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http://allhiphop.comHip-Hop star DMX may have to serve 60 days in prison. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty Tuesday (Oct. 25) to violating the terms of an agreement reached after a driving infraction last year. Additionally, DMX confessed that he had a pair of other violations while his driver’s license was suspended […]
Duos and groups come and go. Their careers skyrocket and plummet in the blink of an eye. After a decade of making music together, not too many acts can even say that’s they’re still going strong together, let alone drop a new album that sounds totally unlike anything they’ve done before. Keeping your freshness seal-tight […]
In preparation to begin working on the follow-up to his multi-platinum album The Documentary, rapper The Game recently constructed and opened a new recording studio complex in Atlantic City as headquarters for Black Wall Street East. Black Wall Street’s main offices are headquartered in Los Angeles and the rapper is also making plans for other […]
Mike Epps is scheduled to host a benefit dinner and concert to support Assemblies in Motion (AIM), an international Arts Education non-profit organization founded by Leila Steinberg and the late Tupac Shakur. Sponsored by Quincy Jones and others, the benefit dinner and concert aims to provide support to the international AIM organization and Steinberg’s "Rose […]
Paramount, MTV, Interscope Records and 50 Cent are coming under fire by a coalition of Los Angeles community leaders, activists and concerned parents over advertisements for 50 Cent’s new movie, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” Billboards, posters and other ads depict the best-selling rapper brandishing two handguns as a promotion for the upcoming film, which […]
Artist: Brian ColemanTitle: Rakim Told Me (Book)Rating: 4 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Paine When an artist today reflects on one of their songs with, “it is what it is,” it leads to something bitter-tasting in the mouth of every purebred Hip-Hop listener. After all, many of us would kill for the chance to ask Biz Markie […]
Whether it was racists in the 50’s or OutKast, who she felt disrespected her name, Rosa Parks didn’t wince when it was time to put up the good fight. The 92-year-old Civil Rights icon died on Monday due to natural causes in her Detroit home. Parks helped birth the modern Civil Rights movement in December […]
Baltimore, Maryland gave Hip-Hop a gift when its native son, Kevin Liles began as a Def Jam intern. Like Sean Combs at Uptown, Liles worked his way to the top, and never looked back – or down. For those seeking to learn the secrets to Hip-Hop success, they can buy Liles’ new book, From Intern […]
The trial of Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo and his brother Christopher on federal money laundering charges has been postponed until mid-November because of last-minute filings by the government in the case. Jury selection has begun, however, and at U.S. District Court in downtown Brooklyn on Monday (Oct. 24) the Lorenzo brothers sat with their attorneys Gerald […]
The Source Magazine has filed a $100 million dollar lawsuit against Black Entertainment Television (BET) and two high-ranking executives with the company, alleging that the network refused to air The Source Awards as stipulated in a signed agreement. The magazine is also pursuing legal actions against Hot 97 and Funkmaster Flex, stemming from comments the […]
A judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit filed against Eminem by relatives who claimed the rapper backed out of a deal to move them into a new home and pay them so he could be closer to family members. Jack and Betti Schmitt filed the lawsuit in Macomb County Court in August of […]
Cam’ron returned from New York and is recuperating after suffering bullet wounds to both arms during a botched car-jacking attempt in Washington, D.C. Sunday morning (Oct. 23). The Harlem, New York rapper, was shot as he was leaving Washington, D.C. nightclub H20 while in town with his Diplomats crew to celebrate Howard University’s homecoming. The […]
As the money laundering and racketeering trial gets underway today (Oct. 24) against The Inc. (formerly Murder Inc.) and the Gotti brothers (Irv and Chris Lorenzo); the federal government recently provided alleged money laundering evidence against the defendants. Ethan Brown, writer of new book "Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of […]
When you hear the name Blair Underwood, you may fondly reminisce on the 1985 classic film Krush Groove, in which he portrayed now-billionaire Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons. Or perhaps you envision the good-man banker who so desperately tried to save Jada Pinkett’s character Stoney in the dramatic film Set It Off. Whatever your first memory […]
You know that chilled-out music that DJ’s play in the wee hours of the night at lounges? Often times, we’re too preoccupied or too stubborn to ask what it is. Steve Spacek’s solo debut Space Shift is that kind of album that you wish you had ask about. The Electronic-Soul fusion finds the front-man of […]
Artist: M.O.P.Title: M.O.P. Salutes the St. MarxmenRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Bill “Low-Key” Heinzelman Whether you love or hate G-Unit, you have to be happy for M.O.P. For over a decade Billy Danze and Lil’ Fame have repped hardcore Hip-Hop to the death, only to be shunned by the mainstream. With their upcoming G-Unit debut, […]
Artist: SoulsticeTitle: North by Northwest: Solid GroundRating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Kye Stephenson Mostly due to the stardom of one Kanye West, Chicago has seen the Hip-Hop spotlight shine bright on their city as of late. And though Kanye can be credited with jumpstarting the Chicago scene, it’s stellar artists such as Soulstice that have […]
Originally posted: 3:15 am Updated: 1:00 pm Superstar rapper Cam’ron was shot in Washington, DC this morning (Oct. 23) around 2:30 am sources have revealed to AllHipHop.com. The Harlem, New York native was leaving club H20 en-route to Love (formerly Dream) when three unknown gunmen approached the rapper. While details are sketchy, eyewitnesses said the […]
Rhino and Headstart Entertainment recently entered into an exclusive agreement to launch, market and distribute "Da Jammies," a multicultural Hip-Hop direct-to-DVD animated series for kids aged 6 to 16. Many stars of the Hip-Hop community have signed on to join the cast of the animated lifestyle entertainment brand for kids. The cartoon-themed DVD series is […]
Warner Music Group Executive Vice-President and Hip-Hop entrepreneur Kevin Liles will be honored by The Fortune Society, one of the preeminent ex-prisoner services and advocacy organizations in the country. According to The Fortune Society, Liles will be honored for his “hands on approach” in helping ex-prisoners "turn their lives around.” Defense attorney Myron Beldock of […]
