KRS Heading To Connecticut For 2010 International Hip-Hop Fest

(AllHipHop News) South Bronx pioneer KRS-One is scheduled to headline the 2010 International Hip-Hop Festival at Trinity College next month in Connecticut. The student created festival, which is free and open to the public, is a weekend celebration of Hip-Hop culture throughout the world. Academic panels, movie screenings, performances, graffiti art and break dancing will […]

Rapper Guru’s Health Condition Upgraded; Hasn’t Spoken To DJ Premier In 7 Years

(AllHipHop News) Hospitalized rapper Guru has issued another statement regarding his health condition, which doctors recently upgraded to stable. Guru, born Keith Elam, suffered from a massive heart attack last month and reportedly went into a coma, either before surgery or shortly thereafter. The rapper was diagnosed as having Anoxia because of his history of […]

Ludacris and Jamie Foxx Promote Increased HIV Awareness with New CDC Social Media Project

Atlanta-based rap star Ludacris is using his fame to enter a new level of raising awareness of HIV/AIDS. The rapper, along with actor/comedian/singer Jamie Foxx have teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote I know, a recently launched social media effort set up to encourage dialogue about the disease […]

Houston Rapper Trae Tha Truth Address Radio Ban; Plans New Mixtape

(AllHipHop News) Texas rapper Trae Tha Truth continues with his career, despite a ban on commercial Hip-Hop stations in Houston according to reports.Almost 1,000 people have signed a petition circulating around the Internet requesting that KBXX 97.9 The Box lift the ban on the rapper, which was reportedly enforced after a July 2009 shooting erupted […]

AHH Stray News: Waka Flocka Released, Spring Bling, Lil Romeo

(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flames has been released from the Houston County Jail yesterday (March 18), after being arrested for violating his probation. Sources told AllHipHop.com that the rapper was originally arrested Tuesday evening (March 16) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for smoking marijuana before a show. Waka Flocka, born Juaquin Malphurs, is an […]

Paul Wall Named President Of Texas Grammy Chapter

(AllHipHop News) Houston rapper Paul Wall has been elected president of the Texas chapter of the Recording Academy, the organization responsible for The Grammy Awards.The Recording Academy is the organization responsible for organizing the annual Grammy Awards. The rapper previously held the title of Governor alongside notable Houston executives and artists like Mathew Knowles, saxophonist […]

Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Set For July

(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn Bodega, producers of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHF) have announced the 2010 event will take place this July. Today (March 18), organizers announced that this year’s BHF event will span an entire week, featuring panels, films, theater and independent performances by national and international Hip-Hop talent. According to West Jackson, the executive […]

EXCLUSIVE: Pharoahe Monch Joins Duck Down for New Album W.A.R

(AllHipHop News) AllHipHop.com has confirmed that Pharoahe Monch’s upcoming third solo LP W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) has found a home with Duck Down Records. Originally, Monch announced last September that he would be leaving his previous label SRC to distribute W.A.R. through his own imprint, W.A.R. Media. At the time, he cited the overall decline […]