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Howard U’s Intellectuals Discuss Creating ‘Hip-Hop’ Minor At Symposium

Singer Lil Mo and BET Style host Melyssa Ford are among the panelists scheduled to participate in Howard University’s inaugural Hip-Hop and Higher Education Symposium. The event, sponsored by the university’s graduate school and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, is geared toward beginning a discussion on the possibilities of creating the first college minor in Hip-Hop […]

Dr. Pepper Cans ‘Mash Up’ Ads Featuring Will Smith, Big Gipp

A $5 million dollar ad promoting Dr. Pepper featuring the music of Will Smith, Kiss, EMP and Cyndi Lauper “mashed” together has been canned by the soft drink’s owner, Cadbury Schweppes. Three different commercials were produced, one which briefly includes rapper Big Gipp and one that incorporates Smith’s#### single “Miami.” Most of the $5 million […]

Bumsquad DJ’s Dropping Magazine

The Bumsquad DJs, a DJ crew founded by Latin Prince, is preparing to launch it’s new publication, Bumsquad Magazine. The magazine will serve as a trade magazine for DJs while also maintaining an industry and lifestyle appeal. “This magazine is for the DJs, by the DJs,” magazine founder Latin Prince told AllHipHop.com. While the inaugural […]

Rapper The Game Files Lawsuit Against Koch Over Early Recordings

The Game has filed a lawsuit against Koch and Fast Life Records over material the platinum-plus rapper recorded before he landed a deal with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath/Interscope imprint. The lawsuit alleges that Koch Entertainment Distribution, Koch Entertainment and Fast Life Records are liable for at least 81 separate counts of copyright infringement as a result […]

Professor X Laid To Rest

Hundreds of mourners convened over the weekend to celebrate the life of Professor X of the conscious Hip-Hop collective X-Clan. The rap artist, born Robert "Lumumba" Carson, was funeralized at Antioch Church in Brooklyn, New York, in a Friday service that included a bevy of community and religious leaders, local politicians and luminaries, including Rev. […]

MTV Orders Episodes Of Jamie Kennedy’s New Hip-Hop Series ‘Blowin’ Up’

MTV has ordered eight episodes of actor/comedian Jamie Kennedy’s new Hip-Hop comedy-reality show, Blowin’ Up, the network announced Wednesday (March 22). The series, which will premiere in the third quarter, follows Kennedy and his sidekick, Stu Stone, as they embark on Hip-Hop superstardom. During their journey, the duo, who write, record and perform together, seek […]

Feds Officially Seek Death Penalty Against Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff

The federal government is officially seeking the death penalty against Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff in his upcoming murder and racketeering case. Prosecutor Roslynn R. Mauskopf filed a death penalty request notice yesterday (March 22) in the case, which charges McGriff with the murder of Queens, New York, rapper Eric "E Money Bags" Smith and Smith’s associate, […]