A brawl abruptly ended a birthday party for Chicago rapper Da Brat early Sunday morning (April 10) after uninvited guests attempted to enter the party at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. At around 1:30 a.m., two men allegedly shoved past security guards at the venue, Chicago police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor told South Florida’s Sun Sentinel. […]

Time Magazine has named Outkast, Jay-Z and Kanye West as three of the world’s 100 most influential people. The list features an eclectic mix of people who made an extreme impact on the world and in addition to the rappers includes inventors, political strategists and even terrorists. The magazine’s managing editor told the associated press that the […]

The NAACP has denied filing a lawsuit on behalf of Corey Miller, who is appealing a 2nd degree murder conviction to the Louisiana Supreme Court. “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has not authorized a lawsuit on behalf of Corey Miller,” NAACP Interim General Counsel Angela Ciccolo told AllHipHop.com. “While the […]

Ray Benzino, the Chief Brand Executive and Co-owner of The Source magazine, has resigned from his position at the company today (April 8). “If me leaving the source is gonna help the magazine then I’ll do it,” the rapper told AllHipHop.com.”The Source is an institution and is part of history; I want my kids and […]

New York radio station Power 105.1 will award Jay-Z with the “Man of the Millennium Award,” at the stations Power Music Summit, taking place next week. The station is honoring Jay-Z for his charitable work and community efforts. Jay-Z will make an appearance at the one day event, that gives business executives, aspiring label entrepreneurs, […]

Little Brother has teamed up with Fastlife Music to announce the release of The Chittlin’ Circuit (Version 1.5) on June 7th. The Chittlin’ Circuit (Version 1.5) contains tracks featuring some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop including Kanye West, Big Daddy Kane, Young Guru and Consequence, as well as unreleased and hard-to-find tracks from The Justus League […]

On April 7, the Game and 50 Cent presented a pair of checks totaling $200,000 to help the Compton Unified School District and its ailing arts and music program, which has been dormant for several years.  The pair made the donations through their respective companies, The Black Wall Street and The G-Unity Foundation. Aftermath Entertainment […]

Miami, Florida native Trick Daddy recently landed his own weekly radio show, “Dunk Rider Radio.” The show will be broadcast on XM Satellite Radio’s 66 Raw channel and will be recorded live from Trick’s Miami home. “I’m amped that Trick has joined the new hip hop radio revolution and is apart of the growing XM […]

Hip-Hop icon and pioneering turntabilist DJ Grandmaster Flash has signed with Sirius Satellite Radio for a new weekly mix show, the company announced today (April 7). The Bronx native, who was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year along with the Furious Five, will spin a variety of musical genres each […]

Nelly and Fillmore Street Brewery, the company that manufactures Pimp Juice, have announced the winners of the "Pimp Juice Scholars Program" contest, which rewarded two students with a $5000 scholarship. Bryan Hughes of Howard University and Joyce Jackson of St. Louis University were awarded the scholarships based on their academic and extracurricular work.The two winners will […]

Atlanta’s Music Midtown festival has enlisted rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri to produce their summer concert and has announced the initial line-up for its 2005 Music Midtown Urban Music Stage. The festival takes place from June 10-12 near the Atlanta Civic Center and will feature more than 100 musical acts. Dupri, the newly appointed President of Virgin […]

Fat Joe and world class boxer Roy Jones, Jr. have reportedly settled their differences stemming from a lyric on Ja Rule’s#### record, “New York.” In a previous interview, Jones expressed his feelings about the rapper’s lyric that stated “even Roy Jones was forced to lean back.” “It’s just that me and Joe were cooler than […]

Power Moves Inc. has announced a star studded line up of guests for "Deal Me In: 1st Annual Celebrity Spades Tournament,” which takes place tonight (April 6) at Strata in New York City. The event will feature 32 celebrities participating in a charity spades tournament to raise money that will be donated to their favorite […]

Much has been made of C-Murder’s (Corey Miller) suggestive name, but the rapper has adjusted the moniker after being convicted in the shooting death of a 16 year old. He will now be called C. Miller, based on his real name. While he’s proclaimed his innocence, he said that the general public has never known […]

Prince Paul is known for going against Hip-Hop’s collective grain and a new CD/DVD highlights his nonconformist mind state. Paul and company have recently released “The Dix: The Art Of Picking Up Women.” The set is a fictional journey of a soul singing group that eventually destroys itself for a variety of reasons. Through a […]

Eminem and 50 Cent have announced a massive tour, Anger Management 3, which will also feature Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, G-Unit, D-12, Stat Quo and Obie Trice. The festivities will begin on July 7 in Indianapolis, IN and wraps in Em’s hometown of Detroit. This marks the first major tour for 50 and […]

Pharrell Williams recently launched The Ice Cream skate team, lead by professional skateboarder Terry Kennedy. According to an article published on expn.com, a sister site to television network ESPN that covers extreme sports, Williams snagged five amateurs who will tour the country for seven months with Kennedy. The team will scout talent and film tricks […]

Rapper Capone of group Capone-N-Noreaga is preparing to drop his first official solo effort, Pain, Time and Glory. The Queens, New York native recently inked a deal with Koch to drop his highly anticipated debut, which boasts cameo appearances from Scarface, Fat Joe, C-Murder, Peedi Crakk, Raekwon and others. Capone, who recently received national attention […]