Rapper Drake has his day of reckoning as the music industry speculates his sales numbers. The Canadian artist’s Thank Me Later has sold 462,989 units, according to industry staple Hits Daily Double. The Billboard chart will reflect the sales figure tomorrow, making the album the highest debut of the year. Eminem and The Roots both […]
(AllHipHop News) It’s official: former drug kingpin “Freeway” Ricky Ross has filed a lawsuit against William Leonard Roberts II aka rapper Rick Ross, in a California Federal Court. Freeway Ricky’s attorney Melvin Sharpe Jr., ESQ., filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on Friday (June 18th) in U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Judge Percy Anderson […]
(AllHipHop News) Miami rap pioneer Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has responded to his daughter’s claims that he’s a dead beat dad who has disowned all but one of his five children. Earlier this month, Lecretia Campbell blasted her father in a video for allegedly beating her mother and refusing to claim his other children. Luke […]
(AllHipHop News) An attorney for rapper Fat Joe has issued a statement denying charges that he was involved in the sexual assault of a 33-year-old woman after a concert in Madison, Wisconsin on Sunday (June 20th). The woman called police after the concert around 12:46 AM early Monday (June 21st) and said Fat Joe and […]
(AllHipHop News) Houston, Texas rapper will host his third annual “Trae Day” anti-violence rally this July along with numerous rap stars and celebrities. This year’s “Trae Day” takes place at the former International Ballroom in Houston and includes an all-star lineup featuring Lupe Fiasco, Young Buck, Yo Gotti, Wacka Flocka, Sean Garrett and others. Sirius’ […]
(AllHipHop News) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rapper Wiz Khalifa is touring heavily in support of his most recent mixtape Kush and Orange Juice and has sold out nearly every show of his most recent tour across the country. According to Wiz, 54 out of 57 shows on the nationwide “Deal or no Deal Tour” featuring Yelawolf and […]
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z is being sued by a private jet company, who claims the rap mogul failed to pay a $250,000 bill for flying. According to TMZ.com, Air Platinum Holding claims Jay-Z flew 18 hours in 2009, at a cost of $4,500-per-hour, at a cost of $81,000. Other costs Air Platinum is suing for include […]
(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn, rap star Fabolous has been named National Music Ambassador of the After-School All-Stars non-profit, which was founded former actor and current Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fabolous teamed with the 2010 After-School All-Stars Benefit this morning and rang the NASDAQ stock market’s opening bell. The rapper joins NBA stars LeBron James and […]
(AllHipHop News) Madison, Wisconsin police are investigating the claims of a local, 33-year-old woman, who claimed she was sexually assaulted by the rapper inside of his Cadillac limousine after a performance last night (June 20th). The unidentified woman called the police around 12:46 AM (June 21st), shortly after a concert at The Orpheum Theater featuring […]
(AllHipHop News) DMX’s wife Tashera Simmons has officially launched her new organization Women of Strength Group, a new, tax exempt, non-profit organization aimed at helping children, women and families deal with abuse.Simmons has started raising funds for the non-profit by hosting an auction on eBay, where a rare Roc-A-Fella plaque with Jay-Z’s signature is being […]
(AllHipHop News) Will Smith’s business partner Charles “Charlie Mack” Alston was the victim of an attempted robbery on Friday (June 18thth) at a gas station in Philadelphia. Smith paid direct tribute to Charlie Mack on the song “Charlie Mack (1st Out the Limo)” on his breakout hit 1988 album He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. […]
(AllHipHop News) Drake won two awards last night during the MuchMusic Video Awards in his hometown of Toronto, Canada. The rapper, who was nominated for a total of seven awards, took home two last night, one for Hip-Hop Video of the Year and another for Cinematography of the Year.Sixteen-year-old singing sensation Justin Bieber topped all […]
(AllHipHop News) Compton, California rapper Game is responding to growing reports and rumors that he is dead. Reports began to spread across the Internet that Game was shot and killed last night (June 20th) during an altercation at the Beverly Center, just after midnight in Los Angeles. “All these rumors that I’ve been shot are […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Wayne entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors in Yuma, Arizona on Friday (June 18th) in Yuma County Superior Court. The rapper is began serving a one-year prison sentence on Riker’s Island in New York for a separate gun charge. On Friday, Lil Wayne appeared in court via a video feed […]
(AllHipHop News) Kanye West and Marion “Suge” Knight appeared in New York court yesterday (June 18th) in an attempt to settle a lawsuit over a shooting at a 2005 party in Miami. According to the New York Post, West refused to speak during a six-hour, closed door session between Knight’s lawyer Marc Brumer and West’s […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Boosie is under scrutiny for a video on YouTube in which he threatens East Baton Rogue District Attorney Hillar Moore. Lil Boosie rapped about how Moore would probably be “dead” by the time he was released from a four-year prison sentence on previous probation violations and drug charges on the mixtape […]
(AllHipHop News) Lil Boosie has denied allegations by prosecutors that he was involved in a murder-for-hire plot that left a 35-year-old man dead. “I’m innocent. I’m completely innocent,” Lil Boosie told reporters yesterday, as he was being transported to the East Baton Rogue jail, after he was questioned at Louisiana State Police headquarters. Police claim […]
(AllHipHop News) Chart topping rapper Ludacris will host Trojan’s “Live Large” Awards tonight (June 18th) in Atlanta, Georgia. Ludacris, who was recently named spokesman for Trojan’s Magnum condom line, will be joined by Fonzworth Bentley, who will co-host the event, while DJ Kid Capri will provide the sounds. The “Live Large” Awards will honor celebrities, […]
(AllHipHop News) Ice-T is the latest rapper to join the voice cast in the new Gears of War 3 game, due out on the Xbox 360 in April 2011. The news comes on the heels of rapper Drake being announced as a character in the final trilogy of the popular game. “I’ve been a huge fan of Ice my whole life, […]
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New (AllHipHop News) Lil Boosie was transferred to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison early this morning (June 18th), after being indicted for the murder of a 35-year-old man on Thursday (June 17th). The 27-year-old rapper, born Torrence Hatch, was indicted for first-degree murder in relation to the shooting death […]
