Cable television channel BET will provide special programming to coincide with World AIDS Day, a globally recognized event that takes place on Monday, December 1. The network will utilize hip-hop to kick off the programming, airing a special two-hour edition of Rap City: The Bassment. Host Big Tigger will discuss the important HIV testing information […]

Jay-Z held his farewell concert last night (November 25) at Madison Square Garden. The sold out show was a who’s who in rap and R&B music, featuring Beyonce, the Roc-A-Fella family, R.Kelly, Missy Elliot, Foxy Brown and Mary J. Blige. The concert highlighted the phenomenal success the Brooklyn born rapper has acheived. Jay-Z started the […]

LA rhymester Xzibit has formed Strong Arm Steady, a new group that includes San Diego’s Mitchy Slick, former Likwit member Phil The Agony and Krondon.Next year, X and the group will drop a DVD to introduce the collective and reveal their ways through shows and backstage. In addition, the DVD will include an exclusive mixtape […]

Popular Miami rapper Pitbull has inked a long term deal with TVT Records, home to such southern acts as Ying Yang Twins and Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz. “The timing was just right with TVT. The label has its finger on the pulse of the South movement and I wanted to be a part […]

Howard University officials ruled that the prestigious school’s marching band could not appear in “We Bout to Blow,” a new video by rapper DMX.Franklin Chambers, Vice Provost of Student Affairs, said the school’s General Counsel did not have enough time to review the contract, due to the timing of the request.Chambers also said the historically […]

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels will join disco diva Gloria Gaynor, former teen idol Debbie Gibson and Dee Snyder of rock group Twisted Sister on VH1’s first-ever “A Very Classic Thanksgiving.”VH1 invited the “classic” artists to eat food, drink wine, share Thanksgiving memories and discuss music.Highlights of the festivities will be played over a two day span […]

Source owner David Mays has decided to step down from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s board of directors, alleging that Russell Simmons was irresponsible for his recent defense of Eminem. Last week, the magazine released a 10-year-old tape of a younger Marshall Mathers rapping disrespectfully about Black women and using the word ni**er. “Russell Simmons’ […]

In the latest in the war of words between Eminem and Ray “Benzino” Scott, three new songs by Eminem are circulating on the Internet, aimed at the Source magazine’s owners. On the first song “Bully”, Eminem accuses Benzino of extreme jealously and vowed that he would not back down from The Source magazine. “I’m withholding […]

Run DMC and Arista records has revisited past glories on a new CD/DVD titled called the Ultimate Run DMC,” a set which is currently in stores. The album is a dense collection of smashes from pioneering of Jam Master Jay, Run and DMC, including 18 songs, 14 video clips and a mini-documentary. The audio will […]

Edgar Bronfman’s Lexa Partners and a group of investors have bought Warner Music Group for $2.6 billion in cash. The purchase has created one of the world’s largest independent record companies.Warner Music Group is home to such rappers as Missy Elliot, Nappy Roots, Fabolous, Sean Paul, T.I., Lil Kim and others.”Warner Music Group is one […]

Rap label Ruff Ryders will give a Thanksgiving Dinner in Harlem, New York for homeless people, people in need and anyone in the community that simply wants to eat. The Lox, Drag-On, Jin and the entire Ruff Ryders family will attend the event, which will take place at Celebrity Seafood restaurant at 2492 8th Avenue, […]

A $25 million dollar lawsuit against Sean “P.Diddy” Combs was tossed out of Manhattan federal court, after the judge ruled the civil racketeering lawsuit had a “limitless number of deficiencies.” Kirk Burrowes,a former President of Bad Boy filed the lawsuit, alleging that Combs set up a network of thugs known as “The Enterprise” that dealt […]

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav and Ecko have teamed up to produce the "’Legends Flavor Flav Talking Alarm Clock. The talking clock is a miniature replica of the animated rapper, complete with hat, sunglasses and Flav’s signature clock draped around his neck, which serves as the actual clock. Purchasers of the alarm clock can be awakened […]

According to Forbes magazine, producer Dr. Dre and Eminem are the second most powerful celebrities in the world.The producing/rapping duo were ranked second worldwide on the Forbes Global Celebrity List, edging out Stephen Spielberg, Tiger Woods, Paul McCartney, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, Robin Williams and Ozzy Osbourne.Dre and Eminem raked in a combined $35 […]

Rapper/mogul Jay-Z maybe looking to ball in a different manner than his tenor in the rap game. After proclaiming The Black Album would be his last, Jigga is reportedly considering the purchase of the New Jersey Nets. To explore the options, the rapper has retained New York investment company Andrew, Alexander, Wise & Co., to […]

Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HHSAN) has released a statement revealing its position on controversial lyrics Eminem wrote about African-Americans in a rap recited in 1993. The tape was released to the media at a press conference in New York City on Wednesday, by Source founder Dave Mays and his partner, Raymond “Benzino” Scott. […]

Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah will hand out 1,000 sleeping bags to homeless people in New York City next week, in an effort to help needy people.Ghost, along with Ross Fredmand and Duke Wu, owners of the re-launched Troop apparel company will join the “One Thousand Sleeping Bags Partnership,” to help address the growing problem.Ghostface, who appears […]

A bevy of Hip-Hop heavies past and present turned up for the first annual Hip-Hop Summit Action Awards benefit at the Laura Belle private event venue in Manhattan on Tuesday. Russell Simmons played host as decade-spanning artists Jay-Z, P. Diddy, MC Shan, Grandmaster Flash, and others arrived alongside civil rights advocates Jesse Jackson and the […]

Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA is leading the publication of a book on the history of The Wu-Tang Clan. Riverhead Books will release “The Wu-Tang Manual,” which will contain autobiographies from each member as well as a lyrical encyclopedia. “This is basically everything Wu,” Riverhead senior editor Sean McDonald told Billboard. “A large chunk will be the […]