Fugees Concert Kicks Off Grammy Week
The Fugees will kick off Grammy week tonight (Feb. 6) with a free open-air concert on the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. The hip-hop trio–Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel–will perform their new single, “Take It Easy,” as well as new material from the long-awaited follow-up to their multi-platinum sophomore album, […]
AHH Stray News: Pitbull, DJ Toomp, Jay-Z & Linkin Park, Snoop
Following Slip-N-Slide Records’ recent court victory against TVT Records over an unreleased Pitbull album, the Miami rapper has released a statement about the collection of previously recorded songs. A United States District Court Magistrate Judge sided with Slip-N-Slide, ruling that the label can release Pitbull’s Welcome to the 305. "I want it to be clear […]
Police Seek To Question Tony Yayo & Others In Busta Video Shooting
Police are seeking to question G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo in connection with a shooting on a Busta Rhymes video set that left one man dead with a gunshot wound to the back. While he is not an official suspect, police are seeking to question Yayo about a heated argument that took place on the set […]
Chicago High School Students Like Dem Franchize Boyz
Atlanta rap group Dem Franchize Boyz were recently held up from leaving a Chicago high school after a performance, due to a minor prank. One of the students decided to pull the school’s fire alarm to prevent the group from leaving the building. Due to the fire alarm, the students had to use the schoolyard […]
Rapper M-1 Speaks Out Against Black History Month
While some choose to view Black History Month as a celebration of Black achievements, Dead Prez member M-1 has released a statement denouncing it and urging Black people to speak out against inequality all year round. “I think the concept of Black History Month is insulting and offensive to all people of African descent,” M-1 […]
Ursula Rucker: Hip-Hop Librettist
Hip-Hop has many roots. The genre gets its soul from the blues, its edge from the streets and its rhythm from the Motherland – but the artistic side comes from poetry. Anyone who is a fan of both Hip-Hop and poetry holds the name Ursula Rucker in reverence. Her haunting and poignant rhymes closed out […]
Ellington Jordan: True Meaning
Ellington Fuji Jordan has been making music for years with legendary artists, and is still continuing to grow in his craft. He co-wrote the song, Id Rather Go Blind, which has been recorded by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, B.B. King, The Noel Redding Band and Rod Stewart to name a few. He was also […]
Remy Ma: Straight, No Chaser
For almost a decade, Remy Ma waited her turn as labels toiled, release dates spoiled, and still no album. But five years removed from her initial introduction to the masses, "Lean Back" reached the suburbs at the same time Hip-Hop wanted a new reigning female. Without heavily relying upon her Terror Squad comrades, There’s Something […]
Audition
Artist: P.O.STitle: AuditionRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Paine In 1991, Public Enemy and Anthrax made history iby remixing “Bring tha Noise”. The effort fused two cultures, Metal and hip-hop, that long stood side-by-side, but never on the same block of cement. Fifteen years later, Minnesota’s P.O.S combines the cultures for an anger-driven, lyrically clever Audition […]
The People Vs.
Artist: Trick TrickTitle: The People Vs.Rating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Henry Adaso As Cassidy or Snoop Dogg would probably tell you, being accused of murder can make you a very rich man. Having received a clean slate on an alleged murder charge that landed him a seven month stint behind bars in 2004, it was only […]
Windmills of the Soul
Artist: Kero OneTitle: Windmills of the SoulRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Brolin Winning An emcee/producer/DJ based in the Bay, Kero One has been making hip-hop since the mid-nineties, but is just now releasing his debut full-length. After a pair of dope 12-inches, “Check The Rhyme” and “Keep It Alive!” plus a successful Japanese tour, he […]
Hit Producer Scott Storch Angry At Grammys
Scott Storch has a bone to pick with the Grammy committee. The super-producer, who was named Billboard’s number one Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop producer of 2005, feels he was snubbed in the Producer of the Year category for the 48th annual Grammy Awards. The Producer of the Year nominees for the Feb. 8 ceremony […]
Man Shot Dead At Busta Rhymes Video Shoot In Brooklyn
Police are seeking suspects in an early morning shoot-out on the set of a Busta Rhymes video shoot in Brooklyn, New York. Israel Ramirez, 29, was shot once in the chest and was pronounced dead a short time later. Rhymes, who was in the studio at the time of the shooting, was not injured. Rhymes […]
Philadelphia Rapper Cool C Granted Temporary Stay Of Execution
Condemned rapper Christopher "Cool C" Roney was granted a stay of execution by a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday (Feb. 1). The rapper was scheduled to die on Mar. 9 for the 1996 murder of police officer Lauretha Vaird. When Vaird, 43, responded to a silent alarm at a PNC Bank branch in Philadelphia, she […]
Snoop, Luke Form Youth Football Leagues
Amoro Management Corp., a company specializing in large-scale real estate development projects in major U.S. cities, will sponsor rapper Snoop Dogg’s “Snoop Youth Football League” (SYFL) by creating an endowment fund to raise more than $1 million for the league. The national program kicks off Saturday (Feb. 4) during Snooper Bowl II, which takes place […]
Cartoon Network Announces Cast Of Andre Benjamin’s Untitled Cartoon Series
The Cartoon Network recently announced the cast of an upcoming animated series created and executive-produced by OutKast member Andre 3000. Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC will join the cast of the untitled cartoon series, which is currently in production at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, Calif. Veteran voice actors Crystal Scales (“The Adventures of Jimmy […]
Department of Justice To Decide Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff’s Fate
Defense attorneys for Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff recently petitioned a federal judge to require the Department of Justice to rule on a decision in McGriff’s pending death penalty case. McGriff’s attorneys, Jean D. Barrett and David A. Ruhnke, have requested U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman to require that the Department rule on whether the convicted […]
There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story
Artist: Remy MaTitle: There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True StoryRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Jessica Dufresne There are some harsh realities to being a female MC. Sometimes you can be very talented, but not attractive or sexy enoughso you get no love. On the other hand, you can have no skills but be […]
Queen Latifah Honors Women Activists
Queen Latifah, a brand spokesperson and creative advisor of the Curvation Project, helped pay tribute to five women who dedicated time and energy to local women’s programs. In a taped message, Queen Latifah congratulated the five national finalists of the Curvation Project Confidence Awards, which sought to acknowledge women who have helped other women regain […]
Rewind The Rhyme: Ice Cube
There was a time when lyrics really mattered. I remember as a kid pressing “play” and “rewind” over and over again so I could memorize what I considered to be hottest verses in rap music. It was one thing to like an artist, but if you really wanted to be on top of your game, […]
