The 2009 Southeast Music and Entertainment Summit (SMES) will take place from September 25-28 in Surfside Beach, South Carolina. The annual event will be used as an educational tool for aspiring individuals who have an interest in pursuing careers in the music entertainment business. This year’s summit will feature panelists including Wendy Day (Rap Coalition),    […]

Rapping preacher Mason “Mase” Betha will host a conference this Friday (September 18) in Columbia, South Carolina. Mase will headline the No Limits Youth Conference, which is a free, all-ages event at the Right Direction Christian Center. Mase continues his comeback to Hip-Hop music, having recently released his latest single “Something for the Radio” at […]

Oakland, California rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien was forced to cancel a show in Denver, Colorado, after being injured in a collision with a drunk driver.   Denver’s weekly newspaper Wordword reports that Del and entourage were heading from Colorado Springs to Denver, when they were rear ended on I-25.   Del, who was reportedly […]

The hometown of rapper Redman will be the subject of a Brick City, a new documentary series premiering on the Sundance Channel Monday (September 21).   Brick City is a five-part series executive produced by filmmakers Forest Whitaker, Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin.   Between the two of them, Levin and Benjamin have directed critically acclaimed […]

Stephon Marbury continues to expand his Starbury Corporation with the launch of Startronex, a new telecommunications company.   Marbury launched Startronex with DasNet Corporation to execute IT and Communications programs for the Military and Federal Agencies in the United States and throughout the world.   The companies are currently negotiating multi-billion dollar contractual agreements with […]

Oscar-winning actor/singer Jamie Foxx is preparing for the upcoming release of his latest movie, Law Abiding Citizen.   The psychological thriller, which also stars Gerard Butler, centers on a man (Butler) who, 10 years after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, returns to exact justice from the assistant district attorney (Foxx) who prosecuted the […]

Black Eyed Peas group members will.I.am and Fergie have been hit with a new lawsuit claiming they stole Fergie’s song “Voodoo Doll.”   Grounded Music Inc. filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Central District of California, alleging will.I.am and Fergie stole their song “Waterfall,” from an album titled Each One Teach […]

Rapper Kanye West has emerged as the frontrunner for this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.   The 32-year-old Chicago-based entertainer captured nine nominations.   Following West are Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, who earned seven nominations apiece.   Coming in with six nods is T.I. In addition to recognizing the best in rap music, the BET Hip-Hop […]

Mogul 50 Cent  made a recent appearance on MSNBC to speak about his success as a businessman and the release of his new book, The 50th Law.   Promoting the book with co-author Robert Greene, the Queens emcee first spoke on his staggering $100 million dollar profit as an original investor in Vitamin Water before its sale to Coca-Cola. […]

Fans of Yonkers, New York based Hip-Hop trio The Lox will be treated to a new release from group member Styles P.   Styles P. aka “The Ghost,” has teamed with “The Evil Genius: DJ Green Lantern to create a “sinister,” dark, new album titled The Green Ghost Project, which is slated for a November […]

Lil Boosie is planning for his future, despite an upcoming trial that has the rapper looking at a five-year stint in prison.   The Trill Entertainment rapper revealed in a recent interview with AllHipHop.com that he plans on hitting the big screen.   “I also have a movie coming out called Ghetto Stories: The Movie,” […]

Legendary R&B singer Gladys Knight had some harsh words for the genre of Hip-Hop in a recent interview.   Knight is making the press rounds promoting her role as church elder named “Wilma” in Tyler Perry’s latest movie I Can Do Bad All By Myself, while she prepares for an October tour of Europe.   […]

Miami based label Slip-N-Slide Records has extended their partnership with EMI Label Sevices based on the success of Trina’s last album Still Da Baddest. Under the new deal, EMI will market, promote, merchandise and license new albums and tracks from Trina, Deuce Poppi and Jagged Edge. “I’m excited to continue working with EMI Label Services,” […]

A NY federal judge has cleared DJ Drama and several others over charges that the defendants failed to compensate Cash Money Records for various tracks that appeared on mixtapes.   While Drama had regularly collaborated with superstar Lil Wayne for their Dedication mixtape series, the financial issue arose when Drama began to sell his mixtapes […]

Alicia Keys doesn’t really want to address the incident with Lil Mama at the VMA’s but the singer gave an interview and briefly spoke on the matter.   Lil Mama jumped on stage during the show finale with Jay-Z.   The young rapper said that she was consumed with pride as Jay and Keys performed […]

Jay-Z has topped the charts with his latest album The Blueprint 3 and has surpassed Rock & Roll legend Elvis Presley with more #1 albums by a solo artist.   The rapper’s 11th album sold over 470,000 copies this week, putting the album in the top slot on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.   Jay-Z […]

50 Cent will have a starring role in the upcoming film Dead Man Running, which is due in theaters October 30th. The movie is set in London and stars 50 Cent as “Thigo,” a New York based loan shark who gives an ex-con 24-hours to come up with the $100,000 he owes. The movie also […]

A bench warrant was issued for rapper Beanie Sigel, after he failed to appear at a court date related to a marijuana possession charge yesterday (September 14) in New Jersey.   State police stopped Beanie Sigel and three companions in August, as the rapper was heading to perform at Kelly’s Bar on Rexall Avenue around […]

Today, Country singer Taylor Swift responded to the now infamous incident at the MTV Video Music Awards involving rapper Kanye West on Sunday (September 13).   West stormed the stage as Swift was receiving her first ever VMA for Best Female Video, upset because the country singer had topped Beyonce‘s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring […]

Renowned artist and producer Christopher “Tricky” Stewart will step into the CEO chair courtesy of a new Def Jam deal to jumpstart his very own record label.   Tricky will oversee RedZone Records, which he originally founded in 1995 with brother Mark and mentor LA Reid.   Now with strong major label backing, the songwriter […]