Former NBA hoopster, James “Hollywood” Robinson has launched a new label, Da Dirty South Records. The native Mississippian keeps it true to his roots, naming the label for his home region, while basing the operation in Los Angeles. Robinson currently oversees the label from Russia, where he is playing B-ball. The label’s first signing, Don […]
Damon Wayans & "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow will star in a new comedy, "Marci X." The movie centers around a young Jewish woman named Marci (Kudrow), who inherits her father’s hardcore rap label. When a song, "Shoot Ya Teacha," by one of the label’s artists Dr. Snatchcatcher (Wayans) becomes a pop hit, she must deal […]
A jury has convicted Carlos "South Park Mexican" Coy of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who spent the night at his house with his daughter last September. The jury spent 8 hours deliberating before they delivered the guilty verdict. The girl, who is 10 now, testified during the trial that she didn’t remember what happened […]
BG, formerly of Cash Money Records, has launched Chopper City Records. BG, who started his rap career at the age of 13, has hired Rap Coalition founder Wendy Day and she is negotiating with a major label for distribution. Day negotiated the original $30,000,000 deal for Cash Money Records. In addition to his own LP, […]
Antwan Kevin Baker, who is accused of stalking hip-hop entrepreneur Master P, will stand trial for stalking and making criminal threats. Prosecutors in the case say that Baker began stalking P in 1999. He confronted P at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and tried to convince P to sign him to a recording contract and to […]
A social worker in Detroit has created a CD using rap lyrics to help teach children multiplication tables. Odeather Hill got the idea when a client of her company, Professional, Preventive, Restoration and Consultant Services, wanted to improve his 10 year old daughters math skills. Realizing how popular hip-hop is with children, Hill spent $500 […]
Eminem and Interscope Records are fighting vehemently to prevent online downloads of the rapper’s highly anticipated album, “The Eminem Show.” Because of massive internet piracy, the album has suddenly been pushed forward to drop on May 28th instead of June 4th, according a spokesperson for Interscope Records. Still, the label is not submitting to the […]
The First Annual Urban Music-DJ Awards is scheduled to kick off June 2, 2002 in New York City. The event is described as a "prestigious event to outstanding business personalities that have created a significant impact on the Urban music industry." The awards show will be followed by performances featuring several prominent, but yet to […]
Early morning yesterday, the State of New Jersey suddenly cancelled the Literacy Concert, because they didn’t have the approval for the concert to take place, according to RZA of Wu Tang. He also said the government didn’t want to be associated with rap music. “At the last minute, the secretary of state pulled out,” RZA […]
The RZA has organized The NJ State Literacy Tour. Taking place on May 17th at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, the concert will promote literacy amongst youth. Hosted by Wendy Williams, performers such as Fat Joe, Mobb Deep, Carl Thomas, Method Man & Redman will appear. RZA told AllHipHop.com, "Knowledge is the basic foundation […]
Ludacris, Original Film, MTV Films and Paramount Pictures are teaming up to develop a full length comedy film based around the rapper. The film, which is tentatively titled "Skip Day," was pitched by Ludacris himself, and he will executive produce and star in the film, as well as contribute to the soundtrack. According to the […]
Video director, Hype Williams is set to release his first ever-video compilation titled “The Videos” on DVD and VHS, May 28, 2002 through Palm Pictures. The collection chronicles ten of Hype’s most groundbreaking videos. Included is Hype’s biographical and video graphical information, exclusive interviews, behind the scenes bonus footage, commentary on each video, and trailers. […]
Earlier this month, eyewitnesses say that Beanie Sigel of Roc-a-Fella Records assaulted a heckler while performing at a club in upstate New York. Spectators to the event said a local rapper named C-Diddy from Poughkeepsie, NY heckeled Sigel for several minutes as he performed at Club Jordyn’s, also located in Poughkeepsie. One witness, who asked […]
“It’s time for something new,” says Benjamin Moody, the Editor In Chief of Urban Magazine. Scheduled to debut at the end of this year, the magazine will be the latest of many upstarts to hit newsstands this year as readers seem to becoming discontent with many of the major urban publications. “I feel that a […]
The feud between Eminem and Vice President Dick Cheney’s wife continues on Eminem’s third album, The Eminem Show. Eminem was singled out by Lynne Cheney before congressional hearings in 2000, about violence in the entertainment industry. She has also bad mouthed Eminem in numerous magazine interviews. On the track "White America," Eminem boldy says to […]
West Coast artist Kam will release his long awaited album, The Self in September. KAM first appeared in the national spotlight with his hit single, Every Single Weekend, which debuted on the Boyz In The Hood Soundtrack. He followed it with a commanding presence on Ice Cube’s Death Certificate. His most recent release, Kamnesia was […]
Rap-A-Lot Records and CEO James Prince is being sued by a music publishing company, Famous Music. According to the suit, Rap-A-Lot and publishing company N-The-Water owe royalties to a producer/writer by the name of Marcus Vest. Vest allegedly signed an agreement to produce almost 40 songs for the label. Famous then allegedly signed Vest directly. […]
Jay-Z is suing two residents of a Tribeca penthouse complex, accusing them of sabotaging a deal where he attempted to purchase a $6.5 – $7 million penthouse. The suit was file last week in Manhattan. The suit alleges the tenants, Lynn Fisher-Hill and Lewis Taffer, hung negative flyers throughout the building saying “private security personnel […]
Dionne Warwick, the R&B legend, was arrested after airport security in Miami International Airport found 11 joints of weed in a lipstick case. She was charged with a misdemeanor for the less than 5 grams of the drug found on her. In the past, the 61-year-old has been extremely critical of rappers who advocate the […]
Yesterday , BringTheNoise.com announced the creation of “The True School Show,” a show to be hosted by Afrika Bambaataa on the site. According to a statement, the show intends to feature a variety of “funky” music that inspired the creation of hip-hop like jazz, rock-n-roll, break beats, go-go music, electro funk, trip hop, jungle-hop and […]
