Heavy D. Signs Unique Deal With Bad Boy, Preparing New Album
Heavy D set the mic aside for acting, but now the veteran emcee is returning to the game and has signed with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy label. In a ground breaking deal, the Mount Vernon bred rapper/actor will receive 100 percent of the profits from his Bad Boy release, after the label recoups […]
Marc Ecko To Release Video Game With Atari
Hip-Hop clothing designer Marc Ecko has entered into a joint venture with Atari and the union will produce a video game based on Hip-Hop and graffiti art. "Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure," will revolutionize the urban genre, according to Ecko. "This game will be genre defining. Revolutionary. We will put the flag in […]
Reebok Pushes Up S.Carter Sneak Release Date
Reebok and Jay-Z have paired up again for the second installment of the S.Carter Collection by RBK, which will feature the S.Carter II and the S.Carter Tennis, the sneaker giant announced yesterday. After a successful launch of the signature shoe last year, it was an easy decision for Reebok to partner with the retiring rapper […]
‘Soundwalk’ CD Series Focuses On Hip-Hop
Various Hip-Hop legends have contributed to The Bronx Soundwalk, an upcoming triple CD that takes listeners back to the birth place of Hip-Hop using music and interviews with legends of the Hip-Hop culture.Jazzy Jay, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool DJ Red Alert and others are featured on the conceptual CD, which focuses on three significant areas in […]
Snoop, Nate Dogg and Warren G Finally Release 213
They’re not quite Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, or Jim Brown. Whereas the aforementioned gentlemen came together to fight a white supremacist organization in the 1974 movie, “Three the Hard Way,” Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G are joining forces as 213 to assault urban airwaves with their debut, The Hard Way. The Long Beach […]
Ras Kass Sues Priority
Lawyers for incarcerated rapper Ras Kass filed a civil complaint against Priority Records yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court citing a recording contract that binds him unreasonably. Ras Kass is arguing that Priority has unfairly kept him in his contract for an extended period of time and that Priority Records, Capitol Records and EMI […]
Trina: Built To Last
Miami’s Diamond Princess Trina sat down with AllHipHop.com for a candid talk about acting, female competitors, men and her new CD, The Glamourest Life. No need to waste time – you know her. AllHipHop.com: Talk about The Glamourest Life. What kind of album are we going to hear this time? Trina: The album is really […]
States To Sue Over Tobacco Giant
Over 24 states in America aim to sue tobacco giant Brown & Williamson over a marketing campaign that leaned heavily on Hip-Hop to market cigarettes and allegedly targeted youth under the legal smoking age of 18.New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sent a letter to Brown & Williamson revealing that the states intended to sue […]
Rappers Submit Work For Inspirational Book
Rappers David Banner, Slick Rick and Ras Kass are among the celebrities that are entering their works for the sequel to the best-selling book “The Right Words at The Right Time.” Simon and Schuster and author Marlo Thomas, creators of the inspirational book, are seeking submissions for the follow-up to the original New York Times […]
Bad Boy Takes Over The ‘Hearts & Voices’ Concert Series
LIFEbeat, a non-profit dedicated to raising AIDS awareness will continue their “Hearts & Voices Concert Series” bi-monthly concert series and on May 25, the series will host “The Bad Boy Takeover.” Along with the E.A.R.S. Foundation, which give job opportunities to urban you in the music and entertainment industry, LIFEbeat will present Bad Boy artists […]
Andre 3000 Negotiating Series With Cartoon Network
Andre 3000 of Outkast is negotiating with the Cartoon Network to develop his own project for the cable channel. The rapper is developing an untitled half-hour cartoon that may be featured on Cartoon Network’s "Adult Swim" program, a more mature evening telecast. The eccentric rapper’s own life is reportedly the inspiration for the cartoon and […]
Live Coverage
Artist: KreatorsTitle: Live CoverageRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Paine The Kreators have every reason to be in the vocabulary of the average Hip-Hop head, yet they arent. They were once signed to Atlantic Records in a time when the majors went slumming for underground talent a la Dilated Peoples and Prozack Turner. The Kreators were not […]
50 Cent Performance Turns Into Chaos
A concert in Springfield, Massachusetts featuring 50 Cent Saturday morning spiraled out of control, according to local news reports.After a performance at the Hippodrome, a large disturbance broke out, resulting in the arrest of two patrons.Reports said 50 Cent jumped from the stage and started fighting with two people after someone in the crowd threw […]
Ernie Paniccioli To Exhibit Rare Graffiti Pieces In New York
The Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery in New York City will present an exhibition of graffiti flicks by famed Hip-Hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli. "Urban Blight — The Graffiti Photography of Ernie Paniccioli" will showcase 30 photographs of graffiti pieces shot over a span of 30 years. Paniccioli shot the pictures in various locations, ranging from New […]
DMX, Loon, Clipse Headline Dub SuperSeries 2004
Popular automotive lifestyle magazine Dub will present the Dub SuperSeries 2004 tour, which kicks off in Los Angeles on May 22nd. Rapper’s Loon, DMX and The Clipse will headlining the show, which is taking place at the Los Angeles Convention center and will showcase tricked out vehicles from various celebrities. Los Angeles car show registrations […]
Dame Dash And Posh Spice Call It Quits
Dame Dash and Victoria "Posh" Beckham have ended their hyped up collaboration, due to Beckham’s manager’s concern about her ailing career. Dash stripped Beckham’s voice off of the tracks he produced for the album and is seeking a new singer to record over them. "I want people to hear the album but it will be […]
New Video Game “Get On Da Mic” Coming To Gaming Systems
Eidos, a leading publisher and developer of entertainment software has announced a deal with Artificial Mind and Movement (A##) to produce "Get On Da Mic," a Hip-Hop music video game. The game, which will be available for all major video gaming systems, allows players to live a fantasy lifestyle resulting from their success in the […]
Analog Brother Marc Live Drops Debut
Marc Live, member of the Analog Brothers with Kool Keith and Ice-T, has released his debut album, Validation: Episode Two – Attack of the Grunge on Junkadelic Records.”It’s just me breaking down where I’ve been and where I’ve gravitated to. It talks about my veteranism and me being in Hip-Hop for ten, twelve years,” Marc […]
Gangstaz, Gunz and Half Naked Girlz
Baby Got back, but Baby needs backbone/Get off the video screen and put some clothes on… Brother Khamisi (Revolutionary Son) Back in tha day, a radio program director told me that heavy metal was marketed to 16 year old white boys who were mad because they couldn’t get a girlfriend. Fifteen years later, we must […]
Bizzy Bone: Warriors Song
Vincent Van Gogh changed the archetype of the artist. He was a misunderstood street craftsman who basically drove himself crazy. Bizzy Bone isn’t starving, and he’s not crazy. But Bizzy Bone whether you’re a fan or not, signifies the voice of Hip-Hop. Bizzy’s message is that of struggle, pain, and darkness. This side of Bizzy […]
