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http://allhiphop.comWith their jazz-inflected brand of Hip-Hop and insightful lyrics A Tribe Called Quest have earned their recognition at tonight’s (Oct. 8) VH1 Hip-Hop Honors ceremony.And while the honor is a milestone in the group’s history, it is Tribe co-founder Phife Dawg who has garnered the most respect among the collective through this battle with diabetes.“For […]
Rap star/mogul Jay-Z is planning to release a movie based around his upcoming conceptual album American Gangster. The album contains all-new original material from Jay-Z and is his lyrical interpretation of the movie American Gangster, which stars Denzel Washington as 1970’s heroin kingpin Frank Lucas. “What I really plan to do is shoot […]
Dont Call Me No More (Remix)
The Day Music Died
The Prelude
THE PRELUDE: THE AMERICAN GANGSTER STORY It would seem like Jay-Z is about to do what he once rapped about on the intro track, “The Prelude, ” of Kingdom Come, his 2006 “comeback” album. The game’s f**ked up N***a’s beats is banging, n***a your hooks did it Your lyrics didn’t and your gangster look did […]
Lil’ Wayne was released from prison in Boise, Idaho on $20,000 bail on Saturday evening (October 6) and according to the rapper’s attorney, his client’s incarceration was the result of a “misunderstanding.” Police arrested Lil’ Wayne early Saturday morning following a concert at the Qwest Arena, after authorities in Fulton County, Georgia issued a […]
Unpaid money for music by the late Notorious B.I.G. is at the heart of a new lawsuit filed against rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. According to the Associated Press, James Sabatino, a former consultant for Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment Inc., claims that Combs owes him more than $19 million for music by the rapper. […]
How many independent artists can attest to moving 220,000 units on the streets of New York, recognition in some of today’s most popular urban music magazines, and garnering the praise from the snootiest of industry types? You might be at a loss for words, but the dynamic duo, known as Duo Live, has a lot […]
Hey, y’all! You know how much I love Columbus (sike) so I would never disrespect him, but it’s a national holiday and I have to take it easy this day! I need it. But, I would never leave you just hanging so I have a couple rumors to pass over to you like that other […]
Does anyone else seem to feel as if MF Grimm is developing a fetish for gingerbread men? When he released the 2005 single “Gingerbread Man” on Day By Day Entertainment, it was a clever song. Grimm turned the once fabled story of the delectable cookie-shaped man into a gun-slinging, cold-blooded killer. But Grimm can’t be […]
It’s that time of year again! The NBA is on its way back. While you video game heads got NBA 2K8 and NBA Live 2008 (though I don’t see why you’d want that game) getting hyped up for the upcoming season, I’ll let you know who got better over the offseason, who got worse, and what […]
Last week, we saw some big losers. The Mets were bumped from the play-offs on the last day of the baseball season, easily giving them one of the biggest collapses in sports history. There were some big upsets in college football. Some big upsets in the NFL. And finally, we saw Marion Jones upset because […]
Cash Money Records rapper Lil’ Wayne was arrested this morning (October 6) in Boise, Idaho, following a concert at Boise’s Qwest Arena last night. Police booked the rapper into the Ada County Jail around 7:30 am for being a Fugitive in the state of Idaho, because of an arrest warrant issued in Fulton, County […]
Rap star Beanie Sigel will surrender to police on Monday (October 8) on charges of theft and unauthorized use of an automobile, because he allegedly failed to return a rental car for over a month. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sigel – who’s license is suspended – rented a 2007 Nissan Altima from a […]
After accidentally feeling a lump in my left breast back in December 2002, it took almost five months to be diagnosed with breast cancer because everyone, including me, thought that I was too young. I’d just turned 28-years-old and my life was in high gear! I was being a super-single mother to my […]
Game: Transformers: The Game Publisher: Activision Released: 2007 Platform: Available on all systems, tested on the Nintendo Wii for this review Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Activision’s Transformers: The Game transcends the common movie tie-in with a robot bust up which ranks among the best videogame titles for the Cybertron natives, and […]
Rappers Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, De La Soul and numerous others will be among those hitting the stage to perform at the first ever social Justice, Arts and Music (J.A.M.) awards in New York City. The event, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 29 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, is a joint venture between […]
BIG DADDY KANE CRIES? Lookie here, y’all. Big Daddy Kane IS the blueprint of so many rappers, I don’t even need to start the list. Being a legend is a full-time job and BDK clocks in with the Hip-Hop Honors tour, along with Skillz, The Roots and MC Lyte. Now, I didn’t know this, but […]
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy’s trial for handgun possession started yesterday in New York. Police stopped the G-Unit member’s Chevy Suburban last October, after they witnessed Prodigy driving the opposite direction on a one way street, in an attempt to secure a parking spot in the Chelsea district of Manhattan. According to the New York […]
