(AllHipHop News) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was nominated for an award for his role in supporting Hip-Hop in the country. Putin has been nominated for the “Event of the Year” Award during the Russian Street Awards being presented by Muz TV, Russia’s rival of MTV. In November of 2009, Putin attended Muz TV’s “Battle […]

(AllHipHop News) Comedian Jamie Foxx has teamed with 20th Century Fox Animation to star in his first full-length animated feature film. Foxx will star in Welcome to the Jungle, which is being written by Malcolm Spellman and produced by Foxx and his manager Jamie Rucker King. According to Variety, Foxx is keeping the storyline to […]

(AllHipHop News) Cleveland Cavaliers star center/rapper Shaquille O’Neal has sent a letter to executives at VH1, demanding that they shut down production of his wife’s reality show, “Basket Ball Wives.”According to lawyers for Shaq, certain episodes of the show violate confidentiality agreements between Shaq and his former wife Shaunie, who are in the process of […]

(AllHipHop News) Organizers for the Glastonbury Festival have confirmed that rapper Snoop Dogg will headline the event, which includes performances by U2, Stevie Wonder, Muse, Jack Johnson, Slash and others. The five-day festival takes place from June 22nd to June 27th at Worthy Farm in Pilton and will feature hundreds of bands and poets on […]

(AllHipHop News) Goodie M.O.B. member Cee Lo Green is currently in the recording studio working on an album of brand new material. Elektra confirmed the album is titled Lady Killer and will hit stores later this year. Cee-Lo, also one half of Grammy Award winning group Gnarles Barkley, is in the studio with producers Salaam […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Eminem has announced that he will scrap his album Relapse and instead release Recovery, his seventh major label album. According to Eminem, as he recorded new material and working with different producers, the idea of releasing the older material on Relapse didn’t make sense to the Detroit emcee. “I had originally planned […]

(AllHipHop News) Urban radio/mixtape veteran Brandi Garcia has officially joined the Swisha House family and is now an official Swisha House DJ. Garcia spins Monday-Friday from 10am-3PM and on Saturdays from 11am-2PM, on Houston’s 97.9 The Box.  On Sunday’s Swisha House’s CEO Michael “5000” Watts holds down Sunday’s from 7pm-10pm. Garcia has a bachelor’s degree […]

(AllHipHop News) Political emcee Immortal Technique is close to finishing his 4th album, The Middle Passage.As an entrepreneurial artist that also serves as president of Viper Records, Technique explained that he has been very meticulous in his approach to the new LP, which he expects to be his biggest project to date.“[We’re] 8 songs deep into the […]

Memphis rappers 8Ball and MJG are taking their health seriously as the preparing to release Ten Toes Down, their debut album on T.I.’s Grand Hustle. According to 8Ball, who was once affectionately referred to as “the fat mack,” he has resolved to shed an extra weight he may be carrying and has vowed to live […]

(AllHipHop News) Rap star Eminem has apparently put the brakes on releasing his highly anticipated album Relapse 2. On March 29th, Eminem promised his 600,000-plus followers on Twitter that “big news” was coming in regards to his career. Today (April 14th), Eminem took to his Twitter page and announced: “There is no Relapse 2.”Relapse, which […]

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop legends Jazzy Jay, GrandMaster Caz and artist Carlos “Mare 139” Rodriguez are teaming with a group of local business, community activists and environmental groups for the third annual GetGreen: South Bronx Earth Fest. The free, all ages event aims to promote the culture of the South Bronx, while celebrating and promoting a […]

(AllHipHop News) Los Angeles born and raised rapper Murs and Raleigh, North Carolina producer 9th Wonder are gearing up for what could be one of their most successful releases to date.  In what is widely regarded as their fourth release, ForNever is a 10 track album that features the assistance of Kurupt, Verbs, 9thmatic, Suga […]

(AllHipHop News) Compton, California rap star Game has officially confirmed June 15th as the date he will release his fourth solo release, the R.E.D. Album. The release is being executive produced by Game and Pharrell Williams, who produced tracks on the album along with Dr. Dre, who offered his production expertise, in addition to laying […]

(AllHipHop News) In a new interview in the May issue of Details magazine, singer Rufus Wainwright has made shocking allegations that rapper 50 Cent is gay. During an interview with Details about his new album, All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, Wainwright said that he addicted to Real Housewives of Orange County, Keeping Up […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Drake has shot down reports that he collaborated with former G-Unit “first lady” Olivia on a recently leaked track titled “Control.”Olivia apologized for the leak via Twitter and stated that the collaboration record was taken off of her upcoming mixtape, which will precede her new album Show The World. According to Canadian […]

(AllHipHop News) Nas was ordered to pay his estranged wife Kelis over $250,000 in spousal, child support and legal bills in their ongoing divorce case. According to TMZ.com, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered Nas to pay Kelis $47,249.42 in back child support, $40,454 in back spousal support and 90% of her legal […]

  (AllHipHop News) Recording artist, Rick Ross would only reveal Jay-Z as a rapper featured on his anticipated album in an interview session by DJs and journalists.   “With collaborations, I just want to thank the big homey, Jay-Z; the God MC. He is on Teflon Don,” Ross said, “And I will just leave it […]

(AllHipHop News) Popular New York radio station Hot 97 has announced its annual Summer Jam concert will take place this June in East Rutherford, New Jersey. While the lineup has not been announced, sources told AllHipHop.com that a highly anticipated reunion could take place during the concert. Hot 97’s Summer Jam is known for attracting […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Nicki Minaj has expressed disappointment for having to drop off of Rihanna’s highly anticipated “Last Girl on Earth Tour.” Shortly after an announcement was made about her involvement with Rihanna’s tour, she broke the news to her fans via Twitter that she would sit the tour out to focus on her upcoming […]

Rhymefest is promising to put his peers on notice publicly with the release of his revolution-inspired El Che next month.The project is Rhymefest’s second full-length album, and comes 4 years after his major-label debut Blue Collar on J Records.Because of the delay and label politics, the Chicago emcee was forced to rework the album and keep his name afloat […]