(AllHipHop News) Rakaa of Dilated Peoples has announced plans to release his debut solo album Crown of Thorns this July. Rakaa was featured on four albums as a member of Dilated Peoples. For his first solo album, he will touch upon political issues, relationships, family and culture. Production on Crown of Thorns will be handled […]
(AllHipHop News) FIFA, the international governing body of football announced that rapper K’Naan will perform at the Fifa World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert next month at Orlando Stadium in Soweto/Johannesburg. K’Naan’s song “Wavin’ Flag (The Celebration Mix)” is the anthem from the entire advertising campaign between Fifa and Coca-Cola. Other artists previously announced to perform […]
(AllHipHop News) Former Bad Boy rap star Black Rob has been released from prison, after seven years of incarceration on a grand larceny charge. Black Rob is best known for his hit single “Whoa,” taken from his platinum-selling 1999 album Life Story. According to Black Rob, his fame followed him behind bars, where some inmates […]
(AllHipHop News) The murder trial of Aubrey Berry, the man accused of shooting Atlanta rapper Dolla in broad daylight at the Beverly Hills mall, started today (May 4th). Berry, 24, is being tried by a jury for committing the 2009 murder, after the two had allegedly been involved in an altercation at a strip club […]
(VIBE.COM) Lil Wayne may be locked in Rikers Island away from the industry, but that’s not stopping some of his associates from handling business with him. Grammy award-winning producer, Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford has a bone to pick with Mr. Dwayne Carter. A $500,000 bone. “I don’t f### with [Lil Wayne]… and you can print that,” Bangladesh told VIBE, […]
Trina has teamed with Lady Gaga on a track called “Let Dem Hoes Fight” taken from her new album Amazin‘, which hit stores today (May 4th). Trina explained the origin of the track, which was leaked to the Internet in January. While Lady Gaga was featured on the original version, Kaleena is the artist featured […]
(AllHipHop News) Houston rapper Trae Tha Truth is striking back at local radio station 97.9 KBXX, The Box, claiming executives from the station have unfairly banned his music and interfered with his relationships with other executives. Trae is filing the lawsuit in 189th District Court of Harris County, naming Radio One, KBXX’s general manager Doug […]
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane has officially parted ways with his former management company Mizay Entertainment and booking agency Hitt Afta Hitt Enterprises. Mizay Entertainment is helmed by Debra Antney, while promoter Johnnie Cabbell is the owner of Hitt After Hitt Enterprises. Both companies and their respective owners are named in several federal lawsuits, […]
(AllHipHop News) Duck Down Records’ CEO Dru Ha recently opened up OGC/Fab 5/BCC member Starang Wondah’s whereabouts over the past year. In a letter on Duck Down’s official site, Dru Ha explained that Starang Wondah’s absence from the Hip-Hop scene was unfortunately due to incarceration. The rapper nearing the end of an 18-month prison stretch […]
(AllHipHop News) Carmine Gotti, grandson of the late NY La Cosa Nostra crime boss John Gotti, is planning on releasing his debut album this summer.The young Gotti first hit the national scene in 2004 as a fixture on the A&E reality series Growing Up Gotti with his two brothers and mother Victoria Gotti, daughter of John Gotti.Recently, […]
(AllHipHop News) A musician named Anthony Lawrence Dash is squaring off against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the best boxer in the world. Dash claims he remixed one of his own copyright tracks for Floyd, who used the piece as his entrance music during his appearance at Wrestlemania 24 in March of 2008. According to TMZ.com, Dash […]
(AllHipHop News) Ever since Hot 97 announced that they would be hosting this year’s annual Summer Jam concert event at the New Meadowlands Sports Complex last month, listeners have been eager to hear who will perform at at the show. Yesterday, Hot 97 radio personality Angie Martinez announced who will be performing this year.Usher is […]
(AllHipHop News) Solar, the business partner of Guru, has lashed out at the accusations that he was mentally controlling and physically abusive to the late founder of Gang Starr. Tasha Denham, a woman that has a child with Solar, made salacious accusations that Guru was punched in the face and beaten by his former […]
(AllHipHop News) Today (May 3) DJ Green Arrow is seeking to establish a new Guinness record by embarking on 52 hour freestyle. Arrow, who is based out of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, will start freestyling this afternoon. The majority of the rhymes will be in 12 hour intervals, with the rapper taking hour breaks to recover […]
(AllHipHop News) Jailed rapper Lil Wayne has been hit with another lawsuit surrounding his hit 2008 single “Lollipop,” taken from his hit album Tha Carter III. Philadelphia rapper/musician Dirahn Gilliams filed the lawsuit in United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Friday (April 30th), claiming Lil Wayne’s song “Lollipop” was based on his […]
(AllHipHop News) Detroit rapper Obie Trice will try his hand as an executive with the launch of his new label, Black Market Entertainment LLC. On May 7th, Obie will officially launch the label with various music executives at Via Nove, a metro-Detroit restaurant located in Ferndale. Artists scheduled to attend the “Obie Experience” include Eminem, […]
(AllHipHop News) Antonio Monterio Hardy, better known as Big Daddy Kane of the legendary Juice Crew and his bride Shawnette married yesterday (May 1) at a private ceremony in North Carolina.Derrick “D-Nice” Jones of Boogie Down Productions was in attendance and described the wedding on Twitter. D-Nice and Big Daddy Kane were once part of […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs hit Rikers Island earlier in the week to visit jailed rapper Lil Wayne. According to the New York Daily News, Combs hopped the bus to Rikers to visit Lil Wayne on Wednesday (April 28th) at the Eric M. Taylor correctional facility. Diddy, who was on a pre-approved list, met […]
(AllHipHop News) Motivated with a desire to help young music fans, Texas-based independent music label SwishaHouse Records has joined forces with the Syphilis Elimination Advisory Council (S.E.A.C.) for the “Don’t Sleep On It” youth heath expo. The event, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today (May 1) at the Kashmere Multi-Service Center […]
The New Video for “She Makes Me Feel Alright” Freeway and Jake One will premiere the new video for “She Makes Me Feel Alright” this Sunday on MTV Jams, during “Philly Day.” In addition to showcasing new music from the city’s top artists, “Philly Day” will also spotlight new emerging artists. “She Makes Me Feel […]
