(AllHipHop News) The owners of the record label that signed rising rapper Paypa has been indicted as part of a massive cocaine ring that smuggled drugs from Southern California to Baltimore using private jets. According to police, Charles Ransom Jr. and Ricky Brascom, 28, owners of Behind Da Scenes Entertainment, were part of a ring […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Drake is one of four people who have been named Man of the Year by GQ Magazine, after enjoying a hit year that included a successful tour and his hit album Thank Me Later. Drake was named Man of the Year by the fashion magazine, along with Stephen Colbert, James Franco and […]

(AllHipHop News) Former Wu-Tang Management GM Cedric Muhammad is launching a new company that will provide international brand management and strategic marketing advice to artists, entertainment companies, music entrepreneurs, with a specific focus on Africa and the United States. The new service, which is being launched under his CM Cap Hip-Hoppreneur umbrella, consists of four […]

(AllHipHop News) Scam artists have already set their sights on rap artist Lil Wayne, by attempting to book a phony “Lil Wayne/Young Money/Cash Money Family Tour.” The crooks have been contacting independent promoters across the United States impersonating the rapper’s real manager, Cortez Bryant, using an official looking email address, [email protected]. “It has come to […]

(AllHipHop News) After much success in London, Red Bull Music Academy Culture Clash will make its U.S. debut in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 2nd at Exchange LA.Always keeping things interesting, Red Bull has chosen Four L.A. based collectives to compete for the crowd’s approval, one of which is Stone’s Throw Records.  The other groups […]

(AllHipHop News) Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican rap duo Calle 13 recently discussed their new album Entren Los Que Quieren (Everyone is Welcome), which group members Residente and Visitante believe is their most “mature” effort to date. The controversial, Latino, Reggaton-influenced, Hip-Hop group’s 4th album features a variety of songs calling for cultural unity, including […]

(AllHipHop News) Cee Lo may be tied up promoting his hit new album The Lady Killer, but the superstar singer has not lost sight of his Hip-Hop career. According to reports, Cee Lo is about 11 songs deep into a new album with his Atlanta Hip-Hop group, Goodie M.O.B. Cee Lo left the group shortly […]

(AllHipHop News) Incarcerated rapper T.I. will be the subject of an upcoming episode of VH1’s popular series Storytellers, just three days after the December release of his new album No Mercy. The episode focusing on T.I. was taped at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.  During the show, T.I. performs tracks from No Mercy, as […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Redman has revealed that he his now a member of legendary Staten, Island Hip-Hop group, Wu-Tang Clan. The Jersey City, Jersey rap star is currently on a tour of Europe, where he is promoting his upcoming album Reggie. According to Redman, he became the official, 11th member of Wu-Tang Clan around 2005. […]

(AllHipHop News) After years of beef, Detroit rappers Eminem and Royce Da 5’9 have reunited and released a new track titled “Living Proof.” On the new 3:45 second track, Royce and Eminem trade verses over a loop of James Brown’s famous breakbeat “Funky Drummer.”The pair formed the group “Bad Meets Evil” in 1996 and recorded […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Jay-Z has revealed he has a new expensive hobby, which is collecting pricey works of art. The Hip-Hop mogul, who has a fortune estimated to be worth at least $400 million, started collecting art around 2005. Since then he has acquired several expensive works of art, including several original paintings by Andy […]

(AllHipHop News) Actress Diane Keaton is considering a career in Hip-Hop, after her appearance with 50 Cent in the new movie Morning Glory, which hit theaters on Friday (November 10th). Morning Glory, which features a variety of celebrities, also stars Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams and Patrick Wilson. The movie centers around a TV morning show […]

(AllHipHop News) Alabama rapper Yelawolf recently sat down with AllHipHop.com and commented on last week’s arrest of Pittsburgh, PA rapper Wiz Khalifa, during a stop on the nationwide “Waken Baken 2010″ tour.Wiz was released on $300,000 bail, after he was busted with about 60 grams of potent marijuana at East Carolina University (ECU). Greenville, North […]

(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne recently finished a new track that is scheduled to be released any day, according to Young Money affiliate DJ Scoob Doo. “Nino Brown aka @ liltunechi Got His First Song Since Rikers Coming To Yall Soon,” DJ Scoob tweeted yesterday (November 14). “Just Think A 2010 Version Of A Milli, But […]

(AllHipHop News) Miami, Florida rapper Trick Daddy will host two high profile events to celebrate the release of his book Magic City: Trials of a Native Son, which is due in stores this week. The rapper’s colorful autobiography was written with author Peter Bailey, who is also the host of NBC’s nationally syndicated entertainment segment, […]

(AllHipHop News) Queens, New York rapper Nicki Minaj will cover next week’s issue of Billboard magazine, just as her new debut album Pink Friday heads to stores. In the interview with Billboard, Nicki Minaj shares several details about her life before she was a world famous rapper. “I’d been fired like 15 times because I […]

(AllHipHop News) A special event takes place at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation where three female authors will read from their new books at the center, which was erected in the late legend’s honor. “3 Roses That Grew From The Concrete” centers around the books of Gloria Jean Cox (Tupac’s aunt/Afeni Shakur’s sister and author […]

(AllHipHop News) DMX and infamous Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio have somewhat made amends with each other, after years of tension surrounding the rap star’s frequent arrests in the state. Sheriff Joe, who bills himself as “The Toughest Sheriff in America,” arrested DMX five times during his residency in the state for a variety […]

(AllHipHop News) Singer Ne-Yo is the proud father of a baby girl, as the child’s mother Monyetta gave birth to the child late Friday night in Atlanta. The singer was at a charitty event for his Ne-Yo Foundation when he got the news that Monyetta went into labor. He and his mother then left the […]

(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z signed Jay Electronica to Roc Nation tonight at an exclusive music industry function tonight in New York City.The signing ended years of speculation as to where Jay Electronica would call his recording home.”We’re trying to reintroduce magic to Hip-Hop,” Jay-Z said from the stage at a club called The Bar.The event was […]