New York criminal defense attorney Robert Simels is a legend in legal circles for having represented everyone from Southeast Queens drug kingpin Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols to mobster Henry Hill, the real-life mobster who was the inspiration for Goodfellas. Until recently, he was also the attorney for Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and he spoke exclusively with […]

Mack 10 is at a crossroads. Since day one, critics have compared his style and based his merits upon a close relationship with Ice Cube. But without Cube, Mack has released a series of an albums, some memorable, others not. But while his peers have faded or fallen, the Inglewood veteran continues to maintain a […]

Brooklyn’s Red Café has patiently waited his turn. From a five-year bid, to uniting with 50 Cent and DJ Whoo-Kid, now to aligning with Mack 10 to attempt to make history. In all of these movements in phases, Red clearly can, I Got a Story To Tell. Like the title of his forthcoming Hoo-Bangin’/Capitol release […]

Ray Benzino might be setting up his personal Tet Offensive, a series of aggressive moves in his long running war again “the machine.” And like the famous strategy in a war torn 1960’s Vietnam, Benzino hopes to topple his adversaries in a spectacular fashion and drive them out of Hip-Hop for the good of the […]

Producers are growing on trees lately. Despite a surplus of rappers in 2005, it’s still not easy to make money pushing beats. Often, bedroom producers think they can make a buck doing film-work. Producer/emcee El-P has adjusted with the times and recently scored the just-released independent film, Bomb the System. Like the “End to End […]

Meet the other side of a predicate felon. While every Hip-Hop fan is familiar with Tony Yayo’s criminal background and history within the music industry, AllHipHop.com decided to give you the lighter side of G-Unit’s O.G.. While promoting 50 Cent’s new video game, Bulletproof and introducing his own game, Free Yayo, Tony Yayo touches on […]

Bruce Lee believed in, “The art of fighting without fighting.” The idea of creating an album with out a concept, in itself, seems almost damn near impossible, but shows true ambition. Wu-Tang affiliate, former MC, and crew A&R, Dreddy Kruger has done just that. He recently stepped up to man the controls of Think Differently. […]

Earlier this year, fans expected to hear Quan’s debut, Until My Death, but instead, recently heard about the rapper from a recent arrest by Hampton, Virginia police. The police alleged that the Nas protégé [born Don Ferquan] was inside a hotel room with a gun, minor amounts of weed, and a large amount of cash. […]

AllHipHop.com: You were the cameo king of 2005. Was that your idea, or you just being approached? Bun B: Nah, people just kept coming. Part of it was Rap hustling and going out doing features for money. Part of it was people reaching out like “Bun I got this project come get on it, it […]

Finally. After a banner year full of endless cameos, Bun B offers his first solo effort – Trill. The rapper’s tour of duty has been well documented with UGK, his enduring group with incarcerated Pimp C. Although the story’s been told again and again, there are aspects of the Houston vet that have yet to […]

Black Rob hadn’t put out an album in five years prior to his latest release and that ain’t whoa. Once the backbone of Bad Boy Records, B.R. put the label on his back with his Buckwild-laced hit, “Whoa,” and led an Uptown resurgence long before Cam’ron painted the town pink. Since then, however, the troubled […]

VH1’s I Love the 90’s opted to poke fun at Arrested Development as a short-lived fad. Though the Georgia-based outfit may’ve been regurgitated by the Pop market, they have continued to have no problem finding cult-followings, and arenas of fans to hear them overseas. Plenty of groups who gained success in more recent years, would […]

Before Killer Mike was the talk of Hotlanta, Big Mike was the adopted son of H-Town. By way of The Geto Boys’ personnel change, Mike began his Rap career in a predator’s position on everybody else. Outside of the mid-years with the Geto Boys, Mike’s solo albums like Still Serious remain critical gems in Rap-A-Lot’s […]

Today’s typical Hip-Hop artist acts like as if there is nothing to fear, but God, death or the IRS. But truth be told, a little fear lurks within us all and for good reason – some of our people are quite intimidating. Though violence is never to be condoned, we all enjoy a good scare. […]

Mikey D is a Queens legend dating back to 1982. Long before he was a Main Source frontman, Mikey “Destruction” was a notorious battle MC in the parks of his borough. Though he and LL Cool J had duo plans that never hatched, Mikey is one of the select few who was blessed to work […]

The year is 1994 and New Year’s is creeping up upon us. An MC from Queensbridge named Nas is currently keeping the streets on fire from coast to coast. Many brothers on the block, as well as Rap critics acknowledge Nas’ debut LP Illmatic to be one of the greatest solo debuts of all time. […]

Deep within the mass of beats and rhymes found on the Minneapolis
based label, Rhymesayers, Atmosphere’s ,
You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is already grabbing
critics attention. In Slug’s lyrical content that travels the path from 
mind to mouth, you’ll find analogies of himself, alcohol and his
 favorite topic: women, to coincide with the background […]

Despite a very loud single, Ludacris has had a rather quiet 2005. But don’t for a minute think it wasn’t planned that way. Luda worked his executive game by branding Bobby Valentino and signing Field Mob. He also impressed people outside the realm of Hip-Hop with two major acting roles. But if you thought Rap […]

Duos and groups come and go. Their careers skyrocket and plummet in the blink of an eye. After a decade of making music together, not too many acts can even say that’s they’re still going strong together, let alone drop a new album that sounds totally unlike anything they’ve done before. Keeping your freshness seal-tight […]