Kanye West will be featured on an upcoming ABC special titled “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005.” The hour-long ABC News special highlights some of the most interesting names in entertainment, sports and politics. The special, which has consistently drawn in a huge number of viewers, is hosted by Barbara Walters. […]

The 37-year-old Shabazz is the one of the founders and current president of "Chi-Roc Hip Hop Nation," formed in 1985 on the Southside of Chicago. The same year, Chi-Rock group members OZ and the D.V.S. Crew released what has been credited as the first Hip-Hop album in Chicago rap history. Twista, who is signed to […]

M.C. Hammer has put his lucrative music publishing and copyright assets up for sale. The rapper, whose debut album Let’s Get It Started moved 3 million records, hit even bigger with his 1990 sophomore album, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em which sold over 10 million copies and spawned his most well known hit, “U Can’t […]

Koch Records has announced a multi-album joint-venture partnership with Snoop Dogg and his Doggystyle Records. Following in the vein of Snoop’s successful "Welcome To Tha Chuuch" mixtapes, the first release will be Snoop Dogg Presents Welcome To Tha Chuuch Tha Album. Guests featured include DPGC (Dogg Pound Gangsta Clique), Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Lady of Rage, […]

A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 11 accuses Damon Dash of allegedly stealing the premise for the hit Hip-Hop reality series “Ultimate Hustler” from two Los Angeles producers. The plaintiff’s, John Coleman and John Rhodes, filed the complaint seeking monetary damages from Dash for Breach of Implied In-Fact contract and […]

The Black Wall Street label owner The Game was arrested today (Oct. 28th) in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Game, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, was shopping and greeting fans in the Four Seasons Town Center in a Halloween mask Authorities were unaware of the reason for the commotion and approached Taylor and allegedly […]

Despite his tragic and untimely death nine years ago, the legacy of the late rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur continues to live on through his inspirational music, spoken word projects and movies. Thanks to his close friend Gobi (also director of his last three music videos), a book entitled "Thru My Eyes: Thoughts on Tupac Amaru […]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the United States has arrested 30 members of the self-named Black Mafia Family (BMF) and has seized over $3 million in money, assets, 2 ½ kilograms of cocaine and weapons. The DEA labeled BMF a large-scale cocaine and money laundering operation operating in Detroit, Michigan, Columbus and Atlanta, Georgia, […]

50 Cent reiterated earlier this week that super producer Dr. Dre will not be collaborating with The Game on The Doctor’s Advocate, the Compton neophyte’s second album. In an interview with Miss Jones and the Hot 97 morning show, 50 Cent drastically countered claims by The Game, who has already started on his sophomore effort. […]

In New York to promote his latest album Tha Carter 2, Cash Money President Lil’ Wayne dropped more than a few bombs before the big release. The New Orleans rapper announced that he was in love with none other than the Diamond Princess, Trina. "Yep, I’m in love, in love, in love", he told AllHipHop.com […]

Jay-Z warned everybody that he was “getting the itch” for a good show in New York, and the rapper came out swinging with the first of a pair of concerts initially to air his grievances with rival rappers. The highly publicized event, which was sponsored by New York’s Power 105.1, eventually became somewhat of a […]

Nas protégé and Ill Will/Columbia artist Quan was arrested Tuesday (Oct. 25) in Hampton Virginia and hit with various charges, including felony assault and battery on a police officer. According to published reports, authorities were responding to a call to a local motel in regards to complaints of a heavy odor of marijuana coming from […]

“What is Jay-Z going to do tonight?” The question appears to be the primary query on the minds of Hip-Hop fans as the Def Jam President and his “Carter Administration” will perform at the Continental Airlines Arena tonight (Oct. 27). Last month, the rapper/mogul told Power 105’s Ed Lover, “I gotta put [my adversaries] in […]

Ending months of speculation, Atlanta producer/rapper/mogul Lil’ Jon announced that his BME Recordings has reached a deal with 50 Cent’s G-Unit to cross-promote BME and G-Unit artists. “Me and 50 struck a deal to work together on selected BME and G-Unit artists,” Lil’ Jon confirmed with AllHipHop.com. While the terms of the deal are still […]

The Editor-in-Chief of The Source magazine turned himself in yesterday (Oct. 26) to face vandalism charges, after he admitted to spray painting in a Jehovah’s Witness assembly hall in Harlem, New York. Dasun Allah, who is scheduled for arraignment today (Oct. 27) in Manhattan Criminal Court, said he spray painted various markings with religious connotations […]

Sean “Jay-Z” Carter opened his 40/40 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Tuesday (Oct. 25), adding another piece to his business empire. Construction started on the new $4 million dollar, 15,000 square foot sports bar and lounge in July of 2005. The new club is a part of the retail, dining and entertainment district […]

Former Hot Boy group member Tab “Turk” Virgil has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, after being convicted of three weapons charges stemming from a Jan. 2004 shootout with Memphis, Tennessee SWAT Team members. In August, the 24-year-old was convicted of being a felon, a drug addict and a fugitive in possession of a […]