(AllHipHop News) J. Cole’s KOD is already on pace to be a major commercial success. The Hip Hop virtuoso is set to move more than 380,000 units in the album’s first week of release. That sales triumph may get a lift with a deluxe edition of the LP. Cole did a rare Q&A with his […]
(AllHipHop News) Winning the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Music has apparently introduced Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN to a brand new audience. The album’s sales jumped 236% (11,000 copies) in the week since the history-making achievement. Lamar became the first non-classical/non-jazz musician to win a Pulitzer. DAMN also won five Grammy Awards, and it’s up for Top […]
(AllHipHop News) One of the standout tweets during Kanye West’s recent Twitter explosion was directed at former president Barack Obama. The Chicago native took issue with what he saw as Obama’s lack of help for their hometown. Some critics called out Kanye for blasting Obama for supposedly not helping Chicago without providing examples of his […]
(AllHipHop News) Members of Slaughterhouse publicly acknowledged the four-man Hip Hop group has disbanded. Joe Budden announced he was retired from rapping, KXNG Crooked stated he was no longer part of the group, and Royce Da 5’9” co-signed the disbandment. AllHipHop caught up with Royce and his PRhyme partner DJ Premier for an interview. The […]
(AllHipHop News) Miami rapper Pitbull is really looking to motivate his fans, with his upcoming tour. Pitbull, born Armando Pérez, will be heading out on the road with legendary motivational speaker Tony Robbins. “I’m just being a revolutionary to wake everybody else,” Pitbull said of the tour. “Music brings everybody together.” According to Pitbull, he’s […]
(AllHipHop News) Dr. Dre already has a $40 million mansion, but that just is not enough for the billionaire rap mogul. According to reports, Dre recently used one of his companies to purchase a $4.9 million piece of real estate in Calabasas, California. There is no word yet as to what Dre is planning to […]
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West’s former creative designer Virgil Abloh has managed to snag a deal Kanye and could not get done. The Off-White founder has been tapped to create a new line of furniture for IKEA. According to reports, Virgil will design an exclusive furniture capsule collection for IKEA which will land in stores this […]
(AllHipHop News) Ice Cube will return to the big screen in the upcoming controversial thriller, “Excessive Force.” The entire plot of the movie has yet to be revealed, but reports say the movie centers around the Cleveland Police Department racism and political corruption. The rap star will also serve as executive producer of the flick […]
(AllHipHop News) R&B star Ne-Yo wants to move into filNe-Yommaking and has started penning a movie script. In addition to his career as a recording artist, Ne-Yo has a number of acting credits to his name and played himself in hit 2017 comedy “Girls Trip.” Now, Ne-Yo has revealed that he wants to move behind […]
(AllHipHop News) Fans of Tupac Shakur will be able to make a fashion statement with his lyrics, thanks to a new partnership between his Estate and clothing company Bravado. The Estate of Tupac Shakur just launched the “Tupac Poetry Collection” of merchandise featuring verses from the late artist’s poems. The lyrics selected for the limited […]
(AllHipHop News) Cardi B could be facing a huge legal battle during her pregnancy, thanks to her former manager. Klenord “Shaft” Raphael filed a $10 million lawsuit against Cardi, claiming he discovered her only to be screwed out of his portions of her earnings. To complicate the matters, Shaft claims it was his team of […]
(AllHipHop News) Queens, New York rap star Nas is heading to Los Angeles as a headliner for the 6th Annual BET Experience at LA. Live. Nas will headline the four-day event, which will include performances from Nipsey Hussle, LL Cool J, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Rae Sremmurd, Kamaiyah, Playboi Carti, SZA, A$AP Ferg and others. In […]
(AllHipHop News) Bill Cosby was found guilty on sexual assault after his retrial in Norristown, Pa on Thursday. The jury found Bill Cosby guilty of sexually assaulting and drugging a woman 14 years ago at him home. The conviction essentially the nail in the coffin for an entertainer that was once regarded as “America’s Dad.” […]
(AllHipHop News) Rap veteran DMX has officially begun his one-year sentence for tax fraud. The rapper, real name Earl Simmons, was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in March after striking a plea deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to just one count of tax fraud, instead of the 14 federal charges he initially faced […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper J. Cole is adamant any MC offended by a diss track on his new album only feels slighted because “the shoe fits.” The “Lights Please” hitmaker stirred controversy in the hip-hop world last week following the release of his new project K.O.D., which featured the song “1985 (Intro to the Fall-Off).” On […]
(AllHipHop News) Meek Mill is determined to live up to his responsibilities following his release from jail on Tuesday, insisting he’s going to shine a light on prison reform. The rapper is out on bail after lawmakers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania overturned a judge’s decision to keep him locked up for violating his probation linked to […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper T.I. has urged fans not to fall for an imposter on Facebook offering up prizes of cash and cars. T.I., born Clifford Harris, took to Instagram on to share a pair of screen shots of the fake page with his 8.3 million followers, warning them against signing up for the “free” competitions. […]
(AllHipHop News) Kelis has called out her former husband Nas, claiming the rap star was both mentally and physically abusive. The “Milkshake” singer claimed that Rihanna’s infamous beatdown at the hands of Chris Brown in February of 2009 was a wake-up call for her to get out of her drug-fueled, b#### relationship with Nas. She […]
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West’s bromance with President Donald Trump continues to cause shock waves in the hip+hop community. A number of rappers have weighed in on back and forth taking place on Twitter between Donald Trump and Kanye West, who expressed his “love” for the President and even posted a picture of himself in a […]
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z’s mother is to receive a major honor at New York’s GLAAD Media Awards. Gloria Carter will be recognized with a Special Recognition Award for her coming-out story, which featured on her son’s 4:44 album track Smile. She briefly appeared on the song, on which her son raps: “Mama had four kids, but […]
