Jay-Z‘s The Blueprint sold over 400,000 copies its first week out, despite bootlegging and the tragedy on his release date. The Blueprint will debut in Billboards charts in the weeks Top Ten releases and is expected to claim the number one position. "Due to the tragedy that occurred on Tuesday, I am postponing the start […]

Ray "Benzino" Scott, co-owner of The Source, has pleaded innocent to to 9 charges levied against him by the Miami Beach Police Department. Benzino was arrested after officers allegedly caught him speeding. Benzino will be arraigned October 1st, before Circuit Judge Gill Freeman. As we reported after The Source Awards, Benzino was arrested after he […]

Snoop Dogg’s syndicated radio show, Bigg Snoop Dogg Radio continues to do well for the stations that carry the show. On the show, Snoop takes listeners on a four hour journey of world premier releases, mixes and in studio interviews with top acts. Recent guests have included Busta Rhymes, Fred Durst, Tha Eastsidaz, Nate Dogg, […]

LL Cool J is in negotiations to star in the action-thriller feature "Mindhunters" for director Renny Harlin. Production is slated to begin in November in the Netherlands. The project will reunite the rapper-actor and the director, who worked together on the 1999 Warner Bros. feature "Deep Blue Sea." The film’s plot revolves around the FBI’s […]

On September 7th, people started leaving the Mike Tyson/Bruce Seldon fight that was held at the MGM grand. Tupac Shakur was in attendance that fateful night. The fight, which started at 8 p.m., lasted 109 seconds, with Mike Tyson being declared the winner in a fight that many feel was thrown by Bruce Seldon. The […]

After all the controversy surrounding Jayo Felony and his beef with Snoop Dogg and the Dogg Pound, Jayo has dropped the title "Crip Hop" for his new album and will go with Trip Hop instead.The album will drop on his own Loco Records and will feature appearances from Ja Rule, E-40 and more. At this […]

Kane & Abel, once part of Master P’s No Limit empire, were sentenced to three years in Federal prison on Wednesday. A U.S. District Court Judge accepted the rappers’ plea last year, in which Kane & Abel admitted to lying to Federal Agents about jailed New Orlean’s murderer and drug kingpin Richard Pena. The Judge […]

The RZA, who’s Bobby Digital release Digital Bullet moved over 60,000 copies its first week out and debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Hot Albums chart, has said that a flood of Wu releases will hit us for 2002. According to sources, The RZA will drop The Flood March 12th, 2002 on Koch/In The […]

Every afternoon,"Rush Hour" in New York City turns into a house party. From open windows in Jeeps, Land Cruisers, Escalades and hoopdees across the 5 boroughs, the tastiest and hottest in hip-hop – deftly cut and mixed club-style ­ blazes into the afternoon air. It¹s five o¹clock, the country¹s premier urban radio station – HOT […]

Lil Cease, Banger and Suif Jackson, a bodyguard for group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. were arrested Friday and charged in connection with a shooting outside of a deli, according to police. Jackson, 31, was arrested just after midnight Friday morning as he was getting out of a car witnesses had placed at the scene of the crime […]

Dr. Dre will release the self-titled debut of soul crooner, Truth Hurts (Real name: Shari Watson) in October. While Dr. Dre will hold down much of the production duties, look for R. Kelly, Organized Noize, DJ Quik, and Tim & Bob to also contribute selections. Truth Hurts will not only release her debut this year, […]

Pras of The Fugees recently sold a comedy pitch to Walt Disney, for an estimated high six figures. Pras will also star as the main character in the comedy, tentatively titled "Indiana Jackson." The flick revolves around baller Jackson, who travels to Ethiopia to help find a priceless antiquity. A female lead has yet to […]

Wyclef Jean‘s father, The Reverend Gesner Jean, was killed yesterday in a freak accident. The elder Jean was pinned against his garage door by an unoccupied 1991 Bentley owned by Clef. Police in South Orange were called to The Reverend’s house at 7:32 p.m., after Wyclef’s sister, Melky, heard a noise in the family’s garage. […]

Construction began over the weekend in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on an arts center honoring Tupac Shakur. Family of the slain rapper and political leaders in DeKalb County gathered Saturday to break ground on the Tupac Amaru Center for the Arts. Shakur’s family has lived in Stone Mountain for nearly a decade. Expected to open in […]

Juvenile, who in the most recent edition of XXL dissed Cash Money Records, may find it a little more difficult severing his ties than he anticipates. In the issue of XXL, Juvenile leveled claims that Bryan "Baby" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Williams, both owners of Cash Money Records, cheated him out of hundreds of thousands […]

A small group of about 30 well wishers converged at the Riverside Church in Harlem to pay their last respects to Anthony "Poetic" Berkley, rapper with the Gravediggaz. While Poetic died on Sunday, July 15, 2001 in California after a two-year battle with metastatic colon cancer, his wife, Dee decided to have a memorial service […]

The Outlawz deny allegations that they tried to pick a fight with Puffy while rehearsing for MTV’s 20th anniversary at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. This contradicts reports from mainstream media like the NY Post (Pagesix.com) and the Fox News Network who claimed the group “tried to revive the old feud between East and […]

Star, drew the wrath of Jay-Z and Q-Tip, after the self proclaimed "hater" of New York’s Hot 97 poked fun at Aaliyah’s plane crash, which took the young singer’s life. Star was giving the address to send Aaliyah’s relative’s flowers, while dubbing in sound effects of plane crashes and people screaming. Most people did not […]

It seems that despite efforts from Russell Simmons himself, the beef between Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss continues. After the two artists met in an undisclosed Harlem location and supposedly worked out their problems, Beanie Sigel said otherwise on Philly radio station Power 99fm. Beanie called Power99 and said that he beef wasn’t squashed for several […]