Independent Brooklyn-based rapper Ill Bill will receive backing on his forthcoming album from a number of Hip-Hop heavyweights, including Wu-Tang Clansman Raekwon and underground rap fixture Immortal Technique.   The album, titled The Hour Of Reprisal, is the follow up to Ill Bill’s first release What’s Wrong with Bill?   In addition to the debut, […]

Atlanta fans were treated to a surprise Goodie M.O.B. reunion last night (August 19), when all four members of the legendary group appeared on stage during a promotional Nelly concert.   Shortly after being brought on stage as one of Nelly’s many guest performers, Big Gipp, Khujo and T-Mo Goodie were joined by Cee-Lo, who […]

Hip-Hop entrepreneur Damon Dash is being sued by Eastern Savings Bank, for missing the monthly mortgage payments on a pair of Manhattan apartments. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Dash has failed the $78,504 monthly note for the apartments since January.   According to The New York Times, Dash is in danger of […]

Troubled Hip-Hop star DMX will once again document his life in a new reality show titled DMX: This Life of Mine.   The show will follow DMX’s attempt to resolve a string of legal problems, which include six arrests since May of 2008, the most recent one occurring last week in Miami, Florida.   This […]

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle has ordered The Game to consider mediation in a lawsuit where the rapper is accused of assaulting a basketball coach.   Pro-amateur coach Shannon Roderick sued The Game in March alleging assault, battery, negligence and civil rights violations stemming from an altercation at a celebrity basketball game.   […]

Rapper Yung Joc came forward yesterday (August 18) to clarify recent allegations made by his seven-year-old son’s mother regarding late child support payments.   Speaking to Atlanta radio personality Ryan Cameron, Joc explained the existing arrangement between him and his son’s mother Fatimah Jester, just three days after she appeared on a local television news […]

Sony has launched a new urban imprint dedicated to reviving the practice of artist development, AllHipHop.com has learned.   Battery Records will be lead by Penalty Records Founder Neil Levine and distributed through Sony’s RED Marketing Group.   While operating as it’s own independent company, Battery Records will primarily be responsible for the early-stage development […]