(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z has teamed with Nike to create a limited edition sneaker for charity. Only five pairs of Nike’s “All Black Everythings” are being made in conjunction with the World Basketball Festival, which is taking place in New York from August 12th-22nd. Each pair represents one of the five countries playing in the […]

(AllHipHop News) A screenwriter has filed a lawsuit against the writers of the upcoming movie Lottery Ticket, which stars rappers Ice Cube and Bow Wow. According to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday (August 11th) in Los Angeles Superior Court, writer Tom Huang claims he wrote a treatment for a similar movie in 2004. TMZ.com […]

(AllHipHop News) Foxy Brown’s brother/rapper Gavin “Pretty Boy” Marchand was among the men arrested for allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase designer clothes in Manhattan. Gavin Marchand was arrested last Saturday (August 7th) for allegedly possessing a forged American Express card to purchase almost $8,000 worth of clothes from the Hermes store on […]

(AllHipHop News) Lil’ Twist recently took the chance to talk about his debut album Don’t Get It Twisted and also spoke about Lil Wayne and the rest of the Young Money camp.“Just working on the album, still working on that. Trying to get a few more songs for myself because I got a lot of […]

(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne has been hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by a former manager that claims she was cheated out of her share of the rapper’s estimated $200 million dollars in earnings. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lil Wayne’s former manager Melissa Philipian and White Tides Entertainment Group were fired by Lil […]

(AllHipHop News) Canibus has announced the release of a new independent album titled C of Tranquility, which will be the lyricists 10th official album. C of Tranquility will be released on Interdependent Media, which has released records by K’Naan, Tanya Morgan, Finale, Moe Green and J*DaVeY. The new album contains 15 brand new tracks with […]

(AllHipHop News) Canadian rapper Maestro Fresh has penned a new self-help book titled Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles and the Haters to Get Where You Want to Be. The book, which has a forward written by Public Enemy’s Chuck D., is a memoir/self-help book that aims to give readers self-confidence […]

(AllHipHop News) A pair of  altercations involving rapper Foxy Brown were the subject of a grand jury hearing today (August 11th) in New York. According to the New York Post, Foxy Brown testified in front of a grand jury in Brooklyn Supreme Court this morning. Sources stated that the grand jury was questioning Brown about […]

(AllHipHop Rumors) New Skool Rules, a massive conference, returns to Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 2011 again to unify the international Hip-Hop community with panels, performances and parties. The event, which claims the title as the “largest international Hip-Hop and R&B conference, launches April 1-3 and will bring more than 900 representatives from over 20 countries. […]

(AllHipHop News) Xzibit is in Northeastern Wisconsin, where he is helping to build a house in under five days for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Xzibit teamed with the lead sponsor, Lexington Homes, along with Extreme Makeover host Ty Pennington, homebuilder Paige Hemmis and stylist Michael Moloney to tear down and rebuild the home. Last week, […]

(AllHipHop News) Lil Kim’s Three-O Vodka campaign kicked off today (August 10th) when Three Olives officially launched their newest flavor, Purple.In addition to the new flavor, Three-O has changed the packaging on the bottle, which will is a dark purple hue.“Since I’m Queen Bee and purple is the color of royalty,” Lil Kim said in […]

(AllHipHop News) The Mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas is being criticized for his appearance in a video for a profanity laced rap song titled “That’s Not How You Represent Tha 361.” Mayor Joe Adame is seen at the beginning of Corpus Christie rapper Michael White’s video for “361,” reciting the song’s catchy hook. The track […]

(AllHipHop News) A man from Milwaukee, Wisconsin is being sued for posing as the manager of Lil Wayne and Drake to dupe promoters out of thousands of dollars. According to a complaint filed by Eagles Entertainment Inc. in Milwaukee County Court, the defendant, Joey Turner Jr. (aka Jo Flowroshus), impersonated Cortez Bryant to book Canadian […]

(AllHipHop News) Torch, an artist signed to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group and member of Triple C’s, has responded to a new Young Jeezy track titled “Death Before Dishonor.”The new track features Young Jeezy dropping verses over Rick Ross’ “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) instrumental. Jeezy’s song contains several lines that many speculate are aimed at […]

(AllHipHop News) An expected reunion with former NWA rappers Ice Cube and Dr. Dre has fallen through. Ice Cube is wrapping up work on I Am The West, his upcoming album, but he hasn’t been able to get in contact with Dr. Dre. For that, he’s said he’ll finish it without his former bandmate.”Many asked about […]

(AllHipHop News) The brother of a man accused of killing six people, including Baton Rogue rapper Chris “Nussie” Jackson, has been jailed since mid-June, for allegedly threatening to kill a witness involved with the case. Derrick Louding, 22, was charged with witness intimidation, after he showed up at a woman’s house and told her sister […]

(AllHipHop News) Compton, California rap star Game took offense to Miami rapper Rick Ross’ song “B.M.F. (Blowin Money Fast)” in the latest issue of Complex Magazine. In the interview, Game seems to take offense to Rick Ross’ glamorization of Black Mafia Family gang leader Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Gangster Disciples’ founder, Larry Hoover. While […]

(AllHipHop News) Eminem’s album Recovery continues to earn the rapper awards, the latest being multiple Teen Choice Awards. The rapper took home three Awards for Best Album, Best Rap Song (“Love the Way You Lie) and Best Rapper. Rapper B.o.B. snagged the Best Hook Up Award for his song “Airplanes” with Paramore’s Haley Williams. Justin […]

(AllHipHop News) Veteran West coast Hip-Hop group Cypress Hill has revealed the lineup of the annual Cypress Hill Smokeout festival at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California on October 16th. Nas and Damian Marley will hit the stage alongside Incubus, Slightly Stoopid, Atmosphere, Manu Chao, DeadMau5, MGMT, ‘unhooked’ and Cypress Hill themselves.Other acts […]

(AllHipHop News) The Black Eyed Peas’ frontman will.I.am continues to make strides in the music industry and has been named to the board of the Grammy Foundation. The rapper/producer was named director of the Grammy Foundation, along with singer/songwriter Darryl Brown, Daniel Cherry of Anomaly and Michael Rapino, CEP of Live Nation. The Grammy Foundation […]