Sean “Diddy” Combs is one of several celebrities tapped to welcome tourists to New York City as part of the new “Just Ask the Locals” tourism campaign. Combs will join residents like Matt Lauer, Lindsay Price and Kevin Bacon in the print ads, which features the mogul and other celebrities sharing their favorite shopping spots, […]

G-Unit’s new album Terminate On Sight is a return to the rap game of sorts for group member Lloyd Banks, as the album marks the rapper’s first official release since 2006’s album Rotten Apple.   According to Banks, who dropped out of the spotlight shortly after Rotten Apple was released, family issues prevented him from […]

Big Tigger has vowed to give supporters a “bigger, bolder and better” version of his Annual Celebrity Classic this year.   With the nearly week-long community awareness event now in its seventh year, the BET and syndicated radio host and his Street Corner Foundation will bring together a list of sports and entertainment luminaries.   […]

Proctor & Gamble continues to test the urban market, with a new hotline to obtain input from the customers of the company’s various brands regarding P&G’s sponsorship of music video programs on BET and MTV.   The company, which recently launched Tagged Records, a full-fledged Hip-Hop label run by rap boss Jermaine Dupri, was asked […]

Hip-Hop “godfather” Afrika Bambaataa will be among those honored by the Bronx Museum of the Arts at “A Bronx Feast,” the museum’s Spring benefit gala.   Noted for being one of the founders of Hip-Hop Culture, Bambaataa has influenced other musical genres, as his creation of “electro funk” helped fuel the development of Freestyle or […]

The question looms for fans, “Is Jean Grae going to retire?”   The rapper thanked her fans, friends and family for supporting her in a “a wonderful and awful journey” in a blog post on Saturday (April 27), alluding to an exit from Hip-Hop.   Corey Smyth, the head of her label Blacksmith Music, is […]

Rapper Queen Latifah is among the headliners of the “Songs of Soul and Inspiration” concert being produced by AARP, the world’s largest advocacy organization for the 50+ community.   The company announced today (April 28) that Latifah, along with Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Patti Austin, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Jamia, CeCe Winans, The Fire Choir […]

Naughty by Nature member Kay Gee is ushering in a new era for his record label Divine Mill with his latest business venture.   Under a joint venture with Merovingian Music (MRV), Kay Gee will utilize Divine Mill to focus on artist equity participation and a proper and controlled marketing approach, while working with Caroline/EMI […]

Compton rapper The Game will debut a new song addressing the controversial Sean Bell verdict tomorrow, AllHipHop.com has learned.   The Game will debut his song “911 Is A Joke” tomorrow (April 29) on his new website ThisizGame.com. Like his Compton predecessors N.W.A., who released their classic single “F**k Tha Police” in 1988, The Game […]

Jean Grae, one of Hip-Hop’s revered underground lyricists, has issued a message that suggests she is walking away from Hip-Hop music. The rapper issued a statement through a message from her myspace blog.“It’s been a wonderful and awful journey all at the same time. Mostly leaning towards the wonderful part,” she stated. “Thank you for […]

A video featuring rapper Papoose has come under fire from the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (BSVAC).   The New York Daily News reports that legal action is being planned against the Brooklyn rapper, because of his the video for his single “Ambulance.”   The clip, which has amassed 80,000 hits on YouTube.com, features Papoose rapping […]

A lawyer for Florida rapper Grandaddy Souf plans to file a lawsuit alleging that ten bouncers at Miami hotspot Mansion, were responsible for a 2007 altercation, in which the rapper was beaten and left unconscious on the street.   The incident produced an infamous photo of the former SRC/Universal artist laying unconscious on the sidewalk […]

Seventeen months to the day since the November 25, 2006 shooting of Sean Bell, a queens judge found three undercover detectives involved not guilty on all charges today (April 24).   Detectives Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora who faced the most charges, were both acquitted on first and second degree manslaughter, which carries a possible […]

Fans of Hip-Hop star T.I. will finally hear official material from the rapper, who announced today (April 25) that he will debut the first track off of his highly anticipated album Paper Trail next Tuesday (April 29). The rapper will premiere the first single from the album on his website, StreetCred.com. “I already know the […]

Boxing star Floyd Mayweather has been tapped to serve as the honorary starter of the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25.   The world champion boxing star and former G-Unit affiliate will wave the green flag to start the race, which will feature 33 drivers on the 2.5 mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) oval […]

The Ralph Lauren Atlanta star hosted hundreds of celebrities and members of the local community out in support the Ludacris Foundation on Thursday (April 24).   The store, located in Lenox Square in the Buckhead, closed it’s doors to the general public at 6:00pm for a three hour private shopping event benefiting Grammy award winning […]

Georgia rapper Baby D is facing federal charges for allegedly trafficking cocaine, following a recent arrest in Dayton, Ohio.   Baby D, born Donald B. Jenkins, vehemently disputes the allegations against him.   He is currently being held without bond in the Butler County jail in Ohio, a facility known for housing people held on […]

San Diego Chargers Offensive Lineman Marcus McNeill is bringing together celebrities from the worlds of Sports and Hip-Hop, for a charity weekend benefiting his hometown of Atlanta.   Held over three days starting Friday (April 25), McNeill’s 1st Annual Charity Weekend will raise funds for the Pro Bowler’s non-profit, Macks Miracles Foundation, which aims to […]

Hip-Hop duo EPMD are donning their entrepreneurial hats with the release of their new album We Mean Business, as group members Erick Sermon and Parish Smith have launched a new label, EP Records.   The new venture is a business reunion of sorts, after a well documented business feud between Sermon and Smith broke the […]

One of the main suspects in the murder of Run-DMC group member Jam Master Jay was sentenced to 17-years in prison yesterday (April 22) for a series of robberies.   According to the New York Daily News, Ronald “Tinard” Washington was sentenced to the lengthy prison stay due to prior offenses.   Prosecutors originally sought […]