R&B star Alicia Keys is offering four scholarships to students who need financial help to attend university.

PRODUCER-turned-rapper Kanye West collected a leading 10 Grammy nominations yesterday, including album of the year for The College Dropout, which avoided boasting of sex, money and crime in favour of rhymes about everyday life.

Snoop Dogg has finally ended Usher and Alicia Keys's reign at the top of the US singles chart, rising to number one after four weeks at number two.