M.O.P. has responded to rumors and accusations that they stole a beat from an emerging producer from Philadelphia.   Over the weekend, a producer named Kil sent out a mass email accusing M.O.P. member Lil’ Fame, who is also a music producer, of stealing a beat submitted to the group on CD.   “It’s true […]

A representative for Jay-Z has issued a statement stating they had “no clue how” Lil Mama ended up on stage during the rapper’s highlight appearance during the 2009 MTV Music Awards.   Lil Mama crashed the stage about 5 minutes into Jay-Z’s performance of “Empire State of Mind” featuring Alicia Keys.   You can clearly […]

Rappers Eminem and T.I. emerged as winners for Sunday’s (Sept. 13) MTV Video Music Awards, an event that featured a heartfelt tribute to late music icon Michael Jackson and boos for rapper Kanye West.   Eminem took home the VMA for Best Hip-Hop video for his song “We Made You,” while T.I. collected the award […]

Kanye West has apologized to country singer Taylor Swift after the rapper/singer jumped on stage during her acceptance speech at the 2009 Video Music Awards last night (September 13).   Swift won the MTV VMA for best female video for “You Belong With Me,” besting Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”   Kanye […]

Lil Wayne has another child, as Lauren London has reportedly given birth to their child today.   Lennox Samuel Ari Carter was born today and weighed 7 lbs, 12 ounces at 21 inches long, according to unconfirmed reports.   Lil Wayne was present when London birthed the baby, according to published reports.   Both Wayne […]

LL Cool J and CBS released “NCIS: No Crew is Superior” yesterday to support LL’s role in the television series NCIS: Los Angeles. The track was produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart and recorded for LL’s new Boomdizzle record label. The track will be used in upcoming on-air television and radio promotional campaigns for NCIS. Also, […]

Rapper Wyclef will take part in Quincy Jones’ an all-star tribute to Michael Jackson this October on the island of Bermuda.   Wyclef will join artists Patti Austin, James Ingram, Erykah Badu, John Legend, Michael McDonald, Kenny Rogers and Naturally Seven during the “Quincy Jones and Friends” festival from October 29-31.   On the final […]

The birth of Hip-Hop culture will serve as the backdrop for a new one-man play starring Def Poetry regular Lemon Anderson. Written and performed by Anderson, County of Kings chronicles the Brooklyn, NY-born poet’s coming of age as a kid growing up in an unforgiving environment while facing difficult and sometimes humorous experiences. The Elise […]

Acclaimed producer Mannie Fresh will seek to take his label Chubby Boy Records to greater heights via a newly-inked distribution deal with Deep Entertainment. The deal represents Fresh’s plan to solidify his talents as a Hip-Hop producer while showcasing his diversity in other genres of music. As a label, Deep Entertainment has slowly been making […]

Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah will drop his sixth album for Def Jam titled The Wizard of Poetry on September 29 and has announced a nationwide outing to support his latest release.   Ghostface, aka Ghostdini, lined up an all-star cast for The Wizard of Poetry.   The album features guest appearances by Fabolous, Estelle, John […]

Rappers Ludacris, T-Pain, N.E.R.D. Estelle and Big Boi are headlining acts on Heineken’s 2009 Red Star Soul Tour. The exclusive, 21 and over, invitation only shows kick off September 17 in Dallas Texas, with Big Boi and songbird Estelle leading the bill. Pioneering DJ’s D-Nice, Jazzy Jeff and DJ Irie are also featured on various […]

Rappers Jay-Z and Will Smith are among the investors in a Broadway play about the life of Nigerian singer/activist Fela Kuti.   The heavyweight Hip-Hop duo are backing an $11 million dollar production of Bill. T. Jones’ musical “Fela,” which will open in November.   The original version of the play opened off-Broadway last September, […]

The re-established Death Row Records will release a brand new album by Snoop Dogg featuring unreleased material.   Snoop Doggy Dogg’s album The Lost Sessions Vol. 1 features all-new material recorded by Snoop Dogg while he was an artist on Death Row Records.   The album features a number of high profile artists, including Dr. […]

Alicia Keys and Jay-Z will perform during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards it was announced today (September 10). The pair will perform the single “Empire State of Mind” from Jay-Z’s new album The Blueprint 3. Eminem will also make an appearance during the awards ceremony, which will also feature presenters like 50 Cent, Jennifer […]

Producers Play*N*Skillz continue to make moves in the industry, having just announced a new label deal for their G4 Muzik with Steve Rifkind’s SRC Records/Universal Records.   The producers will sign and develop new talent under the deal, while Rifkind‘s SRC imprint will handle the marketing and distribution of G4 Muzik via a partnership with […]

In response to a recent interview by Jay-Z, singer T-Pain has clarified the reasons for the recent disparaging words about the mogul at a Las Vegas show.   Last week, rapper Fabolous via Twitter and a video displayed T-Pain saying “f**k Jay-Z” and chastising the emcee as “old” and out of touch with today’s music […]

Eccentric pioneering Hip-Hop emcee Kool Keith has announced he will release a new album titled Bikinis & Thongs next month.   Kool Keith, who started in the rap game as a founder of The Ultramagnetic M.C.’s, has released ten albums under a variety of aliases, including Dr. Octagon, Mr. Nogatco and Dr. Dooom, which he […]

Legendary Hip-Hop pioneer Luis “DJ Disco Wiz” Cedeño will kick off the Bronx Museum of Art’s Bronx Talks series with a book signing for his new memoir, It’s Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip-Hop’s First Latino DJ.   The release of the 180-page book marks the latest achievement for Cedeño, who […]

Rapper 50 Cent has set off speculation that a name change could be coming after the release of his fourth major album, Before I Self Destruct. 50 sent a cryptic message on his Twitter.com page, stating “50 Cent is a person I created, soon it will be time to destroy him and become somebody else.” […]

The beef between former Dipset members Hell Rell and Jim Jones has landed in court in a new lawsuit against Jim Jones and a number of record labels.   Hell Rell, born Durell Mohammed, was a member of Cam’ron’s Diplomats crew, which at one point featured Cam, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Hell Rell, Max B […]