Prosecutors Drop Weapons/Drug Charges Against Jadakiss
Prosecutors are dropping drug and gun charges against Lox group member Jadakiss, who was arrested last October when police found a loaded handgun in a car he was traveling in. The rapper was arrested in his hometown of Yonkers, New York on October 6, 2006, when police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Kay vs Dre! Lil Wayne’s Baby Mom! Jay-Z’s Still Recording! Nick Cannon Not Engaged!
NICK CANNON NOT GETTING MARRIED!Dayum, Nick! I should have known when I saw the images of Nick with some chick in a room. Well, Nick and his former fiancée, Selita Ebanks, are now not getting married. Not only that, they have split up and decided to focus on their own careers. I wonder what really […]
Keke Palmer: Cool Kid
At 14, Keke Palmer has almost a dozen movies under her belt and has made appearances on network television shows Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and The Cold Case Files. For the last five years, shes quietly been filling her resume with appearances and bursts of notoriety for projects like The Wool Cap and […]
Paul Wall Releases New Watch Collection
Self proclaimed ” People’s Champion” Paul Wall and his jewelry business partner Johnny Dang have teamed up to release a second season of their collection. The watch line, which is available online and in Paul Wall and Johnny Dang’s Houston based store TV Jewelry Inc., features various styles of watches ranging from $300.00 to […]
Thorotracks: Grinding to the Top with DJ Premier and Killah Priest
As a producer on the rise, a surefire piece of advice is to be prepared to pay dues. “There will be many to pay,” as the production due of Sam and Jay will tell you. Its usually a rough road to travel just to get a buzz in your own hood, let alone outside of […]
Talib Kweli & Mos Def To Perform At ICER AIR Festival
Rapper Talib Kweli will reunite with his Black Star group mate Mos Def next month as they headline this years Esurance ICER Air festival. The duo will perform Nov. 3 on the center stage at AT&T Park during the big-air competition. For ICER Air founder and president Glen Griffin, Talib Kweli and Mos […]
NFL WEEK 4 Wrap-Up
1pm games: Atlanta Falcons (1-3) def. Houston Texans (2-2) Location: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA Score: 26-16 Okay, maybe I spoke too soon last week when I said the Falcons need to switch their starting QBs. Now that I think about, I didnt, Joey Harrington still stinks. But he had a hell of a […]
Luke Challenges Diddy, Nelly, T.I. – On The Football Field
Hip-Hop legend Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell is organizing the Third Annual Battle of the Stars Celebrity Football Tournament, which will be held next year in his hometown of Miami, Florida. Campbell, who will coach a team from his National Youth Football League, organizes the yearly competition between youth leagues from across the country to […]
Various Artists: From Dubplate to Download (The Best of Greensleeves Records)
In celebration of 30 long years holding it down on the reggae scene, Greensleeves Records, recently released a 30 track, double disc collectable, From Dubplate to Download (Greensleeves), with every boom tune representing a year from the labels history. Whether its Roots or Dancehall fans long to hear, this compilation has a handful of throwbacks […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Swizz Beatz Opens Half A Club, Ray J: The Male Superhead?
LIL WAYNE REAFFIRMS THE FACTS We already know the Hot Boys are coming back in full force, but let me reiterate it like Lil Weezy Wayne. The University of Florida in Championshipville had a concert with Fab and Wayne the other night. Both Fab and Wayne did the damn thing, but the crowd went super […]
Musab: Slicks Box
Musab is a hustler with a conscience. The Minnesota-bred rapper, also a pimp by day, spends most of Slicks Box (Hiero Imperium) both acknowledging the repercussions of his trade and offering no apologies for enjoying its spoils. But apparently it really is hard out here for a you-know-what, and it seems Musab uses this album […]
Lil Wayne Ft. Juelz Santana and Ya Boy
3 The Hard Way
Young Buck Feat. Lil Scrappy and Lil Murda
Come and Catch Me
Rapper Chamillionaire Planning Video For ‘Industry Groupie’
Houston, Texas rapper Chamillionaire is preparing to shoot the video for Industry Groupie, the latest single from his critically acclaimed sophomore album Ultimate Victory. The video re-teams the rapper with veteran director Marc Klasfeld, who shot the video for his single “Hip-Hop Police” featuring Slick Rick. “Most of the time before you choose […]
Skee TV: Soulja Boy
Skee.TV goes behind the scenes with Soulja Boy. Hate him or love him, Hip-Hops newest phenomenon gives you a behind the scene glimpse into his sudden burst to stardom
Kidz in the Hall Inks Multi-Song Deal With ESPN
Rap group Kidz in the Hall have inked a multi-song deal with ESPN to provide music for ESPN’s presentation of the 2007-2008 college football season. The new songs will be featured across a variety of ESPN platforms, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and espn360.com. Kidz in the Hall features group members Naledge and Double-O. […]
Pimps Up, Hos Down: Hip Hops Hold on Young Black Women
In Pimps Up, Hos Down: Hip Hops Hold on Young Black Women (NYU Press), T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting offers a gift to the black womens psyche: a scolding analysis of misogyny in modern Hip-Hop culture. She exposes racism to the core, calling to mind generations of racial abuse in the black community as a reason that […]
Gorilla Zoe: Welcome To The Zoo
The commercial success of Yung Joc and his debut, New Joc City, made Block Entertainment a household name, but for how long? Based off of the current underwhelming album sales of Jocs sophomore effort, Hustlenomics as well as the much delayed re-up from Boyz in the Hood, the label is quickly losing momentum and we […]
AHH Stray News: Dr. Cornel West, Eve, 9th Wonder, Keak Da Sneak
Dr. Cornel West will autograph copies of his new Hip-Hop CD Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations during an interview session with talk show host Tavis Smiley tomorrow (Oct. 3). The interview/autograph session will take place at J&R Music and Computer World in Manhattan, where Smiley will interview West, who will also answer questions from […]
