Incarcerated mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was hit with a lawsuit by the wife of Delmar “Daz Dillinger” Arnaud and the mother of Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus, claiming Knight slandered them on a song from the “Dysfunktional Family” soundtrack.Maria Watkins and Beverly Green filed the lawsuit yesterday (December 10).Lyrics on the song “Tha Row” claimed that […]
R&B, Hip-Hop Win Big At Billboard Hip-hop and R&B rocked the Billboard Awards last night in Las Vegas as Beyonce, 50 Cent, R.Kelly materialized as the biggest winners of the evening. Kelly and Beyonce were the king and queen for the evening, both receiving four awards for the evening. Beyonce emerged victorious categories new female […]
Tray Deee’s arraignment on felony assault charges was delayed after the rapper failed to appear in a Long Beach, California court.Tray Deee is facing a charge of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon and shooting at an occupied vehicle.According to officials, Trey Deee could not attend the arraignment, which […]
Goodie MOb will issue a greatest hits package, Dirty South Classics encompassing the work of the group from all three of their gold-certified albums dating back to 1995. The album will feature past collaborative efforts with Outkast, such as “Black Ice (Sky High)” as well as the group’s debut song, “Cell Therapy.” After gaining critical […]
Legendary producer and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin surprised those who old enough to remember the days he was involved in hip-hop, by working with Jay-Z on his Black Album. Jay-Z, the first hip-hop act that Rubin has worked with in over 15 years, managed to snag the rapper for his farewell album. Rubin produced […]
Multi-platinum rapper DMX’s show at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska was postponed last night, leaving fans confused as to what exactly happened. According to promoters, the show was canceled because X’s flight was delayed by bad weather, which X’s representatives confirmed, but added that the promoter failed to sell enough tickets. "The promoter didn’t […]
The collection of hip-hop journalists who penned the best selling "ego trip’s Big Book of Racism!," are looking to turn their tome into television through a partnership with VH1. According to Chairman Mao, a member of the editorial team behind the defunct ego trip magazine, they are developing a "spin-off television program" titled "TV Race […]
Corey “C-Murder” Miller will return to court on December 12th, attempting to get a retrial in a controversial murder case, in which the rapper was convicted of murdering 16-year-old Steve Thomas in a Jefferson-Parish, Louisiana nightclub.In an exclusive interview, Miller’s brother Percy “Master P” Miller told AllHipHop.com that his brother was not the shooter and […]
Snoop Dogg was served with a subpoena in the trial of Weldon Hal Angelos, the owner of Utah based Extravagant Records.Angelos is accused of distributing marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, money laundering and possession of stolen firearms.The government accuses Angelos of renting a house and an apartment and using them to store […]
George W. Bush’s Secret Service has decided not to launch a formal probe into a bootleg song by Eminem, but admitted they were considering it. The U.S. government agency, whose primary job is to protect the president, revealed that they thought the lyrics might become influential fans that absorb a message in “We As American,” […]
Funk legend George Clinton was arrested in Tallahassee, Florida after police allegedly witnessed him drop a crack pipe while sitting in a gas station parking lot. Police said they noticed a man sitting in the passenger seat of a car around 2 a.m. Saturday morning. When the officer approached the car, the 63-year-old Clinton allegedly […]
Russell Simmons and Rush Communications have partnered with Jackson Hewitt, the nation’s second largest tax preparation company. The partnership will allow 48 million Americans without traditional banking services to get access to discounted tax preparation services for the upcoming tax services. The partnership also seeks to education and inform Americans who do not have bank […]
Rosa Parks won a decision against Outkast today, after the Supreme Court refused to intervene in a lawsuit over 1998’s#### song "Rosa Parks." The 90-year-old Parks alleges that Outkast violated her trademark rights and defamed her. Parks and her lawyer, famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, scored a victory earlier this year, when a portion of the […]
The United States Secret Service, assigned to protect the President of the United States, is considering action against Eminem, due to the lyrics of an unreleased song. On "We as Americans," the rapper recites the lines "F*ck money, I don’t rap for dead presidents/I’ de rather see the President dead." The pro gun song doesn’t […]
Mystikal’s Sexual Battery Sentencing Pushed Back A scheduled sentencing for rapper Mystikal, who pleaded guilty to sexual battery, was postponed yesterday (Dec. 4) when lawyers defending the rapper claimed the judge shouldn’t be allowed to preside because he saw an “inflammatory version of the tape” that shows the rapper and his bodyguards assaulting his former […]
Rap group Three Six Mafia is completing the sequel to 2001’s best selling video, “Choices.”According to group member DJ Paul, the group will be completing scenes from the movie this weekend in Memphis, Tennessee.The plot for “Choices 2″ centers around crooked Drug and Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents, who set the group up on robbery charges […]
After years of producing almost exclusively for Mobb Deep and a select few artists, rapper/producer Havoc has teamed with noted producer The Alchemist to create a new production company, The Quiet Storm. "I just finished new joints for Pharaoh Monch, Styles P., Cypress Hill and Mobb’s new album," The Alchemist revealed to AllHipHop.com. The Alchemist […]
After reinventing himself as the Metal Face of Doom a.k.a. MF Doom, Zev Luv X and KMD will drop their third album in Spring or Summer of 2004 on the Nature Sounds record label. The album will pick up where their sophomore effort, Black Bastards ended. The album is described as a conceptual album, explaining […]
Eminem has answered the call of Source founder’s Dave Mays and Raymond “Benzino” Scott to further explain racist comments he made, on a tape that was recorded at least ten years ago.The tape features the rapper using the word n*gger, when referring to African-American women.In a statement released today (December 4)Eminem attributed the comments to […]
Rap music dominated the nominee’s for the 46th Annual Grammy’s this year, with Jay-Z, Outkast and Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes each garnering six Grammy nominations today. Missy Elliot, Eminem, Chad Hugo and 50 Cent each received five nominations. Jay-Z and Beyonce are up for record of the year for "Crazy in Love," as are […]
