Hot 97 Celebrates 20 Years Of Hip-Hop Concerts
(AllHipHop News) New York based radio station Hot 97 has announced plans for the annual Summer Jam concert. This year’s concert is special too Hot 97 and it’s employees, since it’s the 20th year anniversary of the legendary concert, which is seen artists like Jay-Z, Kanye West, 50 Cent and numerous others. The 20th annual […]
Future Continues Billboard Dominance, Plans To Work With JLo
(AllHipHop News) Future’s ascension from being a burgeoning artist complaining about being snubbed by Drake to being the go-to guy in Hip-Hop and R&B in less than two years is shocking. The once unknown member of Outkast affiliate Dungeon Family now is apart of 16 songs on six different Billboard charts. This week alone, the singer/rapper aficionado Lil Wayne’s “Love […]
‘Album of the Year’ Folk Band Mumford & Sons To Do Hip-Hop Album
JAY-Z TO COLLABO WITH A COUNTRY BAND?
EXCLUSIVE: Fiend Prepping “Lil’ Ghetto Boy” Project; Discusses Rebirth With Jet Life Crew
(AllHipHop News) This week, New Orleans rapper Fiend aka “International Jones,” spoke with AllHipHop.com about his upcoming project Lil’ Ghetto Boy, set to be released on March 4. While many Hip-Hop fans remember Fiend from his Billboard chart topping albums Street Life and Theres’s One in Every Family, released on Master P’s No Limit Records, over the last few years, Fiend has […]
Meek Mill, Trinidad James, Jaden Smith To Hit The Catwalk During BET’s “RIP The Runway”
MEEK, TRINIDAD AND JADEN SMITH TO RIP THE RUNWAY!
Memorial For Rapper Tim Dog Set For Next Week
(AllHipHop News) A memorial service for deceased rapper Tim Dog will take place next Friday in New York. Tim Dog’s life will be celebrated on March 8, at Glendale Baptist Church in Harlem. The event is scheduled to take place from 6-10:00 PM, where a number of New York rappers will be on hand to […]
Kanye West Says “He’ll Be Back In A Couple of Months” With His “New S**t”
(AllHipHop News) After setting the internet on fire this weekend with a on-stage rant targeting corporations, the Grammys, and Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie,” Kanye West used another European performance to make more news last night. While performing in Paris, West took a moment to tell the audience that he is working on “new sh*t.” […]
New ‘Copyright Alert System’ To Prevent Illegal Downloading Goes On Line
(AllHipHop News) Nearly fifteen years after the file sharing program Napster forever changed the way music is consumed, the entertainment industry hopes they have finally found an effective method to slow down U.S. citizens from illegally downloading copyrighted material. This week internet service providers (ISP) AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon launched the Copyright Alert […]
BREAKING: Rapper Young Vito Found NOT GUILTY In Slim Dunkin Murder; Gets 25 Years For Assault
BREAKING: YOUNG VITO FOUND NOT GUILTY IN SLIM DUNKIN MURDER….BUT GETS 25 YEARS!!!
EXCLUSIVE: Smoke Keeps Ties To Field Mob; Speaks on Rising Solo Career
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Smoke of the Grammy Award winning duo Field Mob spoke with AllHipHop.com about his upcoming projects, while filming a music video off his debut solo mixtape “K.A.N.G.” Smoke explained that he’d been eyeing a solo career for years, which is finally coming to fruition with “K.A.N.G., an acronym for “Kuntry Ass Ni**as […]
Gunplay’s Robbery and Assault Charges Dismissed
(AllHipHop News) Maybach Music Group member Gunplay is no longer facing jail time for an alleged violent encounter with his accountant last April. The armed robbery and aggravated assault charges against Gunplay have been dismissed by a Miami-Dade judge because the prosecution is unable to locate the victim in the case. Gunplay (Richard Morales) was […]
Jihadist Rapper Omar Shafik Hammami Accused Of Using A Ghostwriter For Rhymes
(AllHipHop News) American-born terrorist/rapper Omar Shafik Hammami is being accused of using a ghostwriter for his anti-America lyrics. Omar Shafik Hammami, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, is a former al-Queda affiliate in Somalia with a long history of inflammatory lyrics towards America. Now he has been called out as a fake by his former affiliates. A 17 […]
Suspect In Kenny Clutch’s Shooting Revealed
(AllHipHop News) Police have identified a suspect in the shooting of 27-year-old Bay area rapper Kenneth “Kenny Clutch” Cherry Jr. Ammar Harris, 26, is now a prime suspect in the Las Vegas strip shooting that took the lives of innocent bystanders Sandra Sutton-Wasmund and her taxi driver at the time of the shooting, Michael Boldon. [ALSO READ: Kenny […]
Brockton Police Call Child Services On Nine-Year-Old Rapper’s Father
(AllHipHop News) Brockton, MA fourth grader, 9-year-old Luis Rivera Jr has assumed the rapper moniker Lil Poopy and placed his father in some trouble with local police. Brockton police have filed a 51A against Lil Poopy’s father, Luis Rivera Sr., which allows the Department of Children and Families to investigate allegations of child abuse and/or neglect. […]
Miami Rapper and Rick Ross Associate,Young Scrilla, Injured During Drive-By Shooting
(AllHipHop News) Aspiring Miami rapper Young Scrilla was transported to the hospital over the weekend after being shot in the thigh during a video shoot. Local news affiliate WSVN is reporting that the 29-year-old, born André Scott, was one of as many as three victims injured during what Miami police are investigating as a suspected drive-by shooting. […]
Arrest Warrant Issued For Suge Knight
(AllHipHop News) Marion “Suge” Knight is a wanted man by authorities, after blowing off a court date earlier this week. TMZ.com reports that the rap mogul is being sought by California authorities in two different cases, one from 2011 and one from 2012. Knight was supposed to be in court on Thursday (February 20), over […]
VH1 Renews T.I. & Tiny, Announces New Shows
(AllHipHop News) VH1 is keeping it all in the family and introducing new entries with their recent press release of the spring slate of shows. T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, the show which chronicles the couple’s attempt at managing a family in the entertainment business, has been renewed for a third season. Along with […]
Media Outlets Bidding Over Christopher Dorner Death Pics
(AllHipHop News) Christopher Dorner transformed from anonymous to public enemy #1 to a cultural commodity and the prize in a competition among media outlets, for his burned corpse’s pictures. According to TMZ, the seller of the photographs came to their offices and displayed the pictures. Allegedly the dismembered body of former officer of the Los Angeles […]
Mike Tyson Sues Live Nation-owned Company for Embezzlement
(AllHipHop News) The once Heavyweight titan Mike Tyson has a history of being the victim of financial exploitation (read: Don King). But those days are over as Mike Tyson has filed a suit against Live Nation-owned financial services firm, SFX Financial Advisory Management Enterprises for embezzlement. [ALSO READ: Mike Tyson Warns 50 Cent About Boxing World] According to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jermaine Dupri Hosts Private Dinner for So So Def Family
(AllHipHop News) Last night (February 21), Jermaine Dupri kicked off the So So Def 20th Anniversary Weekend by treating his So So Def roster to an intimate dinner at a top-secret location in Atlanta. Artists such as Bow Wow, Chris Kelly (Kris Kross), Da Brat, Jagged Edge, LaTocha and Tamika Scott (Xscape), Dondria, Bonecrusher, Youngbloodz, […]
