(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop executive James Rosemond is going on the offensive with a plan to file a $120 million dollar lawsuit against The New York Daily News and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Chuck Phillips, over an article published in September in the popular newspaper. The news article, which was published on the 14th anniversary of […]
(AllHipHop News) T.I. is heading back to prison, after a federal judge revoked the rapper’s probation and sentenced the rap star to 11 months in prison for possessing drugs in September in Los Angeles. T.I. appeared in court today (October 15th) for a hearing that started at 2:00PM, flanked by his team of lawyers that […]
(AllHipHop News) Founding Roc-A-Fella Records member Kareem “Biggs” Burke was arrested today (October 15th) with 42 other people in a ring that allegedly controlled the marijuana market in New York City. According to The New York Daily News, Burke has been a part of the ring since 1992. Federal prosecutors claim that Burke was part […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop producer Swizz Beatz and R&B singer Alicia Keys gave birth to a baby boy named Egypt Dauode Dean late last night (October 14th) in New York’s St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys became romantically involved around May of 2009 and announced their engagement in May of 2010, when it […]
(AllHipHop News) A variety of rappers will unite to show their support for incarcerated Hot Boy group member Turk, who is slated to appear in court today (October 15th) in regards to his 12-year prison sentence. While the details about his court-date today are scarce, the New Orleans rapper is planning the “Hip-Hop Unity Conference […]
(AllHipHop News) The booking agents for rap star Waka Flocka Flames has been hit with another lawsuit, claiming the rapper’s manager raised his asking price for a show twice, and then failed to show up for the performance. Promoter Walter Conwell DBA as G.D.B. Promotions is suing Debra Antney, Johnnie Cabbell, Hitt Afta Hitt Entertainment and […]
(AllHipHop News) Young Money rap diva Nicki Minaj will be in good company in the next couple of months as she shows appreciation for U.S. troops as part of this year’s VH1 Divas special. The entertainer will join singers Keri Hilson, Katy Perry and music groups Sugarland and Paramore for the event, which will be taped at Marine Corps Air Station […]
(AllHipHop News) Revered Watts, California lyricist Ras Kass inked a deal with Big Bad 40’s record label Zoo Life earlier this week. Ras Kass is currently in the studio preparing his debut album for Zoo Life, which is distributed worldwide by Fontana/Universal. “I’ve always been a fan of Ras Kass plus he’s my homey,” said […]
(AllHipHop News) Sean “Diddy” Combs’ group Dirty Money has announced a release date for their upcoming album Last Train To Paris. The album is the debut full-length from Dirty Money, which includes Combs, Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richard. According to a press release, Last Train To Paris will finally be released on December 14th, 2010. […]
(AllHipHop News) Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a Hip-Hop intellectual and associate college professor, has filed a $1 million dollar lawsuit against the Philadelphia police, claiming officers are harassing him.Dr. Hill, an Associate Professor at Columbia University at Teachers College, filed the lawsuit in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claiming that […]
(AllHipHop News) Rap star T.I. explained what happened during an incident in which he helped prevent a 22-year-old man from jumping off a building in Downtown Atlanta yesterday (October 13th). In an interview with BET.com, T.I. stated that he was heading to his video shoot, when he turned on his radio and heard the breaking […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Huddy 6 was killed in a car crash yesterday (October 13th), that closed the Westbound upper deck of the George Washington Bridge in New York.The Harlem rapper, aka Huddy Combs, was born Andre Hudson. He was driving into Manhattan with Jeanette Rodriguez, 50, of The Bronx at 5:15 am, when his Mercury […]
(AllHipHop News) Oakland, California rap star MC Hammer will be honored with the World Wide Humanitarian Award during the Kick-A-Thon, which will benefit a local family who lost their father to cancer and now may lose their home. MC Hammer’s appearance is help raise the profile of the fundraising event for the Platt family, who […]
(AllHipHop News) Big L’s family has backed an official project of unreleased material never heard by fans, that will be released on SMC Recordings/Distrolord Inc.Big L’s new album Return of the Devil’s Son is 21 songs of unreleased material that will be released approximately 12-years since his unsolved murder and 10-years since his last album […]
(AllHipHop News) Former Bad Boy Records artist Black Rob is poised to return to the Hip-Hop game with a new album being released via popular independent label, Duck Down Records. The rapper, who was released from prison after serving four years in May over a grand larceny charge, is back in the studio recording material […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper T.I. helped talk a suicidal man out of jumping off of a building in downtown Atlanta earlier this evening (October 13th). The bizarre incident unfolded when police received a 9-1-1 call from a man who was going to jump off the roof of the building where V-103 host Ryan Cameron hosts his […]
(AllHipHop News) Music industry executive/Polo Grounds Music CEO Bryan Leach is facing criminal charges and prison time after he was arrested on Tuesday and found to be in possession of a .380 Kel-Tec handgun with hollow point bullets. Bryan Leach was a former executive at TVT Records, where he helped nurture the careers of artists […]
Raekwon is a huge follower of boxing. And like every other boxing fan, the Wu-Tang general has his own thoughts on who would come out on top if the sport’s biggest fight, Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, is ever made. Raekwon views both men as great fighters, but notes an old friendship with Mayweather as […]
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rap star Lil Jon will be one of the contestants on the upcoming season of Donald Trump’s#### show, Celebrity Apprentice. According to TMZ.com, Lil Jon will be featured on the show alongside Survivor winner Richard Hatch, supermodel Niki Taylor and baseball legend, Jose Canseco. Lil Jon and company will compete for a […]
(AllHipHop News) Dipset member DukeDaGod has lined up a new distribution deal for his upcoming album The D.I.P. Agenda, which will be released through SMC Recordings. The new release will feature a number of high profile appearances from Diplomat co-founder Cam’ron, Jadakiss, Freekey Zekey, Hell Rell, Lil Flip, Sheek Louch, J.R. Writer, 40 Cal. and […]
