Los Angeles hip-hop fans are in for a rare treat on Wednesday, April 16, 2003, when the man that Rolling Stone magazine calls "The Godfather of Hiphop," Afrika Bambaataa will spin a special set at the town’s newest club, Zanzibar. "Bam is the Godfather of hiphop and having him on deck at Zanzibar is going […]

KRS-One is preparing to release his latest album, KRStyle. The first single off the veteran’s album will be a track titled "Do You Want It," which features new comer Peedo. Hailing from Miami, Florida Peedo is a member of the Luna Empire, an independent based record label and crew. The crew put out an independent […]

Roc-A-Fella CEO Dame Dash is finalizing details for the Roc Army Tour, which will start as early as May in the U.S. & then head to Europe. "I know they were in talks, but I ain’t really have nothing to do with it," Dash told MTV News. "I’m gonna go talk to Jay today. I’m […]

Last night (April 14), the highly-touted dramatic series ‘Platinum’ made its prime-time debut. The hip-hop drama stars Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz, Jason George and a budding actress – 19-year-old Davetta Sherwood. ‘Platinum’ is a dramatic family saga based on two brothers, Jackson and Grady Ellis (played by Jason George and Sticky Fingaz), who own and manage […]

Suge Knight has denied allegations that Death Row provided drugs to Anton "Big Lurch" Singleton, who is charged with the grizzly murder of a 21 year-old Los Angeles, California area woman. "I don’t know this guy…. Nobody from our company knows this guy," Knight told Reuters. "I never even heard the guy rap…a lot of […]

Citing safety concerns, officials in Ohio are urging the University of Miami-OH to cancel a scheduled performance by 50 Cent later this month. The show is sold out and city manager Jane Howington fears violence could erupt if individuals show up at the door attempting to buy tickets for the show. On Friday, a spokesperson […]

Hip-hop impresario Sean “P.Diddy” Combs has been tapped to star as blues musician Robert Johnson in a HBO Films feature, which will begin production in September. Johnson was labeled “King of Delta Blues,” in spite of recording only 29 songs prior to dying at the age of 27. The film will be shot on location […]

Naughty By Nature was planning to go back to Africa as they had previously in 2001’s historical concert in Nigeria. However the group and their rap crew unanimously voted against a planned performance in Ghana later this month because of the war-like climate in the world. The U.S.-led war on Iraq may not completely prevent […]

A Raleigh, North Carolina man was charged with the identity theft of Slick Rick Walters, the jailed legendary rapper, after he attempted a series of fraudulent transactions and actual impersonations. Twenty-eight-year-old Steven Glenn was arrested and charged with seven counts of fraud, three counts of forgery, two counts of obtaining property under false pretenses, and […]

Unknown assailants fired shots at rapper Snoop Dogg and his entourage yesterday as they were traveling in Los Angeles, according to reports. Police reports dispatched last night (April 10) that one of the rapper’s bodyguards – a police officer – was shot in the melee, but Snoop escaped without harm. The rapper was traveling with […]

While Priority Records’ recording artist Ras Kass remains a fugitive from justice, that hasn’t slowed him down any in his campaign to procure a release from his recording contract. Aside from recent freestyle releases, such as "R.A.S.," a boisterous declaration of his freedom from Priority Records set to the beat from Noreaga’s "N.O.R.E.," Ras Kass […]

With the release of his debut set, The Hazardous Life, Roscoe P. Coldchain, promises to uphold the rich Philly hip-hop tradition stemming from the likes of Cool C, Steady B, Schoolly D and others from the Golden Era of rap. “I was just listening to what they was doing, they was talking that glamorous life […]

Ol’ Dirt Dog has done it again. ODB, the charismatic and often troubled member of Wu Tang has changed his name again – this time to Dirt McGirt ODB. The rapper has assumed a variety of monikers including the infamous Big Baby Jesus to Ason to God Unique to Joe Bananas to Osiris. “He’s changed […]

50 Cent has signed his G-Unit Records to Interscope and intends to drop an album by the crew of the same name before year’s end. “First I drop my album, and people pay attention,” 50 Cent said in a statement. “Now that I got their attention, I’m gonna drop the next s**t on them – […]

Afeni Shakur, mother of slain rapper Tupac, donated $10,000 dollars to a community college in North Carolina to establish a scholarship in his grandmother’s name The Rosa Bell Williams scholarship was given to Robeson Community College on behalf of the Tupac Amaru Foundation. The check was presented yesterday (April 8) after Afeni Shakur was interviewed […]

Hot 97’s Aston "Funkmaster Flex" Taylor struck a deal in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday and plead guilty to harassing Power 105.1 air personality Steph Lova. Flex’s Lawyer, Murray Richman said that by striking the deal, Flex was not charged with any crime and was cited for a violation. "He denies striking her, and the district […]