Troi Torain, known as Star of the Star and Bucwild Morning Show, has been fired by Clear Channel the shock jock made sexually charged statements directed to the 4-year-old daughter of a rival DJ.  On Monday May 8, Torain, an employee of New York’s Power 105.1, made several on-air sexual and threatening comments about the […]

Terror Squad’s Remy Ma is currently working on an untitled follow-up to her solo debut There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story. The Bronx rapper’s first album was released in February and features appearances from Keyshia Cole, Ne-Yo, the late Big Pun, Fat Joe and Ivy Queen, among others. The album has produced […]

The Detroit nightclub where D12 member Proof was shot and killed is shutting down for one year. According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, a deal was struck with owners to close the club. Owners must also pay fines for illegally operating after hours. “We got everything we could under the law and we got […]

Flipmode Squad leader Busta Rhymes is set to release his long-awaited Aftermath/Interscope debut The Big Bang, the rapper’s first release in three years. The album, Rhymes’ seventh solo offering, features collaborations with Raekwon, Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry, Q-Tip and Missy Elliott, who is featured on the Dr. Dre-produced “This Is How We Do It Over […]

After presenting himself to the British police in London yesterday (May 10), rapper Snoop Dogg has been cautioned, following his arrest in London’s Heathrow airport in April. An official statement has been released by the British police, stating that Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus was cautioned for affray under Section 4 of Public Order Act for […]

Rapper Snoop Dogg arrived in London Wednesday (May 10) to meet with police. The meeting comes on the heels of a recent brawl at Heathrow airport. Snoop (born Calvin Broadus) and five other men were arrested in April on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl. Snoop will meet with officers at Heathrow police […]

Joe Thomas, simply known as Joe, has a new single and is set to release his untitled sixth album in August on Jive Records. The debut single off the forthcoming album is “Where You At,” featuring Flipmode’s new protégé’ Papoose. “It’s an up-tempo, really good, club record,” Joe told AllHipHop.com of the single, which will […]

Platinum selling rappers Young Jeezy and Paul Wall have been tapped to headline Boost Mobile’s RockCorps Concert at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. The two artists will perform for 3,000 local Boost Mobile RockCorp (BMRC) youth volunteers, who volunteer their time to make positive changes in their respective communities. Young Jeezy and Paul Wall’s show takes place […]

A petition by Sean “Diddy” Combs to have the New York Supreme Court hear an appeal of a lower court decision that ordered him to pay more than $19,000 a month in child support payments has been declined. The state’s highest court declined Combs’ appeal Tuesday (May 9) of a lower court decision issued last […]

Emmis Radio, the parent company of Hot 97 (WQHT) FM, won a temporary restraining order against the New York City District Council of Carpenters Fund yesterday (May 9), the landlord of the building that houses three of its radio stations. State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried lifted restrictions on the stations guests, ruling that visitors […]