The Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota has been declared August 19-21 a “Hip-Hop weekend,” complete with performances from Slick Rick, Slum Village and others. The 4th Annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop celebrates the power of community through Hip-Hop culture and education. The theme this year is “Be Healthy” and workshops, MC’s, DJ’s, Breakdancers, Beatboxers and […]

Pharrell Williams has landed on top of Esquire magazine’s annual “Best Dressed Men in the World” edition. Esquire chose Williams for "injecting dressed-up luxury into hip-hop style and thereby influencing a new generation of guys to consider more than just a pair of baggy jeans a reflection of their youthful vitality." Twenty other men made […]

Lil’ Kim won a legal battle Wednesday against James "Lil’ Cease" Lloyd and Ground Zero Entertainment, who were trying to release a DVD with the female rapper’s image. The order was handed down by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff on Wednesday when Lil’ Cease failed to appear in court for the civil lawsuit. Lil’ Kim […]

Killer Mike’s moniker is certainly suggestive of aggressive activity, but in the Atlanta rapper’s opinion, Hip-Hop artists have isolated themselves from each other in a way that stagnates diversity. “We put ourselves in our own little box. [People say,] ‘Well, I’m art so I’m going to stay in this box’ and ‘I’m conscious so I’m […]

2Extremes Inc. has teamed up with various rap artists, journalists and leaders in the Hip-Hop community to launch the second annual Hip-Hop Leadership Camp at UCLA this weekend. Guest speakers include E40, Sway, (MTV and The Sway& Tech Wake Up Show), Chino XL, Big Jon (EMI Publishing), Big Paul (Sr. Director Promotions & Marketing – […]

An Emmy Award winning makeup artist has dropped her $25 million dollar lawsuit against Snoop Dogg that claimed the rapper and several men in his entourage raped her. Kylie Bell claimed that she was incapacitated after drinking what she was told was champagne in Snoop’s dressing room during a taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” According […]

Slip-N-Slide Records, recording home for artists Trick Daddy and Trina, will celebrate it’s 10th year in the music business in September with a three day Slip-N-Slide "MIA" celebration in Miami, Florida. The Slip-N-Slide weekend will feature an invitation-only cocktail party at a private mansion on South Beach, a yacht party and an A-list party hosted […]

The 23rd annual Golden Hoops Tri-State Basketball Classic will be joined this year by celebrity guests Jae Millz, Rucker Pro Legend Pee Wee Kirkland, former Knicks player Dean Meminger and Rucker Entertainer’s Basketball Classic Commissioner Greg Marius. The Tri-State Classic features some of the best high school boys and girl’s ballers, as well as former […]

The 4th annual USA & World Hip-Hop Dance Championship is taking place this August in Los Angeles, California. Trained dancers, choreographers and avid followers of this high energy movement will gather August 19-21st to express themselves creatively through dance at the event, dubbed “The Olympics of Hip-Hop Dance." "We have been producing dance events for […]

A federal jury convicted rapper Tab “Turk” Virgil of three felony charges yesterday (August 9). Virgil was convicted of being a felon with a handgun, a fugitive with a handgun and a drug addict with a handgun. The charges stem from a shootout during a January 2004 drug raid of an apartment. SWAT team member […]

Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were arrested after police allegedly found weapons in a van carrying the rappers and 11 other people as they were leaving the Anger Management 3 tour in New York this morning (August 9). Reports stated that police pulled the van over for running a red light on 41st and Eighth […]

According to authorities in Queens, DMX broke the terms of a plea deal struck after a December 2004 arrest. On Monday, the rapper was formally charged and now faces up to a year in jail. The rapper reportedly posted $500 bail and must appear in court again on October. 11. In December the rapper was […]

DJ Scratch, longtime DJ for EPMD and general turntable wizard, has launched a turntable school to help up and coming DJ’s with the art of scratching. The School of the Turntable Arts (SOTA) officially opened its doors earlier this year, to teach new DJ’s the art of mixing and scratching. "I started this school because […]

Damon Dash Music Group’s star rapper Beanie Sigel was released this morning (August 9) from a Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey. Sigel was welcomed home by his mother, Michelle Brown-Derry, his fiancée Melissa and DDMG’s Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. Sigel entered prison on November 8 and was released after serving most […]

Kanye West was recently honored at the Nation of Islam headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, where the rapper expressed support for the upcoming Millions More Movement. On July 24, West was presented with the Million Man March Image Award on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Millions More Movement. Combating the rising dropout rates […]

Yesterday, 50 Cent held a party at his Farmington, Connecticut mansion playing host to a few hundred revelers, including G-Unit, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., boxing champion Winky Wright, actress Nia Long, Lil’ Jon, Lil’ Scrappy and a host of other celebrities. The pool party, equipped with a harem of models, doubled as a celebration for the […]

Marion “Suge" Knight was fined $691 Friday (August 5) and cleared of a marijuana possession charge after pleading no contest to making an illegal U turn and driving without insurance in Barstow, California. Knight was arrested and incarcerated for more than a week after police said they found marijuana in his Ford pickup truck during […]

Foxy Brown rejected a second plea deal Friday (August 5) that would have prevented her from going to jail on assault charges. According to prosecutors, the deal, offered by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, called for Brown to serve 10 days of community service for attempted assault and harassment of two nail technicians last August. […]

Rappers Fat Joe, Pitbull, Nore and a slew of other upcoming Latin artists are scheduled to perform at the first ever Libertad Music Festival. The festival was co-founded by Fat Joe and Catalyst Entertainment and will showcase some the unique sounds of Chicano/Mexican Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Latin and South American beats. The Libertad Music Festival aims […]