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http://allhiphop.comHot 97’s DJ Funkmaster Flex will provide the musical backdrop when Sneaker Pimps, the world’s largest touring sneaker show, heads to New York.The event, which features more than 1,000 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity signed, and artist-collaborated kicks, will also include a collection of sneaker-inspired artwork, fashion, and photography. Live art from Futura, […]
Artist: Janet JacksonTitle: 20 Y.O.Rating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Eb Haynes “I wanna keep it light. I don’t want to be serious, I wanna have fun.” Janet makes this declaration at the beginning of her ninth release 20 Y.O. (Virgin). She is referring to the past twenty years of being a trailblazer, addressing serious issues such […]
Artist: Concert ReviewTitle: Boost Mobile Rockcorp @ Radio City Music Hall (Concert Review)Rating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Dove ~Sheepish Lordess of Chaos~ When the average person thinks of volunteer work, one of the last things that come to mind is the word “fun”. Boost Mobile’s RockCorps has set out to change the face and attitude of […]
Artist: Justin TimberlakeTitle: FutureSex/LoveSoundsRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Kathy Iandoli The best way to sum up Justin Timberlake is in two simple words: damn lucky. For the most part, the life cycle of an ex-boybander is relatively short and unprogressive (i.e. Ricky Martin). The listening population struggles with the guilt of actually liking the work […]
Tragedy has struck the household of Joseph “Run” Simmons and his wife Justine after the couple’s newborn child was pronounced dead shortly after its birth last Thursday. The legendary rapper of Run DMC fame was present at a Ridgewood, New Jersey hospital on Tuesday (Sept. 19) for the child’s anticipated delivery. Both Simmons and Justine […]
Fashion Week in New York City is a constant whirlwind of celebrities, models, designers, press and fashionistas galore. The pomp and circumstance is typically centered around Bryant Park and its infamous tents, but there’s a whole world of fashion beyond the madness in midtown. AllHipHop.com Alternatives’ resident style connoisseurs went to see what fashion lurked […]
AllHipHop.com: To walk around New York City on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a bizarre feeling. In my head all day, I had “When the Angels Sing.” Three years after you wrote it, how do you approach that song? Freddie Foxxx: When I made “When the Angels Sing”, I was trying to paint a […]
In 1986, Eric B. (Eric Barrier) arrived in Long Island from Queens, looking for the standout MC that the peninsula had to offer. As legend has it, Rakim and the legendary DJ made the historic link even though Barrier had his eyes on another young rapper named Freddie Foxxx. With the end of the decade, […]
Two charges against rapper Foxy Brown were dropped today (Sept. 26) in New Jersey Municipal Court.Rasheeda Ellis, who was described as a former consultant to Brown’s management company, claimed that when she attempted to collect back pay from Brown in June, the rapper appeared at her place of employment with two people and made threats […]
With rap songs like Jibbs’ "Chain Hang Low," Nelly’s "Country Grammar" and even Fergie’s "London Bridge," there has certainly been no shortage of children’s rhymes in Hip-Hop. But now the tables are turning. A number of popular rap songs will be flipped into tailor-made kids’ songs for the new album Kid’s Rap Radio. The disc […]
Hip-Hop icon Kurtis Blow has recently added ‘producer’ to his manylist of credits. Blow serves as co-producer on the documentary, Slippin – Ten Years with the Bloods currently airing on Showtime. The legendary rapper met Slippin director/producer Tommy Sowards in L.A. over 20 years ago. The two formed a friendship that led to numerous collaborations, […]
Despite the rumors abound, Method Man is an artist still signed to a major label, according to the publicity department at Def Jam Records. “Method man is still a part of the Def Jam family and he is currently on tour supporting his newest release, 4:21…The Day After,” said publicist Jana Fleishman in a statement. […]
Lupe Fiasco has postponed a show in London scheduled for Sunday night (Sept. 24), after a shooting at the club over the weekend left one man dead. The rapper, who released his major label debut Food & Liquor on Sept. 19, was booked to perform at The Scala over the weekend. A shooting at the […]
The television may be the only place to catch the gang from the popular comic strip The Boondocks from now on. The comic’s distributor Universal Press Syndicate, announced Monday (Sept. 25) that the Boondocks will not return from its hiatus “in the foreseeable future.” The Houston Chronicle reports that a six-month break was taken earlier […]
Wu-Tang Clan rapper/producer RZA has become embroiled in a lawsuit over money due from his work on the soundtrack to the movie Blade: Trinity. According to reports, United Talent Agency filed court papers Friday (Sept. 22) against RZA and his New York-based company, RZA Productions, for money owed for the beat-crafter’s work on the soundtrack. […]
Two men have been arrested and are being investigated in connection with a shooting early Friday morning (Sept. 22) after a Jim Jones concert in Virginia Beach, VA.Verlon Romain, 27, was charged with one count of malicious assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and other weapons related charges. Andre Roberts, 29, was […]
As Def Jam was a building empire in the mid ‘80s, Russell Simmons would have been working the phones, handling important business for LL, EPMD, and Slick Rick. Perhaps along the way, Simmons heard of Too Short, a slow-talking rapper with pimpish lyrics, that was selling boxes of records from the trunk in East Oakland, […]
Let’s face it. The South is running Hip-Hop. Everybody should just say it out loud because it’s real. The East Coast has been dry for a long minute. The West Coast is limping along, and looking a bit unfocused. The South though, stays dirty. When Chamillionaire won the MTV Video Music Award for “Best Rap […]
Representatives for Beyoncé Knowles have responded to the backlash that arose after the singer was absent at the British MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards on Sept. 20.The former Destiny’s Child frontwoman nabbed three MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards, but fans reportedly expressed disappointment at the singer’s absence at the show by booing when […]
Veteran Hip-Hop managers Mickey Bentson and Felix Cabrera have joined forces to form Idolmakerz Entertainment, a full service booking agency based in Bellville, New Jersey.Launched in January, the business includes a radio promotions department, a graphic design department, and a division that focuses on Latin artists.Bentson and Cabrera, who serve as co-CEO’s of the new […]