Original Screwed Up Click member and Houston, Texas based rapper Big Moe has suffered a heart attack and is currently in a coma sources revealed to AllHipHop.com.   Big Moe, born Kenneth Moore, suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday (October 7) and is currently hospitalized on life support, struggling to stay alive.   Big […]

Rapper/actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and his Ludacris Foundation will be honored next month during the National Runaway Switchboard’s (NRS) annual Spirit of Youth benefit.   Ludacris and the Foundation will receive the organization’s 2007 “Spirit of Youth” award at the event, which will take place Nov. 1 in Chicago.   The “Spirit of Youth” award […]

With their jazz-inflected brand of Hip-Hop and insightful lyrics A Tribe Called Quest have earned their recognition at tonight’s (Oct. 8) VH1 Hip-Hop Honors ceremony.And while the honor is a milestone in the group’s history, it is Tribe co-founder Phife Dawg who has garnered the most respect among the collective through this battle with diabetes.“For […]

Rap star/mogul Jay-Z is planning to release a movie based around his upcoming conceptual album American Gangster.   The album contains all-new original material from Jay-Z and is his lyrical interpretation of the movie American Gangster, which stars Denzel Washington as 1970’s heroin kingpin Frank Lucas.   “What I really plan to do is shoot […]

Lil’ Wayne was released from prison in Boise, Idaho on $20,000 bail on Saturday evening (October 6) and according to the rapper’s attorney, his client’s incarceration was the result of a “misunderstanding.”   Police arrested Lil’ Wayne early Saturday morning following a concert at the Qwest Arena, after authorities in Fulton County, Georgia issued a […]

Unpaid money for music by the late Notorious B.I.G. is at the heart of a new lawsuit filed against rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.   According to the Associated Press, James Sabatino, a former consultant for Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment Inc., claims that Combs owes him more than $19 million for music by the rapper. […]

Cash Money Records rapper Lil’ Wayne was arrested this morning (October 6) in Boise, Idaho, following a concert at Boise’s Qwest Arena last night.   Police booked the rapper into the Ada County Jail around 7:30 am for being a Fugitive in the state of Idaho, because of an arrest warrant issued in Fulton, County […]

Rap star Beanie Sigel will surrender to police on Monday (October 8) on charges of theft and unauthorized use of an automobile, because he allegedly failed to return a rental car for over a month.   According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sigel – who’s license is suspended – rented a 2007 Nissan Altima from a […]

Rappers Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, De La Soul and numerous others will be among those hitting the stage to perform at the first ever social Justice, Arts and Music (J.A.M.) awards in New York City.   The event, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 29 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, is a joint venture between […]

Mobb Deep’s Prodigy’s trial for handgun possession started yesterday in New York.   Police stopped the G-Unit member’s Chevy Suburban last October, after they witnessed Prodigy driving the opposite direction on a one way street, in an attempt to secure a parking spot in the Chelsea district of Manhattan.   According to the New York […]

Coming back for the release of their highly-anticipated album 8 Diagrams isn’t the only milestone achieved by revered Hip-Hop collective Wu-Tang Clan.   The group, which re-surfaced last year for a live performance in California, is also returning to its beginnings by reuniting with Loud Records founder Steve Rifkind for the album’s release.   Although […]

Football player-turned-rapper-turned professional wrestler Adam “Pac Man” Jones has bought 1,500 tickets to the TNA Tag Team Championship for Atlanta area high school students who are earning good grades.Jones, who grew up in the famed College Park section of Atlanta, will defend his Tag Team Championship belt with partner Ron “The Truth” Killings.The pair won […]

Multi-platinum New Orleans rapper Cory “C-Murder” Miller will tour Mississippi to promote his book Death Around the Corner October 11 and 12. The rapper will travel through Hinds and Rankin counties with Conversations Book Club, discussing the book Death Around the Corner and meeting fans. Death Around the Corner is a fictional work that chronicles […]

Fans of incarcerated rapper Foxy Brown will now be able to communicate directly with her via a newly launched website.Www.freefoxybrown.com will feature up-to-the-minute updates on the rapper, who was personally involved in creating the content contained on the site.Additionally, fans can send messages to Brown through the website as well as hear new tracks off […]

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Layzie Bone is officially off the market as a single man, as the chart-topping rapper recently proposed to his girlfriend at the debut of his feature film, I Tried. The rapper arrived to the screening of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s new movie I Tried hand and hand with Felicia, who is the mother of […]

G-Unit South rapper C-Bo’s forthcoming greatest hits album will truly reflect the taste of rap fans, as supporters of the West Coast Mafia Records CEO assumed the role of A&R for the release. Songs for the album, titled West Coast Classics, were selected by fans through web polls on C-Bo’s and West Coast Mafia’s Myspace […]

Prosecutors are dropping drug and gun charges against Lox group member Jadakiss, who was arrested last October when police found a loaded handgun in a car he was traveling in.   The rapper was arrested in his hometown of Yonkers, New York on October 6, 2006, when police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. […]

Self proclaimed ” People’s Champion” Paul Wall and his jewelry business partner Johnny Dang have teamed up to release a second season of their collection.   The watch line, which is available online and in Paul Wall and Johnny Dang’s Houston based store TV Jewelry Inc., features various styles of watches ranging from $300.00 to […]

Rapper Talib Kweli will reunite with his Black Star group mate Mos Def next month as they headline this year’s Esurance ICER Air festival.   The duo will perform Nov. 3 on the center stage at AT&T Park during the big-air competition.   For ICER Air founder and president Glen Griffin, Talib Kweli and Mos […]

Hip-Hop legend Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell is organizing the Third Annual Battle of the Stars Celebrity Football Tournament, which will be held next year in his hometown of Miami, Florida.   Campbell, who will coach a team from his National Youth Football League, organizes the yearly competition between youth leagues from across the country to […]