(AllHipHop News) Former Death Row Records honcho Marion “Suge” Knight was defeated in court yesterday (November 4th), when a federal judge in Miami tossed his $1 million lawsuit against Kanye West. Knight claimed West was responsible for a 2005 shooting after during a pre-VMA party at The Shore Club in Miami in 2005.According to Knight’s […]

(AllHipHop News) Fans will have to wait until next year for Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Watch the Throne album.Originally, West planned to release Watch the Throne and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in November. But Kanye confirmed yesterday (November 4) that the focus for the rest of the year will be his own LP and his G.O.O.D. team.“It’s coming soon,” Kanye said during […]

(AllHipHop News) A number of influential Hip-Hop artists and activists will gather to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the Universal Zulu Nation, one of Hip-Hop’s oldest organizations dedicated to advancing the culture. Headed by Hip-Hop legend Afrika Bambaataa, the Zulu Nation was founded in the early 1970’s as a way for gang members to use […]

(AllHipHop News) Superstar producer Swizz Beatz has been named the first Producer in Residence at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Swizz Beatz, who has produced hits for everyone from Jay-Z and Beyonce to Lil Wayne and Metallica, will guide the students through group lectures, […]

(AllHipHop News) After serving eight months of a year long prison sentence, rapper Lil Wayne – born Dwayne Carter- has been released from New York City’s Riker’s Island Correctional Facility.   The rapper, who was imprisoned for a charge of criminal possession of a weapon, was released early this morning, around 8:35 AM [ET], despite rumors […]