Biblical Story Re-Worked Into Hip-Hop Musical
A new hip-hop musical is drawing praise from audiences and critics alike, based on the biblical character, Job. Job: The HipHop Musical, started in Canada and recently had a successful five week run in New York, earning a four month run off Broadway for the spring. The musical’s creators, Eli Batalion and Jerome Saibil, said […]
Philadelphia Mayor Prevents Mystikal Performance
Philadelphia Mayor John Street prevented rapper Mystikal from performing in a play last night. The Mayor’s spokespeople said that the rapper was not a proper role model for children. The rapper was scheduled to perform at the Dell East in Cordell Moore’s "Something She Can Feel," but spokespeople for the Mayor said that Mystikal "isn’t […]
The Black Panther Party: Returning For Rap Pt. 2
Allhiphop.com: Talk about your most current project and what else may be in the works for the Black Panthers. JC: "All Of Us" is the first album from the Black Panther Fugitives, which I am a member of. It’s myself and two other members (Terrence "Jug" Trotter, and Jeffrey "Bones" McMullen). Like Dorion talked about […]
The Black Panther Party: Returning For Rap Pt. 1
If you open a textbook and read the history of the Black Panther Party, you will see how prevalent they were in the social movement. For almost 40 years, they have been on the frontlines, tackling and confronting America’s most important issues with action as their weapon. This elite group of black men and women […]
Suge Gets 10 Months In Jail
A parole review board gave Suge Knight 10 months in jail after they determined that he struck a nightclub valet in Hollywood. The rap mogul faced a total of one year in prison. Knight was apprehended on June 27 after the alleged incident and had been credited with time served towards his bid. The decision […]
Talib Kweli, Dead Prez Headline 6th Annual Black August
The 6th Annual Black August Benefit Concert will take place Sunday August 10th 2003. The event, which is billed as a celebration of hip-hop and freedom fighters, is being dedicated to political prisoner Sundiata Acoli and will be headlined by Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli and Dead Prez. Black August is a project of the Malcolm […]
P. Diddy’s Band Debuts, Prepares Album
Sean ‘P.Diddy’ Combs is gearing up to release his latest, and thoroughly promoted act, Da Band, a six-person collection of artists from across the nation. MTV’s "Making The Band" reality series has had a plethora of infighting, but the music mogul stated that he was ready for the group to show-and-prove when their album drops […]
Lil Kim In Talks To Star In “National Lampoon’s Bouncers”
Lil Kim is in negotiations to star opposite Vivica Fox, Brian B-Fine" George, Paul Anthony George and "Bowlegged Lou" George in Full Force Films’ new movie, "National Lampoon’s Bouncers." Full Force and their film partners will produce the movie with their film partners Wayne Mogél and Juan Carlos Zapata of Street Alien Pictures. The movie […]
Russell Simmons Slaps Lobbying Commission With Lawsuit
Russell Simmons and Ben Chavis filed a lawsuit against the State Lobbying commission in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The lawsuit request a probe of Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network be stopped. "I am suing the state of New York for violating my first amendment rights," Simmons told AllHipHop.com. "I aint gonna let them […]
Heavy D Returns To T.V., Loses Weight
Heavy D is set to play a mechanic on "The Tracy Morgan Show," an upcoming comedy based around the Saturday Night Live comedian. Fans may be a little surprised when they see the return of the rapper. Heavy says that he shed 135 pounds over the last year, in order to gain more acting roles. […]
Has Hip-Hop Been Souled’ Out?
Forget Michael Jackson–the face of hip-hop has changed more dramatically within the last three years than MJ’s reconstructed front piece has in the last three decades. And kinda like Mike, the change hasn’t been all for the better. Once upon a time, the only thing a Black kid from the ‘hood was able to successfully […]
Reinventing the Nas Remix: Pt. 2
Allhiphop: Ok, Doom, talk to me about what Nas an artist means to you, and why you ran to his album? MF Doom: Yeah, no question. Nas is an MC the way that he approaches the joints that he do. If you think about it, all of us get the beats plain. Then for whatever […]
Reinventing The Nas Remix
Nas is certainly a producer’s favorite MC. The way that he drives his words, his cadences, and overall the content matter – are all true to hip-hop of the past, future, and present. Since Illmatic, Nas has never settled with one sound, while some of us may have wish he had. Instead, Nas evolved to […]
Organization Seeks “Jam Master Jay Street”
The Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council has circulated a petition in the community of Hollis, Queens in an attempt to rename 203rd Street Jam Master Jay Street, where the legendary Run-DMC DJ was raised. The council hopes to get the street, portions of a nearby park or Hollis Avenue renamed in honor of Jam Master Jay. […]
Grandmaster Flash To Receive Billboard’s Founder Award
Grandmaster Flash and Betty Wright will both receive Billboard’s Founders Award at the 2003 Billboard-AURN R&B/Hip-Hop Awards show Aug. 8. According to Billboard, "The Founders Awards recognize artists for their achievements and influence on others in the R&B and hip-hop genres, as chosen by the editors of Billboard." Flash has influence the genre of hiphop […]
Video Game Co. Sues Eminem
Detroit rapper Eminem faces yet another legal quandary after a Los Angeles-based video game company has filed a lawsuit claiming that the rapper breached a contract with them to create a video game with his licensed hip-hop music. Conspiracy Entertainment of L.A. filed the lawsuit claiming that the multi-platinum rapper was guilty of fraud and […]
Method Man Not Leaving Wu-Tang, No Truth To Rumors
Contrary to reports posted on various websites, Wu-Tang member Method Man is not leaving the clan. Reports circulated that Method Man appeared on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show recently, allegedly dissing his Wu bretheren and that the Clan struck back on Power 105.1. Mark Breezy, who handles A&R duties for Method Man said that the […]
David Banner & Lil Jon Headline “Dirty South” Tour
David Banner and Lil Jon and The Eastside Boys will headline the "Dirty South Tour," which kicks off July 27th in Montgomery, Alabama and closes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Banner, who graces the cover of The Source Magazine and is featured in an upcoming GQ piece on the Southern hip-hop scene, is currently in his hometown […]
Ben Chavis Subpoenaed By NY Lobbying Commission
Minister Benjamin Chavis was subpoenaed by the state Lobbying Commission, seeking to find out how $300,000 in funds were spent, in an effort to change New York’s Rockefeller drug laws. According to the New York Post, the subpoena was issued after talks between the commission’s executive director David Grandeau and a lawyer for Simmons and […]
Modeling Agency Files Lawsuit Against Eve
Eve was hit with a lawsuit by modeling agency Wilhelmina Artist Management, claiming the rapper failed to pay the agency their share of endorsement deals that they originally initiated. According to a lawsuit posted on thesmokinggun.com, Wilhelmina claims that Eve and a company that she owns, Blondie Rockwell Inc. as well as manager Troy Carter […]
