Part 1-King of the East   For part 2 of our 4-part series, we turned to the underrated Midwest..Detroit and Chicago continued their dominance of the regions’s Hip-Hop scene in 2009. Along with the usual suspects, vets like Twista (Category F5) and Royce da 5’9 (Street Hop) showed they were still sharp, and new […]

There’s one life/One love/So there can only be one king –Nas “The Message”   Last year, AllHipHop.com held the first annual Kings of Hip-Hop. The purpose of the 4 part series was to select an artist from each region (East, West, South, and Midwest) that made the most lasting impact in 2009. While other factors […]

The year 2009 saw the Hip-Hop world get devastated by several unexpected and tragic deaths.     Francis M, a trailblazing figure for music and fashion in the Philippines, died in March after a long battle with leukemia.   Powered by the hit song “Kababayan (My Countrymen),” Francis dropped Yo!, the first commercially released Hip-Hop […]

For years, we have given out “The Sausage Award” for Bad Hip-Hop Beef. When the “award” first started, there was a distinct difference between good Hip-Hop beef and bad Hip-Hop beef. For, example Nas vs Jay-Z was considered a good Hip-Hop beef, because there was a certain build up and lyrical competition attached to it. […]

Twitter gave the fan, the stan and the voyeur something to talk about over and over again in the year year 2009. As more and more artists jumped on, they left more and more to converse about. The social network was used in a number of different ways. Early adopters like MC Hammer made huge […]

Hey party people,Nobody on the AllHipHop staff wanted to write about this one so it was immediately ordered that illseed would write about it. I deal with Epic Fails on a daily basis and, I guess, they felt like I should be the one to continue with it – but with artists. But, truth be […]

Rebellion 1 : opposition to one in authority or dominance 2 a : open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established government b : an instance of such defiance or resistance Hip-Hop, at its core, is a rebellion. It is a cultural and musical rebellion that has continued to redefine just […]

In 2008, Alfamega gained more prominence as the close friend of superstar T.I. and supposed “street muscle” for his Grand Hustle label. But in 2009, Alfamega’s rap career was stalled after documents leaked confirming his past as a federal informant.   The documents were first published by thesmokinggun.com in May. The information detailed that in […]