Russell Simmons has sold Phat Fashions, into a partnership with clothing company, Kellwood.Under the terms of the deal, Phat Fashions becomes a subsidary of Kellwood.Simmons received $140 million dollars in cash and will continue to manage the company on a day-to-day basis, while Simmons’ wife, Kimora Lee, will continue as principle creative aribiter at Baby […]

Pioneering DJ Grandmaster Flash is launching his own record label, Adrenaline City Entertainment.Flash said that in addition to hip-hop music, Adrenaline will sign acts from every genre of music.”I’ve been rocking vinyl, cassettes and cd’s forever,” Flash told AllHipHop.com. “Now I want to get behind the scenes and help come up with fire hot floorbangers, […]

Outkast scored six NAACP Image Awards yesterday (January 7) for their album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album.The group was nominated for outstanding duo or group and in a testament to the popularity of the double CD, Big Boi’s “The Way You Move” from the Speakerboxxx album, will compete against Andre 3000’s “Hey Ya” from The Love […]

Missy Elliott has responded to allegations from her fans that she poked fun at overweight people in her video for “Pass the Dutch.”The video offended some of her heavier fan base, who accused the rapper of abandoning them after her sudden weight loss.”I still represent for overweight adults and kids but I am now painfully […]

Playboy TV has announced the debut of a new hip-hop themed show called Buckwild that will air on their network beginning this Friday (January 9).The show will feature interviews with popular hip-hop artists as they go to strip clubs, shopping for lingerie for their significant others, or participate in their favorite extreme sports. Jim English, […]

Pete Rock and CL Smooth are in the studio recording their highly anticipated reunion album after a lengthy sabbatical from the mainstream of hip-hop.Lead lyricist CL Smooth said that the duo would not stray away from their original sound, which solidified their place in hip-hop history.”If it’s not broke, we aren’t going to try and […]

Five Detroit residents have reached a settlement against several retailing giants, after alleging their conversations and images were illegally used in the “Up In Smoke” DVD, which was released in 2000.Detroit police prevented an explicit video from being shown during an October 2000 performance at the Joe Louis Arena.The people suing Dre claim their backstage […]

Morning personality Doug Banks has teamed with Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network to create a partnership aimed at registering voters.Dubbed “One Mind. One Vote,” the partnership’s goal is to register 20 million new voters by the year 2008.The partnership will be offically launched January 19 at ABC’s “Good Morning America” studios in celebration of […]

As 26-year-old Kanye West prepares his highly anticipated debut, College Dropout, the producer and rapper is already dominating the charts.The Kanye West produced song “You Don’t Know My Name” By Alicia Keys occupies the #1 position on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.In addition to Key’s massive hit, “Slow Jamz” by fellow Chicago natives […]

Big V of Nappy Roots held a party on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the launching of a new record label he is fronting, Horseman Entertainment.The label is a partnership between Big V and Desmond Bell. The two held the party at the Blue Dome, which also served as a platform to announce that Big […]

Wu-Tang member Killah Priest cleared confusion surrounding his upcoming recording projects.On Wutangcorp.com a website purporting to be the official Wu-Tang site, an article was printed claiming the rapper was seeking pre-orders to record his new untitled album.”That article is completely untrue,” Priest told AllHipHop.com. “I am in the process of contacting the website in order […]

According to reports, Universal Music Group, the world’s most dominant record label, is attempting to launch an uncensored, 24-hour music television channel.Dubbed 1 AM in an attempt to pay homage to the first amendment, the new channel is being backed by Eminem’s Shady Records, p#### company Vivid Entertainment Group and the Endeavor Talent Agency.While a […]

LL Cool J has become the first musical artist to star in a Gatorade commercial.The :30 second spot titled “Everywhere” will debut today (January 1) during the Capital One Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl.During the commercial, LL performs an original rap, explaining how the drink is “tested in labs and proven everywhere,” […]

New Orleans police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the murder of rapper James “Soulja Slim” Tapp.Garelle Smith, 22, was booked with first degree murder relating to the November slaying of Tapp, who was shot multiple times in the face and chest in front of his grandmother’s house on November 26.Sources told AllHipHop.com […]

As the year 2003 comes to an end, rapper Skillz has released his “Rap Up 2003.”Like last years recording, the noted rapper cleverly weaves the more memorable events of the past year into rhyme form.”Everybody got poked fun at,” Skills told AllHipHop.com. “Everything is in there, but I just missed the Bobby and Whitney episode.”The […]

Ruff Ryders has entered into an exclusive distribution deal with Image Entertainment and will release a series of DVD’s starting with “Jin: The Making of a Rap Star.”The DVD will take a behind the scenes look at the events that lead up to the release of Jin’s debut album The Rest Is History, which drops […]

Soulja Slim’s brother has come forward to counter media allegations that his life mirrored his raps, which sometimes spoke of the darker side of life on the streets. Magnolia $crilla, Slim’s 23-year-old younger brother, said that Slim was a caring individual who was active in the community and always willing to help a person in […]