AHH: Is that were the title " The Awakening " comes from? PMD: Yea because I was supposed to have got caught up in all of this. But God was like come on, yall seen " Strictly Business," yall seen "It’s My Thing," yall seen "Gold Digga." Red Man still runnin around here. It was […]

Masked gunmen storm your house and tie up your friends in an attempt to find you. Meanwhile, you are on a tour of the country with your boy Erick and crew the Hit Squad (Das EFX, Redman and K-Solo). You play it cool and continue with the business of hip-hop legacy building. While most people […]

Hip-hop is defined by character. Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, and LL Cool J all were icons to the world due to that element of character. Sadly, hip-hop is dry on character these days. While there’s a plethera of great artists, even great people…we seem to be lacking the individual who has the charisma, the candor, and […]

The Four Horsemen collaborators have had quite a year: Kurupt moved back to Tha Row. Killah Priest dropped a highly slept-on new album. Ras Kass was arrested after being on the run. And Canibus got dog tags and joined the US Army. Like the others, getting in touch with Canibus these days is not easy. […]

AllHipHop: Do you really want to get out the grind? You seem like the ultimate businessman. DD: Honestly? I’de rather party. I’de rather laugh then yell, but things have to be taken care of at this particular point in time. Everything I do is a direct vision that comes directly from my heart and soul. […]

Dame Dash is that dude. You see him in the videos with his lil’ patented dance holding onto a bottled of Armadale equipped with a cocky smirk. Still, on the other side, he’s that dude that holds down several businesses along with his Roc-A-Fella cohorts. But, on yet another side, there is a more private, […]

Allhiphop.com: Who are the top West Coast MCs, in your opinion, and what have they brought to the table of Hip-Hop as a whole? BLH: I got to go with Yukmouth, Crooked I, 2Pac…I usually go with people who got lyrics, you know? Hitman from RBL Posse (R.I.P.) had lyrics, too. X-Raided is one of […]

If you look up the term "controversial" in the dictionary, you may find Brotha Lynch Hung’s picture somewhere close by. Arguably, no artist in Hip-Hop today has ever stirred up the public at large with the frequency and precision that Lynch has. Lyrics containing concepts such as "eating baby nuts," and having sex with his […]

Remember that hot-headed girl from the Funkdafied video with the baggy jeans on and the tomboy style? That girl has transformed over the years into a formidable MC and now a very sexy woman who now makes the men all pause. Coming up on So So Def with Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat has consistently maintained […]

AllHipHop.com: Can you talk about your history coming up? L: I can say one thing about all the trials and tribulations I faced getting to this point. A lot of it was a good learning experience. I don’t have any regrets of any of those situations as far as Mase retiring, Tommy Boy not fully […]

Most people only recognize Loon as the guy who blew up when he was featured in P.Diddy’s "I Need A Girl" series of hits. As with most "overnight successes," it usually takes years and years of hard work to finally realize your dream. Loon is no exception. Loon comes from Harlem, where he says he […]

Juelz Santana was introduced to the rap game in a major way. Featured on Cam’Ron’s hits "Oh Boy," and "Hey Ma," Juelz has seen some interesting things in his life. Now, the upcoming artist is ready to pick up where the gold selling album, Diplomatic Immunity left off. AllHipHop.com: You coming under the umbrella of […]

AllHipHop: What was the climate within the group Rusty Waters? Was there any beef in the group? S: As far as Rusty Waters goes, it’s just like Run said. Jay was the glue behind everything. Now that Jay is gone, everybody is scattered. Ain’t nothing like it used to be. It use to be all […]

You may not know who Erik “Shake” James is. But you are about to meet him. As a personal friend of the late, great, Jam Master Jay, Shake was part of Jay’s inner circle from 1988 until the Jam Master’s murder in October of 2002. Shake traveled around the globe with Jam Master Jay and […]

While mostly the voice, it’s more. Guru is hip-hop’s best PR Man, and he doesn’t need to rent out a fancy hotel to attract an audience. On the verge of releasing their sixth album over a fifteen year reign, Gang Starr’s main purpose is to cherish the woman we call hip-hop. Guru is quite possibly […]

AllHipHop: I personally consider you the original G.O.A.T [Greatest of All Time]…you were the dominant rapper in hip-hop at one point and very visible unlike some before you. MM: Black people have short-term memory. That’s just us being ignorant, trendy and going with the fad. We are a part of history. If I was a […]

The Original G.O.A.T. – Grand Master Melle Mel By Jigsaw Born Melvin Glover, Grandmaster Melle Mel is more than one of the pioneers of hip-hop – he is heralded, by those that know, as one of the finest lyricists hip-hop has ever seen. While we at AllHipHop deem him the original G.O.A.T., the notion is […]

Gloria “Glory” Velez. Most likely you’ve seen the face, body and the sensual portray in videos and print media, but she promises she is much more than a sexy image. The 24-year-old started in the seedy music industry 10 years ago in a variety of dancing contests in Florida that eventually lead to big budget […]

As hip-hop plows forward burrowing into history, more and more rappers are frozen in time or completely forgotten. Rap lyricist extraordinaire Chino XL isn’t about to be one of them. The rapper is readying Poison Pen, his next album slated for a fourth quarter release. But, in the interim period between albums Chino has turned […]

While the loss of perhaps the two biggest and brightest stars in hip-hop still resonates throughout the collective ears of hip-hop today, many of us still scratching our heads in awe. We all wonder: How could two of the most high profile murders in history go unsolved? It’s known the Feds were following them both. […]