A nationwide talent search will kickoff March 7, with scouts from UPN seeking the next big act to appear on Missy Elliot’s new “dramality” series, “The Missy Elliot Project.”Those picked will head out on the road with Elliot and live together, while competing with each other to be the next big rap star.Those who seek […]

A Memphis, Tennessee attorney and a suspected gang leader were charged with numerous offenses after authorities allege the men tried to influence a number of high profile cases, including the case of rapper Tab "Turk" Virgil, Jr.Scott Crawford, 34, and lawyer for Virgil, was charged with conspiracy, bribery, possession of crack cocaine, possession of an […]

N.E.R.D., the alter ego group of production team The Neptunes, is preparing to release the follow up to their 2002 debut In Search Of…With group member Shae, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo recorded Fly Or Die in Los Angeles, New York and their hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia.The trio decided to drop former backup group […]

Pop boy band B2K has signed former Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Member Bizzy Bone to their new label, Super Fam Records.”We got a whole lot of artists. We bringing Bizzy Bone back,” said group member J-Boog.He also revealed that singer Ray J was actually signed to their label as an artist not as a member of B2K.Boog […]

R&B Legend Teena "Lady Tee" Marie is preparing to release her Cash Money Records debut, La Doña. The album is being released under Cash Money’s new imprint, Cash Money Classics. Mannie Fresh and Tina Marie handled the production chores for the first single, "Still In Love." The album also contains a reunion with soul legend […]

Copies of Trina’s "Leaving You" formerly known as "Big Ol’ D*ck" has been leaked to radio, despite it not being approved by her label, Atlantic. "We just have to run with it at this point," Trina told AllHipHop.com. "People want to hear it, so we are going to get it out there while there is […]

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, CEO of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), will host a lecture series to raise awareness about the Rockefeller Drug Laws in New York. Chavis will lead off the lecture series at Albany State University, titled "Spitting Truth in the Face of Injustice: Raising Public Awareness About the Negative Impact of the […]

The maker of Ghettopoly has filed a lawsuit against Hasbro Inc, claiming that he has penalized before it has been determined anything has been done wrong. Hasbro, which makes Monopoly, filed their lawsuit to stop the sales of Ghettopoly, claiming trademark and copyright infringement. Chang says the game is a parody of Hip-Hop culture and […]

Warner Music Group will start laying off almost 20 percent of it’s workforce this week. Almost 1,000 people will lose their jobs as a result of Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s purchase of WMG and his attempt to save $250 million dollars annually. The restructuring plan will be announced tomorrow and has resulted in the departure of […]

Jayson Rodriguez After taking three years between releasing albums, which seems like an eternity in rap, Memphis Bleek is wasting no time in preparing the follow-up to M.A.D.E. The rapper is tentatively set to drop 534 this June, just six months after his most recent album, which was released in December of 2003. The title […]

Andre 3000 of Outkast is in the final stages of negotiations to play legendary guitar player Jimmy Hendrix on the big screen. The flick is being directed by The Hughes Brothers, known for “Menace To Society,” “From Hell” and “American Pimp.” The flick will chronicle the legendary African-American guitar players rise to fame, from strumming […]

Harlem-bred emcee Immortal Technique has begun to record his third independent album through his Viper Records, but he said that the album would be a departure from his politically charged albums Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2. “Right now it’s in its early stages. I have like two tracks done. I don’t even have any guest […]

Young hip-hop fans across the Atlantic clamoring to be the next P.Diddy can enroll at Diddymite, a new urban music school that teaches kids songwriting and performance skills. The South London school, however, isn’t funded by the Bad Boy C.E.O., but rather by England’s own Ms. Dynamite. The garage raptress has also secured grants and […]

Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) has tapped Hip-Hop music to help sell their latest automobile in a new advertising campaign. Starting in March, advertisements featuring the music of Dilated Peoples will be heard nationwide, promoting the new Volvo S40. LL Cool J handled the voice-overs, while music-video director Dave Meyers shot the commercials. "It’s […]

According to sources, incarcerated rap mogul Suge Knight is planning to release his own magazine.Titled “Uncut,” Knight’s publication would be part Hip-Hop, part tabloid.”Suge wants to do it,” a source told AllHipHop.com. “The only major obstacle is that there is a British publication by the same name, so a name change might happen.”Knight will emerge […]

Tony Yayo, a member of 50 Cent’s G-Unit, has pleaded guilty to passport fraud being rearrested a day after being released from prison. Last month, the rapper was sent back in prison, for violating terms of his probation. Yayo was released from Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility in New York on January 9 after serving […]

Joseph “Afroman” Foreman is back and preparing to release Afroholic: The Even Better Times, the follow-up to 2001’s Good Times.Last year, Foreman proclaimed he had found God and was leaning toward making music that reflected his new found faith and even considered a name change.The rapper complained that Universal was pushing him to make music […]

Northeastern University has canceled their spring concert featuring Ludacris, after students of the University participated in a Superbowl riot that left one man dead when a drunk driver drove his SUV through the crowd. Northeastern’s President Richard M. Freeland said that holding the concert was inappropriate after thousands of students took to the streets to […]