Daily Hip-Hop News: Exclusives and Breaking Info

Plies Heads To Trial In $10,000,000 Lawsuit

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 8, 2011

PLIES ON TRIAL IN $10 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT OVER 2006 SHOOTING!

Rapper Jay-Z Teams With United Way For Carnegie Hall Performance

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 8, 2011

JAY-Z AND THE UNITED WAY SET TO BRING HIP-HOP TO CARNEGIE HALL!

Athletes, Artists and Execs Gather To Support Law Firm’s Toy Drive

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 8, 2011

ATHLETES AND CELEBS IN BALTIMORE COLLECT TOYS FOR KIDS!

Uncle Luke Fights Mutants In New Film Featured At Sundance

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 8, 2011

UNCLE LUKE’S “FREAKY TIMES” HEADING TO SUNDANCE

MGK Inspires Teen with Cerebral Palsy to Walk

By: Jake CratesCategory: NewsDecember 8, 2011

(AllHipHop News) Cleveland born, self proclaimed “Wild Boy” Machine Gun Kelly is doing good things for the local community of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland’s Fox 8 News reports that Ryan Hex, a disabled teenager from Brunswick, Ohio, has been inspired to walk by the MGK “Lace Up” movement. “If you look in the video, there’s a […]

BG Pleads Guilty In Gun Case, Jail Time Certain In March

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 8, 2011

BG TO BE SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM OVER GUN AND WITNESS TAMPERING CHARGES

Exclusive: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Exec Producing New Dogg Pound Album

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 7, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: SNOOP AND DRE EXECUTIVE PRODUCING NEW DOGG POUND ALBUM!

Beastie Boys To Be Nominated Into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 7, 2011

THE BEASTIES ARE HEADING INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!

Bun B and Pimp C’s Widow Chinara Host Annual Health Fair

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 7, 2011

(AllHipHop News) Surviving UGK member Bun B will team with Pimp C’s widow for this year’s annual Chad ‘Pimp C’ Butler Hip Hop, Health & Wellness Festival. The event, which is now in its third year, offers HIV/STD testing immunization shots and other services to benefit the local Houston community. This year, there will be […]

Trina Hosts Toy Drive During 7th Annual Florida Entertainment Summit

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 7, 2011

(AllHipHop News) Trina has partnered with the 7th Annual Florida Entertainment Summit to host the rapper’s annual Jingle Bell Toy Drive. Trina’s Diamond Doll Foundation, along with the Power of Influence Awards, will collect toys during the Florida Entertainment Summit, which takes place December 8–10 in Miami, Florida. The toys will then be distributed at […]

Profile Records Legacy Chronicled In New Anthology

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg)Category: NewsDecember 7, 2011

(AllHipHop News) The history of groundbreaking Hip-Hop label Profile Records will be chronicled in a new double CD/digital release titled Giant Record: Profile Records Rap Anthology. Profile Records was originally founded as a 12-inch dance singles label in 1979, by Cory Robbins and Steve Plotnicki. The pair borrowed $34,000 from their parents to start Profile, […]