Ice Cube Awards Student Full Music Scholarship
Hip-Hop legend Ice Cube has awarded student Lindsay Miller a full scholarship ride at the prestigious McNally Smith College of Music. Millers application won out over thousands submitted for the West Coast veterans Ice Cube Scholarship for Recording Technology. Miller, a native of Holland, Michigan and already a first year student at McNally, […]

Cam’ron Ft. Rick Ross and Vado
“Hustle”

Joe Budden Ft. Slaughterhouse
“We Outta Here”

DJ Kay Slay Ft. Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Styles P, Bun B, Papoose, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo and Ray J
“You Heard Of Us”

UK Bodybuilder Wants Mr. T Role; Disses The Game
A popular UK bodybuilder/bodyguard for 50 Cent and other stars is going against the G-Unit front mans rival The Game – for a role as B.A. Baracus in the upcoming A-Team remake. Tiny Iron, 28, is a bodybuilder who has done security for artists like Akon, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. He also currently […]

Jay Rock Ft. K-Dot and Absoul
“Mandatory”

Chamillionaire P###. by Timbaland
“Grind Everyday”

Happy Birthday Hip-Hop – August 11 -1973
It was 36 years ago to this very day that a young Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc and a handful of kids in a small, sweltering rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on August 11, 1973 started a music and cultural revolution that changed the world forever! It began from very humble beginnings in […]

Busta Rhymes Ft. Ne-Yo and Missy Elliott
“Freakin You”

Alternative Pick: Trey Songz Ft. The Game (P###. by Havoc)
“Game’s We Play”

Drake Ft. Fresh
“Successful Freestyle”

2 Pistols Ft. J. Holiday and Lil Wayne
“Come On”

AHH Stray News: The Clipse, Scribble Jam, Hammer
Norfolk, Virginia based group The Clipse has officially announced the release date for their highly anticipated album Til The Casket Drops. The groups third major label release will hit stores October 20 via a new partnership with Columbia Records. The album features production by the groups longtime collaborators, The Neptunes. Neptunes producer Pharrell Williams is […]

Hip-Hop Needs Another Death!
Am I wrong for wishing somebody would get killed? I mean, it just doesnt seem like Hip-Hop gets it until somebody gets killed. -illseed August 10, 2009, posted in rumors It ain’t Hip-Hop til some one gets killed? Thanks. That has to be the most reckless, insensitive statement I have heard against our […]

Former Member of Diddy’s “Band” Arrested For Stabbing
Sara Stokes, a former member of Hip-Hop group Da Band, was arrested last week for domestic violence in Moreno Valley, California. According to TMZ.com, Stokes was arrested by police after she was involved in a physical altercation with her husband. Stokes and her husband Tony fought on August 2. During the argument, Stokes […]

French Montana: Akon’s Bullet
With New York rap fighting for relevance, very few rappers truly helping change the reality for the Big Apple. However, the underground scene has bred a handful of potential candidates in recent years, and Konvict Musiks French Montana may just be the help New York needs. People may only know him from the widely successful […]

The Game Banned From New Zealand High School
An Auckland, New Zealand high school official declined the opportunity to have controversial rapper The Game speak to his students this week. Peter Gall, the principal at Papatoetoe High, told a local newspaper that his decision to prevent the Interscope recording artist from appearing on campus was made in line with school policy. […]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Gucci Mane in Rehab? Kanye/Amber Expecting? Latifah To “Idol”?
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.CONGRATS, J-HUD!Jennifer Hudson and fiancé David Otunga welcomed their son late last night. The two opted not to know the sex of the baby they brought both pink and blue to be on […]

Oprah On Jay-Z: ‘I Love Him’
Yesterday (August 9) Oprah Winfrey received a first-class tour of Brooklyn courtesy of a new friend in fellow mogul Jay-Z. The pair visited several areas of Brooklyn, including Jays Marcy Project neighborhood, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The entire conversation/interview is expected to be showcased in an upcoming issue of Oprahs O! Magazine. Despite […]

Nas Goes International With Upcoming Tour
Rap star Nas is set to hit the road on a new tour of Australia it was announced today (August 10). Nas will headline the Nas low:fi Australian Tour, which will feature supporting acts Chali 2NA, DJ Qbert and MC Supernatural, who will engage in a freestyle battle set. The four-date tour kicks […]