(AllHipHop News) Legendary saxaphone player Jimmmy Castor passed away over the weekend (January 16th) of unknown causes. Fans were alerted that the funk and disco player, oft sampled throughout hip-hop’s history, passed via a family member’s Twitter page. Eric B. and Rakim, the Ultramagnetic MCs, N.W.A., Kanye West, Mos Def, Kool Moe Dee and 2 […]
(AllHipHop News) Bay area rap veterans The Grouch and Zumbi will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday with a new collaborative EP with Santana’s trumpet player, Bill Ortiz. The Grouch and Zumbi by are among the artists who have teamed with Bill Ortiz to release the album Winter in America, which is the predecessor to […]
Over the years, Beyoncé Knowles has amassed numerous honors in the world of music. Now the chart-topping vocalist can add another, as her name has been given to a previously un-named species of horsefly. According to csironewsblog.com, the horse fly’s golden lower abdomen prompted Australian National Insect Collection researcher/ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation […]
NICK CANNON GETS BETTER, PRESENTS MARIAH WITH AWARD AT BET HONORS
(AllHipHop News) The sequel to 2006’s Gold-certified album Like Father, Like Son is on the way according to Cash Money founder Brian “Baby” Williams. The announcement came yesterday (January 14) when Birdman tweeted “LikeFather LikeSon 2 Tha Last MOB.YMCMB.” This is one of the first updates on the Like Father, Like Son 2: Tha Last […]
PHARRELL RECORDS WITH THE HENRY MANCINI ORCHESTRA!
(AllHipHop News) Four time DMC World Champion, DJ Qbert and two time UK beatbox Champion Reeps One, have joined forces to create for the Bass Bizarre World Tour. The tour is designed as a free form musical experience where performance and technique are balanced. The two will mix the sounds of dubstep, Hip-Hop and drum […]
(AllHipHop News) The rapidly-growing headphone market just got some big news at the 2012 International CES Tradeshow over the weekend. Beats By Dre co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine will no longer be working with Monster Cable Products on future endeavors and product lines. Iovine recently spoke on the separation of the two very successful […]
ICE-T, CHUCK D. AND GRANDMASTER CAZ UNITE, SNOOP CANCELS TOUR, D12 MISSES SHOW IN AUSTRALIA!
WHAT’S IN A NAME? EMPRESS HAIR CARE TAKES ON EMPRESS PERFUME BY SEAN JOHN!
BAD BOY ARTIST RED CAFE RELEASES “HELL’S KITCHEN” TODAY – FRIDAY, THE 13TH!
(AllHipHop News) A variety of rappers, athletes, actors and singers will attend a fundraiser that doubles as the 70th birthday celebration for boxing legend, Muhammad Ali. Cee Lo Green, Kelly Rowland, Sugar Ray Leonard, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Anthony Hopkins and a number of others are slated to attend the 16th annual Power of Love […]
MAX B. CHECKS IN WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM AS HE CONTINUES TO WAIT ON HIS APPEAL
M.O.P. member Billy Danze is putting his status as an established entertainer to good use by giving aspiring artists a chance to be heard through his “Raps United Nation” (RUN) movement. Citing his personal interaction with talented artists he’s met over the years stateside and overseas on tour, the Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York rapper believes […]
(AllHipHop News) Wyclef Jean and Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis have released a documentary chronicling their experiences as co-founders of the nonprofit organization Yele Haiti. The pair shot “Hours After The Quake: Picking Up The Dead in Search of The Living,” using a handheld camera. The two founders showcase the plight of the Haitian people in the […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop artist and icon Snoop Dogg, who will be headlining at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with Dr. Dre in California this April, will also unveil a new “premium tobacco cigar brand” called Executive Branch at the festival. Snoop Dogg, who is a brand ambassador for Executive Branch (also known as […]
WEEZY IS ALL SET TO SHARE HIS PRISON TALES IN A NEW BOOK! READ UP!
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Fat Joe will perform during the Let’s Move! Newark: Our Power (LM!NOP) event to fight obesity and encourage fans to live a healthy lifestyle. The program was created by Behavioral Health & Fitness Expert Jeff Halevy, who was selected by Newark Mayor Cory Booker to create the program, as an extension of […]
(AllHipHop News) On February 21, Joe Budden will be releasing a complete box set of his critically acclaimed and fan favorite Modd Muzik series. The extremely limited edition set comes loaded with Mood Muzik 1, 2, 3, 4 and Mood Muzik 4.5, with “a few extra bonuses as well.” Only 100 copies of this set are […]
TWO ATLANTA POWERHOUSES HIT THE STUDIO FOR THE UPCOMING “LUDAVERSAL” RELEASE
