Alternative Pick: Ester Dean Ft. Chris Brown
“Love Suicide”


DJ Suss One Ft. Uncle Murda, Cassidy, Joell Ortiz, French Monatana and Vado
“That Work (For The Streets)”

N.B.S. Ft. Royce Da 5’9
“War”

Rap-A-Lot Celebrates Upcoming 25th Anniversary With New Distribution Partnership
(AllHipHop News) J Prince (James Smith), CEO of the pioneering, Houston based Rap-A-Lot Records, has confirmed an exclusive distribution deal with Universal Music Group affiliate Fontana. Fontana is the independent distribution group within Universal. The company currently provides back office, marketing, and sales support for over 80 labels worldwide, including Kedar Entertainment and Delicious Vinyl. […]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Kanye & Amber Rose Break Up? Amber & Tila Make Out? Common Wants To Marry!
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. Send your rumors, sightings and ill pics to illseed at [email protected]. THE DAILY TWO SENSE Why was this dude stepping at Gucci and Waka like that? Any ideas? […]

Hip-Hop Rumors: More On Foxy Brown’s Nicki Minaj Diss!
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. Send your rumors, sightings and ill pics to illseed at [email protected] VS NICKI: THE WAR OF THE SUMMER? Im getting more info on this Foxy Brown stuff […]

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Criticizes Drake/Mavado Video
(AllHipHop News) A video featuring Canadian rapper Drake and Jamaican dancehall artist Mavado has drawn criticism from the countrys Minister of Tourism. The countrys Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett spoke out against the pairs video for Find Your Love. In the video, Drake falls in love with a native woman (Maliah Michel), who is in […]

Suspect Arrested In 2006 Death of DJ Carl Blaze
(AllHipHop News) New York police have arrested a suspect in the murder of popular DJ Carl Blaze, who was gunned down in the Bronx in December of 2006. Police believe that Zarnoff Taylor, 23, was in a member of a violent gang of drug dealers and motorcycle thieves, who operated in the Washington Heights section […]

How High Can Hip-Hop Go?
People have always smoked marijuana, for one reason or another. Some people justifiable reasoning was religious/spiritual or medicinal, others used the drug-induced state to escape, some indulged to make stupidity seem gut busting hilarious, if not genius, while others just geeked and got the munchies. Im from the red light, beaded sectional dividers, burnt incense, […]

TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE: E-40
With both of his new Revenue Retrievin albums selling like crazy across the country, E-40 seems to have again solidified his place in hip hop history with another successful independent release. As one of the few West Coast artists to no have never been under Dr. Dre at one point or another, E-40 continues to […]

Naughty By Nature Heading To Persian Gulf For US Troops
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop group Naughty By Nature will support the United States armed forces along with MTVs Sway on a tour of the Persian Gulf for a USO Tour. The original lineup of Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee will perform hits like O.P.P., Hip Hop Hooray and Everythings Gonna Be Alright, for US […]

Big Boi: Introducing Sir Luscious Left Foot
Sixteen years, six albums and six Grammy Awards later, Big Boi is finally venturing out on his own completely and is ready to usher in the funk with his highly anticipated solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. Sir Luscious speaks to AllHipHop and breaks down the get down. AllHipHop.com: Who […]

VH1 To Recognize Timbaland During Hip Hop Honors
(AllHipHop News) VH1 has announced that super producer Timbaland will be honored during the seventh annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The Dirty South special airing next month. Timbaland, a native of Norfolk, Virginia, will be recognized for his many contributions to Hip-Hop in the form of hit records by artists like Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Jay-Z, […]

Four Men Charged With Killing Yung Hott On Video Shoot
(AllHipHop News) Four men have been charged with murder in relation to the shooting of rapper Yung Hott, who was shot while filming a music video on Saturday (May 15th) in Griffin, Georgia. Yung Hott, born Jerode Paige, was hit in the head and killed instantly, as a crowd of about 150-200 people gathered to […]

Meditations on Hip-Hop: Of Disposability, Death, and Destiny (Pt. II of III)
DEATH All deaths have causes Corpses are cut open, explored, scanned, tested, until the cause is found: a blood clot, kidney failure, hemorrhage, heart arrest, lung collapse. We do not hear of people dying of mortality. They die only of individual causes No post-mortem examination is considered complete until the individual cause has […]

40 Glocc Name Checks Cops In ‘F**k The Police’
(AllHipHop News) Rapper 40 Glocc is slated to go on trial today (May 17th) for allegedly promoting gang culture in his music and videos. The rapper is one of sixty names listed in the San Bernardino County district attorney’s first approved preliminary civil gang injunction, against the Colton City Crips. Colton City District Attorney Mark […]

Island Queen Contest, Web Series Has Started!
Episode 4 It’s Christa, Janelle, Monessa, Sheena and Tia Maria’s turn to meet you, the viewer, on episode 4 of Island Queen TV. This time we take to lush parish of St. George as we shoot at the last working sugar factory in Barbados, Buckleys. You also get a chance to see the face behind […]