet-looking blue dress. He hardly shows up for these things anyway -- and even more rarely appears with Taylor at all in public. That's not to say they aren't together ... 'cause they are.

You'll recall ... she was just spotted out with Joe back in October of last year during a nice day in NYC -- and earlier that same summer, the two of them were seen cozying up on a romantic vacation in the Bahamas ... where they looked very much in love in the water.

Keep in mind ... she's been dating this guy -- a relatively low key British actor -- since at least 2017. So, they've been going strong for a minute now ... breaking past their 30s together.

Viola Davis just joined an exclusive club in the world of entertainment ... becoming the 18th EGOT winner in history, this after snagging a Grammy and giving a helluva reaction.

The actress was up for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for the narration on her memoir, "Finding Me," which was just selected as the winner during the pre-broadcast show that's underway right now.

She went up there for her acceptance speech and got a roaring applause when she said emphatically and quite simply, "I just EGOT!" Indeed, she did ... and now, she's on the list.

Viola joins 17 others who came before her, including two other Black women ... Whoopi Goldberg, who received the honor in 2002 with her Tony award, and Jennifer Hudson -- who hit that milestone last year with her own Tony.

Other EGOT recipients include John Legend, Mel Brooks, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Jonathan Tunick, Marvin Hamlisch, Scott Rudin, Mike Nichols, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Lopez, Tim Rice and Alan Menken.

Viola, of course, won an Oscar for her work in "Fences," two Tonys for "Fences" (the theatrical play) and "King Hedley II," an Emmy for "How To Get Away with Murder" ... and now this.

Lizzo's boyfriend was front and center this weekend -- both at a big starry event, and on the place where a relationship matters most ... the Gram.

The singer showed off actor and comedian, Myke Wright Saturday night at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, standing shoulder to shoulder with her man ... and embracing each other in front of the cameras.

Later, she made it IG official ... the first time she's done so with the guy -- who she's been dating since at least Spring of last year. Lizzo threw up several photos of them looking dressed to the nines for the event and getting cozy, captioning it ... "Hard Launch."

Up until now, Lizzo had mostly kept her relationship with Myke on the DL ... at least online, anyway. She had, however, already taken him out in public -- so this isn't really new, per se. Still, she's getting a lot of love for showing off her dude in such grand fashion.

Now, as for this gala... it was hosted by the legendary Clive Davis, who got just about everyone in the music biz to roll through and celebrate a couple Atlantic Records executives ... Chairman and CEO Craig Kallman and Atlantic Music Group honcho, Julie Greenwald.

They received Industry Icon Awards, and Cardi B -- who was in attendance with her hubby, Offset -- even gave a speech shouting them out for signing/supporting her from day 1.

Like we said, this was a true who's-who of Hollywood -- on top of the above-mentioned names, other stars who rolled through suited and booted included Lil Wayne, Jennifer Hudson, Janelle Monae, Demi Lovato, Machine Gun Kelly, Megan Fox, Chance the Rapper, Lil Nas X, Lil Baby, Latto, Olivia Rodrigo, Frankie Valli, Lauren Daigle, Sheryl Crow and more.

Even Paris Hilton and Tom Hanks were there ... as were Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul. So, a good mix of everyone from just about every part of the entertainment biz.

And get this ... that wasn't even the only good time being had in the City of Angels. There was another party held by Interscope to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic,' dubbed Interscope x Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace Party. Even more celebs showed for that ... folks like Usher, Chris Brown, Floyd Mayweather, Winnie Harlow and others.

Jennifer Hudson brought the house down at Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party Saturday night, with a rendition of "Greatest Love of All" that would have surely left Whitney Houston impressed.

Kevin Costner, Whitney's "The Bodyguard" co-star, hopped on stage with a super emotional tribute to both Whitney and Clive. Speaking to Davis from the stage, Costner said, "Neither one of us, in the end, could protect your beloved Whitney."

Costner went on ... "But your fingerprints on her life are clean my friend. You were a miracle in her life. Thank you for being her bodyguard, Clive. Everyone in this business has a mom, but not everyone has a Clive."

TMZ broke the story ... Whitney died of an overdose at the Beverly Hilton hotel back in 2012, just hours before Clive Davis's annual pre-Grammy bash.

Kelsea Ballerini's looks over the years are definitely award-worthy!

Here is a 21-year-old version of the country singer flashing her pearly whites and looking show-ready at the "Fox & Friends" Concert In New York City back in 2015 (left). This was the same year she debuted her first studio album "The First Time."

And, 8 years later -- with hopes of bringing home a W from this year's Grammys -- she recently pulled back her hair and showed off that winning smile at a CMT event in Music City aka Nashville, Tennessee (right).

It's obvi "Outer Banks" star, Chase Stokes is into Ms. Ballerini, but the question is ...

We now know who'll be sitting next to who at the 65th Grammy Awards this weekend -- and while some of the pairings are no-brainers, others are a little more ... interesting.

CBS and the Recording Academy just dropped photos/video of the seating arrangement for Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in DTLA ... and it seems showrunners both tried to mix it up, while also playing it safe at the same time.

For example, the Grammys have Taylor Swift sitting next to her longtime collaborator and music industry pal, Jack Antonoff at one table -- while they've also placed Beyonce and Jay-Z right next to each other at another table across the way. No big surprises there.

Where they seem to be throwing everyone for a loop lies in some other big names cozying up next to each other who don't necessarily have close ties -- like Cardi B sitting next to John Legend, or LL Cool J next to Shania Twain ... or even Lizzo sitting next to Adele.

Some other interesting matchups ... Chuck D and Flavor Flav (who've beefed in the recent past), Black Thought/Chris Stapleton (OGs of their genre), Viola Davis/Queen Latifah.

A handful of artists that appear to be sitting all by their lonesome (at least for now) include ... The Rock, Olivia Rodrigo, Ice T, Bad Bunny ... and Mr. Harry Styles, who's also performing.

Worth noting ... these name cards certainly suggest this is where folks will be parked throughout the broadcast -- but, of course, these things are likely subject to change and not necessarily set in stone. In other words, they could easily switch things up by showtime.

Still, it's clearly going to be a who's-who of Hollywood ... not only are the biggest music stars rolling through -- sans a few notable exceptions -- but it looks like movie/TV stars are filing in as well, so this stands to be even bigger than the forthcoming Oscars ... which is all film.

Some of the biggest names in music were out in force Friday for a second night of pre-Grammy partying, hitting several major shindigs around L.A.

Just like Thursday night, there were were a slew of celebrations in town ahead of the iconic awards show and the parties were flooded with bold-faced names, including Jay-Z and Beyonce.

Jay and Bey, DJ Khaled, Wiz Khalifa, Future and Rich Paul all showed up at the United Master Celebration of Independence in Hollywood. Khaled gave a big thumbs up and even bigger smile on his way out of the soiree. Seems like he had a rockin' good time.

In Beverly Hills, Cher and her much younger fiancé, Alexander Edwards, were spotted hand-in-hand entering and leaving Steven Victor and Tod's party at Matsuhisa restaurant. Cher was smartly dressed in a white jacket and grey slacks while Alex cut a more casual look.

Pusha T, Usher, Pharrell Williams, Tyga and Jermaine Dupri also dipped in and out of the bash -- which served as a celebration for Push and The Dream's Grammy nominations.

Adam Lambert, Casey Affleck and Alessandra Ambrosio were also in a celebratory mood, but they chose a more intimate setting for their get-together at a private home.

The Grammys show promises to be endless, what with 91 categories, and now Bill Maher has exacerbated the problem by adding 10 categories to the list, and they're f***ing hysterical.

The 'Real Time' host mused about some of the actual categories, like Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games, and Best Spoken Work Poetry Album.

So, to cross the 100-category line, Bill has offered up a few more ...

Best Album that Pretentious Assholes Say Sounds Better on Vinyl.

Best 90's Love Song That Reminds Your Parents When They Used to F***.

Award for The Most Times A Rapper Asks If You Know What He's Saying.