"Bringing Down the House," Queen Latifah’s spoof on race relations in America hit home with audiences in North America. The comedy brought in $31.7 million dollars in its debut weekend, making it the highest debuting movie over the weekend. The movie, which has drawn criticism as being stereotypical, bested the closest competitor, "Tears of The […]
Chris Lighty was named Senior Vice President of Jive Records last week. Violator Records, Lighty’s record label, will be distributed by Jive. Under the new deal, Violator/Jive Records will release former Loud Records group Mobb Deep, in August. "I expect to continue my learning curve here at Jive. The talent this label has on the […]
Antwan Kevin Baker, 32, pleaded guilty yesterday (March 7) to stalking No Limit mogul Master P. Baker was sentenced to one year in the county jail and ordered to stay away from Master P for the next ten years. Baker was also sentenced to three years probation. While Baker didn’t state why he stalked him, […]
Def Jam and popular Latin dance club Conga Room, which is co-owned by Jennifer Lopez, were hit with a lawsuit by the mother of a shooting victim who claims there wasn’t enough security at the party where he was shot and killed. Jerry Bonds, who was also a suspect in the murder of Tupac Shakur, […]
Andre "Lil Buddy" Locke was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for robbing the Vermillion State Bank in Rosemount, Minnesota in 2001. Locke, who drove away in a stolen blue Audi and crashed it into a tree during the subsequent chase, was also convicted of stealing the car. According to family members, Locke […]
Eminem will host an “8 Mile DVD Launch Party” in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan on March 13th. The party celebrates the DVD release of Eminem’s critically acclaimed box office smash. Xzibit, D-12 and others are scheduled to peform at the event, which will take place at St. Andrews Hall in the rapper’s native land. […]
Gun charges against Fabolous were dismissed yesterday (March 5) in a Brooklyn Criminal court. Fabolous was charged with with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in January, after police found two guns in a car he was a passenger in. The previous day, he was also charged with making an illegal U-turn in […]
After winning charges against a Dorchester County, South Carolina woman in November, rapper Luke Campbell has been hit with fresh charges, this time by the Dorchester County officials. An arrest warrant was issued for Campbell yesterday (March 5.) on a felony charge of presenting or participating in an obscene performance, because the show allegedly featured […]
Fans of A Tribe Called Quest may see their wish for a reunion granted, provided that group can see eye to eye with their record label, Jive Records. "Every label has their faults and every artist has their faults to a point," Phife told Gabriel Dance during an interview with the Rocky Mountain Collegian. "But […]
The city of Atlanta denied the Urban Hip-Hop Festival a permit to perform at Turner Field today (March 5.). "The Hip-Hop Action Network will continue to negotiate an alternative site in Atlanta for our Hip-Hop Peace Summit and Festival," Dr. Benjamin Muhammad, President of HSAN told AllHipHop.com. The festival was expected to draw over 100,000 […]
Most people recognize Big Tigger as the freestyle heavy host of BET’s Rap City, who outshines most of his guests. Now the rapper will change hats from host to artist, as he readies his debut album, Tiggernometry. "I can’t really spill all of the beans about it ’cause it’s some things we want to do […]
Buckshot, the lead MC of Boot Camp Click and Black Moon, will re-release 1999’s BDI Thug album with three new songs. Buckshot uses the BDI Thug as the moniker for his solo career. The Thug element in the name pays homage to the time spent with the late Tupac Shakur. Duckdown will be re-releasing the […]
The city of Atlanta will decide today (March 6.) whether or not the Urban Hip-Hop Music Festival will be permitted to be held at Turner Field. The event, which is scheduled to begin April 11, is being promoted by Russell Simmons’ and Dr. Benjamin Muhammad’s Hip Hop Summit Action Network. The weekend would kick off […]
Nelly and his Vokal clothing label have purchased part of Billy Ballew Motorsports for the rest of the NASCAR truck season. Nelly’s new truck will feature the Vokal clothing label logo and will be introduced in time for the Darlington 200 truck event. "We’ve kind of been running on stealth mode for the last few […]
Hip-hop music wears many faces, but one Philadelphia-based act intends to offer the genre a facelift on the house. The Rowdee Black Giants rap collective has slowly begun to garner accolades through intensive grassroots performances in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. According to Jermaine “The Mutation of Greatness” Young, a lead rapper in the group, the […]
MTV has decided to add Snoop Dogg’s variety show, “Doggy Fizzle Televizzle,” to both its spring and summer line-ups. Snoop’s show premiered on MTV in December of 2002. The show will continue to depict Snoop in various comedic roles. Two segments in the pilot episode featured Snoop Dogg working as a substitute teacher and a […]
Rob Swift, Roc Raida, and Total Eclipse, also known as The X-ecutioners, have mixed the latest Sequence Mixtape Session, Scratchology. The album features such DJ pioneers as DJ Jazzy Jay, DJ Cash Money, Pete Rock, DJ Premier and Grandmaster Flash. "The purpose of this mixtape is to educate people about the history of scratching and […]
Pioneering bluesman Bo Diddley had some choice words to say about hip-hop music last Thursday. Speaking to high school students Dunnellon High School near Diddley’s home in Archer, Florida, the 74-year-old Diddley labeled rap "disgusting" and said that it would not last as long as his 50 year career has. "The lyrics are very disgusting […]
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz recently lensed their video for "Play No Game," the second single from their fourth album, Kings Of Crunk. The video was shot on location in a residential community of Miami, in an eight-bedroom house that was converted into a rush party for the fictional "Omega East Side Fraternity." […]
When DMX proclaimed “X Gonna Give It to Ya,” hip-hop’s top dog proved his bite to be as fearsome as his bark as his film “Cradle 2 the Grave” tops the box office, while the accompanying soundtrack lands at number six on the Billboard charts. With a weekend draw of $17.1 million, the martial arts […]
