Ball With Biv: Never Scared! Playoffs Begin
I just came home from a big concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles with Biz Markee, MC Lyte, Bell Biv DeVoe, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick. A lot of us were just talking about ball backstage, and people were all up on what Ive been doing for AllHipHop.com and […]
Gadget Inspector: Hooptie To Hot Wheels
[Photo: Zenetti Blades] You know youre in trouble when your boss asks you to write a column about fly rims, and then informs you that youre driving a hooptie. Sigh. So what if smoke billows out of the tail pipe every time it starts? At least it starts! Ok, so […]
LA Lakers’ Lamar Odom Launches Label; Signs Ali Vegas
Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom hopes to celebrate two career milestones this summer: not only his first NBA championship, but also the successful emergence of his label Rich Soil Entertainment and re-emergence of the labels marquee artist, Ali Vegas. Odom announced the forthcoming release of Vegas debut, Generation Gap 2: The Prequel, due […]
Smack DVD Releases Video Of 50/Fat Joe Call
One of the pioneers of the Urban DVD industry continues to push the genre forward, as SmackTube.com launched earlier this week, providing fans access to the entire catalogue of the long running Smack DVD Magazine brand, founder Troy Smack Mitchell told AllHipHop.com. To mark the official launch of the new website, which went live […]
KRS-ONE Ft. The Game Nelly, Redman and others
“Self Construction (Short Version)”
Snoop Dogg on TRL
Get a look at some exclusive footage of Snoop Dogg’s performance on TRL
Treach Detained By Police In Newark NJ
Naughty by Nature front man Treach was detained and questioned by police yesterday (April 22), after multiple shootings broke out throughout the city, in a violent 24-hour period. According to local police, the rapper was stopped after police heard gunshots ring out in Newark, after two men shot and killed each other, and five […]
First Listen: Lyfe Jennings’ Lyfe Change
Lyfe Jennings previewed some tracks off his new record Lyfe Change to a group of New York writers in a spiffy Sony BMG executive lounge hovering NYCs mid-town – a room that would be considered stuffy if Lyfes laid-back ease werent in it. The Must Be Nice singer has made his most eclectic album yet, […]
Pharrell Williams: Geek Squad
Time is money in the world of Pharrell Williams. If its not making hits for Madonna, its designing clothes for his Billionaire Boys Club/Ice Cream lines. If its not recording the N.E.R.D. album, then its collaborating with other artists. If its not touring, its something. See? Time is money. Pharrell is constantly finding new ways […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: The Gay Rapper Exposed? Usher Beefin Over Chris Brown? Did Treach Get Arrested?
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. YESTERDAYS RUMORS! Hip-Hop Rumors: The Game & Young Buck Link?? Swizz Beatz To Divorce? Teyana Taylor’s Movie! KHIA’S KALL-OUTS #2: On Miss Rap Supreme & Ms. Cherry… TODAY’S […]
Swizz Beatz and Mashonda Separate
Rapper/producer Swizz Beatz and wife Mashonda (Kasseem and Mashonda Dean) have called it quits after four years of marriage. Swizz and Mashonda, an R&B singer, were married in 2004 and have a son, Kassem Jr., who was born in January 2007.A representative for Swizz Beatz didnt specify the reason for the separation, but stated the […]
Westurn Union: House Shoe Musik Vol.1
Tell any member of Westurn Union (Soopafly, Demani, and Bad Lucc) that West Coast Hip-Hop is dead, and youll be lucky to walk away with all your teeth intact. And with that fierce regional loyalty, the trio seeks on their debut House Shoe Musik Vol. 1 not to bring the West back, but to […]
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Spending Your Artist Advance
As an entertainment attorney for over 15 years, Ive had the chance to work with and represent major recording artists especially with respect to the negotiation of their recording agreements. In any recording agreement, the record company will usually pay the recording artist an advance, that is, a sum of money that is ostensibly supposed […]
Peep Game: GTA4 is Gold! Mario Kart Cab Rides? BET and Xbox Unite
This week the news has picked up drastically. Grand Theft Auto IV goes Gold, Mass Effect has a PC port coming out, Mario the Plumber makes a big New York appearance, Soul Caliber has been dated, and another Mortal Kombat game has been announced. Some of its good, some of its bad, but all of […]
Terrace Martin: The West Coast’s Prodigy… From Snoop Dogg to Quincy Jones
Every musician starts somewhere. In Hip-Hop , it’s not uncommon to start building your repertoire and skills working underneath the spotlight of another artist. Dr. Dre’s beats gave life to Daz, Mel Man, and many others. Through Timbaland’s production, Nate “Danja” Hills was able to obtain a step up in the game.Terrace Martin is no […]
