(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Wayne has become the first rapper since Tupac Shakur to have a #1 album on the charts, while serving time behind bars, after police found a loaded handgun on his bus in 2007. The rapper, who is currently finishing an eight-month prison sentence on Riker’s Island, has the #1 album in […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop veteran MC Hammer has respond to lines in a recent Kanye West song titled “So Appalled” that featured rap star Jay-Z. Hammer, an Oakland native, took offense to Jay-Z’s lines in the song which the Brooklyn wordsmith rapped:“And Hammer went broke so you know I’m more focused. I lost 30 mil so […]
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne’s former wife Toya Carter is planning to release her debut memoirs in 2011. According to reports, the BET reality star of Tiny and Toya will release the book, titled Priceless Inspriation, in February. The book will focus on Toya’s life and the pair’s daughter Reginae, while providing a cautionary tale to […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Young Buck is not letting anything derail his return to the music industry and has released his highly anticipated mixtape, Back On My Buck Sh*t Vol.2. Back On My Buck Sh*t Vol. 2, which is being offered as a free download, was produced entirely by Memphis, Tennessee hitmaker Drumma Boy, who has […]
(AllHipHop News) As he promotes a new project, Kid Cudi has revealed his fleeting love for Hip-Hop music and culture and said that he’s now fronting a rock group. “I’m just over rapping. I don’t get any fulfillment out of it anymore,” Cudi told MTV News in a recent interview. “I really don’t get any […]
(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne is writing furiously in anticipation of his post-prison return to Hip-Hop, family and the free world. “He hasn’t written out rhymes since the Hot Boys,” Birdman told Rolling Stone in the November edition of the magazine. “There’s a different swagger coming from Wayne, different things to talk about.” Lil Wayne has […]
(AllHipHop News) Houston rapper Paul Wall recent took the time to talk about his successes with his music and his clothing line with Travis Barker, Expensive Taste. “We got our clothing line Expensive Taste and its been active for a few years, but its really starting to take off especially in the Texas markets, being […]
(AllHipHop News) The Outlawz have announced details on their upcoming new album Perfect Timing, which will reunite the group with estranged group member Hussein Fatal. The group lineup for the Perfect Timing album is E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble and Hussein Fatal, who went solo after the deaths of group members Tupac Shakur and Yaki Kadafi. […]
(AllHipHop News) Tameka “Tiny” Cottle will face a felony drug possession charge in Los Angeles, after she was arrested on September 1st with her husband, rap star T.I.Cottle was a passenger in a Maybach being driven by T.I. when police stopped the vehicle. When they allegedly smelled the odor of marijuana, they searched the vehicle’s […]
(AllHipHop News) Mogul Jay-Z has unveiled the song listing for his new book, Decoded. According to a release, Decoded is “a collection of lyrics and their meaning that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.” The […]
(AllHipHop News) Nude pictures of rapper Kanye West have hit the internet after weeks of rumors of their existence. The images show the rapper sitting in a chair or couch shirtless in sunglasses and a chain. In a separate image, the rapper’s private area is exposed, according to the New York Daily News. West has […]
(AllHipHop News) The Black Eyed Peas have been sued from planiffs that allege that the Hip-Hop/pop group copied “I Got a Feeling,” and “Boom Boom Pow,” two of their most popular hits. Both suits were filed on Thursday November 28 in federal courts in Santa Ana and Los Angeles. A Texas-based songwriter named Bryan Pringle […]
(AllHipHop News) Iconic Peanuts cartoon character Charlie Brown has officially become a rapper. ABC is running commercials featuring Charlie Brown rapping to a Hip-Hop beat promoting the special, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” During the commercial, “Charlie B. and the Peanuts Posse” raps: “Raking leaves and rolling on a pumpkin/Trick or treat then get […]
(AllHipHop News) A highly anticipated performance in Australia featuring Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad has been canceled, after the promoter of the event was scammed by a phony booking agent. In August, Peace Music made announcements for the performances, which was to feature the two Tribe Called Quest members for a date in Sydney […]
(AllHipHop News) Detroit rapper Eminem is back in the recording studio with super producer, Dr. Dre. Em made the revelation on his Shade 45 channel on Sirius Satellite Radio during Angela Yee’s popular “Lip Service” show. “I’m in the studio right now, still working,” Eminem said during the interview. I would just say I’m in […]
(AllHipHop News) LimeWire, the decentralized peer-to-peer file trading service, was ordered by a federal to shut down on Tuesday. The company, Lime Wire LLC, had been in a legal battle with the major labels including Arista, BMG, Sony, and Warner Bros. LimeWire’s demise represents a victory for the music industry’s ongoing battle against internet piracy. […]
(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj and Eminem will introduce their other personalities on Pink Friday, the debut album from the Young Money rapper. Nicki’s Roman Zolanski persona will “meet” Eminem’s Slim Shady character, according to a report by Rap-Up.com. The revelation was made by Minaj in a recent uStream video. The song is reportedly called “Roman’s […]
(AllHipHop News) Travie McCoy was arrested on October 27 after allegedly spraying graffiti on the Berlin wall in Germany. The rapper/pop star was taken into custody by Germany police after they spotted him tagging one of the last pieces of the historic landmark. Before he was arrested, he posted the picture of the graffiti on […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop production duo The Runners have inked a worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm for Warner Music Group. As The Runners, Jermaine “Mayne” Jackson and Andre “Dru Brett” Harr have crafted hits for top artists like Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Fabolous, Usher, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, […]
(AllHipHop News) Bronx, New York natives Mickey Factz and Cory Gunz are working together on a new, joint mixtape. Mickey Factz gave details of the mixtape to AllHipHop.com, which was announced at the launch of the new monthly “Cipher Sessions” series being presented by Sha Money XL, Def Jam and AllHipHop.com. Mickey Factz and Cory […]
