Diamond Talks Crime Mob, Nicki Vs Kim, The Industry and More
Diamond has come a long way from her days with Crime Mob. Now the rap mistress is coming forward full steam off of the Ludacris My Chick Bad feature appearance. Diamond chopped it up with Ms. Drama about everything from the music industry, Nicki Minaj vs Lil Kim, Crime Mob and her idol Eve.

Exclusive: DJ Premier Honors Late Rapper Guru From Europe
The family of the late rapper Guru celebrated his legacy in Boston, Massachusetts during a ceremony from 2-5:00 PM on Sunday (July 18th)Close friends, family members and guests gathered at the University of Massachusetts in Boston to pay homage to Keith Elam, who would have celebrated his 49th birthday on Saturday (July 17th). Gang Starr […]

Drake, Swizz & T.I. On The Set Of “Fancy”
“Last night Drizzy closed out his series of videos in Atlanta, Fancy Feat. Swizz Beats and TI. Drake hooked back up with Anthony Mandler again to recapture some of that Over magic and they gotta another visual banger on their hands. It was truly a family affair as the whole Young Money Fam was in […]

Lil Wayne Writes Second Letter From Jail
Hello world Im good. Counting the days and still smiling. Most of those smiles come from hearing my kids voices over the phone. The others come from reading fan mail. Let me just say that I have the best fans in the world! The devotion, dedication, support, love, and most of all, prayers are simply […]

The War Against Tupac: A Conversation with John Potash
Being oppressed in America lends to immediate exposure of Americas harsh realities, which help impregnate the beliefs of the individuals. To believe that the government would infiltrate the Black community and flood it with drugs and guns with the intent of it leading to the communitys could be farfetched until you realize it happened. To […]

Even Cool Kids Take Care of Business: Chuck Inglish
While Tacklebox, a recent Cool Kids mixtape burns up the net this summer, both Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish are still working on their new album that has been nearly two years in the making. Since releasing a series of fishing themed mixtapes with Don Cannon and now the L.A. Leakers, this Chicago duo has […]

Even Cool Kids Take Care of Business: Mickey Rocks
In part two of AllHipHop.coms cross examination of Chicagos Cool Kids, Mikey Rocks tells us about what it was like going through the label trouble over the past few years and the excitement he has for his upcoming project. AllHipHop.com: Chuck was telling me about how you guys have been just putting out mixtapes because […]

A Long Convo With… Soulja Boy Tell’Em
Our pals at VIBE sat down with the 19-year-old Soulja Boy and talked studying Nas, disappearing tattoos, and disparaging Twitter hashtags. For more on Soulja Boy – go to Vibe.com. VIBE: The world thought you kissed you 2.2 million Twitter followers goodbye last week. What happened? Soulja Boy Tell’Em: Some busters hacked my page. Little […]

Rappers & Their Wives: Aliya S. Kings Platinum, Fact or Fiction?
Make no mistake about it, Platinum is a fictitious tale (wink, wink). But, once one picks up the book as written by Aliya S. King, said reader is immediately drawn into the engrossing story in a way that they are attracted to the rumors page on AllHipHop. The characters in Platinum are eerily close to […]

Ron Artest: A Champion’s Will To Live
Its a thin line between the music industry and entertainment. Some cross that line successfully; while others fall short. Ron Artest is attempting a Championship shot at rap. 2010 NBA Champion Ron Artest took time out of his various TV appearances to discuss his budding music career, love for 1920s music, and the fact that […]

Mannie Fresh: Chubby Boy Keeps It Moving
Mannie Fresh. Producer. DJ. Quiet Icon. The producer and DJ provided the sonic backbone to one of the biggest labels in Hip-Hop, Cash Money Records. These days, Mannie has assembled the skeleton for his own imprint, Chubby Boy Music, which he hopes will help him eventually muscle though the treacherous waters of the recording industry. […]

Guiness World Record Holder Green Arrow: The Art of Freestyling
DJ Green Arrow is currently the Guinness Record holder for a Rap Marathon, by rapping for 9 hours and 57 minutes, tripling his own record set in 2007. The record-setting marathon session placed Green Arrow in the company of legendary freestylers like Supernatural, Ruffstylz, D.O. M-80 and Twista, all of whom have held the record […]

Eminem Breaks Down “Recovery”
Eminem has been all over the place, but this time, he took to his own Shade45 for an interview breaking down the top selling album. Part 1: On Fire Part 2: Wont Back Down Part 3: Not Afraid Part 4: No Love Part 5: 25 to Life Part 6: Almost Famous Part 7: Youre Never […]

Rick Ross: The High Cost Of Being Boss
For Dream Team Don, Rick Ross, the vision is most definitely alive; and everybody is trying to get a piece of it. From threats of losing his rap identity, to haters in the twitterverse, the Teflon Don handles it all with a thick puff of smoke. He exhales deeply. AllHipHop caught up with Ricky Rosay […]

R.I.P.: Rammellzee (1960 2010)
Legendary graffiti writer and emcee Rammellzee reportedly passed away June 29th. Rammellzee is a hip-hop icon who dropped avant-garde tracks on wax since the early 1980’s with a steady output of graphic art, music, and sculpture throughout his life. He was featured in Charlie Ahearn’s seminal hip hop movie Wild Style and collaborated with notable […]

Immortal Technique- Observations of Haiti (Letter)
I recently arrived home from Haiti.While I was there I worked in a few aspects of the relief effort including a solidarity mission to aid the Earthquake survivors. In addition to all of this Myself, Cormega and Styles P participated in a show to support Haitian Hip Hop and rebuild the community. I would like […]

Eminem Speaks On Being Left Off The “Hot” List
VIBE.com recently spoke with Eminem. On the response to “Forever”: Eminem: The response was great. I didnt really look it like Im competing against these guys. Im on a record with them, but I just wanted to make a good song. Certainly, the response helped, as far as me being able to feel good about […]

Uncle Ruckus’ Most Racist Moments
Comedian Tracy Morgan once said that if a joke wasnt offensive then it probably wasnt funny. If that is the case then Uncle Ruckus from The Boondocks is one of the funniest characters created in recent times.The self-hating janitor/valet/movie theater usher has said things about his own people that would make even the staunchest Klansman […]

Necro’s Top 5 Horror Movies
Hardcore gore rapper Necro sat down with AllHipHop.com to discuss his Top 5 Horror movies of all time. In addition to the rapper picking some interesting flicks, he takes the time to break down each movie and its significance to the genre of gore and splatter flicks.Blood Sucking Freaks, 1976. Its def #1. That film […]

KRS-One: Teaching. The Conscious Crowd. Respect. (4/4)
On June 15, 2010, KRS-One released his 17th solo project, Back in the L.A.B. (Lyrical Ass Beating), which also happens to be his 23rd overall. The six-track EP features the production of Freddie Foxxx, DJ Kenny Parker, DJ JS1 and the Beatminerz. And according to his management, a full-length will be released this upcoming Fall! […]