Eminem Fan Quotes Lyrics In Suicide Note
Eminem is drawing more unwanted controversy. A 17 year old fan committed suicide by throwing himself under a train. He had attached some of Eminem’s lyrics to his suicide note. According to reports, the note was found in a waste paper basket in David Hurcombe’s bedroom. He quoted songs from the song "Rock Bottom", a […]
Ludacris Hits The Road
Ludacris, who’s debut Def Jam South album Back For The First Time is certified platinum and was fueled by the Neptunes produced smash Southern Hospitality, is hitting the road with fellow ATLiens Outkast to spread some more Southern Hospitality. The 30 city tour begins on February 28th 2001. Here are the dates: Feb. 28th: House […]
Xzibit Hits Number 1
Loud recording artist, Xzibit, who this year garnered a massive amount of attention across the country first on the “Up In Smoke” tour with super-producer Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Eminem and more recently on the “Anger Management” tour performing alongside Eminem, Limp Bizkit, and Papa Roach, DEBUTS at #1 with the Dr. Dre Executive […]

Dr. Dre Turns Down Mike
Dr. Dre turned down an offer to work with the King Of Pop according to Sonicnet. After working on mega successful albums such as Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and his own Dr. Dre 2001, Dre said he would rather work with new talent. Dre told MTV Radio at the American Music Awards: " Somebody approached […]

Brooklyn Babylon’s Troubles
Brooklyn Babylon, the movie which stars The Roots own Tariq Trotter, premiered at The Slamdance Film festival in in the opening slot despite protests by the films domestic distributor, Artisan Entertainment. the hip-hop love story “Brooklyn Babylon” screened in the event’s prime slot on Saturday anyway. According to Artisan spokes people the movie’s producer, Off […]
CNN Want Off Of Tommy Boy
Capone-N-Noreaga are actively seeking to end their recording commitments to Tommy Boy Records. According to sources, the group is very unhappy with the way Tommy Boy promoted their last album, The Reunion, which reunited Noreaga with his partner Capone, who was incarcerated. Noreaga said: "This is our last album on Tommy Boy. Tommy Boy never […]

DMX Ordered To Serve Time
DMX has been ordered to serve his 15 day jail sentence by a Western New York Judge. DMX had tried to appeal the verdict, but the judge overturned it and ordered him to pay a $400 fine. DMX is supposed to surrender in two weeks to serve his time in the Erie County Correctional Facility […]

Eminem To Do His First PPV
Eminem will be broadcasting his first pay per view concert February 17th. The concert will be recorded January 20th for a private audience in Los Angeles, will also feature his other group, D-12. The cost of the show to watch on your cable pay per view channel will be $19.95. Eminem will then begin his […]
Ghostface Working On New Album
Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah is currently in the studio, recording the follow up album to his certified gold album, Supreme Clientle. The new album will reunite Ghostface with his partner, Raekwon The Chef. The album, titled Cuban Linx 2: Bullet Proof Wallet is slated for a release date of April 3, 2001. Ghost has […]

Sticky Fingaz Keeps Busy
Sticky Fingaz, who will release his debut solo album, “Black Trash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones” on February 27, 2001 on Universal Records, has a parallel career as an actor and has, in fact, been acting almost as long as he has been rapping. At the Sundance Festival, he will be a featured performer in […]

Xzibit Continues With Restless
Xzibit recently finished up his soon to be released DVD, Restless Exposed. The DVD is scheduled to included scenes from their Up In Smoke and Anger Management tour, and will feature footage with Limp Bizkit, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Dr. Dre. It will also feature behind the scenes footage of the making of his video, […]

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Full HeaderPrint “The Oprah Issue” By Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur Oprah Winfrey and Hip-Hop have peacefully co-existed for decades with little-to-no fanfare, but the inevitable happened – friction. The Oprah Winfrey Show debut in 1986, the same year Run DMC injected a heavy dose of Hip-Hop straight to America’s commercial vein with “Walk This Way.” Since, […]

AHH ALTERNATIVES YEAR IN REVIEW 2007: The Winehouse Chronicles
The year 2007 was the year of the good, the bad and the ugly for Amy Winehouse. With her trademark beehive hairdo, soulful vibe and retro production, its easy to see why she fascinated music lovers in need of rehab for the soul. And she delivered. In more ways than one as her latest […]

AHH ALTERNATIVES YEAR IN REVIEW 2007: Concert Review
In a world of annoyingly catchy radio hits, but little quality albums and overused synthesizers, sometimes you need to hear the real thing. Despite a year of declining album sales, good old fashioned touring is still in style. Yes, you can easily go to You Tube and watch snippets of your favorite artist performing, but […]

Puff and Timbaland To Produce Christina Aguilera
Puff Daddy and Timbaland have signed on to produce tracks on Christina Aguilera’s new album, which is due out in February. Puff is trying to reclaim his Bad Boy empire and has recentley signed a new Hip-Hop artist by the name of G-Dep. His single, Let’s Get It features Puff and Black Rob. Timbaland, who […]

Shabaam Reaches Out
Shabaam Sahdeeq has emailed the majority of webmasters the past week to clear up his status with Rawkus and to confirm that he is still alive and well. After several Rawkus employee’s went as far as going to his house in Brooklyn to find him, he issued this statement two days ago: "This is in […]

Talib Kweli To Do In Store Promotion
Athletic specialty retailer Footaction USA has teamed up with Rawkus Entertainment hip-hop artist Talib Kweli for the grand opening of the new Footaction store in Baltimore on December 9. Kweli will make a guest appearance at the store and sign autographs for fans. Customers will receive a free Footaction CD sampler as a gift with […]
Lil Kim Moves Up
George and Weezie Jefferson never moved up like the Notorious Lil Kim. THe Queen B has jetted from her old New Jersey home and moved into a secret gated community. Currently, Kim’s old home, a 4 bedroom, 3 bath town house is on the market for $880, 000. The new, larger home is a 2 […]

Shabaam Sahdeeq Leaving Rawkus?
Shabaam Sahdeeq, who was one of the first Hip-Hop acts to sign with Rawkus Records, and was signed before Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Pharoah Monch, is now making an attempt to leave the label. Shabaam has had his album, Scandalous completed for over a year, but Rawkus has pushed the release of the album […]

Stolen Handgun In Puffy Case Traced
The stolen handgun found in the Lincoln Navigator truck with Puffy has apparently been traced to a man outside Atlanta. Ralph Cooper, a building contractor from Powder Springs, had reported his gun missing to local police after it was stolen from his truck last fall, his wife, Shellene, told APBnews.com. New York police found a […]