AHH Stray News: Kevin Liles Honored
Warner Music executive Kevin Liles was honored on Sunday March 2 in front of several hundred industry insiders and their families at the annual TJ Martell Foundations 9th Annual Family Day in New Yorks Roseland Ballroom. The foundation has helped to bring awareness and raise funds for research and treatment for cancer, leukemia, and AIDS. […]
Max B.: Million Dollar Baby 2 (Mixtape)
And the drama continues within the Dipset camp. As expected, Max Biggavel’s departure from The Diplomats and Byrdgang wouldn’t be complete without an independent mixtape and a few diss tracks. The rapper / crooner’s latest effort Million Dollar Baby 2 (Gain Green), glorifies his newfound independent stature, while giving a super sized middle finger […]
Take Down CEO Guilty Of Drug Charges; Facing Life
Take Down Records CEO Alton “Ace Capone” Coles faces life in prison, after a jury found him guilty of using his label as a front to distribute millions of dollars worth of cocaine throughout Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. A jury found Coles, 34 and co-defendant Timothy “Tim Gotti Baukman, 32, guilty of […]
Russell Simmons Explains Obama Endorsement
Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons has officially come out to endorse Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Despite a longstanding relationship with Obama’s rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Simmons cited public reaction and support for Obama’s message of change as one of the reasons behind being “compelled by my own personal conscience” to support the Chicago senator. […]
Runway Report: BET’s Rip The Runway
Every year, BET hosts some of the hottest fashion lines and biggest celebrities in their Rip The Runway special, and 2008 is no exception. The taping took place last week, and dozens of artists including Pharrell, T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, Lil Mama, the girls of Danity Kane, Flo Rida walked the red carpet. Of course, everyone’s […]
DVD REVIEW: Black August
Black August (Warner Home Video), a film based on the story of George Jackson (Gary Dourdan), a San Quentin inmate serving a one year to life sentence for a $71 gas station robbery, captures the incendiary climate of the Black Panther movement in the 1960’s. Darren Bridgett plays David Dryer, a fidgety well-intentioned editor who […]
Bun B Makes His Decision In Politics
Bun B on the election in January 2008: Im still waiting to see [who I support]. I think its still a little early. Im really, really leaning that way [towards Obama]. Im sitting back and seeing whos going to do what. I dont know enough about Barack and it would be ignorant of me to […]
Rappers Support Juvenile; Funeral For Daughter Set
Members of the Southern Hip-Hop community are showing their support for Juvenile this week, as news of the rappers tragic personal loss continues to spread. As investigators continue to search for a motive in the murders of Juveniles four-year-old daughter Jelani, her 11-year-old sister Micaiah and their mother Joy Deleston, many have come forward […]
It’s All In The Game: Ming-less Chatter
When Yao Ming went down last week with a season-ending stress fracture in his left foot, it was looking like the Houston Rockets playoff hopes were shattered. The injury was a tough break for the Rockets, who were playing their best basketball of the season and had won 13 straight games before Yao went down. […]
Rip The Runway Special
AllHipHop.com gets DIRECT access to Snoop, Juelz Santana, Day 26 and other Hip-Hop artists, R&B, stylists and designers at this year’s BET’s Rip The Runway
Andre 3000 Benjamin: All Pro
Damn. Andre 3000 Benjamin, one half of the musical phenomenon OutKast the man justly dubbed Worlds Best Dressed Man by Esquire magazine is dressed like a flaming seahorse! In the comedy Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell (Jackie Moon) and co-starring Woody Harrelson (Monix), Benjamin plays basketball star Clarence Coffee Black Withers for the […]
The Socialite: Growing Pains
With the 2008 Grammy Awards now behind us, hopefully you have a few fond memories to carry you through the next few weeks, or days. Maybe it was Kanye West bringing A-list attention to himself the entire night or maybe it was Nas and Kelis making their controversial fashion statement with Black History Month as […]
Smirnoff Signature Mix Series: Q-Tip
AllHipHop.com has Q-Tip’s performance of the Smirnoff Signature Mix of Q-Tip and Cool & Dre’s “Midnight ’08”
Birthplace Of Hip-Hop Saved
Efforts to save the birthplace of Hip-Hop culture proved successful as the New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) rejected a proposed sale of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue to a developer Mark Karasick. According to Sen. Charles Schumer, the HPD cited the fact that current rents could not be sustained if the sale […]
Hip-Hop Rumors: R. Kelly Vs Ne-Yo! 50 Cent & Naked Ping-Pong? Tyson/Holyfield AGAIN?
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: Lil’ Kim’s L#### Experience? Snoop Don’t Need Dre! Keyshia Cole P##### Fans Off? Hip-Hop Rumors: Papoose and Fat Joe Fighting? The 50 Factor! TYSON/HOLYFIELD […]
