Pitch Black: The Blacker The Berry…
With the rift between supposed “real” hip hop and “mainstream” hip hop seemingly growing vaster with each release, emcees D.G., Devious, Fast, G.O.D., and Zakee, the five member group of BK spitters that make up Pitch Black, wish not to be pigeon holed into either of hip hops seemingly opposed schools of thought. Pitch Black’s […]
$50 Million Dollar Piracy Ring Smashed
Atlanta, Georiga police with the help of federal agents, broke up what they called one of the largest CD piracy rings in the country. Police believe the organziation pirated copyrighted material with a market value of over $50 million dollars. The ring was allegedly operated by a Lawrenceville, Georgia man named Khalid "DJ Rock" Satary […]
50 Cent Leads AMA Winners
50 Cent and Luther Vandross led the American Music Awards last night, each taking home two honors. Rappers Missy Elliot, Lil Jon and Kid Rock also snagged awards, which took place last night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. 50 Cent, who was a no show, won two awards for Best Male Rap Artist and Best […]
Signed Jay-Z Albums Up For Auction
Universal & Ebay have put 100 signed copies of Jay-Z’s The Black Album up for auction. One copy contains tickets to Jay-Z’s sold out benefit concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The performance will benefit Jay-Z’s Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund and Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. To bid on the auction, […]
Twista Prep’s “Kamikaze” LP & Diamond Studded Car Rims
Twista recently wrapped up shooting the video for his first single "Slow Jamz," from his long awaited solo set, Kamikaze. The video and song features producer Kanye West and actor/comedian Jamie Foxx, both of whom make appearances in the video. "The video is like a house party, how we used to do it," Twista told […]
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network To Honor Diddy, Jigga & Tommy Hilfiger
Russell Simmons’ non-profit Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will host the First Annual Action Awards benefit and dinner, which will take place November 18 in New York City.Clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger, moguls Sean “P.Diddy” Combs and Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Pepsi-Cola North American President, Dawn Hudson will all be awarded for their roles in community activism […]
Jay-Z To Release “Black” Cellphone, On Pace To Land At #1
Jay-Z is in negotiations with a major wireless handset manufacturer and will create a "black" cell phone, which will be available in December. The "black" cell phone is in line with the mogul’s "black" theme, centered around the release of what he calls the final solo album of his rap career. The black version of […]
Tray Deee: By Any Means
Tha Eastsidaz have gotten a taste of what it feels like to be on the wrong side of the game. The group claims that the man who brought them to West Coast prominence, Snoop Dogg, duped the them of over $1 million each. With platinum and gold albums on their resume, Tha Eastsidaz say they […]
Ice Cube Explains “Terrorist Threats”
Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC are preparing to drop Terrorist Threats, the latest Westside Connection album. Like their multiplatinum Bow Down, the group is going against the grain and calling out the rap game. In the process, the trio hope to drop some gem’s while they have their listeners ears. "It was thought put […]
Diddy Says He Will Run For $10 Million, Puchases Mansion
Sean “P.Diddy” Combs said that he would run the New York City Marathon again, providing a corporate sponsor or billionaire investor meets his asking price- $10 million dollars.”I will wear your logo on my back as I do it, as long as the money goes for the kids,” Combs said at a press conference, where […]
Afeni Shakur: Resurrection
How would your mother deal with it if you were shot and killed? Not many people can muster up the strength to do what Afeni Shakur, mother of murdered rapper Tupac is doing. Her son has left a major impression on the arts and due to much of her efforts. Her son has sold 30 […]
Lauren Lazin: Good Thingz To Life
You may not know her name, but youve seen the programs she helped create. Lauren Lazin has helmed the production of dozens of documentaries and original programs for MTV, including Cribs, True Life, and Diary. With a cable network docu-drama background, the jump to directing a feature-length film fitted for the big screen proved to […]
Irv Gotti To Drop “Murder” From Record Label Murder Inc.
Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo is in the process of changing the name of his label Murder Inc. to The Inc. in an attempt to shed negative connotations surrounding the older moniker. "I am changing the name so people can just try and focus on our music and not our name," Lorenzo told AllHipHop.com. "I’ve been making […]
No Truth To Dirt McGirt Rumors
Rumors circulating on the internet about the arrest of Dirt McGirt, formerly known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, are not true, according to Dirty’s manager Jarred Weisfeld. It was reported that Dirt, who was released from jail and signed a deal with Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records, violated the terms of his probation when he was caught with […]
Scipio Sweeps Showcase
Rapper Scipio, who hails from Los Angeles, California, swept a hip-hop talent showcase last week at the Showtime/Interscope Records premiere party for the pay cable channel’s network, "The Next Episode." Scipio took home the trophy for best unsigned artist. “Phones are goin crazy over here," Scipio said. “I just have to play my cards right […]
Diddy To Hand Over $1 Million
Sean "P.Diddy" Combs is heading to City Hall in Manhattan today to give Mayor Bloomberg half of the $ 2 million dollars he raised for charity, by running the 2003 New York Marathon. Combs will present the Mayor with a $1 million dollar check, which he plegded to donate to the New York City public […]
Universal Zulu Nation 30th Annivesary Recap
Hip-hop was alive, well and thriving this past weekend at the Zulu 30th Anniversary weekend celebration.The three days of festivities began with a cornucopia of Hip-hop culture at the National Black Theatre in Harlem that included underground and old-school MC performances, B-Boy ciphers, a Graffiti gallery and legendary DJs on the wheels of steel.Friday night’s […]
NOV 9 KRS-ONE & ZULU Nation Make History
The true spirit of Hip Hop blessed the borough of Manhattan Sunday night as S.O.B.s and AllHipHop launched its new Plain Rap concert series with HEAT, playing host to one of the best hip hop shows in recent memoryand possibly one of the illest end-of-night cyphers of all time. Billed as a Temple of Hip […]
A Movie And New Double CD From Pac
Afeni Shakur, mother of slain rapper Tupac, is planning to release another posthumous double CD of all new material from her son, who was gunned down in 1996 in Las Vegas. In addition, Shakur is also planning to produce a screenplay, “Live To Tell,” which her son wrote during his 11-month incarceration. “We are going […]
Joi : Wild Flower, Pookie Pt 2
With twelve years and four critically acclaimed albums on her resume, Joi is definitely no stranger to the ups and downs that the music industry offers. The story of her career reads like a never-ending roller coaster, going round-n-round, up-n- down, never stopping along the way. In 2004, she plans to rewrite her history book […]
