Nelly’s Pimp Juice Announces Scholarship Winners
Nelly and Fillmore Street Brewery, the company that manufactures Pimp Juice, have announced the winners of the "Pimp Juice Scholars Program" contest, which rewarded two students with a $5000 scholarship. Bryan Hughes of Howard University and Joyce Jackson of St. Louis University were awarded the scholarships based on their academic and extracurricular work.The two winners will […]

Jermaine Dupri Producing Atlanta Concert
Atlanta’s Music Midtown festival has enlisted rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri to produce their summer concert and has announced the initial line-up for its 2005 Music Midtown Urban Music Stage. The festival takes place from June 10-12 near the Atlanta Civic Center and will feature more than 100 musical acts. Dupri, the newly appointed President of Virgin […]

Fat Joe And Roy Jones Settle Differences
Fat Joe and world class boxer Roy Jones, Jr. have reportedly settled their differences stemming from a lyric on Ja Rule’s#### record, “New York.” In a previous interview, Jones expressed his feelings about the rapper’s lyric that stated “even Roy Jones was forced to lean back.” “It’s just that me and Joe were cooler than […]

Rap & Violence: The Gangs Are Coming!
“Like the n***as who own the liquor stores/ crack, cocaine, pimps, ‘n w#####/ livin’ up on this earth before/ a n***a like Daddy was born/ but they be makin’ it seem/ that my music ‘n crime a team/ but I’m speakin’ the truth not dream/ so what in da f### they mean?/ my lyrics ain’t […]

Rap & Violence: White Gangs Are Coming!
“Like the n***as who own the liquor stores/ crack, cocaine, pimps, ‘n w#####/ livin’ up on this earth before/ a n***a like Daddy was born/ but they be makin’ it seem/ that my music ‘n crime a team/ but I’m speakin’ the truth not dream/ so what in da f### they mean?/ my lyrics ain’t […]

Run The Road
Artist: Various ArtistsTitle: Run The RoadRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Tika Milan As Hip-hop continues on its conquest of the planet, there is a common denominator that unites Hip-hop heads the world over: the need for our art to illustrate the truth. Never mind the imagery of too polite British chaps, or ultra-cool London hipsters, the […]

Nottz Presents DMP: The Teamsta Mixtape
Artist: Nottz/DMPTitle: Nottz Presents DMP: The Teamsta MixtapeRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Chris Yuscavage It must be the Virginia water. With producers like the Neptunes and Timbaland already having bolstered solid Hip-hop careers off the strength of their work with the likes of Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg, it would seem as though the Virginia quota for […]

Celebrities Play Spades For Charity
Power Moves Inc. has announced a star studded line up of guests for "Deal Me In: 1st Annual Celebrity Spades Tournament,” which takes place tonight (April 6) at Strata in New York City. The event will feature 32 celebrities participating in a charity spades tournament to raise money that will be donated to their favorite […]

C-Murder Changes Name, NAACP Files Lawsuit
Much has been made of C-Murder’s (Corey Miller) suggestive name, but the rapper has adjusted the moniker after being convicted in the shooting death of a 16 year old. He will now be called C. Miller, based on his real name. While he’s proclaimed his innocence, he said that the general public has never known […]

Jean Grae: Verbal Telepathy
Like an embryo in its final gestation period, Jean Grae is ready to force her way into the Rap world by any means necessary. In fact, she has been for awhile now. Many consider her one of the best lyricists in the game – forget the gender separations. She initially kept her exquisite rhymes to […]

Prince Paul Teaches The Art Of Picking Up Women
Prince Paul is known for going against Hip-Hop’s collective grain and a new CD/DVD highlights his nonconformist mind state. Paul and company have recently released “The Dix: The Art Of Picking Up Women.” The set is a fictional journey of a soul singing group that eventually destroys itself for a variety of reasons. Through a […]

D/R Period Releasing Mixtape/DVD/Magazine
Producer D/R Period, known for creating street anthems for the likes of M.O.P., Cam’ron and Jay-Z has announced the release of a compilation in which he has combined a DVD, mixtape and a magazine creating what he calls “Quarantine.” The movie features rapper Queen Pen, Storm P and Vex from the hit show “The Wire” […]
Eminem, 50 Cent Announce ‘Anger Management 3’ Tour
Eminem and 50 Cent have announced a massive tour, Anger Management 3, which will also feature Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, G-Unit, D-12, Stat Quo and Obie Trice. The festivities will begin on July 7 in Indianapolis, IN and wraps in Em’s hometown of Detroit. This marks the first major tour for 50 and […]

Pharrell Williams Launches Ice Cream Skateboarding Team
Pharrell Williams recently launched The Ice Cream skate team, lead by professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy. According to an article published on expn.com, a sister site to television network ESPN that covers extreme sports, Williams snagged five amateurs who will tour the country for seven months with Kennedy. The team will scout talent and film tricks […]

Capone Releasing Debut Solo Album
Rapper Capone of group Capone-N-Noreaga is preparing to drop his first official solo effort, Pain, Time and Glory. The Queens, New York native recently inked a deal with Koch to drop his highly anticipated debut, which boasts cameo appearances from Scarface, Fat Joe, C-Murder, Peedi Crakk, Raekwon and others. Capone, who recently received national attention […]

Hip-Hop: Publicity Stuntin’ 101?
Hardly any recent story in Hip-Hop has buzzed quite as loudly as what some are now calling an overblown rift between rapper 50 Cent and G-Unit recruit, The Game. In a move that surprised observers, 50 Cent publicly dropped The Game from his clique on New York radio station HOT 97 in early March […]

Former Source COO Starts New Hip-Hop Magazine
Two weeks after resigning his post as chief operating officer of The Source magazine, publisher Jeremy Miller has announced the launch of DOWN magazine, a new publication focusing on the southern Hip-Hop scene. "I chose that name because essentially, it’s a magazine entirely dedicated to southern hip hop and down south [music], that’s pretty much […]

Producer Diamond Details New Album
It’s been almost a decade since legendary Bronx producer/MC Diamond has released an album on a label. His debut, Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop is considered by many as one of the finest records ever released. Last year, he dropped some classic unreleased material, as well as new work on Grown Man Talk. Now, he is […]

Queen Latifah: Shop Talk
Forget the fact that Queen Latifah hasn’t done a Hip-Hop album since 1998s Order in the Court, the fact remains that Queen is most assuredly Hip-Hop royalty. From the time she dropped her debut album fifteen years ago, Dana Owens has been putting Ladies First by repping to the fullest. Constantly challenging herself to reinvent […]

Tyra: Country and Luvn It
By now you have probably heard Country Boy on the radio or have seen the video, which has been in BETs 106 and Park Top 10 Countdown for the past few weeks. The sudden buzz has many people wondering: Who is this girl Tyra? The Virginia native has managed to land a nationwide hit with […]