Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grouchy.tv - I am Grouchy Greg. I founded AllHipHop in 1996. In addition to running the site, I enjoy breaking news stories. My stories have been cited in The LA Times, NY Times, NY Post, TMZ, Yahoo, Billboard, The Associated Press, CNN, and more.
http://allhiphop.comAHHA: How has motherhood affected you? Nelly: Motherhood has just made me more like, alive. It’s made me more sexy, and I feel more in control. I feel more assertive as an individual. Something happened to me in Miami. Miami just kinda…it’s a sexy place and it’s hot all the time. And you know, you’re […]
Isley Brothers frontman Ronald "Mr. Biggs" Isley has been sentenced to three years and a month in prison for tax evasion.Isley, who was facing up to 26-years in prison, was convicted last year on five counts of tax evasion in Nov. of 2005. The 65-year-old singer was paid millions of dollars in performance fees between […]
Ludacris and Disturbing Tha Peace will face 50 Cent and G-Unit on the basketball court during Ludacris’ Labor Day weekend celebration titled Luda Day Weekend. Ludacris will coach his DTP team against 50 Cent’s G-Unit squad during the celebrity basketball game, which also features NBA ball players Ron Artest and Kevin Garnett. "This weekend is […]
G oing into its thirty-third year, Hip-Hop has spun on pitch with the times. But as wise words echo from a true originator, the hands of time might want to cut the record back. Pee Wee Dance was expressing himself in the would-be culture when Richard Nixon was America’s president. The man’s role in Hip-Hop […]
The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards took place last night (Aug. 31) in New York. Radio City Music Hall became center stage for unpredictable wins and performances during last nights awards. Jay-Z got the show started from the top of Rockefeller Center’s historic observation deck, to usher in Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” performance. Host Jack Black […]
Rapper Peedi Peedi, formerly known as Peedi Crakk, is preparing to release his new single “Take Me Home,” featuring labelmate Megan Rochell. The song is the first from his upcoming as-yet-untitled album, due in 2007. “[It’s] a hot little single for the clubs,” Peedi Crakk told AllHipHop.com. “My album is finished. I just talked to […]
I’m about to call this thing: ILLSEED WEEK! They better recognize before I re-introduce myself! Anyway, click the image and get up on it. Rumor Time!NIA LONG AND REGGIE BUSH?So, when it comes to sports, I don’t know much outside of boxing. When I heard that Nia Long was with some dude named Reggie Bush, […]
FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC – TAKE A GUESS? Well, this is a rumor that I fear may hold a bit of truth. I preface this with a definitive “I don’t know for sure.” Honestly, I cannot say names, but I will create a fictional “Who Am I” to help you guess: “Rumors are […]
KEEPING IT REAL GOES WRONG AllHipHop.com: A classic case of keeping it real going WRONG! Ok, first of all, they started a new MySpace devoted to AllHipHop Week! Sheesh! So, go there and be a friend to the week. Oh, don’t forget my Illseed Myspace page and the main AllHipHop Myspace page! That’s just too […]
THE REVENGE OF TRINA! With all the rumors, what’s a gal to do? Drop and album, sucker! Rumor has it that Trina has already started promoting her next album, rumored to be called Rock Starr. Apparently, Trick Daddy has been promoting this in Miami. Now, this album will end beefs with Khia and Jackie-O. When […]
DIDDY REPLIES TO 50 CENT’S DISS? Is Diddy replying to 50 Cent? It would appear so. But, who knows? He’s recently release a song that starts and ends with him saying, “I’m Richer B####.” Like, seriously, who is he saying that to? No names are mentioned, but he says things like, “I gave most of […]
Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow is taking his Hip-Hop Church America on the road for a concert in Southern California. The Harlem-based initiative will hold a concert from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Blow will headline the event, which takes place at the Cathedral’s grass lawn […]
Rap star Mos Def was arrested last night (Aug. 31) after MTV’s VMA’s because he didn’t have authorization to perform outside of Radio City Music Hall in New York.The rapper, born Dante Smith, was charged with disorderly conduct after attempting to perform on a flatbed truck for a crowd outside of the event. Police ordered […]
Before Miskeen Originals could be found in stores across the country, and even before the likes of Bernard Hopkins, Bun B, Snoop Dogg and Alicia Keys donned the colorful, hand painted shirts; artists were painting and selling Miskeen in the streets of West Philly. The team built a buzz, their brand and a name in […]
S ome things seem like they were just made for each other. Like chicken and waffles, Will and Jada, and in the case if Outkast and Mr. DJ, it’s more than just chance or even luck that they met. Undoubtedly, each of them would have been successful as individuals, but together they will forever hold […]
F or Darnell Carlton, March 5, 2006 was supposed to be the payoff for over 15 years of loyalty and dedication. But, as Three-6-Mafia took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song, their performance marked one of the final times the man more commonly known as Crunchy Black would perform with the group. When […]
Artist: The RootsTitle: Game TheoryRating: 4 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Jayson Rodriguez Something’s got to give. Since 1999’s Things Fall Apart, The Roots have tried to balance an extremely tight rope between underground supremacy and commercial viability. But the Philly collective has either veered too far to the left with their sound (the rock-ish hum of […]
Entertainment executive Tracey Edmonds has been named president and chief operating officer of Our Stories Films, a new film studio created by BET founder Bob Johnson and the Weinstein Company (TWC). Under the new position, Edmonds will run all studio operations as well as identify and guide projects from development to production. She will also […]
Legendary Hip-Hop pioneer Roxanne Shante is scheduled to participate as one of lead panelists for the Girls Empowerment Brunch at the 2nd Annual Black Press All Star Awards.With a theme of “Empowering Women through Hip-Hop,” the purpose of the brunch is to give underprivileged girls options for professional career development and planning."Black girls and women […]
Jerry Heller, music industry executive and co-founder of the legendary rap label Ruthless Records, recently released his memoirs, titled Ruthless. The 325-page book offers a glimpse into Heller’s career in the music industry, which started in the 1960’s and 70’s as a super agent who launched the first tours on American soil for rock superstars […]
