In Part 1, Drake addressed a myriad of topics from critics to Rihanna, haters to Nicki Minaj, Thank Me Later to Lil Kim’s present beef. In Part 2, Drizzy is already thinking about the next move to further his career. He discusses his potential project with Lil Wayne, Young Money and a certain overused rap […]

Drake is moving and moving fast. He’s in Los Angeles and tried to squeeze an interview in prior to taping the “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC. Didn’t work. A few hours later, he emerges en route to the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show- still moving – but equipped with more time. AllHipHop talked […]

Welcome back to third segment of AllHipHop’s exclusive four-part interview with KRS-One.  In Part One, the Teacha discusses the uniqueness of hip-hop with Clayton Perry, followed by a introspective examination on the philosophical influences of Edgar Cayce, Minister Louis Farrakhan, and Bishop Clarence McClendon in Part Two.  Continue below, in order to find out how […]

AllHipHop travels with Nas and Damian Marley for the last installment of “The Next 48 Hours.” The last episode has the Distant Relatives hitting various spots spreading their unique reggae-tinged gospel. Check out the last installment. Click here for the youtube link. video platform video management video solutions video player Click here for the youtube […]

Houston, Texas rapper Slim Thug sat down with AllHipHop.com to clarify controversial comments he made about black women last week on his blog with Vibe.com. On the blog, it appeared Slim Thug was launching an all out attack on Black women. “Both men and women need to change their way of thinking. It’s hard to […]

VIBE.com talked to QuestLove of The Roots for their new album. What was the most challenging aspect when it came to recording How I Got Over? The fact that this is the first album since Tipping Point that I had little to do with the engineering. I knew if I would have went in there with that itch […]

Like a solider readying himself for war, Game and his entourage ride the elevator up to his trendy New York hotel room. Along the ride, he raps sporadically to the music in his headphone. “This year Halloween fell on a weekend. Me and Geto Boys trick-or-treatin,” he says. Later on that evening at the 2010 […]

J. Cole debuted his new video for “Who Dat” today on BET’s “106 & Park” and the mini-movie is impressive. Slightly reminiscent of Xzibit’s “What U See Is What U Get,” but wholly original in today’s context. Check it out below.

Yukmouth, the smoked-out Oakland native and Luniz rapper, makes his return to AllHipHop.com with this new, dramatic feature. The last time we spoke to the Regime Boss, he was releasing his last album on Rap-A-Lot Records called Million Dollar Mouthpiece back in 2008. Since then he released The West Coast Don in 2009 on his […]

Check out the new video for Ron Artest’s “Champions.” Laker haters – get ya hate up. Ron is rubbing LA’s win in your faces.

Foxy Brown, Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj are beefing and a battle is imminent! Well, not exactly. Lil Kim and Foxy Brown both emerged in the 90’s and were deemed the crème of their respective crops at that time, but in 2010, they both seemingly have grievances with the new kid, Nicki Minaj. Nicki has […]

Lauryn Hill performed at the 32nd Annual Harmony Music Festival in Santa Rosa, California and wowed the audience with a performance that lasted a stunning 75 minutes. She spanned through her hits such as “Ex-Factor,” “Fu-Gee-La,” and “Doo Wop (That Thing).” Check out the vids below.

Since today (June 20th) is Father’s Day, AllHipHop.com reached out to a variety of rappers to discuss the importance of the holiday, which was founded in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd in Spokane, Washington. Father’s Day is now celebrated by tens-of-millions of people, in 55 countries around the world.  “He’s worth more/than every star up […]

Fathers & Figures:It’s Father’s Day and I am spending it with my lady, my newborn son Gatlyn and my 15 year-old-son Tremayne. I have been blessed. I would also like to take this time to say that being a REAL father to your children is THE most important thing that you will ever do as […]

The religion of Islam has had a huge impact on Hip-Hop, lyrics and the music in general. The Nation of Islam has remained on the forefront of the religious movement in Hip-Hop, almost since the genre’s inception. Over the past ten years alone, Minister Farrakhan has mediated violent Hip-Hop beefs between a variety of artists. […]

Hip Hop is like wrestling these days, with a lot of trash talk and beef. Still for the most part Hip Hop is as fake as wrestling but every now and then rappers get so mad at each other that they hit each other. Sometimes during battles, sometimes just randomly. Just because your boy Lil […]

During the 2008 presidential election, many from the political left and right insisted a straight line be drawn from Barack Obama directly to the “hip-hop community.” These folks, regardless of their political affiliation, often pointed to Obama’s race, his age, his claim to have Jay-Z in his iPod and his infamous brushing the dirt of […]

Launched by Island Def Jam and Universal Music Group, Antonio Jr and Aaron Reid will collaborate with Vanessa and Angela Simmons to present a talent competition titled “The New Voices Tour 2010.” With similar ideas, it was easy for the two set of siblings to come together and collaborate on the tour. “We came together […]

Depending on who you ask, the future of hip-hop lays within the hands of Jermaine Cole.  Having received validation and financial support from one of the genre’s living legends, as the first artist signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, it appears that J. Cole has officially been passed the proverbial baton.  And if you believe in […]

While Hip-Hop fans across the globe have grown to appreciate the movements of Houston, Texas artists, many fail to recognize one of the main architects of the region’s sound. Mr. Lee is most often regarded as low key. But major players like Scarface, Bun B, Pimp C, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Z-Ro, Trae the Truth, […]