As the youngest affiliate of the Wu-Tang Clan, Shyheim “The Rugged Child” hit the scene at the age of 14. He was lyrically impressive and dropped 1996’s The Lost Generation way before Lil’ Bow Wow and Romeo would hit the scene. He came up as a native of Staten Island and even lived with Ghostface […]
October 30, 2002 shattered the lives of more than just the man the world knew as Jam Master Jay. On the day the news broke, families, friends and loved ones of Jam Master Jay’s seemed to have cracked as well. It’s now apparent that Jason Mizell was more than just a Hip-Hop DJ. He was […]
According to a quote by Henry Bromel, “We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package.” This quote is the absolute essence of the music brought forth by Bronze Nazareth. The young RZA protege possesses the unique […]
AllHipHop: There is a police station in the area that Jay was shot and killed. How could that have happened with the police being so close? CMP: I don’t know. That’s what makes me think it was all inside. If the security tape was working all along, why wasn’t itworking that night? AllHipHop: What do you think about […]
My how things have changed. Six years ago, Cormega was a member of rap super group The Firm, and he was signed to the most storied label in hip-hop, Def Jam. But even with a deafening buzz, he hopelessly waited as the release date for his debut album, The Testament, came and went. Nothing. Since […]
Game tells his side of the story behind the beef with Joe Budden. Read on. AllHipHop.com: Let’s just talk about the whole beef situation and how it started. You know Joe has already kind of said what he felt how it started but, what’s your view on how it started? Game: Everybody wants to know […]
Rappers Joe Budden and The Game have a bit of a lyrical feud going on. After an appearance on a DJ Clue song, in which they recorded separately, Game took one of Joe’s lyrics as a personal diss to G-Unit and eventually released the scathing diss song dubbed "Buddens" Set to Ice-T’s “Colors,” the Compton-reared […]
Lil’ Flip personally requested that writer Kay Konnect relay a message to his fans regarding the flock of filter in his last Allhiphop.com interview about the drama surrounding Hump and Sucka Free Records. Flip wanted to expand his original statements. Lil’ Flip: Yeah, yeah, we gotta clear some stuff up that they had on Allhiphop.com. […]
AllHipHop represents for those who can recite a verse from beginning to end, those who quote lyrics to explain serious life situations, and those who have an arsenal of punch-line snaps in they raps. But AllHipHop has just as much love for the producer. From eight bar loops, to live instrumentation, to the Trinitron, we […]
AllHipHop: What is the personal highlight of your career in your eyes? Prince Paul: Wow, mine are very simple. It’s not even one big highlight. It’s just the fact that – Yo, I’m still working! Everyday I wake up and man, it amazes me. I could easily say that when the Chris Rock records won […]
JT The Bigga Figga may not be a household name, but those who have followed Hip-Hop music and specifically the independent rap game know his name very well. JT, who heads up Get Low Records, has been dropping albums since 1991. Since the company’s founding, his label has released an astonishing 70 albums. After using […]
Status Quo is like the average, which is the bar that most common folk live by. But new Shady/ Aftermath signee Stat Quo is set to change the bar that hip-hop is judged by. “Like I’m real cocky with that. Like that’s some cocky s**t right there,” he says, “but we going to go ahead […]
While many people may be unaware of the strong Native American Hip Hop scene that thrives independently in Native communities across the United States and Canada, one of it’s pioneers, Litefoot is calling on Outkast and the broader Hip Hop community to take notice and check the way they view Native culture. We spoke to […]
Do you think you know Hip-Hop? Meet Bonz Malone, who is possibly the greatest unknown Hip-Hop mind to come down the pike in quite a long time. He is an accomplished literary artist with work that has been seen across the globe. Although he has many movie credits to his resume, his role in the […]
AllHipHop: You been talking all this stuff about Priority Records, how they can’t market and promote hip-hop records, but Chingy’s platinum my man. RK: I can say two things: first of all, Priority Record’s has enormous luck, and basically, I know DTP Records, I knew everybody before they even signed when they were telling me […]
AllHipHop: What’s the name of your label? Lil Flip: Clover G Records AllHipHop: Do you have any artists yet? Lil Flip: I got one dude, his name is Willing. He’s coming out. Basically it’s just me. I’ve been helping a lot of people over the years putting them on my album, trying to start peoples […]
AllHipHop: What’s the deal with your new album, Game Over? what can people expect? Lil Flip: It’s more energy in this album. I did some more stuff. I got A list producers on this album. The first album went platinum and I did set out to do that. I did that without A list producers. […]
AllHipHop: What’s the personal highlight of your career if you can pin down one? A.G.: First seeing yourself on television in videos and seeing the people that you grew up with in your neighborhood lookin’ at you differently. The parents is lookin’ at you like a positive person. And just traveling around the world. AllHipHop: […]
Every sports fan sits around and talks about those super teams. Once in a great while, the right group of players, create the right chemistry, and make history. They play a certain way, carry a certain reputation and attitude, all for the better. If Hip-Hop has a super-team of today, it’s Diggin’ in the Crates […]
"The Danger Zone," 1999. The world of Hip-Hop and all of its adoring fans were seemingly still reeling from the aftershocks of the tragic and untimely deaths of two of its finest, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. Senseless acts of violence had run its course and the music world had suffered a mighty blow. Little […]
