Jermaine Dupri is expanding his So So Def empire and the mogul is working on several new business ventures to expand the So So Def brand name. Dupri, 32, is working to open the “Def Café,” which will be a 24-hour café in Atlanta, Georgia’s Buckhead section. In addition to the eatery, Dupri’s So So […]

The RZA will be animated and placed in a cartoon as part of an upcoming promotion for Wesley Snipes’ “Blade: Trinity,” The third installment of the “Blade” series. RZA, who scored the movie, will fight gold-fanged vampires in the three minute feature, which was conceptualized by ImajiMation Studios, the same company behind the “Blokhedz” comic […]

Namco America has filed a lawsuit against rapper Lil’ Flip and Sony Music Entertainment for copyright infringement, over the rapper’s#### song “Game Over.” In a lawsuit filed in US District Court, Southern District of New York, Namco alleges their copyright was infringed upon, when sounds from the game "Pac-Man" and "Ms. Pac-Man" were included on […]

Rapper Chingy has departed Ludacris’ Disturbing The Peace and his management with Chaka Zulu. Kenneth Crear and Johnny Wright of WCM will act as co-managers over the multi-platinum St. Louis rapper as his preps his sophomore album, Powerball. While AllHipHop.com speculated about the split in August, Zulu denied the sources’ validity in a statement. Chingy […]

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 made history when the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the group was being considered for induction into the prestigious museum’s list of all-time great recording artists, a first for any Hip-Hop act. No recording artist is eligible until 25 years has passed from the release of their […]

Hip-Hop radio in Los Angeles received another entry into the market on Monday, when Styles Media officially assumed control of KZAB and re-launched pioneering Hip-Hop station KDAY. Styles Media ditched KZAB’s Tropical format and will broadcast in KDAY’s original Hip-Hop format on the FM dial at 93.5. The first song the new KDAY played was […]

Jay-Z and R. Kelly filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to halt the selling of bootleg merchandise outside of the venues that will showcase their “Best of Both World’s Tour.” The two granted Bravado International Group Merchandising Services the rights to sell their images on a variety of officially endorsed merchandise. The lawsuit seeks to restrain […]

Pioneering Hip-Hop artist Afrika Bambaataa is preparing to release Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light, in collaboration with original Tommy Boy Records founder, Tom Silverman. The album sticks to Bambaataa’s long term mission of promoting peace through his work. Silverman, who signed Bambaataa in 1982, said that he still believes in the genre […]

In Hip-Hop folklore, much speculation has been made over a supposed beef between Fat Joe and Jay-Z in the past few years. The pair briefly sparred after Jay apparently took issue with a Joe lyric that referred the Terror Squad victory over Team S.Carter at last year’s Rucker basketball tourney. Jay followed suit in “The […]

Rapper 50 Cent will make his acting debut, when he turns his attention to the silver screen for his “semi-autobiographical” drama, “Locked and Loaded.” The rapper will play a former drug dealer, who leaves the seedy underworld behind for a career in music. Terence Winter, who has gained critical acclaim as writer and executive producer […]

A bodyguard for Lil’ Kim was sentenced to 12 years in prison due to his involvement in a daylight shootout in front of Hot 97’s New York offices in 2001. Suif Jackson, 34, was handed the stiff sentence by U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch. Lynch, who has heard a number of cases related to Hip-Hop, […]

Wyclef Jean was in Haiti today, helping international aid workers clean up after massive flooding left the northern cities under mud. Over 700 people died and over 1,000 are still missing. The U.N’s World Food Programme is trucking in over 40 tons of food to help the residents of the affected cities. "I came here […]

Missy Elliot and Adidas’ collaborative line of clothing, Respect ME, is being rolled out in stores across the country in the United States this week. Elliot partnered with the German sportswear giant in April. The deal is the first with an entertainer since their landmark deal with Run-DMC in 1986. "These clothes are for everybody,” […]

Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks suffers from dementia and should not answer questions relating to her lawsuit against Hip-Hop stars Outkast, her doctor’s revealed. Parks, 91, took the rap group to court over their 1998 hit song “Rosa Parks,” featured on their multi-platinum release, Aquemini. According to her lawyers, her health is failing and she […]

Beanie Sigel made a Municipal Court appearance yesterday, a routine procedure to make sure the rapper’s upcoming simple assault case is ready for trial. Sigel, dressed in jeans and a polo shirt, attended the status hearing with his defense attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr. His next hearing for this particular trial is November 3. The latest […]

DMX appeared in a Queens, New York court yesterday, to answer charges relating to his arrest at Kennedy Airport in June. As the rapper entered the courtroom, he bickered with officers, who told him he was not allowed to take off his coat before being screened. After being riled, he turned his attentions to a […]

Memphis, Tennessee’s Lil’ Wyte has announced the title of his first album under a new deal with 36 Mafia’s Hypnotize Minds/Asylum label deal. Phinally Phamous will be the rapper’s sophomore follow up to Doubt Me Now, which sold almost 130,000 units independently and helped pave the way for his major label, full length debut. “It’s […]

Rapper/Actor LL Cool J has responded to the more recent speculation that his toned body may have been sculpted by the hands of a plastic surgeon. In recent months, there has been considerable buzz and press reports in mainstream Hip-Hop magazines concerning the buff rapper’s physique and even allegations that the rapper had a nose […]

The latest season of the “Surreal Life” reality show is drawing attention, due to the on-camera relationship between Brigitte Nielsen and Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav. Now, the two will star in a brand new reality show for VH1, in which they travel across the United States and arrive in Las Vegas, where Flav and Nielsen’s […]