Earlier this week R&B singer Bobby Valentino addressed the rumor that his newest album Special Occasion, had leaked onto the Internet. “Because of the success of my debut album, and the love for my fans, I wanted to take my time with this new album Special Occasion ,” Bobby Valentino said in a statement. “So […]

Veteran MC Guru and new partner and producer Solar are planning the release of Jazzmatazz Vol. 4: The Hip-Hop Jazz Messenger: Back To The Future on their own label, 7 Grand Records. The fourth installment of Guru’s Jazzmatazz series features heavyweights like Bob James, David Sanborn, Common, Blackalicious, Slum Village, Kem, Bobby Valentino, Damian Marley, […]

Ice Cube continues his push on to the small screen with a new hour long reality television series on A&E titled Good in the Hood. Ice Cube will introduce each episode, which features a different reformed gang member, drug dealer or criminal, who takes on the responsibility of rehabilitating another person with similar circumstances. Good […]

International seems to be the mind state of rapper/producer Havoc, as he sets out to expand his fanbase overseas with a new business partnership.The Mobb Deep member has hooked up with New York-based software company Voxonic Inc. to release international voicetones under Voxonic’s Voxtones division. In addition, Voxonic will convert a soon to be named […]

Rap fans may soon see and hear Lupe Fiaso in a different setting when the Grammy-nominated emcee heads to court. According to the Chicago Tribune, Fiasco (born Wasalu Jaco) is expected to testify in the drug conspiracty trial of his 1st and 15th partner/music producer, Charles “Chili” Patton and his wife Inita. The couple was […]

Hip-Hop history was made last night (Mar. 12), as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As Hip-Hop pioneers, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were one of the first Hip-Hop groups to incorporate deejaying and emceeing in a group. “We are going in the Rock […]

The Street Dreams Tour featuring headliner Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, Rich Boy, Lil Wayne and Fat Joe, has suffered another possible set back, as a man affiliated with a Cincinnati promotions company promoting the event was arrested over the weekend, when police found 64 pounds of cocaine in the trunk of a car. The Cincinnati […]

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Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B.’s “Ghost Ride It” video has been banned from all media outlets because of the video’s use of the Ghostbusters car and logo in the video for the controversial single. Mistah F.A.B.’s “Ghost Ride It” singles touches upon the phenomenon of “ghost riding,” which is when the driver stands on the hood […]

Goldmark Industries, Inc., a producer and distributor of urban music, feature films, and television was suspended this week by The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to their recent and repeated spam E-mail campaigns. Goldmark Industries, Inc. was one of 35 companies to be suspended in an operation the SEC has dubbed “Operation Spamalot”. The […]

U.K. based fashion retailer Topshop has pulled The Gangsta Rap Coloring Book from the shelves of its flagship Oxford Street store in the UK, after the book generated numerous complaints. The 48-page coloring book, which was authored by Aye Jay Moreno and released in 2004, features images of rappers like 50 Cent, Eazy-E, Ice-T, Master […]

U.S. Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden on suspicion on minor drug offenses last night (Mar. 11) after a performance at the Globen Arena.The rapper was in Stockholm, as part of the Pass The Puff European Tour, which is being co-headlined by former rival Sean "Diddy" Combs.Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Broadus, had finished […]

Rapper Busta Rhymes was banned from a Manhattan movie set earlier this weekend by police.Busta Rhymes, who was arrested by police last month for driving with a suspended license, was banned from the movie set due to security concerns police had over public safety.”This is tremendously unfair to Busta, who has been nothing but professional […]

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Thirteen year old T’yanna Wallace has the bearings of your average junior high school student.She’s a Hip-Hop and R & B fan who loves T.I., Young Jeezy, The Game, and Jay-Z, but unlike her peers, her father is a legend, a Hip-Hop immortal whose image is plastered on walls from Tokyo to Harlem and whose […]

The 6th Annual Hip Hop Congress Conference will take place in Athens, OH July 4th through July 8th, where chapters nation-wide and Hip-Hop artists will come together and discuss issues related to urban music. The Hip Hop Congress is a non-Profit organization that was created to ignite civic action and cultural creativity within the Hip-Hop […]

Police arrested Kody "Monster" Scott on Wednesday (Mar. 7) after police received an anonymous tip that the author and alleged gang member was in a South Los Angeles neighborhood.Scott, also known as Sanyika Shakur, authored Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member from prison, which detailed his life as a child and young adult […]

Music may be Bow Wow’s present occupation, but the rapper is laying the groundwork for life beyond the mic with various business ventures. Among those is Prestigious, a shoe store he co-owns with Atlanta radio personality Greg Street. The store is the first taste of business success away from the music industry for Bow Wow, […]

Grammy Award winning songwriter and producer Jermaine Dupri will be receiving top honors this year at the 21st Annual Soul Train Music Awards and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards. Dupri will be recognized with the Quincy Jones Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Soul Train Awards, which will be held […]