Ron G: Still Rollin
Is your current single lagging on the charts? Do you want to get your radio spins up? Then you might want to refurbish that song with a re-mix. Look no further than DJ/producer Ron-G. As a youth, he took on the title "Youngest In Charge" and he not only took charge – he changed the […]

Stagga Lee’s An MVP
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 Top 10 Hip-Hop List
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 […]

Fat Man Scoop Tops Charts, Drops DVD, Becomes Label Exec
Popular Hot 97 DJ Fat Man Scoop has topped the U.K. charts with his party anthem, "Be Faithful," a track that has been played on the radio for over four years in the United States. "That’s the culmination of all the hard work that I have done and put down in the streets," Fat Man […]
Ja Rule Meets With Minister Louis Farrakhan, 50 Cent Next
Rapper Ja Rule had dialog with the Minister Louis Farrakhan on The Nation of Islam’s farm on Thursday. The contents of their conversation will simultaneously be broadcast on 85 urban Clear Channel stations across the country. Sources told AllHipHop.com that the purpose of the meeting between Ja-Rule and Farrakhan is to mediate tension between the […]

Authorities Investigating JMJ Suspect For The Murder Of Randy “Stretch” Walker
According to sources, authorities are investigating an ex-con suspected in the Jam Master Jay slaying and his connection to the shooting death of Randy "Stretch" Walker in Queens. Walker was part of the original Thug Life with Tupac Shakur. He left the group for unknown reasons and with the addition of Syke, Macadoshis and The […]
KRS Drops New Single, Disses Nelly
KRS-One has teamed with Warren G. and Japanese rapper Lil ‘ AI to drop the first single from the QD3 movie Beef. "Let’s Go (It’s A Movement") is hitting radio stations this week. A video shot by Casey Suchan is scheduled to hit BET, MTV and other outlets. “KRS is such an incredible person. I […]

Rappers Take On Prison Industry
Raptivism Records is preparing to release the second installment of their groundbreaking series, No More Prisons. The album is the follow up to 1999’s debut, which features a variety of artists rhyming about the burgeoning prison industry, one of the fastest growing private sectors of business in the U.S. The latest installment of the series […]

Unreleased Pac Songs On The Way
Four "unreleased" Tupac tracks featuring the Notorious B.I.G., Eminem and 50 Cent will hit stores in November on the latest posthumous set from the rapper. Tupac: Resurrection – Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture features the Eminem produced lead off single, "Runnin’ (Dying To Live)," which features verses from both Pac and B.I.G. […]

Daz Signs With So So Def
After moving tens of thousands of units through his Gangsta Advisory record label, Daz Dillinger has inked a deal with Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def imprint. "I signed him because I think he’s one of the most talented west coast artist’s," Dupri told AllHipHop.com. "A lot of people don’t know that, so I am going […]

Ying Yang Twins Shooting Second Video
Following the immense success of The Ying Yang Twins and Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz collaboration "Get Low," the two groups will collaborate for Ying Yang’s latest single, "Salt Shaker." The single, described as an "ode to booty shaking unheard since Poison Clan’s ‘Shake What Cha Mama Gave Ya!" in 1992, is the second […]

Wyclef Helps Family Of Deceased Toddler
Wyclef Jean will pay the funeral expenses for an 18 month old child who suffocated to death, after being trapped between his bunk bed and his bedroom wall in Brooklyn, New York. Jean’s generosity came after a story ran in the New York Daily News about the child, Daivon Richardson, who was sharing the bed […]

Jay-Z: The Black Album Preview
Jay-Z insists that after the The Black Album, the curtain finally falls on his illustrious career in hip-hop music. Reclining comfortably at Bassline Studios in Manhattan, with engineer Young Guru, Hov quipped with a group of journalists and media heavies. At a listening session for his latest, Hova revealed the soundtrack to his victory lap […]

Has Hollywood Tarnished Hip-Hop Forever?
Hollywood has become the main objective of the American desire. It contains all of the ingredients necessary for a storybook lifestyle: money, fame, power, and the like. But, most recipes are never perfect. A pinch of this or a touch of that is usually the key to win over a hungry crowd. That extra ingredient, […]

Jadakiss Stars Opposite Duane Martin, Vivica Fox In “Ride Or Die”
Jadakiss will star opposite Duane Martin and Vivica A. Fox in "Ride Or Die," a never-before-seen movie that will debut on the Starz Encore Group cable channel. "Ride Or Die," was Executive Produced by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith and is described as a "sophisticated hip-hop murder mystery." The film centers on a private […]

Hip-Hop Album Questions September 11, War On Terror
Hard Knock Records has released What About US?, a critical response by various hip-hop artists and activists in regard to the 2001 September 11 attacks and the current "war on terror." The album features appearances by Zion I, Blackalicious, Hobo Junction, Cool Nuts featuring Bosko, Davey D., Michael Franti and Spearhead, Abstract Tribe Unique, The […]

Saul Williams: Deep Thought
When Chuck D becomes President, who will deliver the presidential poem at his inaugaration? I suggest Saul Williams. Without Sauls film Slam, would Def Poetry Jam be so popular? Without Sauls books, the hip-hop section might be reduced to rapper autobiographies and books on Tupac. Without Sauls album, our ears might not be ready for […]

Havoc: Sonic Blaze Pt. 2
AllHipHop: What’s the state of the group and where are you headed? H: Well, Mobb Deep is very much intact. We still here. We here to make Mobb Deep albums. Me and P are very focused-even more focused than ever. P is gonna make his solo joints. I’m going to make one too. We gonna […]

Havoc: Sonic Blaze
Mobb Fans have been patiently waiting and waiting and waiting for the next street soundtrack from The Infamous. The Queensbridge-bred duo left fans hanging since their last album, Infamy, way back in 2001. Die-hard fans of the group got their pallet wet with 2002’s Free Agents, the double album mixtape, which had enough heat to […]

C-Bo: Ten Lives
October 17th, 2003 will be a day that West Coast Mafia CEO C-Bo will never forget. In the early mornings after leaving a nightclub in Kansas City, he and artists from his record label were met with a barrage of bullets while they sat in their SUV. Miraculously, no one was killed, and no life […]