Snoop Dogg Plays Black Radical In New Flick
Family Room Entertainment Corporation recently completed principal photography on the motion picture, "The Tenants," starring Snoop Dogg. The movie is based on Bernard Malamud’s 1971 novel, which centers around a black radical recently released from prison. Snoop plays Willie Spearmint, a black writer who moves into the building and harbors animosity towards Jewish people. The […]
Stacie J: Miss, Understood, Pt 1
Photo courtesy of StacieJ.com Any faithful viewer of this seasons run of the NBC reality show The Apprentice already knows the drama that surrounded the dismissal of the Harlem business owner, introduced to us as “Stacie J”, in the third week of the series. It is easy to think that you know a reality television […]
Stacie J: Miss, Understood, Pt 2
AHHA: I heard everybody else use the word crazy towards you. Stacie: It was never him [saying it to me on the air]. To me, it was the only reason everyone [was] saying the word crazy is because he was consistently saying crazy. In my firing [they] obviously consulted their legal department, because the first […]
Hassan Johnson: Unconventional Means
Hassan Johnson has developed a knack for being a bad guy. Not in real life, of course, however the popular HBO series The Wire, in which Hassan plays the incarcerated schemer Wee-Bey, is full of characters so richly well developed – its got to feel good being bad on such a hot show. While still […]
Edo G: Something To Say
While many hearts hurt in the Hip-Hop community when John Kerry’s presidential results came in short. But as names like Kerry may fade, Edo G has been holding down Boston for fifteen years – with a top single, a debut album barking at Gold status, and a string of classics ever since. This year bodes […]
Ludacris Says Reports Of Label Sale False
Ludacris has refuted published reports stating that he sold his record label Disturbing Tha Peace to Island Def Jam Music Group for $11 million. Ludacris said that the story, which first appeared in the Lowdown section of the New York Daily News, was bogus. “That’s not true at all, that’s funny,” the rapper told AllHipHop.com. […]
AHH Stray News: Outkast, Eve, C-Bo, Rhyme & Reason Mag
The Atlanta rap duo Outkast is nominated for several Billboard Awards, including Artist of the Year, for their hit record Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Outkast dominated the American Music Awards this year, taking home three, as well as the MTV Europe Awards, where the duo stacked three more trophies onto their catalog. Other hip-hop artists nominated […]
Alpha And Omega
Artist: Bizzy BoneTitle: Alpha And OmegaRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Bill Low-Key Heinzelman From the brutal murder of his brother and partner in rhyme, Adrian “Capo” Parlette, to Bone Thugs~N~Harmony kicking him out the group, Bizzy Bone has certainly dealt with his share of adversity the past two years. This pain, anguish and frustration is never […]
Jurassic 5 To Help Women’s Shelter
The Jurassic 5 will perform at a benefit concert tomorrow (December 3), to help raise money for a non-profit organization that helps over 4,000 homeless and abused women and children each month. The group is part of the musical line-up at the annual Sallie Mae benefit concert for Las Vegas’ Shade Tree Women’s Shelter. The […]
Snoop Dogg Hosts XM Show From California Home
Snoop Dogg has signed with XM Satellite Radio to host his own series, to be broadcast from his Los Angeles, California home. Snoop’s show, “Welcome To Da Chuuch With Big Snoop Dogg,” will appear on XM’s classic Hip-Hop channel The Rhyme and will be 90 minutes long. A new show will be broadcast every four […]
Crooked I: Talkin’ Turkey Part II
They was like. “For real, we gonna wait and see what Death Row do, we gonna wait and see what Chronic 2001 does. So we went to Elektra and these other places who kept saying, ‘We love you. Your sh*t is hot.’ But they all wanted me to wait and wait, and don’t pay the […]
Crooked I: Talkin’ Turkey
Some would argue that it’s actually easier to get a death-row pardon in Texas than to wriggle out of a recording contract with Death Row Records. Just ask Crooked I, the decisive lyricist that emerged as one of the West Coast’s finest. Last year, he announced that he had departed the influential label but the […]
Police Investigating Suge Knight’s Involvement In Vibe Awards Melee
Police are investigating Marion “Suge” Knight’s alleged involvement in an assault on Dr. Dre during the Vibe Awards last month in Santa Monica, California. Police are investigating Knight’s possible ties to the assailant, Jimmy “James” Johnson. Santa Monica police have been interviewing witnesses in an attempt to determine Knight’s actions before and after the event. […]
Ice T Backs New York City Council Bill
Rapper Ice T is expected to testify before the New York City Council today (Dec. 1) to support a tax credit on TV and movie production expenses. Along with Director Spike Lee and Tribeca Film Festival Founder Jane Rosenthal, Ice T will lobby a bill proposed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the […]
Christion: The Rebirth
No matter how much, or how little, you know about Christion, the truth is that Roc-A-Fella Records gave birth to this creation, introducing the world to a male duo with a rare sound that could transcend time and hold true to the roots of Blues, Soul, & Jazz. Damon Dash was the first to recognize […]
Hip-Hop Confusion: And This is For?
Everybody’s confused. And do you know why everybody’s confused? They’re confused because nobody knows what they want anymore. Nobody. I used to blame record companies for the lack of quality albums that were released. Then I would blame the artists for selling out for commercial success. I would complain that I missed that […]
Diplomatic Immunity 2
Artist: DiplomatsTitle: Diplomatic Immunity 2Rating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Martin A. Berrios Within the last few years, there has been a new regime coming up in the ranks of Hip-Hop. Through their constant flooding of the mixtape circuit and the more recent launching of their record label, The Diplomats have become a staple in the […]
AP Seeking Legal Action In False R. Kelly Story
The Associated Press is reportedly seeking legal action against the unidentified authors of a false story incriminating R&B superstar R. Kelly, AP representatives said. The AP’s legal department is investigating the origin of the website that first ran a false story alleging that R. Kelly made sexual advances to Shia “Shi Shi” Douglas, the younger […]
Trick Daddy Tapes Cooking Show Pilot For MTV
Platinum selling rapper Trick Daddy recently finished taping a cooking show pilot for MTV. And while the Miami native welcomed the invitation to participate in the show, he said he wasn’t about to slave over a hot stove without a full season’s commitment from MTV. “They wanted me to cook all my dishes,” Trick Daddy […]
Collecting The Kid
Artist: El-PTitle: Collecting The KidRating: 2 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Matt Barone Coming up as part of the seminal New York City underground crew Company Flow, avant-garde producer extraordinaire El-P has carved a comfortable niche for himself courtesy of his successful label Definitive Jux. Crafting mind-bending backdrops on Cannibal Oxs incredible exercise in atmospheric B-boy music, […]
