Legend LL Cool J has signed to join 50 Cent in performing at the sixth annual Spike TV Video Game Awards.   50 Cent will perform “Get Up,” his Scott Storch-produced lead single on Before I Self-Destruct.   The mogul’s performance will include exclusive footage from his new video game 50 Cent: Blood in the […]

Producer-turned-recording executive Jermaine Dupri has launched legal battle against a nightclub and a promoter in his hometown of Atlanta over the unauthorized use of his name, court documents show.   The multi-platinum Grammy Award winner filed suit on Tuesday (December 9) against popular nightclub Pure Atlanta and one of the individuals behind the club’s weekly […]

The all-star, 2008 TV adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun was nominated today (December 11) by the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture.   The movie gained early buzz through positive reviews of its debut at the Sundance Film Festival.   The momentum attracted ABC, who aired the movie to an […]

A number of notables from the Hip-Hop industry will head to Baltimore to attend a Christmas party aimed at benefiting the city’s needy children. Attorney Paul Gardner and his Gardner Law Group, along with local label Unruly Records, will host the event at Gardner’s Baltimore office. Celebrities like Doug E. Fresh, Mya, Angel “Lola” Luv, […]

Aspiring female rapper Persia of VH1’s White Rapper Show is facing jail time over ramifications from an ongoing, two year domestic violence dispute.   According to Persia, real name Rachel Mucerino, the issue stems from a continuing domestic dispute with an estranged ex-boyfriend who has threatened to kill her, her mother, and six-month old daughter. […]

Three members of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have been named as codefendants in a lawsuit filed in Tacoma, Washington last month.   Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone and Wishbone are accused of breaching their contract with a Tacoma basketball team by failing to appear for a scheduled performance.   In a lawsuit filed on behalf of The Jazz […]

While Beanie Sigel’s one time rival Gillie Da Kid recently backed out of an upcoming “Brotherly Love Concert” due to schedule concerns, the Broad Street bully has landed another former nemesis to headline the concert.   The Lox’s Jadakiss will join Sigel and other Philadelphia rappers on stage during the concert, which is being presented […]

The Wu-Tang Clan’s main strategist and creative overseer the RZA has announced plans to kick off 2009 with three high-profile film and music projects.   On January 27, the Abbot will release Afro Samurai: The Resurrection.   The LP serves as the soundtrack to season 2 of the critically acclaimed animated series Afro Samurai.   […]

Dogged by allegations from the The Smoking Gun that his criminal background is fabricated, superstar singer Akon has decided to come clean regarding the accusations against him.     In an interview with Access Atlanta, the singer clarified his previous statements that he was incarcerated for three years.     “I got caught up in […]

Atlanta rapper Yung Joc has signed the second act to his Swagg Team Entertainment imprint, he recently revealed to AllHipHop.com.The Grammy-nominated artist recently picked up the Dallas, Texas-based group GS Boys, who have already generated an impressive regional and web-based following with their single “Stanky Leg.”“I walked in the house one day, and my five-year-old […]

Christmas may be days away, but Snoop Dogg is spreading his own brand of holiday cheer with a new Christmas album.   The release, titled Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas In Tha Dogg House, will include exclusive holiday songs from the Long Beach, California.-based rapper as well as Tha Dogg Pound, Soopafly, Bad Lucc, Damani, J. […]

While Killer Mike has confirmed that he is in the final stages of negotiating a partnership between his Grind Time imprint and T.I.’s Atlanta-based Grand Hustle Entertainment, he wants to reassure fans that this is by no means a sign that he has abandoned the independent scene.   On the contrary, he expects his new […]

DMX has been apprehended by FBI Agents at Scott Storch’s house in Miami, according to reports.   The rapper was arrested today (December 9), after police followed up on a tip in regards to his location.   Police could not confirm if the rapper was being treated at a local rehab facility as his lawyer […]

The tumultuous life of Grammy award-winning singer Bobby Brown is now the subject of The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But…, a new “unauthorized biography” of the artist’s life.   Initially, the book was a private memoir for Brown to reflect on his volatile 20-plus years in the entertainment industry.   Author Derrick Handspike, […]

Only hours after expressing his outrage over Busta Rhymes’ controversial song “Arab Money,” Iraqi-born rapper The Narcicyst told AllHipHop.com that he received a personal phone call from Busta himself last night (December 8), apologizing for the misunderstanding created by the song.   According to Narcicyst, the two rappers spent nearly half an hour on the […]

Violator All-Star DJs and M.I.A. are partnering with Koch Entertainment to celebrate and support the release of the late K-Swift’s Greatest Hits album.   K-Swift, real name Khia Edgerton, died in a tragic pool accident on July 21.   A growing star, Swift at the time of her death had the one of the top […]

Pioneer Hip-Hop turntablist Grandmaster Flash is set to kick off 2009 with a brand new studio album entitled The Bridge: Concept Of a Culture.   Backed by Strut Records and Flash’s very own Adrenaline City Entertainment, the LP marks the DJ’s first major label release of all original material since 1988’s On the Strength, the […]

A new lawsuit filed in a Boston courtroom claims that the Andre 3000-created Cartoon Network series Class of 3000 was not as original as the rapper, or the network would have viewers believe, the Boston Herald reports.   Former art student Timothy McGee is suing the Outkast star, as well as Cartoon Network and its […]

Influential New York DJ Funkmaster Flex has announced a brand new partnership with The Topps   Company to unveil the Funk Master Flex autographed card, the first ever awarded to a DJ.   Topps has remained the leading name in sports cards since debuting in 1938. The company now manufactures cards for Major League Baseball, […]

O.J. Simpson’s recent 15-year jail sentence hasn’t prevented him from releasing “Get Juiced,” the NFL Hall of Famer’s first ever rap video.   O.J. Simpon’s new rap video was conceived as a prank for a DVD entitled Juiced, which showcases the controversial football great performing pranks on unsuspecting victims, in the vein of Ashton Kutcher’s […]