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http://allhiphop.comLL Cool J has scrapped the rest of his tour plans for the summer due to a family problem, according to organizers of the 15th Annual Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest, which takes place July 15-21 in Montego Bay. Last week, organizers of the event announced that LL Cool J had been booked to play on […]
Hip-Hop games certainly have potential when first announced. As with any culture’s chance in the medium, the built-in fan base gives developers an established market rather than a bare proving ground. For whatever reason, most Hip-Hop games are rarely anything above average or gamer worthy. Once in a blue moon, development companies will deliver a […]
Charlie Wilson, famed lead singer fo R&B group The Gap Band filed a lawsuit against Capitol Records, EMI Music and Heineken Inc. for using portions of rapper Snoop Dogg’s#### single “Beautiful” in a commercial. The lawsuit, which was filed yesterday (June 8) in federal court in Manhattan, claims that portions of the song were used […]
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You know the story. Nine shots couldn’t stop him; he took them and smiled. He flipped his real life trauma into multi-platinum plaques and took over the game in one fell swoop. Four years later, after his monster debut Get Rich Or Die Trying, Curtis Jackson is in a true position of power. Considering he […]
“Sammy Davis told me it was the most beautiful fight he had ever seen, and he only has one eye.” This citation is one of Muhammad Ali’s many historical witticisms, frozen in time from the storied boxer’s life and career, and recently compiled by George Lois into the photo art coffee table book release Ali […]
Somewhere at this very moment, an otherwise intelligent person is going about her daily business with the words “something something um-ba-rella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay” repeating over and over in the background of her mind. Even if only once, she heard the lead single from Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad (Def Jam) and since […]
Today’s rumors are sponsored by DJ Envy, who actually made me have to work after publicly announcing my day off! THE KANYE BIRTHDAY PARTY – A Celebration…people of color, women and others. So, I’m thinking I’m going to take this Friday off. Then I get an email from one of the AHH staff and they […]
Hip-Hop pioneer Kurtis Blow and his group The Trinity are hitting the road as part of the Hip Hop Ministry Tour, which aims to spread the messages of the Bible and Jesus Christ. The tour, which is sponsored by Internet website Visit Florida, also features guest appearances by other ‘holy Hip-Hop’ artists, including Noah, […]
Jeezy’s CTE Movement has been strong since the beginning. The Snowman has bolstered a movement that has swept the industry and that has a hand in how it now works in regards to mixtapes. He has now taken on the task of every successful rapper—putting his crew on. Since the Trap or Die days, the […]
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In the year 1997, that was a explosive era in rap music. The culture had an upside with major companies putting dollars into advertisements. People from Omaha to Oakland were now able to get spotlight for their music. A crew from parts of Elmont and Roosevelt, Long Island, New York were looking to follow suit. […]
Puerto Rican Day parade attendees will have something extra to enjoy on Sunday (June 10) when rapper Eve makes an appearance to help celebrate the event’s 50th anniversary. Eve will treat fans to an exclusive performance on a float provided by New York radio station Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM). In addition, Power 105.1 on air personalities […]
It’s a blazing 90 degrees in New York City, but reggae/dancehall sensation Elephant Man isn’t at all affected. “I love it when it’s hot,” he says, sitting in the Bad Boy offices with a fresh new multi-colored haircut and a new album anticipating a late summer release. The man who delivers more “wine” than a […]
Compton, CA rapper The Game pleaded not guilty to felonious charges of assault yesterday (June 7) stemming from an altercation in which he allegedly punched an opposing player in the face and then pulled a gun out, during a game of basketball. Charges were officially filed against The Game on June 4, in connection with […]
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Interesting things happen when Sa-Ra Creative Partners start to trip. In 1996 co-founder Om’Mas Keith visited California to meet up with his soon-to-be group members Taz Arnold and Shafiq Husayn. As the story goes, Shafiq’s Crown Victoria ran out of gas and the group had to walk to a local gas station and later to […]
Rapper Jermaine Dupri was involved in a car accident this morning in New York that sent his driver to the hospital with minor injuries. Publicists for the Atlanta mogul told AllHipHop.com that Dupri was in his Cadillac Escalade shortly after midnight, when a woman ran a stop light on the corner of 49th Street and […]
