Atlanta Gets Krunk With New Professional Basketball Team

C&C Music Factory’s Freedom Williams and noted producer/pioneering New York rapper Duane "Spyder D" Hughes have joined forces to create Atlanta Krunk Basketball, LLC, a new Continental Basketball Association (CBA) franchise.Originally called The Charlotte Krunk, the team was forced to move when other teams in the American Basketball League division shut down and canceled numerous […]

AHH Stray News: Rappers On Top 49 Mens List, Bryan Barber, Diddy, Ski Beatz

A host of top-selling rappers have been nominated for AskMen.com’s annual Top 49 Men list. Over 15,000 nominations were submitted for the list of men that best represent the male gender. Russell Simmons, Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Timbaland and others made the semi-finals, which have been narrowed down to just over 100 candidates. […]

Omillio Sparks Launches Indie Record Label, Working On New Album

Former Roc-a-Fella Records rapper Omillio Sparks is forging a new path with his new independent record label, Colossal Entertainment.The first project under the Philadelphia-based label will be the lyricist’s forthcoming album, This Is The Life. The release, which will include tracks chronicling Spark’s life in his native West Philadelphia, will feature songs such as "I […]

Hip-Hop Historian Kevin Powell Preps Book On Presidential Elections, 9/11, Katrina Disaster

Award-winning writer and Hip-Hop historian Kevin Powell is set to release his seventh book, Someday We’ll All Be Free, a collection of three essaysinspired by 9/11, the 2004 presidential election and Hurricane Katrina.The three essays, inspired by Powell’s personal visits to New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Houston during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, are a […]

Authorities Question Validity of Beanie Sigel Incident

By Chris Ricbburg Philadelphia investigators are questioning the details of events pertaining to a recent robbery and shooting involving rapper Beanie Sigel. The Philadelphia Daily News reports the suspicions were heightened Friday (Aug. 11) when Sigel appeared on The Aphilliates: The Streetz is Watchin,’ a weekly hip-hop show on Sirius Satellite Radio. “Oh! My getting […]

Judge Defends Decision in C-Murder Case

A 24th Judicial District Court judge is speaking out concerning her July 13 decision to release No Limit Records rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller from a home incarceration program.In a three-page order issued Wednesday (Aug. 9), Judge Martha Sassone wrote that Miller was punished for violating the conditions of his house arrest only once, despite arguments […]

Jay-Z Sued By 40/40 Club Designer For Décor Replication

40/40 Club interior designer Ilan Waisbod filed a lawsuit against the Club’s owner, Shawn “Jay-Z’ Carter, last week, alleging that the rapper reproduced his décor designs for a new 40/40 Club without his permission.Waisbod’s design, complete with flat-screen televisions, hanging chairs and a Lucite safe to guard the Cognac and other highly-priced spirits, was allegedly […]