Antron “Big Lurch” Singleton was sentenced to life in prison yesterday, after being convicted of killing a 21-year-old woman, cutting open her chest and eating a portion of her lung.Singleton had pleaded not guilty to the charges, claiming that he was insane at the time of the killing because he was under the influence of […]
An arrest warrant has been issued for Terius “Juvenile” Grey, for allegedly failing to pay child support to the mother of his 6-month-old daughter.Gwinnett County police in Georgia obtained the warrant on charges of abandonment of a dependent child. Lt. Nick Neal said that the woman was not asking for an unjustified amount of money […]
Legendary rapper Slick Rick Walters was officially released from jail on Friday November 7 after being locked up for over 17 months by immigration officials. He is currently back in the Bronx with his wife and two children. “I still can’t believe it to some degree,” said Rick told the Associated Press. “I’m just thankful […]
Eminem’s ex-wife Kim Mathers skipped a preliminary hearing yesterday in a Warren, Michigan and is now a wanted woman by Warren, Michigan authorities.Mathers was scheduled to appear in Warren County District Court to face accusations of drug posession related to a drug raid at a local hotel.Police were responding to reports of a disorderly person […]
Because of an online internet leak, Interscope Records, 50 Cent and the G-Unit have decided to move their album Beg For Mercy up to November 14, the same day as the Jay-Z’s Black Album. Lloyd Banks, one of the founding members of G-Unit, explained that he heard of the leak as he and the group […]
Albert "Prodigy" Johnson has come forward to dispel media reports of his arrest he deemed inaccurate, after he was arrested in Cohoes, New York on the way to a show at the Cohoes Entertainment Complex. "I was charged for possession of a gun and marijuana," Johnson told AllHipHop.com. "Several news outlets reported that crack cocaine […]
While Kool Moe is preparing to release his book, “There’s A God on The Mic,” pioneering hip-hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli may be filing a lawsuit against the rapper, for not paying for images used in the book.”Moe Dee called me two or three times a day to get images for his book,” Paniccioli told AllHipHop.com. […]
New Jersey police said that rapper Joe Budden and his entourage were the targets of a failed drive by shooting on October 17, releasing official details on the incident yesterday.Police said that Budden was riding in his Humvee with two passengers in Jersey City, when he came to a stop and a man on a […]
Jay-Z has opted to move his highly anticipated Black Album forward to combat rampant piracy online and subsequent street bootlegging. The album was initially supposed to drop on November 28, Black Friday also the unofficial start of Christmas shopping, but leaked via the internet as early as Monday. Now the album has been bumped to […]
Albert “Prodigy” Johnson of popular rap group Mobb Deep, was arrested in upstate New York on Saturday and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and possession of marijuana.Police were allegedly responding to calls about two suspicious vehicles on Remsen Street in Cohoes, New York near the state capital of Albany.Police encountered two Ford […]
Arrested Development is taking on Fox Broadcasting, Imagine Films Entertainment and New World Communications, alleging the companies infringed on their trademark of the name “Arrested Development,” the same name of a television series that premiered this month.”The use of our name by FOX is not only confusing to the public, but also has the potential […]
Rapper Fam-Lay recently announced that the first single from his debut Def Jam album, Traintogo, will be "G## Busy." "I think everyone will know what that is about," Fam-Lay said. The Norfolk, Virginia based rapper who is signed to Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo’s Star Trak Entertainment, said working with The Neptunes was like working […]
Mix Master Mike, The Original Jazzy Jay, X-ecutioners and Z-Trip kicked off the 2003 Scratch U.S. Tour last night in San Diego. Qbert will join the 17 city tour November 8th in Portland, Oregon, when the tour hits the Roseland Theater. The tour will climax in Washington, D.C. with a performance by Humanbeat box wizard, […]
Afeni Shakur announced that she will host a special screening of “Tupac: Resurrection” on Friday, in Lumberton, North Carolina, where Tupac’s family began as slaves in the United States.The highly anticipated documentary has already premiered in Los Angeles and will premiere next Monday in New York and then Atlanta on November 12.The movie will open […]
A woman from Brooklyn, NY filed a lawsuit against Fabolous, alleging that his 2001 hit "Young N (Holla Back)" was stolen from a group on her record label. Carla Boone claims that she gave CD’s featuring the song "Holla’ Back" by her group Trajik to promoters and executives who worked with Fabolous. Boone claims the […]
New York based hip-hop group SharpShootaz won AOL Music’s second First Break contest. The group won the most votes out of the thousands of AOL member entries submitted to for the contest.”This has been a great experience for us, and we feel blessed to have beaten out some amazing competition.,” the SharpShootaz said.”We’ve been living […]
An Eminem T-Shirt sparked a deadly fight in Istanbul, Turkey’s Kucukcekmece district yesterday.Vendor Hayrettin Demir was hawking the T-Shirts, shouting Eminem, which 19-year-old Dilaver Akkurt took as an insult to his mother. Akkurt told Demir that his mothers name was Emine. “Eminem” means “my Emine” in Turkish.A knife fight broke out between the two men […]
Missy Elliot has been tapped to be the national spokesperson for Break The Cycle, a non-profit organization that works with youth to end domestic violence. "I know how domestic violence can affect a family and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others," Elliot said. "The most important thing […]
Rapper/actor Mos Def has signed on to star in “Something the Lord Made,” a true story based on a black lab technician and a white surgeon who were pioneers in heart surgery.Mos Def will star as Vivien Thomas, the real life assistant to Dr. Alfred Blalock, who will be played be Alan Rickman.Thomas was forced […]
Rick “Slick Rick” Walters won his court case & has been issued a waiver preventing his deportation. Walters served 5 years & 12 days for attempted murder in 1991.He was re-arrested on June 1 of 2002 & held without bail in Bradenton, Florida, due to a technicality in the law.”We always knew our arguments had […]