One Chance: Perfect Combination
A name can say a lot about you – it can have strong meaning, and it can define your purpose. After facing numerous obstacles in their search to stardom, the group One Chance auditioned in Atlanta for Usher two years ago. They ended up living up to their name by becoming the first group signed […]
Omar Cruz: Angels and Demons
For Omar Cruz, Hip-Hop was not just some temporary escape from his torrid reality of the ghettos of the West Coast. It was a form of self-expression and the key to a way out. Cause you see, when the only support you have is the streets, then you literally have to adapt a do-or-die mentality. […]
Jim Jones: New York Giant
Since the Diplomats first got noticed, Jim Jones was respected as a street entrepreneur, but rarely recognized for his song-making. While Certified Gangstas relied on plenty of lyrical help for the first album, We Fly High marks Jones first big unassisted hit. The Uptown anthem has bled its way onto the charts all over the […]
Snoop Charged with Felony Weapon Possession, Wins At MTV Europe Awards
Snoop Dogg has been charged with one felony count of possession of a deadly weapon, stemming from a September incident at the John Wayne International Airport in Orange County, California. The Orange County District Attorney charged the rapper because he allegedly walked through an X-Ray machine with a 21″ collapsible baton concealed in his laptop […]
Rapper Blahz Still Standing After Car Explosion
Former Blahzay Blahzay rapper Blahz is counting his blessings after surviving a recent car accident. The Brooklyn rhymesayer was on the New Jersey Expressway when he discovered odd sounds coming from his Cadillac SUV. The car soon stalled, prompting Blahz to pull onto the shoulder of the expressway. After calling a close friend to pick […]
Houston Rapper Z-Ro Promotes New Album Despite Incarceration
Incarcerated rapper Z-Ro will release his album I’m Still Livin Nov. 7 on Asylum/Warner Bros. Music. The Houston rap veteran, born Joseph McVey, said the new set explores a more melodic side to his rhymes, which he wrote during his last stint behind bars. The album also features fellow Houston rapper Big Hawk, who was […]
North Carolina Police Bring Defamation Suit Against The Game
More than a year after being arrested at a Greensboro, N.C., mall, the Game has been brought into another defamation lawsuit. The Greensboro News and Record reports that five of the police officers involved in the arrest filed the suit at the Guilford County Courthouse against the Compton rapper and his associates. In the suit, […]
DJ Julio G., Mack 10 Team For West Coast Compilation
West Coast DJ Julio G and rapper Mack 10 have united to release the California-based CD/DVD compilation West Side Radio…My First Strike. The project will be the first in a series featuring the best of west coast rap. The new release will include music from west coast artists Snoop Dogg, B-Real of Cypress Hill, DJ […]
True Master Takes Wu-Tang to Court, Wu’s Power Address Issues
Wu-Tang rapper/producer True Master has filed a new lawsuit against his former associates. Wu-Tang Productions, Diggs Family Music and Nassir Music are among those named in the suit. In the suit, which was filed last Thursday (Oct. 26) in New York State Supreme Court, Tru Master (born Derrick Harris) accuses the companies of breaking their […]
Bad Boy, VP Link For New Elephant Man Album
Sean “Diddy” Combs and dancehall label VP Records have announced a deal to market and distribute a new album by Elephant Man. Elephant Man, born O’Neil Bryan, signed with VP Records in 2003 and hit the charts with the single “Pon Di River,” and has collaborated with artists like Mariah Carey, Lil’ Jon, Busta Rhymes, […]
50 Cent, Robert De Niro In Final Negotiations To Star In ‘New Orleans’
Rapper 50 Cent and Robert De Niro are in negotiations to co-star in the police thriller, New Orleans. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie is set against the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans centers on a police officer who thought his partner was killed by Hurricane Katrina, but soon discovers he was actually […]
The Flavor Flav Editorial: A Teacher’s View
"Yo baby, can’t you see that’s nonsense you watchin’? Look, don’t nobody look like that, nobody even live that, you know what I’m sayin’? You watchin’ garbage, nothin’ but garbage. Straight up garbage. Yo, why don’t you just back up from the TV, read a book or something. Read about yourself, learn your culture, you […]
Looking for America
“Few of us will have the will to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” ROBERT F. KENNEDY “I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the […]
Kidz in the Hall: School Spirit
On Talib Kwelis Right About Now, he chronicled the rise and subsequent fall of the largest independent Hip-Hop label of the late 90s: Rawkus Records. This label introduced the world to Mos Def, Company Flow, Kweli, and reintroduced Kool G Rap and Pharoahe Monch tragically faded in a flash of layoffs, mergers, and push-backs. But […]
Freekey Zekey: Balling Before Bail
Freekey Zekey’s thoughts in jail sound nothing like a One Love letter. Instead, the Harlem Diplomat original is likely just days away from hitting the bricks, and his excitement shows. In between paying homage to Tupac and Biggie as well as George Bush and Saddam, Zeke retraces the movement from its humble beginnings, to its […]
Redman and Raekwon On Board for North American Rock the Bells Trek
New Jersey lyrical icon Redman will join Wu-Tang Clansman Raekwon as part of the North American leg of the first ever Rock The Bells world tour. The month-long event, which kicks off Nov. 21 in Washington D.C., will touch ground in more than 20 major markets in the United States and Canada, including New York, […]
Talib Kweli Launches Virtual World To Support ‘Ear Drum’
Brooklyn rapper Talib Kweli has found a new way to interact with fans by teaming with Second Life to launch his own three-dimensional virtual online world. The new venture will allow fans to visit his Brooklyn brownstone, which will feature online amenities such as a pool table, bar area, chill-out room, as well as a […]
The Hidden Bruise of Forbidden Fruits
There was a poetitorial written a few months back that addressed the impassive glances of Dick Cheney and John Edwards when they overlooked the impact of AIDS on African-American women. And yet, while this inactive stance deserved to be called out, a few of the more astute AllHipHop patrons noticed another blatant discrepancy: the poem […]
Ludacris Inks First Ever TV Deal, Producing ‘Halls of Fame’
Ludacris has inked a development deal with MTV’s teen-oriented nighttime network The N to executive-produce and star in the new series, Halls of Fame. The drama program revolves around 21-year-old singing sensation Starla and her sister Taylor, a 15- year-old aspiring fashion designer. The girls attend the Philadelphia High School of Performing Arts. As transplants […]
Dionne Warwick Taps Rap, R&B Singers For New Album
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick is planning a new contemporary album titled My Friends & Me. The diverse album will feature guest appearance by Da Brat, Mya, Kelis, Cyndi Lauper, Debra Cox, Reba McEntire, Gladys Knight, Angie Stone, Chante’ Moore and others. The Grammy-winning singer’s 45th anniversary was produced by her youngest son, Damon Elliot. “I’m […]
