(AllHipHop News) Rapper RZA has enlisted a star-studded cast for his next film “Cut Throat City.”

“Empire” star Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Eiza Gonzalez, and rapper T.I. have signed on for the film, which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana following 2005’s devastating Hurricane Katrina.

The film is currently shooting in the city and centers on four friends, who turn to a local criminal to pull off a casino heist after they return to the storm-damaged city and cannot find work.

The Wu-Tang Clan star will direct the movie and score it. He will also produce the project.

Joel David Moore, Kat Graham, Rob Morgan, Denzel Whitaker, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Shameik Moore, and Isaiah Washington will also appear in the film, according to Deadline.

RZA made his directorial debut in 2012 with “The Man with the Iron Fists” and went on to helm an episode of “Iron Fist” and 2017’s “Love Beats Rhymes.”

(AllHipHop News) XXXTentacion was sent to jail with no bail after being charged with seven new felonies today (December 15).

The rapper, who is about to be tried for sexual assault charges, now faces seven new witness tampering charges.

XXXTentacion is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and stomping her while she was pregnant.

Prosecutors claim the rapper, born Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, submitted a phony affidavit allegedly signed by his accuser, claiming she wanted to drop the charges.

A judge ruled today that XXXTentacion violated the terms of his bond from the original domestic assault charges and ordered him to be held without bail as he awaits trial.

(AllHipHop News) Rap mogul Russell Simmons has been aggressively defending himself from sensational allegations of rape.

And now the Def Jam founder will have to defend himself against another new claim.

According to a report on PageSix.com, Russell Simmons allegedly tried to rape a publicist named Kelly Cutrone in 1991.

Cutrone said she came forward, because she was furious that Simmons made a #NotMe hashtag, piggybacking off of the #MeToo woman’s rights movement.

“He pushed me into his apartment and then he threw me down on the floor and literally tried to grab…take my clothes off of me,” Kelly Cutrone told PageSix.com . “And I started kicking him really, really hard, screaming, telling him to get the f##k off of me. And that I would have him killed if he ever f##king laid a hand on me.” She added, “I actually think I told him I would call Page Six! I was a publicist! I think I told him I would call Page Six and have him murdered.”

This week, Simmons, 60, was accused of raping or sexually harassing eight different women, who came forward in the stories for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

The allegations added to three previous claims against Russell Simmons, who is the founder of companies like Def Jam, Phat Farm, and All Def Digital.

In the LA Times’ piece, rap pioneer Sheri Sher of the Mercedes Ladies made the shocking claims that Simmons forcefully raped her in 1983.

Sheri Sher recently issued a statement, saying that like Kelly Cutrone, she could not believe Russell Simmons was being so adamant in denying the claims.

“I’m appalled that Russell is sitting there calling these women liars and calling me a liar,” Sheri Sher said. “I’m not trying to bash him, but you did what you did, and what you did in the dark comes to light.”

Russell Simmons and his attorneys have vowed to fight the latest round of allegations.

Simmons, who stepped down from his companies on November 30th started the #NotMe hashtag on December 14 and took a polygraph test to prove his innocence.

Simmons has vowed to cooperate with an alleged investigation being conducted by the NYPD’s Special Victim’s Unit.

As of press time, Russell Simmons has not addressed Kelly Cutrone’s accusations.

(AllHipHop News) Rapper G-Eazy has scored a first For hip-hop.

According to GQ Magazine, G is the newest model for Ford Models, and is the first rapper to ever sign with the agency.

The rapper already has a deal lined up with H&M, where he is the retailer’s latest “design collaborator. ”

“I like bringing together different styles, worlds, or decades in everything that I do. I might sample a song from the ‘50s, or wear something that’s kind of retro, but I’ll add something modern to it,” G-Eazy told GQ of his latest collection. “Like the tropical print shirts in the collection feel like they’re from the ‘50s, but I’ll wear them with skinny black jeans, black shoes, and a black jacket so that it was a little bit of edge to it.”

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Tyga is lamenting his single status because he doesn’t have a special lady to spoil this Christmas.

The “Rack City” hitmaker has been spotted enjoying the company of a few different women in recent months, but Kylie Jenner’s ex-has made it clear he’s not currently in a relationship in a new post on Snapchat.

He shared a photo of himself holding up a pair of diamond-studded stilettos while out shopping and captioned the image, “I need a gf (girlfriend).”

Tyga, 28, also added an emoji of a face with dollar signs as eyes and a green tongue, suggesting the heels come with a sky-high price tag.

The hip-hop star moved out of Kylie’s California home in April after a three-year on/off relationship, and she didn’t waste any time in moving on – she is widely reported to be pregnant with her first child, having embarked on a new romance with another rapper, Travis Scott.

In July, Tyga insisted he had no qualms with 20-year-old Kylie dating Travis, admitting, “I have love for her, but, like, I’m not in love no more.”

Tyga won’t be completely alone for the holidays – he shares five-year-old son King with his ex-fiancee Blac Chyna, who ironically dated Kylie’s half-brother Rob Kardashian for a year until early 2017.

They welcomed daughter Dream in November 2016.

(AllHipHop News) Police in New York City are reviewing claims hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons raped multiple women.

The NYPD’s special victims unit detectives are reportedly looking into at least seven allegations of sexual misconduct against the Def Jam co-founder – and they are reaching out to his accusers, according to Los Angeles Times sources, ahead of a possible investigation.

Simmons stepped down from his businesses last month after two women accused him of raping them, but on Thursday (December 14) he made it clear he’s determined to clear his name as more accusers came forward in exposes published by the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

He has also taken a lie detector test in a bid to prove he never forced himself upon his first accuser, model Keri Claussen Khalighi, in 1991, when she was 17.

According to the rap boss’ attorneys, he plans to repeat the polygraph test for allegations made by four other women – and he’ll release the results once he’s completed all the tests.

Russell and his legal team are inviting any of his accusers to also take a polygraph.

Simmons has denied the rape allegations and insists all his sexual encounters were consensual.

(AllHipHop News) SoundCloud announced the launch of a new home experience which is designed to make it easier to discover creator’s latest content on the platform. Users now have access to curated recommendations, personalized playlists, and exclusive culture-focused audio.

One of the featured playlists is Hip Hop Supreme. The collection includes the hottest rap tracks on SoundCloud. There is also the In the Mix weekly playlist that presents DJ mixes.

Other SoundCloud home experience options include personalized playlists The Upload, More Of What You Like, and Artists You Should Know. Periodically, emerging acts will be highlighted on playlists like SoundCloud Next Wave, The SoundCloud Playback, and more.

Besides the New & Hot charts, Top 50 charts will also track popular uploads from around the world. In addition, American listeners can keep track of the platform’s latest album releases with Fresh Pressed.

On Wednesday, SoundCloud celebrated the introduction of the app’s new home experience as well as “What’s New, Now And Next In Music” at Brooklyn’s Good Room. Grammy-nominated artist Lil Uzi Vert and “2018 SoundCloud Artist To Watch” Lil Wop performed at the event.

Uzi had a huge year on SoundCloud. The Philadelphia rhymer’s Luv Is Rage 2 was named SoundCloud’s Top Album of 2017 and his “XO Tour Llif3” single earned the honor of being the streamer’s Top Rap/Hip-Hop Track.

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(AllHipHop News) The N.E.R.D reunion album was released today (December 15). No_One Ever Really Dies is the group’s first LP since 2010’s Nothing.

To promote the project, Pharrell Williams sat down with Jimmy Kimmel. The producer/performer was asked what took so long for him to reconnect with Chad Hugo and Shay Haley for a new album.

“It’s kind of like one of those things where it just hits you when it hits you,’ explained Pharrell. “I can’t just make things for myself. I’m so better at working with other people and producing/writing songs for other people, because they inspire me. I don’t inspire myself.”

He also added, “This whole entire thing, we did with our eyes closed. Not because we’re that good, but because if we would’ve had our eyes open we would have gotten distracted by all the trends and stuff that was going on. So we made this music with feeling, I think we wrote it with feeling, the visuals that we’re doing has feeling.”

In addition, N.E.R.D performed “Lemon” and “1000” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Pharrell, Chad, and Shay’s No_One Ever Really Dies features Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, André 3000, Future, Gucci Mane, Wale, M.I.A., and Ed Sheeran.

(AllHipHop News) The star-studded soundtrack for Netflix’s upcoming Bright was released today. Atlantic Records collected Meek Mill, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Rocky, Logic, Future, YG, and more artists for the project.

A video for Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, and Bebe Rexha’s “Home” hit YouTube in November. Then earlier this month saw the arrival for the visuals for Migos and Marshmello’s “Danger.”

Bright stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. The David Ayer directed fantasy crime film is scheduled to begin streaming December 22 on Netflix.

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(AllHipHop News) Missy Elliott will be honored by Essence at the magazine’s 2018 Black Women In Music event. The rapper-singer is being celebrated for her two-decade career in the entertainment industry.

“I am humbly grateful that [Essence] will honor me at #BlackWomenInMusic,” tweeted Missy on Thursday. “I couldn’t be more thankful and excited to receive this recognition.”

The 4-time Grammy winner has released six albums, five of which are certified platinum. She also helped craft tunes for other acts such as Jodeci, Aaliyah, Timbaland, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé.

“The artistry of Missy Elliott cuts across generations—underscored by her vast creative accomplishments and contributions to the culture,” stated Vanessa De Luca, Essence Editor-in-Chief. “So prolific is her work, she is an inspiration to women all over the world. Missy’s energetic presence is truly magnetic and we can’t wait to celebrate her as one of the artistic masterminds of our time.”

The 2018 Black Women In Music ceremony is scheduled for January 25 at the Highline Ballroom in New York City.

(AllHipHop News) Even after twenty years, the murder mystery surrounding Tupac Shakur still makes headlines. The latest revelation about the 1996 fatal shooting in Las Vegas comes from A&E’s Who Killed Tupac? docuseries.

TMZ reports the .40 caliber Glock that killed Tupac was discovered in the backyard of the girlfriend of a prominent Crip member that was a rival of the Hip Hop icon. Who Killed Tupac? claims a document allegedly shows Compton police booked the weapon as found property on May 30, 1998.

Apparently, the firearm was transferred to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department in 2000 when the Compton City Council disbanded its law enforcement agency. Six years later, an LASD deputy is said to have run a ballistic test and the gun was a match to the weapon that murdered Pac.

According to TMZ, a federal prosecutor assigned to the case recommended the gun not be turned over to Las Vegas investigators in order to avoid potential conspirators learning about the state of the case. The LVPD now has no clue where the gun is located, and they apparently were unaware of the supposed Compton PD document.

On Who Killed Tupac?, famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump shared the news of the alleged murder weapon being found with Tupac’s brother Mopreme Shakur. The finale of the six-part investigative series airs on Tuesday at 10 pm ET.

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