The Wayans brothers will launch a new show on VH1 titled The Life and Times of Marcus ‘Felony’ Brown, a scripted, Hip-Hop comedy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Keenan, Marlon and Shawn are executive producing the one-hour series along with the Wayans’ manager, Lisa Suzanne Blum of Modus Entertainment and their longtime producing partner […]
A 26-year-old has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a childhood friend of rapper Fabolous to death inside of a Manhattan nightclub last month. Anthony Taylor , 26, was apprehended in Atlanta and is being accused of stabbing 25-year-old Shamel McKinney outside of Duvet, a trendy club in the city’s troubled Flatiron district. Police […]
Lance “Un” Rivera is known for his musical collaborations with Junior Mafia, Lil’ Kim and the Notorious B.I.G and now the Hip-Hop mogul-turned director is preparing to release his sophomore feature film, The Perfect Holiday. The Perfect Holiday, which stars Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut and Katt Williams, is a romance comedy about a divorced […]
A lawyer for Afeni Shakur’s Amaru Entertainment have denied allegations in a recent lawsuit that the Makaveli Branded “MB” logo infringes on the “MB” logo by the Marco Bellini Clothing Line. The Makaveli Branded clothing line was launched by Afeni Shakur in honor of her son, Tupac Shakur, who recorded The Don Killuminati: The […]
Hip-Hop mogul Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo’s reality TV show Gotti’s Way has been green lighted for season two. Gotti’s Way stars The Inc.’s CEO and founder Irv Gotti, as he and his wife Deb go through a separation while he balances being a father and a business man. ”We [have] officially announced that we’re […]
Bay area rap legend Spice 1 remains in critical condition, after being shot after he fell asleep in his car on Monday morning (December 3). Spice 1, born Robert Green, fell asleep for about 30 minutes in the driveway of his parents’ home, when he noticed someone was standing next to him. According […]
UGK group member Chad “Pimp C” Butler was found dead in room at the Mondrian Hotel today around 9am PST, after members of the rapper’s family contacted the Sunset Strip property to report the artist missing. In a statement released by the Mondrian, the hotel received several calls this morning from concerned family members […]
UGK group member Chad “Pimp C” Butler was found dead in a hotel room this morning, according to reports. Firefighters responded to a 911 call placed from the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California. The rapper was found dead in his bed in a sixth floor hotel room. Details […]
Hip-Hop star Fabolous has come forward to deny reports that he was involved, or present, the evening a childhood friend was stabbed to death inside of a New York nightclub. Various reports have placed the rapper inside of Club Duvet on November 23, just hours before 25-year-old Shamel McKinney was stabbed to death by […]
Rap superstar Lil’ Wayne will make his animated debut next month as a character on the season finale of the Award-winning cartoon, The Boondocks. The rapper will play a character named ‘Nique’ in episode #212, which is titled “Invasion of the Katrinians” and focuses on arriving survivors of Hurricane Katrina. In the episode, […]
Hip-Hop star/actress Queen Latifah has joined Lifetime’s nonpartisan Every Woman Counts Campaign, which will encourage women across America to vote in the upcoming elections. Queen Latifah is recording the spots during her “Trav’lin Light Concert Tour,” where she is interviewing women, asking them to complete the sentence If I were President, I would….” […]
Hip-Hop star Chamillionaire will make an appearance on Larry King Live tonight on CNN. The Houston, Texas born rapper will be on the show to discuss the return of shock jock Don Imus, who returned to the air today (December 3), after being fired from CBS radio in April for calling the Rutgers University women’s […]
Akon has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges today (December 3) for throwing a teenaged boy off the stage during a June performance in upstate New York. The boy thrown off the stage landed on a minor named Abby Rosa, who suffered a conncussion when the boy landed on her. The incident […]
Miami Hip-Hop mogul Luther “Luke” Campbell has teamed with Victor Nappe to his multi-media company a publicly traded company, Luke Entertainment Group. The company, which will focus in three areas of entertainment: an independent music division, videos including adult entertainment and sports management. The Luke Entertainment group started trading today (December 3) under the […]
The war of words between former Death Row Records Head of Security Reginald Wright Jr. and Kevin Hackie, a former bodyguard for rap legend Tupac Shakur, reached a new level as Hackie has offered Wright $100,000 to take a lie detector test to prove he had nothing to do with Shakur’s still unsolved murder. […]
Hip-Hop star Snoop Dogg and athletic company Cutter Gloves will recognize and award football players and cheerleaders of the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) during the SYFL’s All-Conference Championship game today (December 2) at the Home Depot in Carson, CA. Each year Snoop Dogg and sponsor Cutter Gloves honors members based on their academic […]
Misdemeanor assault charges against Hip-Hop mogul James Prince were upgraded to felonious aggravated assault by a grand jury yesterday (November 30). Prince is accused of orchestrating the dramatic beating of Ronald “Ronnie” Bookman, the owner of recording studio 7303. Bookman filed a lawsuit against Prince in April, alleging that Prince ordered men to […]
Stunt and motorcycle legend Evel Knievel died Friday, days after peacefully resolving a legal dispute with rapper Kanye West. He was 69 years old. The legend died from complications associated with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to published reports. Knievel also had to receive a liver transplant in 1999 due to a Hepatitis C […]
AllHipHop.com learned on Wednesday (November 28) that Polo Grounds Music signed former Crime Mob member Diamond to a joint management deal with Atlanta-based Cookies and Milk, a full service administration company, which handles publishing and A&R administration for producers like Lil’ Jon, DJ Toomp, Don P, and DJ Don Cannon, as well as BME Recordings […]
Mannie Fresh’s sister was murdered in her New Orleans, LA home on Wednesday night while her children were in the home. Angela Bryant, 42, was found dead early Thursday and her 1998 Lexus was missing from the home, according to a local television station WWLTV. Bryant, a newlywed, was slain on Wednesday between the hours […]
