Exclusive: Former L.A. Times Writer Chuck Philips Replies To Jimmy Henchman; Threatens Lawsuit
(AllHipHop News) Journalist and former Los Angeles Times writer Chuck Philips has responded to a recent press release from James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, who was recently indicted on federal cocaine distribution charges. In a statement released yesterday (May 23rd), Henchman name checked Chuck Philips and accused Philips and The New York Daily News of writing […]
Hip-Hop Exec James Rosemond Statement On Cocaine Charges
I have decided to break my silence to address slanderous media once and for all.Firstly, I want to apologize to every music artist and executive Ive worked with. In addition, I apologize to my family and friends who have had to endure this horrible situation.The events over the past week, to say the least, have […]
Details Emerge In Jimmy Henchman’s Cocaine Indictment; Mogul To Be Sentenced Next Month
(AllHipHop News) Details are emerging in the federal cocaine conspiracy case against music mogul James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond, who is accused of distributing drugs along with several co-defendants. Rosemond is accused of being involved in a drug organization that regularly shipped cocaine in via overnight delivery services and later, road cases used for holding equipment, […]
Warrant Issued For Jimmy Henchmen; Mogul Accused Of Cocaine Distribution
(AllHipHop News) Rap manager Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond is wanted by federal authorities for allegedly being involved in a cocaine distribution operation. The New York Post reports that an arrest warrant was issued for Rosemond last week. The rap manager, through his company Czar Entertainment, has worked with Game, Brandy, Sean Kingston and Akon, has yet […]
Losing It: Rappers and Mental Health
It seems rappers are losing it these days. Over the past weeks and months, the news headlines have been flooded with stories of Hip-Hop artists receiving treatment for mental illness or impairment, including Gucci Mane, Charles Hamilton, and longtime troubled rapper DMX. For the most part, this isnt MC institutionalization Lindsay Lohan-style. Critics say the […]
Wyclef, Jimmy Rosemond & Pras Help Elect New Haitian President
(AllHipHop News) Rappers Wyclef Jean and Pras Michele, along with music executive Jimmy Rosemond and boxer Andre Berto are celebrating Michel Martelly’s landslide victory yesterday (April 4th) in his quest to become Haiti’s new President. Late last night, the Haitian government’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced that popular musician Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly won the […]
Fugees Reunite In Haiti To Support Presidential Candidate
(AllHipHop News) Music executive Jimmy Rosemond has teamed with former Fugee members Wyclef Jean and Pras to show support for Haitian Presidential candidate, Michel Martelly. Re-elections for the office of President of the country is scheduled to take place this Sunday (March 20th), after the original November election results were scrapped, due to fraud, voting […]
BEASTS FROM THE EAST: Troy Ave
Hip-Hop music has become synonymous for story telling. What was once a narrow genre is now that, that houses tales of trial, triumph, love, heartbreak, pleasure and pain -but the one aspect that has yet to shift is the story of the hustler. Just as onlookers enjoy watching films that encompass aspects of life that […]
The Hip-Hop Response to the 2011 State of the Union Address
“We do big things.”President Barack Obama Hip-Hop music and culture was born out of the most destitute of conditions in the South Bronx of the 1970’s. It was a time that most of us cannot imagine, and that area resembled a bomb-stricken war zone. But it is out of that condition that Hip-Hop was born, […]
Machine Gun Kelly – “Chip Off The Block”
A new wave of Breeding Ground artist is coming through and Machine Gun Kelly (MGK) is one of the hardest spitters coming out of the Midwest, specifically Cleveland. The rapper has a viral video campaign that has garnered him hundreds of thousands of views. Apparently, the rapper has a number of high-level prospects eyeing to […]
Black. Mafia. Family. – Big Meech Talks, Murder, Music and Money
In the second part of AllHipHop.com’s feature on convicted, incarcerated drug boss Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory goes deep into the annals of street history. Flenory, who is serving a 25-year sentence in Georgia, reveals the origins of B.M.F., a drug gang accused of selling tons of kilos of cocaine and laundering over $270 million dollars […]
Fake Promoters In Tampa Attempting To Book Lil Wayne; Ruin New Year’s Eve
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne’s managers have revealed that scam artists are still hard at work attempting to swindle local promoters out of their cash, by fraudulently booking the rap star.Over the course of 2010, Cash Money/Young Money artists Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj were the targets of fake booking agents nationwide. The booking agents […]
Chuck D’s Open Letter On Media, Messages & Pimps
[Note: Chuck D wrote this essay as a letter to Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur (AllHipHop.com) and Davey D (DaveyD.com). With permission, the message by the Public Enemy leader, has been edited slightly into a scathing editorial about the media, Hip-Hop and the how the culture has been pimped by a mere few.] Chuck D: I really […]
Ghostface Killah To Release Supreme Clientele II
(AllHipHop News) Ghostface Killah has revealed that hes looking to release a follow-up to Supreme Clientele, his classic 2000 album. We got the Supreme Clientele II coming, a monster, Ghostface said in a video from a tour stop in Philly. We aint going nowhere. Ghostface Killahs Apollo Kids, his ninth studio album, is available in […]
