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 […]
Master P Building Youth Centers In Major Cities In The U.S.
Hip-Hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller continues his charitable efforts, revealing that he will be building and expanding P. Miller Youth Centers in impoverished cities in the United States. According to Miller, he is opening a number of P. Miller Youth Centers, which will include a gymnasium and a library at each center. […]
Chamillionaire: Winner’s Circle
It’s rare to find a rapper who doesn’t have a dance or talks about something other than chicks, cars, and money without suffering for it. Even Jay-Z, the arguable best rapper alive, has continually struggled to find that balance between substance and commercial success over the course of his career. With today’s Hip-Hop becoming more […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: Where’s Cam Part 300! Was Common Dissin’ 50 Cent? More illseed!
WHERES CAMRON PART 300 Yesterday there was a Camron sighting in New York! Cam was spotted leaving the EMI Music (Virgin, Capitol Records) in New York on 5th Avenue and 20th street. In Manhattan. From what I understand, Cam was visiting Virgin Records, which is on the third floor of the building. No pictures were […]
Lil Wayne Ft. Hurricane Chris, Smitty, Jim Jones and Twista
Them Pots Is Hot
DJ Khaled Ft. T-Pain, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman, Rick Ross
I’m So Hood (Remix)
TQ: Paradise Found
The combination of R&B melodies and West Coast rap has proven itself useful throughout Hip-Hop history just ask Nate Dogg. However, while the West does appear to have stagnant R&B star power, there are some talented gems under the sun. A Compton native by way of Mobile, Alabama, TQ came onto scene in 1998 […]
Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Lil’ Mama Encourage Youth To Stay In School
Rappers Jim Jones and Juelz Santana are among the artists who will join the Entertainers for Education Alliance (EEA), New York radio station Hot 97 and Catapult Online to present the 2nd Annual Stay In School Concert Wednesday on October 17 in New York. The concert, which takes place at the Hammerstein Ballroom, will […]
Del The Funky Homosapien Heads Out on 11th Hour Tour
Hieroglyphics crew co-founder Del The Funky Homosapien has hit the road in support of his first album in seven years, The 11th Hour. The title of the Definitive Jux release, according to Del, represented various trials and tribulations the rapper encountered during his career. “You can’t fully control all the different variables that […]
LA County Hit With Lawsuit Over Funkmaster Flex Car Show
A concert promotions firm in San Diego has hit Los Angeles County with an $800,000 lawsuit, claiming the Los Angeles County Fair Association violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments by canceling a Hip-Hop car show featuring DJ Funkmaster Flex because the music was “offensive.” Imagine Media Group LLC, entered into a contract with The […]
