Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man has joined the cast of Hunting and Fishing, a spoof of the hit movie 300. The movie is being produced by writing duo Jason Friedberg and Alan Seltzer, who have penned such spoofs as Date Movie, Epic Movie and Remembering the Titans On Any Given Sunday Gives Me The Varsity […]

Upcoming Houston rapper Mookie Jones recently took home the title of Scion’s ‘The Prospect’ winner, standing out among the over 1500 submissions submitted online for the competition.   As part of the competition, a group of 10 finalists were each given a track from producer and judge Hi-Tek and assigned the task of providing a […]

Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown’s bid for freedom was denied by a Manhattan Supreme Court justice yesterday (August 27).   Brown, born Inga Marchand, filed a lawsuit against the Correction Department, claiming that she is suffering on Rikers Island, since being incarcerated last Wednesday (August 21) for alleged parole violations.   Brown, who recently revealed that […]

Hip-Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri will officially open his latest venture, the new Studio 72 nightclub, this Wednesday in Tucker, Georgia.   A number of Dupri’s celebrity friends will join Dupri this Wednesday (August 29), to celebrate the official grand opening opening of Studio 72, Dupri’s latest business venture.   “This isn’t just a club, this […]

Rapper/actor Ludacris will serve as a guest professor at an unknown college during an episode on mtvU’s new upcoming season of Stand In.   According to reps for the network, MtvU camera’s will follow the controversial rapper during the months ahead, as he surprises a college classroom, stands-in for a professor and “takes students “out […]

Young Noble of Tupac’s group The Outlawz and upcoming director Omar “Ice Man” Sharif (American Rap Stars) have announced that their production company, HollyHood Filmz, has acquired the motion picture rights to Dear Mama: The Life Story of Afeni Shakur.   Dear Mama, which is being produced in conjunction with Afeni Shakur’s Amaru Entertainment, will […]

Rapper Lil’ Kim will host a celebrity charity basketball game this December, to raise awareness about various health issues plaguing various minority communities.   Lil’ Kim and actor JD Williams (The Wire, The Kill Point) will be among the celebrities participating in the festivities, which will take place at Essex County College in Newark, New […]

Rapper Missy Elliott has teamed with Doritos in a new multimillion dollar ad campaign promoting the Doritos’ Collision brand of chips.   According to reports, the commercials debut September 17 and feature Elliott in the studio creating a “mash up,” while eating Doritos Collision chips, which contain two distinct flavor of chips.   An online […]

Police who raided the Cave Creek, Arizona home of superstar rapper DMX have revealed that they have found a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics, adding to to a list of charges that could be possibly filed against the rapper.   Officers in Maricopa County raided DMX’s house on Friday (August 24), after neighbors complained to […]

Super producer Dallas Austin is preparing to launch his new clothing line Rowdy, named after the record label he launched in 1992.   Austin, who has produced hits for Madonna, Ciara, Bjork, Janet Jackson, TLC, Monica, Da Back Wudz and many others, hopes the new street couture line will be just as successful as his […]

Police in Maricopa County, Arizona raided the home of rapper DMX, removing 12 distressed pitbulls from the rapper’s home.   Officers also made a gruesome discovery when they dug up the rapper’s backyard, recovering a burned, buried carcass of one of the dogs.   According to reports, police also recovered a large cache of weapons […]

Burger King’s sales rose more than 11% over the past year due to strong late night sales, promoted via a popular advertising campaign featuring Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.   Combs, who recently placed at # 3 on Forbes’ list of top earning Hip-Hop artists by earning $28 million in 2006, was featured in a […]

Hip-Hop mogul Master P. and his son Lil’ Romeo have teamed with T-Mobile to promote the launch of the new upcoming Sidekick LX.   The campaign is aimed at increasing the popularity of the new Sidekick LX, a smartphone that has a browser, email/texting and a phone.   The device competes with Apple’s iPhone and […]

Superstar rapper Kanye West and his Kanye West Foundation has partnered with Strong America Schools and will be featured in a series of public service announcements (PSAs) urging the presidential candidates to address issues within America’s educational system.   West is the spokesman for the Ed in ’08 campaign, a $60 million dollar nonpartisan initiative […]

Police are investigating a wild shootout at a Detroit nightclub Plan B, a bar/venue co-owned by rapper Trick Trick.   Sources who were present at the club told AllHipHop.com that a dispute broke out among an unknown group of local rappers, who were performing on stage.   According to police, a man was escorted out […]

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, GZA and DJ Qbert will be among the celebrity rappers taking part in the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational tournament being held this October in San Francisco.   The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF) announced the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational, which will include a celebrity chess tournament and emcee […]

Saigon’s attorney has spoken out against his client’s arrest, claiming that the rapper was a target of the New York Police Department’s infamous Hip-Hop Squad.   Saigon, born Brian Carenard, was arrested around 1:30 am yesterday morning (August 22), after police stopped a vehicle the rapper was riding in for a traffic violation near 11th […]

Former Bone Thugs-N-Harmony group member Bizzy Bone is preparing his third major label solo album titled A Song For You.   Bizzy, born, Bryon Anthony McCane II, was a member of the Grammy Award winning Cleveland rap group at the height of their success, contributing to albums like Creepin On Ah Come Up (1994) and […]

Veteran actor Blair Underwood has teamed with Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due to author the new book Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Mystery.   Casanegra, which hit stores last month, centers around a character named Tennyson Hardwick, a struggling giggalo-turned-actor, who is the prime suspect in the murder of a rapper/actress named Afrodite.   Hardwick attempts […]