(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne may end up in front of a judge again, but this time to defend himself against a copyright infringement lawsuit. The Royalty Network filed a $2.5 million dollar lawsuit against Lil Wayne and Cash Money Records in Manhattan Federal Court yesterday (February 17). According to the lawsuit, “Mrs. Officer” […]
(AllHipHop News) Negative fallout over a controversial rap song made by a Fort Stewart soldier continued Wednesday (February 17). A federal court judge denied Spc. Marc Hall’s request to keep his court-martial trial in the U.S., and allowed the Army to transfer him to Kuwait to face for the proceedings. The ruling, which was announced […]
(AllHipHop News) Grammy Award winning rapper Rhymefest has announced a May date for his sophomore album, El Che. The album will hit stores on dN/Be Entertainment/Rosehip Records, with distribution handled by EMI records. Rhymefest is the flagship artist for dN/Be Entertainment and has severed recording ties with Mark Ronson’s Allido Records, which released […]
(AllHipHop News) The artwork for Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon’s new album recently hit the Internet. The album, titled Three the Hard Way, features Meth, Ghost and Raekwon teaming for the first time as a group independent from Wu-Tang Clan. The first single from the album is titled “Our Dreams” and has been well received […]
(AllHipHop News) Waka Flocka Flame is currently in the recording studio working on completing his goal of releasing twenty street albums by 2011. Three releases are currently on deck, including Salute Me or Shoot Me Volumes 2 and 3 and the studio album Murda Man Flocka. Waka, who is a member of 1017 […]
(AllHipHop News) The owner of a Cartersville, Georgia club has filed a criminal complaint against a local promoter, who allegedly scammed the owner out of a performance by rapper Gorilla Zoe. The owner of Café Del Sol filed a report of Theft by Deception against the promoter, who accepted a $1,250 deposit to secure […]
(AllHipHop News) Rapper Lil Wayne is looking to cash out on his Miami real estate holdings, as he prepares to serve a year in prison for a gun violation. The New Orleans rapper put his luxurious South Beach, Florida condominium up for sale for a cool $2.8 million dollars. The unit, which located […]
(AllHipHop News) Recently freed rapper Shyne has inked a seven-figure deal with Def Jam, according to reports. According to Miss Info, Def Jam won a bidding war between Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and other labels, for the rights to release Shyne’s highly anticipated album, his first since 2004. Shyne is also reportedly being […]
(AllHipHop News) UK emcee Dizzee Rascal received top honors in London today (February 16) by winning British Male Solo Artist of the Year at the 2010 Brit Awards. Rascal’s beat out three other nominees in Calvin Harris, Mika, Paolo Nutini, and Robbie Williams. The award was fueled by the success of his fourth […]
(AllHipHop News) Brotha Lynch Hung will debut Dinner and A Movie, the first of three conceptual albums that will be released on Tech N9ne’s Strange Music record label this October. Dinner and A Movie is Brotha Lynch Hung’s first album since the Sacramento native released Lynch By Inch, in 2003. Dinner and A […]
(AllHipHop News) Media personality Conscious has announced a casting call for her film Getting Unstuck, based on her 2002 memoir detailing her struggles with drug addiction, sexual abuse, and living HIV positive. A Harlem native, Conscious (Merle Soden) began her entertainment career as a bodyguard for artists such as DMX, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, and […]
(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rapper Pill is hard at work on The Medicine, his major label debut for Asylum Records. And while most fans recognize Pill for his verses on Killer Mike’s I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II and his single “Trap Going Ham.” “[I cook] everything,” Pill told AllHipHop.com. “Chicken, corn bread, […]
(AllHipHop News) The former home of producer Scott Storch is off the market. According to reports, Storch’s waterfront 20,000 square foot Palm Island mansion has been purchased by Rockstar Energy Drink. Noted for its 100-foot boat dock, 11 master suite bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, three guest houses and two pools, the estate has hosted […]
(AllHipHop News) Memphis rapper Yo Gotti has announced that he will launch the 15-date Live From the Kitchen 2010 Tour to support his upcoming album of the same. The tour kicks off March 5 in Charleston, South Carolina and will make stops in markets like Orlando, Baltimore, Little Rock, Jackson, Mississippi and others. […]
(AllHipHop News) East coast production wizard DJ Premier has announced a new project with West Coast rap legend MC Eiht, of Compton’s Most Wanted. DJ Premier will executive produce MC Eiht’s upcoming 11th album, titled Which Way Is West. In addition to executive production duties on Which Way Is West, DJ Premier will […]
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z has revealed the motive behind his absence from last Friday’s (February 12) star-studded “We Are the World 25 for Haiti” record. The charity single remake was executive-produced by the trio of Quincy Jones, Lionel Ritchie, and Wyclef Jean. Like the 1985 original, it was a prodigious gathering of over 80 musicians […]
(AllHipHop News) 50 Cent’s Cheetah Vision Films started filming Love Me, Love Me Not, in West Michigan this week. According to Fox 17, 50’s company is shooting the movie at Grand Valley State University football stadium in Allendale. According to reports, the movie centers around a football player who has been diagnosed with cancer. 50 […]
Public Enemy hypeman turned reality TV star Flavor Flav (William Drayton, Jr.) will soon answer charges that he owes $63,458.00 in back child support to the mother of three of his children. According to the Albany County Child Support Collection Division, Mary Parker originally had an agreement in place since 1996 that covered the former couple’s two […]
Bryan “Baby” Williams, co-CEO of Cash Money Records, has made his first public statement on reports last month on the label’s foray into the oil and natural gas industries. As first reported on AllHipHop.com, Cash Money opened a website for Bronald Oil & Gas, an independent company focused on finding and utilizing oil and gas […]
(AllHipHop News) Pleasant Valley State Prison officials recently raided the jail cell of incarcerated X-Raided and found a digital cell phone and a WAV/MP3 recorded in his possession. X-Raided, born Anerae Brown, was arrested and convicted along with four others, for the 1992 murder of a rival gang member’s mother. Lyrics from his […]
