GF Records CEO Bang ‘Em Smurf and protégé Domination (aka Silverback Guerillas) somehow managed to finagle a pair of verses from Tupac Shakur from a source they refused to divulge. Smurf told AllHipHop.com, "The Tupac thing – aw man – that Tupac joint man, we stumbled on that. We got that. I can’t even tell […]

Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan’s Simmons Lathan Media Group (SLMG) announced the details of the "Russell Simmons Presents: Def Filmmakers Screening Series." The series is sponsored by Motorola and Blackfilm.com and will showcase a new urban film every other month at theaters and venues in major cities across the United States. The first film will […]

RZA has signed on to score the music for "Blade: Trinity," the third installment of the "Blade" franchise starring Wesley Snipes. "On Blade: Trinity, we’re actually planning for an 80-piece orchestra. So for me it’s really fulfilling," RZA told Film Stew. RZA said that film scoring was different than Hip-Hop production, due to the emotional […]

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. will dump a marketing campaign that utilized Hip-Hop to promote their Kool Brand of cigarettes. Critics claimed that the campaign was aimed at luring black youth into smoking the cigarettes and that the campaign violated a legal settlement the tobacco company reached with 46 states. Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe, […]

Rev. Run was denied the status of poet laureate yesterday (April 23) in Queens, New York. The winner was noted Korean-American poet Ishle Yi Park who is ironically, a poet that appears on Def Poetry, which was created by the younger Simmons’ older brother Russell. Yi Park, 26, said that she was honored to be […]

VH1 will honor Hip-Hop’s pioneer’s with a new awards show, "VH1 Hip-Hop Honors." The show is scheduled for October 8. Network president Christina Norman told the Associated Press the event will be annual and was a perfect fit for the network and their new push into pop culture. "The people who grew up listening to […]

Just one day after being released from prison, Suge Knight’s release has already sparked some controversy, in the form of a message delivered to Knight from former Death Row Records artist, Daz Dillinger. "You f*ggot ass n*gga finally you get outta jail," Daz said on an audio statement posted on his website, DPGRecordz.com. "They stuffed […]

Marion "Suge" Knight was released from prison yesterday, after spending 10 months behind bars for violating his probation. The CEO of Death Row served most of his time at the Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California. In a controversial decision, a California parole board determined that Knight punched a parking valet and violated the […]

Jurors in the trial of Beanie Sigel said today they cannot reach a verdict on any of the charges related to his attempted murder case. Shortly after 1 p.m., jurors told Common Pleas Court Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns that they decided they couldn’t reach a verdict in their second day of deliberations. Shreeve-Johns told the jurors […]

Monie Love, who shot to fame with her hits "Monie in the Middle," "It’s A Shame" and her classic verses on De La Soul’s "Buddy" and Queen Latfiah’s "Ladies First," is working on new material due to her passion for the art of Hip-Hop. "I’m working on putting a mix CD out of myself basically […]

Doug E. Fresh will headline the National Hip-Hop Forum at the Cobo Center in Detroit, presented by the Freedom Institute for Economic, Social Justice and Political Empowerment. According to Reverend Wendell Anthony, chairman and founder of the institute, the forum will focus on the evolving business of Hip-Hop. "We are not just doing a summit […]

Eminem won a case against an Internet site using his name to sell mobile phones, ring tones and picture messages. Eminemmobile.com, run by British firm Visitair, was found guilty of violating the rapper’s trademarked name by the United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The domain was registered a year ago and sold various ring […]

Philadelphia Hip-Hop band The Roots will be honored with a Hero Award by the local chapter of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards Grammy’s. The group is being honored for their years of positive contribution to the creative community of Philadelphia. The group was one of the main Hip-Hop acts […]

Death Row CEO Suge Knight will release a star studded compilation album that will benefit families of U.S military members fighting the war against Iraq. Knight, who is presently incarcerated, said he would spend the next few months pulling various artists together, with hopes of having the untitled album is stores by the Christmas. "I’m […]

Hip-Hop collectives typically sport a token female to fill their group quota, but only the Murda Mamis can lay claim to an all-female roster that encompasses many aspects of the culture. “Murda Mami entertainment is a clique of girls, its like a movement,” DJ Lazy K, co-CEO of the organization, told AllHipHop.com. “We support each […]

As the attempted murder case of Roc-A-Fella rapper Beanie Sigel comes to a close, label CEO Dame Dash has released a statement proclaiming support for the Philadelphia rapper. A verdict is expected as early as tomorrow (Wednesday April 21). Of a trip to the Court of Common Pleas Monday, Dash says, “My partners Jay-Z, Kareem […]

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is in the process of buying a financial stake in the designs of Zac Posen, who is labeled as one of New York’s hottest fashion designers. A partnership between the 24-year-old and Combs is expected to push his Sean John clothing label into the mainstream. "Urban" apparel is the fastest growing […]

According to dead prez group member M1, the entire group was arrested and charged with simple assault after authorities accused them of causing a disturbance on a United Airlines flight. "It’s still pending on what’s going to happen and even as to what the charges are," M1 told AllHipHop.com. "But simply put we were attacked, […]