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Kanye West wins Grammy for Best Rap Album

Kanye West                                                                                                Pic: Fiona Byrne

Kanye West Pic: Fiona...

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Kanye West won the Grammy for Best Rap Album for 'Graduation' at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles tonight (February 10).

West beat off competition from:

Common – 'Finding Forever’
Jay-Z – 'Kingdom Come’
Daughtry – 'It’s Not Over’
Nas – 'Hip Hop Is Dead’
T.I. vs T.I.P. – 'T.I.’


You can follow other Grammy Award winner news live as it happens on NME.COM.

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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