Turk Convicted On All Charges, Rapper Faces 10 Years
A federal jury convicted rapper Tab “Turk” Virgil of three felony charges yesterday (August 9). Virgil was convicted of being a felon with a handgun, a fugitive with a handgun and a drug addict with a handgun. The charges stem from a shootout during a January 2004 drug raid of an apartment. SWAT team member […]
50 Cent: The Clean-Up Man Part One
50 Cents empire is under siege. Clearly, the lyrical assault by various posses, crews and cliques has been a partial construct of the Southside, Queens native. Although his adversaries have come back at him as if they were avenging a brothers death, Fiddys gate has withstood the battering and thrived amidst the adversity. Hes […]
Lloyd Banks, Young Buck Arrested After Anger Management Tour Stop In New York
Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were arrested after police allegedly found weapons in a van carrying the rappers and 11 other people as they were leaving the Anger Management 3 tour in New York this morning (August 9). Reports stated that police pulled the van over for running a red light on 41st and Eighth […]
DMX Facing Jail Time For Violating Terms Of Plea Deal
According to authorities in Queens, DMX broke the terms of a plea deal struck after a December 2004 arrest. On Monday, the rapper was formally charged and now faces up to a year in jail. The rapper reportedly posted $500 bail and must appear in court again on October. 11. In December the rapper was […]
DJ Scratch Launches The School of the Turntable Arts
DJ Scratch, longtime DJ for EPMD and general turntable wizard, has launched a turntable school to help up and coming DJ’s with the art of scratching. The School of the Turntable Arts (SOTA) officially opened its doors earlier this year, to teach new DJ’s the art of mixing and scratching. "I started this school because […]
Beanie Sigel Out Of Jail, Straight To Work
Damon Dash Music Group’s star rapper Beanie Sigel was released this morning (August 9) from a Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey. Sigel was welcomed home by his mother, Michelle Brown-Derry, his fiancée Melissa and DDMG’s Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. Sigel entered prison on November 8 and was released after serving most […]
Tony Yayo: So Destructive
Tony Yayo is a loose cannon. While his man Fif was busy putting the rap game in a choke hold, the Talk of New York, as hes known now, was only the talk of Rikers Island back then [what up Mike Joooones!] due to parole violations stemming from gun charges he caught while hugging the […]
Kanye West Honored By ‘Millions More Movement’
Kanye West was recently honored at the Nation of Islam headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, where the rapper expressed support for the upcoming Millions More Movement. On July 24, West was presented with the Million Man March Image Award on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Millions More Movement. Combating the rising dropout rates […]
50 Cent Hosts Pool Party With G-Unit
Yesterday, 50 Cent held a party at his Farmington, Connecticut mansion playing host to a few hundred revelers, including G-Unit, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., boxing champion Winky Wright, actress Nia Long, Lil Jon, Lil Scrappy and a host of other celebrities. The pool party, equipped with a harem of models, doubled as a celebration for the […]
Gunner Palace (DVD)
Artist: N/ATitle: Gunner Palace (DVD)Rating: 4 StarsReviewed by: William E. Ketchum An anchor of both George Bushs presidential tenure and liberals ammunition against it, the war in Iraq is covered on a daily basis in news publications, telecasts, and broadcasts. But aside from the sporadic minimal veteran showcases, there is no clear source for daily […]
David Banner: Gots To Go
David Banners album covers have always showed the pained disposition of a man with the weight of the world on his shoulders. AllHipHop.com wanted to see why exactly that is. Theres a history of blood in Mississippis soil, its not surprising that its brightest star wouldnt settle for speaking without thinking. The inquisition and introspection […]
Kool Keith: 360 Degrees
Kool Keith and his many pseudonyms first put his name in the game as a member of the Ultramagnetic MCs. Since then, Keith has blazed a trail with a variety of different solo projects under a number of different names. Somewhere after Black Elvis and before Diesel Truckers, a portion of Keiths audience dropped the […]
Suge Knight Fined, Charges Dropped
Marion “Suge" Knight was fined $691 Friday (August 5) and cleared of a marijuana possession charge after pleading no contest to making an illegal U turn and driving without insurance in Barstow, California. Knight was arrested and incarcerated for more than a week after police said they found marijuana in his Ford pickup truck during […]
Foxy Brown Rejects Plea
Foxy Brown rejected a second plea deal Friday (August 5) that would have prevented her from going to jail on assault charges. According to prosecutors, the deal, offered by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, called for Brown to serve 10 days of community service for attempted assault and harassment of two nail technicians last August. […]
Fat Joe Co-Founds Libertad Music Festival, Nore, Pitbull On Board
Rappers Fat Joe, Pitbull, Nore and a slew of other upcoming Latin artists are scheduled to perform at the first ever Libertad Music Festival. The festival was co-founded by Fat Joe and Catalyst Entertainment and will showcase some the unique sounds of Chicano/Mexican Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Latin and South American beats. The Libertad Music Festival aims […]
Independent’s Day
Artist: Royce Da 5’9″Title: Independent’s DayRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Bill “Low-Key” Heinzelman Fresh off the most successful year of his career, Royce 5’9″ is trying to earn his stripes as Hip-Hop’s hardest working emcee. While many doubted the rock city veteran, Royce proved the naysayers wrong with Death Is Certain and the M.I.C. Mixtape Vol. […]
Fear Factory Guitarist Moonlights As Hip-Hop Producer
Christian Wolbers is not a name known to many in the Hip-Hop crowd, but his work is. Well known as the bass/guitarist in the Metal band Fear Factory, he is also a Hip-Hop DJ, programmer, and producer all under which he is credited as "The Edgemaster". "The Edgemaster" has worked with such artists as Snoop […]
AHH Stray News: Sean John Sued, Snoop Teams With Chrysler, Qualo Signs, Luke Records Sued
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs has been hit with a lawsuit over the slogan for his Sean John clothing line. Gregory Hilderbrand filed a lawsuit in Chicago Federal Court, claiming that the brand’s slogan “It’s no just a label, it’s a lifestyle” violates his registered trademark “It’s a lifestyle.” Hilderbrand alleges that his own clothing line […]
Tha Dogg Pound: Doggie Bag
Who would have thought? After all of the things that have been said, and all the harsh words, Daz and Kurupt are finally back together the most significant reunion since The Fugees and A Tribe Called Quest. While once bitter enemies, through the help of Snoop Dogg and his push for West Coast unity, […]
Proof: Body of the Life Force
The days of concept albums appeared to be a thing of the past. Recently, people have been concentrating on quantity over quality – and real music lovers often feel cheated when purchasing a CD. Proof, an essential ingredient of D-12 is dropping his debut and not only is it a concept album, it is packed […]
