Scion’s 2005 NextUp contest is winding down with one day in voting left in their nationwide unsigned MC search. Over 1700 MC’s from across the country submitted tracks for a chance at winning Scion: NextUp’s top prize: a marketing package valued at $50,000. The top ten finalists were selected by DJ Premier, Green Lantern and […]

The legal problems for R. Kelly continue to mount, as Harlem, New York rapper Cam’ron has hit the Chicago, Illinois crooner with a lawsuit. Cam’ron, born Cameron Giles alleges R. Kelly has infringed his copyright for the “Snake Remix,” which Giles claims he co-wrote. Both the original version and the remix to the song feature […]

A screenplay that late rapper Tupac Shakur wrote while locked away in prison is finally coming to the big screen. Shakur penned the script for “Live 2 Tell” while incarcerated at the Clinton Correctional Facility in 1995. “Live 2 Tell” centers around the inner-city struggle of a drug kingpin who decides to leave the drug […]

A widespread boycott of Pepsi has mistakenly detailed that rapper Kanye West has been dropped from the soft drink giant’s current marketing campaign for comments made against President George Bush. A statement from “boycott organizer” Shondell Towns was emailed to a group list of thousands of African American professionals mostly located in California. Still, the […]

Common has teamed with Viacom and The Kaiser Family Foundation as the spokesman for ‘The Know Is Spreading’ campaign, which aims to normalize HIV/AIDS testing as part of routine health care. Common, whose uncle succumbed to AIDS, contributed four original spoken word compositions to the campaign, which launched on Viacom properties CBS, UPN, MTV, Nick […]

Contrary to published reports, Lil Kim is in good spirits and adjusting to life in the Philadelphia Federal Detention Center. Just days after entering the correctional facility, rumors began to swirl about her physical appearance and her alleged imprisonment in solitary confinement. Earlier this week, Lil Kim born Kimberly Jones, issued a statement to AllHipHop.com […]

Damon Dash is severing business ties with formers partners including Jay-Z and is selling his stake in Rocawear back to partners for $22 million dollars. Rocawear was established in 1999 and has grossed over $500 million dollars since its inception. The move all but seals any further business dealings between the two former Rocawear/Roc-A-Fella co-CEO’s. […]

Russell Simmons and Reverend Run have united once again to host the second annual "VH1 Hip-Hop Honors," which pays homage to the Hip-Hop pioneers who’ve transformed the genre into a global phenomenon. This year’s celebration was taped last Thursday (Sept. 22) at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. The special, which airs tonight (Sept. 26) on […]

Rapper Beanie Sigel was acquitted of attempted-murder charges today in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania court, after jurors spent two days deciding the rapper’s guilt or innocence. The jury delivered their verdict today (Sept. 26) vindicating Sigel of shooting Terrance Speller in front of a Philadelphia bar on July 1, 2003. Damon Dash, CEO of Damon Dash […]

Soul singer D’Angelo was critically injured in a recent Sept. 19 accident in Powhatan County, Virginia. Virginia State Police said D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, was driving on Route 711 when his 2003 hummer ran off the road, struck a fence and flipped over. D’Angelo was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the […]

McDonald’s plan to pay rap artists to mention the Big Mac sandwich in their songs as a marketing strategy has come under fire by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, formerly Stop Commercial Exploitation of Children. CCFC is a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents that work to counter […]

Fans have pushed ringtones by 50 Cent, Snoop Dog and The Game to record breaking status via Sprint PCS’ Music Tones service. 50 Cent has become the first artist on Sprint’s network to have two albums reach platinum/gold status, with more than one million Music Tones being downloaded from his album Get Rich or Die […]

Missy Elliottt postponed numerous appearances after undergoing surgery for a torn left Achilles tendon. The accident happened while Elliott was rehearsing in Los Angeles for the TV Guide Emmy party that was scheduled to be held five days later. Elliott recently underwent extensive surgery at a private hospital on Manhattan’s East Side to repair the […]

Rapper Keith Murray has been hit with a lawsuit stemming from a stabbing at Webster Hall in New York last year. The lawsuit was filed in Kings County Court in Brooklyn, New York, claiming that the rapper allegedly stabbed a fan during a concert in the early morning hours of Christmas day of 2004. The […]

Production duo Trak Starz [Zo and Sham] are gearing up to release their debut album Star Studded on the Trak Starz/Blackground Records. The duo has tracked hits for such stars as Chingy, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Britney Spears, Ludacris and others and the release in the first under a joint venture that the pair inked […]

Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown announced today (Sept. 22) that she plans to temporarily stop performing to undergo surgery for a hearing defect. Brown briefly fielded questions after making an appearance in a Manhattan Criminal Court on assault charges. As she strained to hear reporters, Brown revealed that she plans to seek treatment for her hearing […]

On the strength the smash single “Sittin’ Sidewayz,” Paul Wall’s The People’s Champ debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart this week, with first week sales of 176,800 units in the U.S. alone. Wall’s chart-topping debut ends the two-week reign of Kanye West’s Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), which fell to No. 2 with […]

Taking a cue from the likes of Rev Run and Flava Flav, St. Louis rapper Nelly has signed on to develop a reality television series with A. Smith & Co. Productions. The show will reportedly follow the 30-year-old rapper and budding entrepreneur on his everyday excursions. “I look forward to showing my fans what my […]

Two men have filed complaints with police in Berlin, Germany, claiming that U.S. rap star DMX assaulted them in a Berlin nightclub. DMX was in Berlin’s Sage Club last Friday (Sept. 16) following an appearance earlier in the evening. The rapper became involved in an altercation with Oliver Osterode, 24 and Julian Schmidt, 24, allegedly […]