Lawyers For Rosa Parks, BMG, To Talk Settlement
Lawyers for Rosa Parks and representatives for BMG will finally come to the table in a settlement meeting scheduled to take place this month. According to Parks’ lawyer Gregory Reed, the settlement talks are aimed at ending a five-year-old dispute over Outkast’s#### song “Rosa Parks,” from their platinum 1998 album Aquemini. Parks sued Outkast’s parent […]
Jermaine Dupri, Nelly Giving Back To Atlanta Children
Jermaine Dupri and Nelly will host “Atlanta’s Biggest Christmas Party,” tonight in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will take place at the Dunbar Recreation Center, where the celebrity rappers will hand out over 3,000 toys. “I feel that it’s a must we take care of our kids,” Dupri told AllHipHop.com. “They see more bad stuff than […]
Hip-Hop Dominating Emerging “Ringback” Business
Hip-Hop proved its popularity in the world of cell phones again, dominating the top-sellers on a new service being offered by T-Mobile called Caller Tunes. Caller Tunes is part of a new service being tested in the United States by major cell phone carriers. The “ringback” service allows customers to replace the ringing sounds callers […]
Loon: Independence Day.
Everybody wants to be a star, yet few are actually willing to put in the work required to achieve their goals. For former Bad Boy recording artist Loon, however, this wasn’t the case. As the latest in a long line of P.Diddy sidekicks, the Harlem-bred rapper paid his dues by ghostwriting the boss’s hits and […]
Luda Bumps Jay-Z & Linkin Park
Ludacris has no problem going toe-to-toe with his new boss, Jay-Z on the charts. Ludacris fourth album, Red Light District, sold an impressive 322,000 copies in its first week, bumping the newly appointed Def Jam president from the top slot on Billboards Top 200. After a week atop the charts, MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents […]
The Rockefeller Drug Reform Sham
"We should be ashamed of ourselves," he said. "Rockefeller drug reform – ha! – I don’t think so." State Sen. Thomas Duane (D-Manhattan) While many are praising the recent reform of the Rockefeller drug laws, many more are not. Although the reform bill will reduce the most severe mandatory sentences for drug offenses, according to […]
WHAT IF: Suge Knight Never Met Hip-Hop?
There are many figures in the relatively short history of Hip-Hop as a movement, a music and a cultural phenomenon. For every pro, there is a coneither gaining our admiration or our enmity via their service or lack thereof to our culture, respect.One central figure has earned both our respect and our anger at once. […]
Fat Joe Gives To Bronx Grammar School
Rapper Fat Joe will get into the Christmas spirit next week and will give the gift of technology to the Bronx, New York grammar school that educated him. Fat Joe will donate 20 computers to PS 146 on December 21st. In addition to the computers, the rapper will donate money to refurnish and repaint the […]
Ol’ Dirty Died From Cocaine And Prescription Painkiller
A medical examiner has ruled the death of rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard an accident, the result of taking cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller. A spokesperson said the combined effects of the cocaine and Tramadol caused the rapper to suffer a heart attack on November 13, just two days before his 36th birthday. According to […]
AHH Stray News: Styles P., Mos Def, Eminem, MC Eiht
Self-proclaimed gangster Styles P. of The Lox plans to exhibit a gentler, more conscious side by expanding his lyrical material for his upcoming sophomore album Time Is Money, the Yonkers-bred rapper announced. "This album, I didn’t want to be as street as I usually am," Styles told MTV.com. "Before, I was more wild. I’m trying […]
Loon Off Bad Boy, Launches New Venture
Loon has departed his long term recording home of Bad Boy Entertainment and founded an upstart company, Boss Up Entertainment, the Harlem rapper said. Loon told AllHipHop.com that he felt it was simply time to move on from his present situation and strike out on his own as a business man. “I want to definitely […]
Common Talks Aids Activism, Children’s Book, New Album
Chicago Rapper Common has expanded his horizons beyond Hip-Hop and has launched a new foundation, delved into AIDS activism and authored a children’s book. According to Common, being involved with the “Knowing is Beautiful” AIDS campaign being launched in conjunction with corporate giant Viacom, is very personal. “I had a family member that passed from […]
Keyshia Cole: It’s Like That
Oakland-raised songstress Keyshia Cole got her first big recording opportunity from MC Hammer while she was barely a teenager. Growing up in Oakland wasnt easy for her, but Keyshia managed to follow the right path to build a reputation in the Bay Area music scene. She was enlisted by the likes of Messy Marv and […]
Jay-Z & Def Jam: Questions, Answers & More Questions
Jay-Z is one of the greatest lyricists in rap history, but questions loom as to whether or not the multi-platinum semi-retired Brooklyn emcee is capable of running hip-hop’s most legendary record label as a vigilant decision-maker instead of an on-court player. Following the official announcement of Jay-Z’s appointment as president of Def Jam Records, […]
Nelly: Derrty Job…
He may not be a thug, hustler, or what one might label an emcee, but Nelly has somehow ensnared the rap world and beyond with his country charm. His 2000 street anthem “Country Grammar,” recognized as the playful rhyming tune (“Down, Down Baby”) the ‘hood used to chant back in the days, instantly connected to […]
Dame Dash, Activists Disagree Over Rockefeller Bill
Tomorrow Russell Simmons and Ben Chavis of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will be present to sign a new bill to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, but the resolution has been met with community opponents who still seek complete reform. In a statement, mogul Dame Dash explained his own disdain for the laws and called […]
AHH Stray News: Bubba Sparxxx, Def on Demand, Young Buck, Flavor Flav
Atlanta, Georgia rap duo Outkast have launched a new label and recently signed fellow Georgian rapper Bubba Sparxxx. Outkast’s Purple Label also inked a distribution deal with Virgin. Sparxxx, formerly on Interscope, first hit big with his 2001 single “Ugly” from his Timbaland produced major label debut Dark Days, Bright Nights, as well as 2003’s […]
NYPD Boycotts Christmas Party At Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club
Members of the New York Police Department’s 13th Precinct have reportedly refused to attend a Christmas party tonight (Dec. 13) at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in New York, allegedly embittered over Jay’s previous accusations of racism. The precinct’s organizing committee agreed to hold the party at Jay’s Chelsea sports club, the New York Post reported, though […]
Littles: Battle Cry
Mobb Deep has gone to war to good and bad results with the best of them. When the West Coast began firing shots at the East on record, the Mobb was among the first ones to grab their verbal guns and fire back, as they licked off countless shots at Left Coast figures like the […]
Oregon Officials Label E-40 Gangsta Rapper, Show Canceled
E-40’s scheduled concert in Oregon last night (Dec. 11) was canceled due to authorities’ fear of alcohol sales, the show’s content and possible gang violence. The performance was supposed to be held at a teen dance club called VIBES, but was called off after Director Tom Cole discovered that several police and Medford City Council […]
