Rapper Common has teamed with the Chicago White Sox to help raise awareness for his non-profit organization, The Common Ground Foundation. On August 12, the organization will host the Common Ground Foundation Day with the Chicago White Sox, when the team faces off against the Royals. The Common Ground Foundation empowers youth in underserved communities […]

Rapper T.I. will turn his legal issues into an untitled reality series that will air on MTV in early 2009.   According to Variety, MTV will follow the Grammy Award winning Atlanta rapper as he performs 1,000 hours of community service and readies for a one-year prison sentence, for possession of unregistered machine guns and […]

Police in Farmington, Connecticut arrested a man at 50 Cent’s mansion for allegedly assaulting a woman.   Authorities accuse Dwayne McKenzie, 27, of choking and striking a New Britain woman with a belt during the altercation, which took place on the rapper’s property.   McKenzie was charged with assault, strangulation, breach of peace and unlawful restraint […]

Nas plans to release The N****r Mixtape, after the rapper recently made headlines for removing the racially charged word out of his album title. DJ Green Lantern recently revealed that he would collaborate with Nas on the effort. Green Lantern stated that the alliance is the result of some choice conversations via their mobile devices. […]

A number of rappers are on board to star in I.E., a new anti-gang awareness film that is based on a true story about two opposing gangs in Southern California.   Daz, Kurupt, Sticky Fingaz, Fredo Starr, Bad Azz, Bokeem Woodbine and others star in I.E., which is being produced by Lola Jackson Productions.   […]

Dipset member Freekey Zekey has inked a solo recording deal with Atlanta based record label Big Cat Records, AllHipHop.com has learned.   Freekey Zekey, who is billed as the President of Diplomat Records, is currently working on an untitled debut for Big Cat Records, the label that helped bring Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane to prominence. […]

Hip-Hop veteran and pioneering female rapper MC Lyte has launched a new group, Almost September.   The Hip-Hop/Soul group, which is comprised of MC Lyte, producer/writer/vocalist Whitey and producer/writer/vocalist Jared Lee, will debut six songs from their upcoming album via iTunes today (May 27).   The new group and album release is part of a […]

Rapper Reverend Run has been tapped as the spokesman and brand ambassador for Kraft Foods’ Kool-Aid line, which is introducing new and reformulated products this spring.   The 81-year-old company has formed also formed a partnership with Reverend Run and KaBOOM!, a non-profit organization that aims to build 24 playgrounds in cities across the United […]

Corporate giant Sears has tapped Hip-Hop veteran LL Cool J to launch a new branded line by the rapper, that will be in stores this September.   According to Women’s Wear Daily, the rapper is launching LL Cool J for Sears, a collection of casual wear for juniors, girls, boys, and young men.   The […]

Definitive Jux rapper Camu Tao died on Monday (May 25) at a Columbus, Ohio hospital, after a two-year battle with lung cancer.   Camu Tao, born Tero Smith, had been undergoing chemotherapy treatment, since being diagnosed with the disease in 2006.   “[Camu Tao] had been going through repeated chemo treatments while remaining out of […]

Rapper Xzibit is mourning the loss of his newborn, Xavier Kingston Joiner, who died suddenly on May 26.Xavier was born prematurely on May 15 and the rapper was overjoyed, but his elation has turned to tragedy. The rapper expressed his sorrow on his blog to his fans as well as how the baby died. “Well, […]

Almost 200,000 people peacefully gathered in Miami Beach this weekend during the annual Memorial Day celebration, which traditionally attracts a huge Hip-Hop audience.   A mere 135 people have been arrested as of Saturday (May 24) during the festivities for misdemeanor crimes, a sharp drop from 2006, when a total of 1,000 people were arrested., […]

Representatives for The 2nd Annual Monterey Music Summit have revealed that the concert has been postponed until at least October, because of heightened security concerns, due to an appearance by rapper Snoop Dogg.   The Monterey Music Summit was scheduled for May 30 – June 1 at the Laguna Seca Recreation area, but was canceled […]

A man wanted for his involvement in the murder of a 13-year-old Harlem teenager for selling CD’s by popular Hip-Hop group The Diplomats, was featured on America’s Most Wanted last night (May 24).   According to America’s Most Wanted, Carlos “Zoo” Thompson, 32, was an affiliate with The Diplomats who traveled with the group as […]

Music mogul Jermaine Dupri has found his next superstar on the internet and hopes to capitalize on a groundswell of support online.   Under the name Phatfffat, Dondria Nicole has garnered hundreds of thousands of viral views of her singing on video platforms like YouTube and her appeal prompted the veteran producer to sign her. […]

Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown has replied to recent comments made by her former manager Chaz “Slim” Williams, CEO of Black Hand Entertainment.   Williams, whose infamous criminal career and subsequent rise in the music industry was chronicled on a recent episode of American Gangster, has had a strained relationship with Foxy Brown since she was […]

Comedian Katt Williams has denied that he is related to a man arrested at his house in Los Angeles, who was wanted by Ohio authorities for a drug-related shooting.   The critically acclaimed funny man replied to published reports via his publicist Yvette Shearer, who said the comedian was not related to Robert McGhee.   […]

Dipset member Jim Jones has announced the released of a full length documentary chronicling his rise from the Harlem streets to the top of the Billboard charts.   The True Jim Jones Documentary recounts the rappers early Catholic School days growing up in Harlem, the birth of the Diplomats and his current lifestyle, in the […]

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Rapper Slick Rick was issued an official pardon by New York Governor David A. Paterson today (May 23), in a final attempt to prevent the pioneering rapper from being deported to the United Kingdom.   The 43-year-old rapper has been locked in a battle in Federal Immigration Court fighting deportation, due to a 1991 conviction […]