Jersey City Cancels Jim Jones Appearance
Rapper Jim Jones scheduled appearance at an HIV Testing Day event in Jersey City has been cancelled by city officials, AllHipHop.com has learned. The Office of Mayor Jerramiah Healy has confirmed with AllHipHop.com that they have decided to eliminate the planned concert and speaking engagement by Jones from the June 27 festivities, due to […]

Hip-Hop Rumors: Plies Makes Woman Cry! Mashonda Airs Out Alicia Keys! Man Punches Girl @ Summer Jam!
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. YESTERDAY’S RUMORS (ARCHIVES)Hip-Hop Rumors: Common Ready To Fight For Serena? Fabolous and Uncle Murda – Pork? Superhead Gets Aired Out! Hip-Hop Rumors: Superhead=Abusive Mom? Rappers Chain Snatched? Fantasia […]

Winnipeg Police Chief Apologizes to Rapper
Just days after he was mistakenly pulled over and forced out of his car at gunpoint by Winnipeg police officers, Christian rapper Fresh I.E. received an apology from the citys police chief. According to Winnipeg police Chief Keith McCaskill, the error occurred Wednesday (June 4) after officers called in the license plate number of […]

Plies With Wild 98.7
Plies Does Good, Woman Cries

AHH Stray News: Plies Involved In Bus Crash
Rapper Plies was invloved in a bus crash on Interstate 75 around 1:30 PM today. Plies was enroute to a signing at a local Fort Meyers Best Buy when the crash occured, resulting in his appearance being briefly delayed. Plies eventually arrived around 2:30 to a throng of fans, who were waiting for him, as […]

Daytona: A Tribe Called Fresh (Mixtape)
Even with Lupe Fiascos explanation about not growing up on A Tribe Called Quest whos to say that they cant be influential to others? Daytona, a native of the Bronx, and DJ personality Cypha Sounds artist, has his own unique way of bringing his lyrical skill to the forefront and paying homage to an […]

Coolio Arrested on Outstanding Traffic Warrant
Grammy Award winning rapper Coolio was arrested today on an outstanding traffic warrant, the LA Times reports. The arrest occurred at 1:00 a.m. in Hollywood, near the corners of Sunset Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue. Coolio, real name Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was pulled over on a routine traffic stop due to expired tags on […]

Judge Orders 50 Cent Not to Sell Fire Destroyed Property
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead has mandated that 50 Cent cannot sell his 2.4 million dollar property that was destroyed by fire last month, the Associated Press reports. Judge Edmead also ordered the Queens rapper to deposit the insurance payout into a trust fund until the outcome of his legal dispute with ex-girlfriend […]

Album Review: N.E.R.D – Seeing Sounds
Despite the massive popularity of The Neptunes as a production team, N.E.R.D. has never quite gotten equivalent mainstream attention. Theyre a band that people are generally aware of, but since they dont fit neatly into any specific genre, listeners dont get to their records through radio and TV. Rather, theyre often indoctrinated by one of […]

Lil Wayne Hit With New Lawsuit Over Bentley Arnage
A California business man, seeking compensation for work done to Lil Waynes 1999 Bentley Arnage, officially filed a new lawsuit against Lil Wayne today in California Superior Court today (June 10). Le Marck de Andre and his Silicon Valley law firm are seeking $123,800 plus an additional $200 per day from Lil Wayne, Cash […]

International HipHop: Rubytech
“Reasons” (Barbados Rapper)

Lil Dap Solo Album Finally Dropping
After years of preparation, former Gang Starr Foundation and Group Home member Lil Dap has announced the August release of his eponymous debut album, I-A-DAP, on Babygrande Records. After meeting Guru through mutual friends in 1988, Lil Dap helped establish the Gang Starr Foundation along with more celebrated members Jeru the Damaja and DJ […]

The Struggle: Where Are the Female MCs?
Longing for the days of old is nothing new for Hip-Hop heads. The conscious, grimy, hustlin, party filled soundtrack of the last millennium have been replaced with todays swagger filled, remixed, R&B collabo (complete with vocoder) cuts. Despite these shifts, one thing that hasnt changed is the struggle of the female MC to stay as […]

Nas Ft. Busta Rhymes
“Fried Chicken”

Styles P Ft. Wyclef
“Understand Me”

Nas Announces July 15 Release Date For N***er
Nas has officially announced the release date of his new controversial untitled album, which was formerly titled N***er. The album, which will be released through Nas boutique label Jones Experience, has been delayed several times, will land in stores on July 15. Although the rapper changed the title of his controversial 9th album, […]

DJ Kay Slay Ft. Papoose and JR Reid Produced By Clinton Sparks
“Don’t Take It There”

CNN Ft. Shawty Lo
“Money”

Its All In The Game: Playoffs – To Sweep, Or Not To Sweep ?
Just like theyve been doing all playoffs long, the Boston Celtics took care of business at home, winning the first two games of the NBA Finals. Now KG and company are halfway on their way to getting what Stephon Marbury calls the shiny stuff. But dont start thinking sweep yet for the […]

Pioneering South African Rapper/Actor Shot Dead
A pioneering rap artist and brother of a popular producer in South Africa was shot dead outside of his apartment in Johannesburg last night. Tiny Motho Silumo launched his music career in 1985 and is recognized as one of the first local artists to rise to prominence in the Hip-Hop scene. Silumo toured […]