Despite his tragic and untimely death nine years ago, the legacy of the late rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur continues to live on through his inspirational music, spoken word projects and movies. Thanks to his close friend Gobi (also director of his last three music videos), a book entitled "Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Amaru […]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the United States has arrested 30 members of the self-named Black Mafia Family (BMF) and has seized over $3 million in money, assets, 2 ½ kilograms of cocaine and weapons. The DEA labeled BMF a large-scale cocaine and money laundering operation operating in Detroit, Michigan, Columbus and Atlanta, Georgia, […]

50 Cent reiterated earlier this week that super producer Dr. Dre will not be collaborating with The Game on The Doctor’s Advocate, the Compton neophyte’s second album. In an interview with Miss Jones and the Hot 97 morning show, 50 Cent drastically countered claims by The Game, who has already started on his sophomore effort. […]

In New York to promote his latest album Tha Carter 2, Cash Money President Lil’ Wayne dropped more than a few bombs before the big release. The New Orleans rapper announced that he was in love with none other than the Diamond Princess, Trina. "Yep, I’m in love, in love, in love", he told AllHipHop.com […]

Jay-Z warned everybody that he was “getting the itch” for a good show in New York, and the rapper came out swinging with the first of a pair of concerts initially to air his grievances with rival rappers. The highly publicized event, which was sponsored by New York’s Power 105.1, eventually became somewhat of a […]

Nas protégé and Ill Will/Columbia artist Quan was arrested Tuesday (Oct. 25) in Hampton Virginia and hit with various charges, including felony assault and battery on a police officer. According to published reports, authorities were responding to a call to a local motel in regards to complaints of a heavy odor of marijuana coming from […]

“What is Jay-Z going to do tonight?” The question appears to be the primary query on the minds of Hip-Hop fans as the Def Jam President and his “Carter Administration” will perform at the Continental Airlines Arena tonight (Oct. 27). Last month, the rapper/mogul told Power 105’s Ed Lover, “I gotta put [my adversaries] in […]

Ending months of speculation, Atlanta producer/rapper/mogul Lil’ Jon announced that his BME Recordings has reached a deal with 50 Cent’s G-Unit to cross-promote BME and G-Unit artists. “Me and 50 struck a deal to work together on selected BME and G-Unit artists,” Lil’ Jon confirmed with AllHipHop.com. While the terms of the deal are still […]

The Editor-in-Chief of The Source magazine turned himself in yesterday (Oct. 26) to face vandalism charges, after he admitted to spray painting in a Jehovah’s Witness assembly hall in Harlem, New York. Dasun Allah, who is scheduled for arraignment today (Oct. 27) in Manhattan Criminal Court, said he spray painted various markings with religious connotations […]

Sean “Jay-Z” Carter opened his 40/40 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Tuesday (Oct. 25), adding another piece to his business empire. Construction started on the new $4 million dollar, 15,000 square foot sports bar and lounge in July of 2005. The new club is a part of the retail, dining and entertainment district […]

Former Hot Boy group member Tab “Turk” Virgil has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, after being convicted of three weapons charges stemming from a Jan. 2004 shootout with Memphis, Tennessee SWAT Team members. In August, the 24-year-old was convicted of being a felon, a drug addict and a fugitive in possession of a […]

Paul Wall probably won’t be hooking up with females on the internet, as chronicled on his song “Internet Goin’Nuts.” The Houston bred rapper quietly got married in a low-key ceremony in his hometown over the past weekend, a representative for the rapper confirmed with AllHipHop.com. The identity of his bride was only disclosed as Crystal, […]

Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins was ordered to turn over financial records of his earnings during a child support hearing on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Boyz N Da Hood former front man and Def Jam artist is having his earning scrutinized, as the mother of his 9 year-old son, Nicole D####, is stating that the rapper’s […]

Hip-Hop star DMX may have to serve 60 days in prison. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty Tuesday (Oct. 25) to violating the terms of an agreement reached after a driving infraction last year. Additionally, DMX confessed that he had a pair of other violations while his driver’s license was suspended […]

In preparation to begin working on the follow-up to his multi-platinum album The Documentary, rapper The Game recently constructed and opened a new recording studio complex in Atlantic City as headquarters for Black Wall Street East. Black Wall Street’s main offices are headquartered in Los Angeles and the rapper is also making plans for other […]

Mike Epps is scheduled to host a benefit dinner and concert to support Assemblies in Motion (AIM), an international Arts Education non-profit organization founded by Leila Steinberg and the late Tupac Shakur. Sponsored by Quincy Jones and others, the benefit dinner and concert aims to provide support to the international AIM organization and Steinberg’s "Rose […]

Paramount, MTV, Interscope Records and 50 Cent are coming under fire by a coalition of Los Angeles community leaders, activists and concerned parents over advertisements for 50 Cent’s new movie, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” Billboards, posters and other ads depict the best-selling rapper brandishing two handguns as a promotion for the upcoming film, which […]

Whether it was racists in the 50’s or OutKast, who she felt disrespected her name, Rosa Parks didn’t wince when it was time to put up the good fight. The 92-year-old Civil Rights icon died on Monday due to natural causes in her Detroit home. Parks helped birth the modern Civil Rights movement in December […]

The trial of Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo and his brother Christopher on federal money laundering charges has been postponed until mid-November because of last-minute filings by the government in the case. Jury selection has begun, however, and at U.S. District Court in downtown Brooklyn on Monday (Oct. 24) the Lorenzo brothers sat with their attorneys Gerald […]