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http://allhiphop.comKEEPING 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 […]
While critics may have slammed Kevin "K-Fed" Federline’s debut performance as a rapper at the Teen Choice Awards, Sony BMG is taking his career serious and has inked a deal with his Federation Records record label. The first release under the new venture will be Federline’s debut album Playing with Fire, which is slated to […]
Authors Reggie Ossa and Gabriel Tolliver are preparing a new book called Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book, to be released in Oct.“The book is basically a look at all things bling. It’s a piece of cultural anthropology,” co-author Gabriel Tolliver told AllHipHop.com. “Bling is an element of Hip-Hop culture, and it announces that you’ve arrived.”Bling […]
As the summer offers weltering heat waves, Young Jeezy hopes to change the climate of Hip-Hop to a much frostier temperature in the fourth quarter of the year. After being the runaway new star of 2005, the question remains as to whether Jeezy will affirm a role in the game that matches his monstrous voice. […]
Rapper Corey “C. Miller” Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was placed on house arrest by a Louisiana state judge after attending a Hurricane Katrina documentary premiere in New Orleans. Miller was ordered to remain on full home containment until his second trial on a second-degree murder charge.Miller, 35, is awaiting a retrial in the 2002 […]
Clothing and magazine mogul Marc Ecko has teamed with Nissan of North America to modify the design of the car giant’s two popular SUV’s, the Nissan Pathfinder and the Nissan Armada. The new partnership, dubbed "SHIFT_unltd," was forged to allow both brands to expand their audience, yet retain their individuality. The ecko unltd. Nissan Pathfinder […]
Rapper Common has been tapped to participate in a new ad campaign from the retailing chain the Gap.The Chicago artist will join fellow celebrities Jeremy Piven, Mia Farrow, Aaron Eckhart and Natasha Bedingfield for the store’s ‘T-Shirt Shop’ ad campaign. The recently launched venture will focus on the Gap’s new line of T-shirt’s as the […]
Bay area rapper E-40 is celebrating the success of his latest album My Ghetto Report Card, which was certified gold by the RIAA this week.Fueled by the Keak Da Sneak-featured "Tell Me When 2 Go," and the current single "U And Dat," featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl, the album’s good fortune will lead to bigger […]
Legendary comedian and actor Rudy Ray Moore will released a compilation of his works on the new album The Best Of Rudy Ray Moore And Friends via RNB Entertainment Group’s imprint, The Pen.The new disc set will feature a collection of Moore’s works including classic skits, along with first-time-ever-on-CD comedians like Billie McAllister, Lady Reed, […]
