Rapper Jim Jones is supporting youth advocacy by teaming up with Entertainers 4 Education Alliance (E4EA) to present the "Achieve Your Dreams Poetry Contest" encouraging at risk New York City youth to stay in school. Six student finalists will read their poems to Jones about why its important for them to achieve their dreams, as […]

A group of Bay Area rappers have banded together to create a single to generate revenue to donate to local schools, for educational materials and canceled programs. "Stay in School" is presented by Beats By the Bay and a collective of rappers known as the Bay Area Rappers Care (B.A.R.C.) coalition. The single features well […]

The new season of MTV2’s Crank Yankers will offer the usual line up of characters, as well as a star-studded guest list featuring rappers Lil Jon and Chamillionaire. The critically-acclaimed puppet prank call show premiered in 2002 on Comedy Central. The show will make its debut on MTV2 with eight new episodes that include previous […]

Partygoers can expect a "upscale" and "classy" atmosphere when they attend the Palladium Ballroom at Caesars Atlantic City for this year’s "Marty Small Ball."The fourth annual event, named after second ward Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small, kicks off at 10 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 14), with music by DJ Clue. For Small, the Ball represents an […]

Kanye West has confirmed that he is working with Borat director Larry Charles and producer Rick Rubin to produce an untitled television series for HBO.West clarified the television show’s subject matter and denied that is was reality series. “I wouldn’t do something as cliché as a reality show,” West said in a statement. “At least […]

Rapper Noreaga testified Wednesday (Jan. 9) to aid a friend, who is currently on trial for a triple murder in Manhattan. Noreaga (real name is Victor Santiago) took the stand in U.S. District Court in Manhattan and stated that he wasn’t aware of any illegal activities that friend Darryl Henderson was involved in. Henderson, along […]

Rap group The Youngbloodz and 12 members of their entourage appeared in Coweta County Superior Court in Georgia yesterday (Jan. 11) to answer drug and weapons charges, stemming from an June 1 traffic incident.The group was enroute to a show in Columbus, GA on June 1, when police pulled noticed the tour bus’s Florida tags […]

The new movie Stomp The Yard has been banned from a chain of movie theaters in Springfield, Illinois, for fear it could trigger the same gang violence that erupted during another movie showing last month.Tony Kerasotes, CEO of the 40-plus Kerasotes theater chain, told officials he feared a repeat of a fight and shooting that […]

Hip-Hop pioneer The Chief Rocker Busy Bee and Urban Gold Music recently released The History Of Hip Hop Volume One, the first release in a 10-CD compilation series featuring vintage battles and performances from the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.The new album features digitally remastered classic material that documents Busy Bee’s storied career from the […]

Six years after the murder of rapper Eric "E Money Bags" Smith, the man believed to have orchestrated the crime stood in front a Brooklyn, New York federal courtroom to answer for the crime.Opening arguments in the trial of noted drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff began Tuesday (Jan. 9) as US Attorney Jason Jones presented […]

Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell continues to support local Miami youth via the National Youth Football League (NYFL), which the 2 Live Crew founder created to help guide troubled youths across the United States. Campbell will present the 2nd Annual Battle of the Stars Football Tournament in Miami from Jan. 25-28 at Curtis Park Football Stadium […]

Clothing featuring the late Bay Area rapper Mac Dre has been banned in Riverbank, Calif. due to the slain rappers “glorification of drug use,” educational officials told the San Jose Mercury News.Riverbank Unified School District board members voted unanimously yesterday (Jan. 9) to ban clothing bearing Mac Dre’s image or brand name at the district’s […]

Grammy Award winning rapper Kanye West has been tapped to star in an untitled reality series that is being developed for HBO. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the reality series will focus on West’s day-to-day life as a chart-topping producer/rapper. West is developing the series with Larry Charles, who served as the executive producer for […]

Dipset member Charly "Max B" Wingate was ordered held on $2 million bail yesterday (Jan. 9), after the rapper was charged with robbing and murdering a man in his hotel room in Fort Lee, New Jersey last September. Police believe Max B. conspired to rob David Taylor and Allan "Jay" Plowden after his girlfriend, erotic […]

Jay-Z’s Reebok S. Carter cleats for men have reached monumental status, as a pair will be displayed in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.After winning 35-30 against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Dec. 31, Kansas City Chiefs Running Back Larry Johnson set a new NFL record for the most carries in a single season and rushed […]

One of the two men stopped for littering in Tempe, Arizona and then asked to rap about the incident for a local television show is suing the city for $500,000, claiming the segment has done irreparable harm to his reputation. Louis Baker and Robert Tarvain are the two African-American men who were stopped by police […]

An attorney for the girlfriend of Tyrese Gibson has come forward to debunk reports that actor/singer/rapper assaulted his pregnant girlfriend last week. Gibson and his girlfriend, who is 11 weeks pregnant, argued at their home in Los Angeles last Thursday (Jan. 4), which resulted in the woman placing an emergency call to 911. Initial reports […]

The two Hungarian police officers that were recorded dancing and making lewd gestures have reportedly been cleared of wrong doing and will not suffer punishment for their shenanigans.The :55 second clip titled "Bajai Hip-Hop" was recorded using a mobile phone and features the officers in police uniform, dancing to Marky Mark Wahlberg’s 1991 hit, "Good […]

Spike TV will air a documentary on rapper Snoop Dogg titled Bigg Snoop Dogg’s Youth Authority: California on Jan. 16. Bigg Snoop Dogg’s Youth Authority: California features Snoop explaining the history of the CYA, gang activity and youth violence, based on accounts from his life and and others that are featured in the 60-minute documentary.During […]

Hip-Hop video model/television personality and actress Melyssa Ford has joined Sirius Satellite Radio as an on-air host. Ford will be a host on Sirius’ commercial free R&B/Hip-Hop station, Hot Jamz, channel 50. Ford’s first day on the air starts Monday, Jan. 15 and her show will air from 12-6 pm EST. Ford has graced the […]