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http://allhiphop.comRedman was busted with marijuana at Oslo’s airport in Norway this week. The Jersey bred rapper was arriving from on a flight from Amsterdam, where marijuana is legal, when dogs trained to sniff for the drugs, honed in on him.The rapper has been touring Europe for some months now and was slated to perform in […]
Inglewood, California’s school district police chief has resigned amidst growing criticism and controversy regarding officers moonlighting as bodyguards for Snoop Dogg.Wesley Mitchell announced his decision today, saying he didn’t take kindly to being personally attacked by school board members, who claim Mitchell gave “misinformation” pertaining to the officers working for the rapper.Mitchell, who spent only […]
California-based emcee Paris is a throwback to an era when red, black and green medallions were standard issue, and hip hop, still a pre-teen, was deemed unmarketable and something to be feared by corporate America. In 1990, Paris released his debut album and single, The Devil Made Me Do It, and became part of a […]
Jersey City police and the NYPD are reviewing a video surveillance tape recovered from the Double Tree Hotel in Jersey City, with hopes of identifying a dozen men that were with rapper 50 Cent when gunfire erupted.The hotel’s security and employee’s heard the shots, but didn’t witness the shootings, but eyewitnesses accounts described a lone […]
The Nappy Roots will give Kentucky fans a free concert to celebrate the annual “Nappy Roots Day,” on Tuesday, September 16th.The group will perform at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium next week in, in addition to speaking at various high schools about the importance of education.In addition, NBA stars and Kentucky natives Derek Anderson, Allan Houston […]
Don’t take a double take at your speakers, those throwback vocals aren’t hip hop’s latest sampling of some Bill Withers’ classics, no, it’s the original sounds of Charlotte, NC native, Anthony Hamilton. Even though the first time many of us ever heard of Anthony Hamilton was on the hook to the immensely popular Nappy Roots […]
To a nation of teenagers and kids in their early twenties, September means only one thing: Back to School. And after a long summer basking in the sun, and hugging the block like quarter water, it’s time for students to get to stomping in a fresh purr of Air Force Ones. And for Murphy Lee […]
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz are preparing to release two more versions of their hit single "Get Low," which features the Ying Yang Twins. Lil Jon has tapped the talents of reggae maestro Elephant Man and Busta Rhymes for one remixed version and Miami Latin rapper Cuban Pitbull for the second Merengue styled version. […]
Atlanta rap duo Youngbloodz scored the highest chart debut of their career with the release of their album, Drankin’ Patnaz. The sophomore set from J-Bo and Sean Paul entered Billboard’s Top 200 Album’s chart at #5, moving 85,036 copies after being in stores for one week. The album also debuted at #1 on the Rap […]
Ok, I don’t know how many of you are sick of people trying to destroy our culture and/or the feelings within the hip-hop community. But the one thing I can’t stand is when someone who doesn’t understand, know or want to know what the culture is about, spews ignorant statements towards a positive group of […]
A Judge cleared Philly rapper Beanie Sigel to attend a drug counseling at an undisclosed treatment facility in Minnesota. U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick ordered Sigel to post a $1,000,000 federal bond, $150,000 in cash, a $400,000 house and four other properties. Upon successful completion of the drug/anger management program, a judge will determine […]
AllHipHop: Everybody thought you and LaChat were enemies because people started calling her the new Queen of Memphis. Gangsta Boo: That was all a conspiracy started by Hypnotized Minds. Juicy (J), me and Chat talk on the phone quite often. We was just brainwashed. I was trynna figure out why she was saying certain things […]
As a member of the Three Six Mafia, Gangsta Boo was part of one of the most successful independent rap groups to emerge out of the south. She shocked the rap world last year when she announced that she would clean up her profanity laced rhymes and was actually seeking out god. In this candid […]
A coalition of African-American organizations are launching a national boycott of rapper Nelly’s Pimp Juice energy drink and any store that sells it. Project Islamic Hope, The National Alliance For Positive Action, The National Black Anti-Defamation League will hold a press conference tomorrow at 10:00 am (PST) at The Liquor Bank in South Central Los […]
The Recording Industry Association of America filed hundreds of lawsuits against consumers who engage in file sharing, accusing individuals of illegally downloading and sharing copyrighted material. The lawsuits, which numbered 261, were filed in courts around the country by the RIAA, who represents Sony, EMI, BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music. The RIAA said this […]
Production started last week on a new independent film, "20 Funerals." The movie, which will feature cameo appearances by Outkast’s extended family Killer Mike, Big Gipp and Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, is a crime drama. The movie is based on four police officers, who take the law into their own hands after a […]
The CEO of an upcoming record label in Florida was gunned down after receiving a haircut in a barbershop owned by former Miami Heat star, Alonzo Mourning. Alexander Bernard Harris, 33, and Todd Green, 28, were shot by hooded gunman in Mourning’s Cutz barbershop, which he owns with his barber. One of the victims was […]
Jury selection will start tomorrow in the case of Corey "C-Murder" Miller, who allegedly shot a 16-year-old to death in a Jefferson Parish, New Orleans nightclub. Steve Thomas, who used a fake ID to enter the club, argued with Miller and was subsequently shot in the chest inside of the Platinum club. Almost 300 people […]
Police in Wichita, Kansas have asked local club owners to stop playing Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz song "Put Yo Hood Up," claiming the song was responsible for a nightclub shooting. Last week, five people were shot outside of the El Tequila Club. Authorities claim that the fight started with the playing of the […]
A judge revoked Beanie Sigel’s bid to leave federal prison and enter into a drug rehabilitation and anger management program, after the man he allegedly shot claimed he received daily threats. Terrence Speller, who claims Sigel is the man who shot him in the stomach and foot at a Philadelphia bar, testified that he and […]
