Kool DJ Red Alert To Host Eighth Annual Mixtape Awards
Kool DJ Red Alert will host The Eighth Annual Mixtape Awards, which will take place tomorrow evening in New York City.The event, which honors the record breaking work of the mixtape DJ, is an invitation only event and is heavily supported by the hip-hop community.Fat Joe, Ghostface, Mobb Deep, Raekwon and Jadakiss are among the […]
Queen Latifah On Board With UPN
Queen Latifah will join the ranks of rappers employed by UPN as she is set to executive produce an updated version of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” according to a reports.The new show will be called “WHOT” and will feature a hip-hop take on the popular ’80s sitcom.The series is based upon a young white woman who […]
Former Football Player And BK Conservative To Open Nightclub
A Former NFL player and Hy Singer, the Republican county chair in Brooklyn, are forming an unlikely partnership as the duo are set to open a hip-hop nightclub in Coney Island, according to a report in the New York Post.Gary Gooden, who played with the Oakland Raiders, became interested in opening a nightclub in the […]
Lloyd Banks Releasing Interactive P### DVD
G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks has inked a deal with production company “Digital Sin,” to direct an interactive p### CD titled “Groupie Luv.”Digital Sin and Banks’ Bank Shot Productions will produce the DVD, which allows viewers to choose which girls have sex and where it will take place.”It’s gonna be great, it will seem like you will […]
Lyrics Born: Later That Day
The long time friend and collaborator of Blackalicious and DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born is no stranger to hip hop. In fact, he and his friends, who would later become Quannum Records, have helped to mold and shape the unique, creative brand of underground hip hop that California is so well known for. Lyrics Born solo […]
Rawkus Records Closing Doors
After eight years in business and releasing such groundbreaking artists as Mos Def and Talib Kweli, seminal hip-hop label Rawkus Records is closing their doors.According to sources, the label will officially shut down as of January 31.”We all found out on Friday,” a source who wished to remain anonymous told AllHipHop.com.After signing a joint venture […]
Dame Dash Gets Keys To The City Of Richmond, VA
Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon Dash will be presented with the keys to the city of Richmond, Virginia.City Manager Calvin Jamison will hand over the keys to Dash on Friday January 16, as part of the 8th Annual Freedom Classic Weekend.Dash will be joined by Kanye West, M.O.P., Young Gunz, Nicole Wray, Allen Anthony, Memphis Bleek and […]
Belly Special Edition DVD & CD To Be Released
Famed music director Hype Williams’ first foray into movies, “Belly,” will be re-released on DVD later this month as a special edition package.The set will include deleted scenes; the “Grand Finale” music video with DMX, Nas, Method Man and Ja Rule; and Multiple spoken-word featurettes.In addition, the original soundtrack to the movie will also be […]
G-Unit’s Tony Yayo Free From Jail
Last Thursday (Jan. 9), Tony Yayo, one-third of the original G-Unit, was finally released from New York prison Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility after serving a year for gun possession. G-Unit DJ Whoo Kid called into Hot 97 on Friday and announced that the crew gave the rapper a party and the label granted him […]
NCAA President Criticizes Snoop Dogg Ads
The head of the NCAA told leaders of the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) that he was unhappy with the series of commercials that featured Snoop Dogg.President Myles Brand chided the organization, which determines what teams play each other in the BCS, while speaking at the NCAA Convention today (January 11).”I thought it was inappropriate for […]
Son Of Kurtis Blow Recording Album
Rap legend Kurtis Blow is grooming his son, Kurtis Blow Jr., for a career in hip-hop.”He’s recording now, we’re working with his flow and his delivery,” Kurtis Blow told AllHipHop.com. “I’m showing him the ropes on the live tip, taking him to a lot of shows and doing the research.”Kurtis Blow Jr. is still working […]
RZA Presents Northstar
Artist: NorthstarTitle: RZA Presents NorthstarRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Paine After the Wu-Tang Forever album, RZAs work has often been over the heads of many of the people who adored him all along. In time, Hip-Hop may learn to appreciate RZA as a daring, unconventional artist, or a man who experimented too deeply and lost touch. […]
Sir Mix-A-Lot Drops Music Through Technology
Booty buff Sir Mix-A-Lot, best known for his hit single “Baby Got Back,” released material today (January 8) exclusively through his website where fans can stream and download songs via a technology called Weed format.The technology, developed by Shared Media Licensing (SML), is being billed as a means to encourage file trading and help artists […]
Diddy Wants Eminem and 50 For 10th Anniversary
Bad Boy CEO, Sean “P.Diddy” Combs will celebrate the 10th anniversary of his label this year and the mogul intends to drop a CD/DVD on March 9, the 7th anniversary of the Notorious B.I.G.’s murder. Details are sketchy, but Diddy reportedly wants to remix his song “Victory,” which featured Biggie and Busta Rhymes, and add […]
Malcolm X Speeches Released On CD
A new educational CD collection of speeches by Malcolm X has been released.Titled The Malcolm X Collection, the CD contains fourteen hours of speeches, debates and interviews by the fallen orator.”Hip-hop is not just a style of music, it’s a way of life, a philosophy, and the philosophy of hip-hop comes, in a large part, […]
IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE: UNDYING METHOD Pt. 3 of 3
"This is the business, and ya’ll ain’t getting nothing for free and if you devils play broke, then I’m taking your company you can call it reparations or restitution lock and load n*gga, industrial revolution" Industrial Revolution – Immortal Technique According to Immortal he and a fellow artist, Poison Pen were in Boston to do […]
Russell Simmons Sells Phat Fashions For $140 Million
Russell Simmons has sold Phat Fashions, into a partnership with clothing company, Kellwood.Under the terms of the deal, Phat Fashions becomes a subsidary of Kellwood.Simmons received $140 million dollars in cash and will continue to manage the company on a day-to-day basis, while Simmons’ wife, Kimora Lee, will continue as principle creative aribiter at Baby […]
Grandmaster Flash Launching Record Label
Pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash is launching his own record label, Adrenaline City Entertainment.Flash said that in addition to hip-hop music, Adrenaline will sign acts from every genre of music.”I’ve been rocking vinyl, cassettes and cd’s forever,” Flash told AllHipHop.com. “Now I want to get behind the scenes and help come up with fire hot floorbangers, […]
Camp Lo, Grand Agent, Tajai Embark on “Traditional Rap” Tour
Camp Lo, Grand Agent and Tajai of Hieroglyphics are embarking on the “Traditional Rap” tour, which is slated to kick off January 9.The tour aims to recreate the environment that shaped hip-hop by emulating park jams and house parties.Throughout the show, fans are taken on a journey back in time, as the DJ’s and rappers […]
Outkast Leads NAACP Nominations
Outkast scored six NAACP Image Awards yesterday (January 7) for their album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album.The group was nominated for outstanding duo or group and in a testament to the popularity of the double CD, Big Boi’s “The Way You Move” from the Speakerboxxx album, will compete against Andre 3000’s “Hey Ya” from The Love […]
