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Grouchy Greg

Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/grouchy.tv - I am Grouchy Greg. I founded AllHipHop in 1996. In addition to running the site, I enjoy breaking news stories. My stories have been cited in The LA Times, NY Times, NY Post, TMZ, Yahoo, Billboard, The Associated Press, CNN, and more.

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UPN To Host Source Awards Again

UPN will televise The Source Awards again this year. The network announced that in order to ensure last year’s events are not repeated, they are moving ceremonies out of Los Angeles, in order to "ensure smoother production." The network also announced that they are in negotiations with a major name from the music and awards […]

Loud Cuts

Loud Records is feeling the heat from Sony Records. Upset with the profits the label is bringing in, Sony has ordered a 20 percent reduction in it’s workforce, which equals about 20 employees. Sony invested an estimated $ 50 million for a 50 percent stake in the label, which houses such acts as The Beatnuts, […]

Juvenile Arrested

Juvenile, born Terius Gray, was arrested by Miami police early this morning (Wednesday, March 28th.) He has been charged with aggravated battery with a bottle, battery on a law enforcement officer and two counts of disorderly and resisting arrest without violence. He posted $17,000 bond and was released from police custody. Juvenile got involved in […]

Outkast And Nike Hookup To Help Youth

Outkast has hooked up with Nike Youth Action Program, which will assist children in helping to bring about positive change in their communities. The program is designed to encourage youth’s to speak up out and foster dialogue, to help prevent violence. The program will donate $1000 grants to nonprofit youth organizations on nine of Outkast’s […]

Chi Ali Captured

Chi Ali Griffith, who was wanted for the murder of an ex friend over $300 worth of compact discs, was caught last week in the Bronx after his second profiling on Fox’s America’s Most Wanted, February 24th. Police say that Chi shot and killed his girlfriend’s brother over the debt in the South Bronx. He […]

KRS-One Attacks

KRS-One is gearing up for the release of his 9th album, Sneak Attack, set to drop April 10th. The majority of the production on the album was handled by the Blastmaster himself, and will be released on his own indie, Frontpage Entertainment which he founded over 5 years ago. KRS will hit the road to […]

Queen Latifah To Be Cancelled?

Queen Latifah’s talk show, Latifah, will not be back around for third season according to sources. People in the television industry were surprised that the Hip-Hop legend’s talk show was renewed for a second season. The problem with the show is very simple: low ratings. Latifah isn’t doing as bad as some of the other […]

Crooked I: On the Fringe

Crooked I is fighting for his life. After almost a decade of being promised to be on the horizon, Crooked I finds himself there still, at the top of 2005. Caught between a lawsuit with Death Row Records, Crooked is on the fringe of controlling his own destiny. He’s being especially proactive, and told AllHipHop.com […]

New Bribery Charges Leveled At Puff

Puff Daddy has new charges leveled at him. According to prosecutor’s, Puff tried to pay key witnesses for their silence in his bribery and gun possession trial. According to prosecutors, Matthew "Scar" Allen and his brother felt threatened by Puff. “Their greatest concerns were retaliation by Mr. Combs and those surrounding him against their mother, […]

Chi-Ali Profiled Again

Chi Ali, who is wanted for murdering his girlfriend’s brother over a three hundred dollar debt and music CD’s, was recently profiled again on America’s Most Wanted. According to police reports, Sean Raymond believed Griffith, who used to live with him in a Bronx apartment, stole the cd’s. Raymond’s family say that Chi admitted to […]

Puff’s Case Takes A Turn

Puffy’s trial doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. According to testimony from Puff’s driver, Wardel Ferguson, Puff did indeed tuck a black handgun into his waist before entering the club. He also testified after the shooting that Puff tried to hide the gun in one of the secret compartments of the custom SUV and […]

Hip-Hop Exploited Again?

Eric Eisner, former partner of David Geffen who cashed out on the sale of Geffen Records for millions and son of Disney CEO Michael Eisner, recently sold his spec script “Of God and Country Club” to Columbia Pictures for over $1 million. Eisner wrote the film under a pseudonym, fearing his past as an executive […]

Eminem Being Investigated

Authorities overseas are studying video tapes of Eminem’s debut British concert, looking for proof that he urged teenaged fans to take drugs. Eminem has been in the hotseat lately, because amongst other things, his stage show has him simulate his own death in an electric chair, as well as roaming the stage with a chainsaw. […]

Big Pun Mural A Success

Big Pun was remembered yesterday (Tuesday Feb. 6, 2001) as family, friends and fans gathered to watch the Tat’s Cru paint a mural in honor of Big Pun. Many celebrities were in attendance, including Remy Martin, Ja-Rule, Cuban Link, Kool Herc and Fat Joe. The event started around 11:00am yesterday. The celebrities that were there […]