Sean "P.Diddy" Combs spent over 16 hours on New York’s Hot 97 for a radio telethon aimed at raising money for children’s charities. The mogul’s efforts raised more than $250,000 for his "Diddy Runs The City" campaign, in which Diddy will run the 27 mile 2003 ING New York City Marathon. "I feel blessed that […]

Timbaland will produce and write a new version of the USA For Africa charity effort, "We Are The World," to raise funds for worldwide HIV/Aids programs. The new song, titled "The World Is Ours," is being co-written by Missy Elliot and Justin Timberlake and will feature more than 40 performers, who are being recruited for […]

Critically acclaimed hip-hop group The Beatnuts have signed a deal with the recently re-launched Penalty Recordings, one of the most successful independent record labels of the 1990’s. "I watched their career develop on Relativity and Loud Records and I became a huge fan," CEO Neil Levine said. "The Beatnuts are career artists who produce, rap […]

Bryan "Baby" Williams was hit with a lawsuit alleging that he owes $82,000 in jewelry bills. The suit was brought against the Cash Money Records CEO and artist by King’s Jewelers near Miami Beach. The suit says Williams, who also goes by the name of Birdman, ordered a $23,000 pendant made of 18 karat white […]

The Chief Executive Officer of the 7-Eleven has announced that the convenience store chain will carry Nelly’s energy drink Pimp Juice in select stores, despite being the subject of threatened boycott, due to the drink’s controversial name. "You can’t underestimate the bottom line here. The opportunity is terrific," Jim Keyes, CEO of 7-Eleven told the […]

Rap veteran Biz Markie is preparing to drop his fourth album, Weekend Warrior. The release is the first full length album from the beatboxing/rapping/DJ in ten years. Biz has spent the past years DJ’ing at high profile events and colleges across the United States. Biz has one of the biggest music collections, with over 30,000 […]

Rapper 50 Cent said he will not meet with The Nation Of Islam’s Minister Louis Farrakhan, despite an offering by the spiritual leader to mediate tensions between Ja Rule, 50, Murder Inc. and G-Unit. "As far as me meeting with Farrakhan…it’s not happening," 50 told Washington D.C.’s 93.9 WKYS. "I respect [Farrakhan] and all that […]

A man arrested in April of 2002 and charged with seven counts of fraud for impersonating detained rapper Slick Rick, was arrested after calling Rick’s home and showing up across the street from the rapper’s house in the Bronx, New York. Steven Glenn, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was picked up by officers from the […]

A rift has opened between Snoop Dogg and his one time protege’s, Tha Eastsidaz. According to the group, Snoop never paid the group royalties on two platinum selling records. The group alleges that after they hired accounting firm Moss Adams LLP, the same accounting firm that Snoop uses, they discovered that they were owed in […]

According to reports, P.Diddy’s Sean John clothing line is coming under fire for allegedly using sweatshop labor in the Honduras.An anti-sweatshop group, National Labor Committee, said that the Southeast Textiles factory in Choloma, Honduras where the clothes are made, subjects workers tod daily body searches, contaminated water, 12 hour daily shifts and a whopping 24 […]

Rapper Stagga Lee has joined former C&C Music Factory producer Robert Clivilles and has formed the MVP All Stars. The group will release their debut album Hit The Spot, which will be released on the recently reactivated Casablanca Records, which is headed up by Tommy Mottola. In addition to Stagga Lee and Clivilles, the group […]

Kool Moe Dee’s book, “There’s A God On The Mic,” rates the top 50 emcee’s of all time, based on Moe Dee’s handpicked criteria, which includes technique, lyrics, originality, breath control and style.The book was supposed to have been in stores in September, but has been delayed for unspecified reasons. While the book has yet […]