(AllHipHop News) A man has pleaded no contest to attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon in a strip club melee involving NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones.Arvin Kenti Edwards entered the plea on Tuesday (September 21st) for shooting three people in 2007 outside of Minxx Gentlemen’s Club & Lounge, that left one man paralyzed […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Ludacris may have feuded with Bill O’Reilly and the Fox TV Network, but rival CNN has tapped the rapper and an all-star cast of judges, who will name the Top 10 CNN heroes of 2010. CNN host Anderson Cooper will host the fourth annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” which will […]
(AllHipHop News) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony group member Krayzie Bone has launched a new imprint and signed a new artist to his company, The Life Entertainment, but the label name has caused friction with some former associates. Krayzie Bone recently signed a 12-year-old singer named Jenna Sousa to The Life Entertainment and according to Krayzie Bone, music […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle spent an evening out at a comedy club Tuesday night (September 21st) in Atlanta. The pair were spotted at the Uptown Comedy Corner, where they caught D.L. Hughley’s 10:00 PM show.According to reports, D.L. Hugely cracked a variety of jokes regarding T.I.’s latest legal woes, […]
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z is one of 15 entrepreneurs Forbes magazine has predicted will be worth a billion dollars by the year 2015. Jay-Z was named amongst an elite group of tech moguls, hedge-funders, athletes and entertainers who all have a chance of breaking into the Forbes 400 this decade. According to Forbes, Jay-Z […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Game has launched a brand new online store that will sell merchandise from the rapper’s Black Wall Street Clothing Line. The online store, which sports an aviation theme, sells a variety of hoodies, T-shirt, bandannas and more. The rapper developed the online store in partnership with G-Wear, Global Entertainment Moguls (G.E.M.) and […]
(AllHipHop News) R&B crooner Lyfe Jennings, 37, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Wednesday (September 22nd) for an altercation on with his ex-girlfriend two years ago. The singer made the revelation on his Twitter account. “This will be my last post. To everyone who gave me a chance I am […]
Details of Jay-Z’s highly anticipated memoir Decoded have hit the Internet. According to Billboard.com, the book, which features an image of Andy Warhol’s “Rorschach,” and will come fully illustrated. The book “decodes” 36 songs from Jay-Z’s catalog the rapper explained in an excerpt from the book. “When I first started working on this book, I […]
(AllHipHop News) Trina is stepping up her technology strategy with the release of her own signature iPhone app. Trina has team with Rock Software to launch her own custom app, which will feature new music, news, videos and more. “This is an addition to my brand as a whole that I get to share with […]
(AllHipHop News) The J Dilla Foundation has announced “So Far To Go,” a new international art contest thats designed to celebrate the life of the legendary producer, born James Dewitt Yancy. The non-profit, which is run by J Dilla’s mother Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancy, has teamed with La Famiglia and 323East to create original designs […]
Chicago rapper/actor Common has extended an offer to fellow rapper/actor Ice Cube, to possibly work on a film together in the future. The news is significant because the pair had one of the most legendary and well chronicled feuds in Hip-Hop. Ice Cube and Common went back and forth over Common’s classic song “I Used […]
(AllHipHop News) Rap star 50 Cent is being sued for $200,000 by a production company who claims the rapper stiffed them on payments for their work on a movie called Things Fall Apart. Crispy Twig Productions and Nancy Nayor Battino filed a lawsuit against 50 Cent on September 17th in Santa Monica District Court, claiming […]
LA Reid still as a job with Island Def Jam, contrary to recent reports. The rumor mill has been ablaze all day with rumors that the mogul was terminated from his post, but that is untrue, “[The rumors] are completely untrue and without merit,” the spokesman told XXLMag.com. Reid has held the prestigious post since […]
Hip-Hop artist Wyclef Jean has formally ended his bid for the presidency of Haiti after his homeland refused to accept him on the ballot. “After weeks of quiet but painstaking reflection with my wife and daughter, I have chosen to end my bid for the presidency of Haiti,” Wyclef said in a statement to CNN. […]
(AllHipHop News) Sources have told AllHipHop.com that Dr. Dre’s new brand of cognac will begin shipping to stores later this month and in the beginning of October. Dr. Dre announced the details of his new line Aftermath Cognac in August of 2008. The first alcoholic drink from Dr. Dre is a joint venture between Dr. […]
(AllHipHop News) A former bodyguard for Benzino’s Hip-Hop group Made Men that was acquitted in the attempted murder case of Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce, is in trouble with the law again, for allegedly nearly stabbing a government witness to death. The Boston Herald reports that Trevor Watson, 44, is slated to go on trial in […]
(AllHipHop News) East Orange, New Jersey rap group Naughty By Nature have formed a new group called The Garden State Greats, consisting of a variety of upcoming underground rappers from New Jersey. The group recently dropped a mixtape titled Garden State Greats, which is a free 7-track mixtape that features Treach, Vin Roc and Kay […]
(AllHipHop News) Washington, D.C. rapper Wale has responded to comments Kid Cudi made about him in the latest issue of Complex magazine. During the interview with Complex, Kid Cudi took offense to a line from Wale on the “Thank You Freestyle” in which Wale rapped: “Throwing ’round wallets like the dude that Kid Cudi hit…””It’s […]
(AllHipHop News) Suffolk, Virginia producer, Lex Luger, who now resides in Atlanta, Georgia, recently took time to speak about his rise to success as a producer and some of his upcoming projects.“I’m from Suffolk, VA,” Lex Luger told AllHipHop.com in a recent interview. “I met Waka off MySpace on the internet. I was sending him […]
(AllHipHop News) The Hip-Hop Caucus has announced the relaunch of their non-partisan Hip-Hop voter mobilization campaign, Respect My Vote!. The Respect My Vote 2010 campaign is being relaunched to helped educate the Hip-Hop community on the importance of voting to help shape police at the local and national elections. Starting this week, The Hip-Hop Caucus […]
