Fabolous’ Def Jam debut, tentatively titled From the Bottom to the Top, has been pushed back until February 2007, according to the Brooklyn, N.Y., rapper. Due to conflicts with the original October release date, Fabolous said the album was pushed back to December and is now slated to hit stores next year, featuring production by […]
A Son Unique, the final studio album by Ol’ Dirty Bastard, will arrive Nov. 7 via Damon Dash Music Group. The disc hits shelves a week before the anniversary of the Wu-Tang Clan member’s death on Nov. 13, 2004. The rapper, who signed with Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam in 2003, suffered a sudden heart attack after taking […]
Hot 97’s DJ Funkmaster Flex will provide the musical backdrop when Sneaker Pimps, the world’s largest touring sneaker show, heads to New York.The event, which features more than 1,000 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity signed, and artist-collaborated kicks, will also include a collection of sneaker-inspired artwork, fashion, and photography. Live art from Futura, […]
Tragedy has struck the household of Joseph “Run” Simmons and his wife Justine after the couple’s newborn child was pronounced dead shortly after its birth last Thursday. The legendary rapper of Run DMC fame was present at a Ridgewood, New Jersey hospital on Tuesday (Sept. 19) for the child’s anticipated delivery. Both Simmons and Justine […]
Two charges against rapper Foxy Brown were dropped today (Sept. 26) in New Jersey Municipal Court.Rasheeda Ellis, who was described as a former consultant to Brown’s management company, claimed that when she attempted to collect back pay from Brown in June, the rapper appeared at her place of employment with two people and made threats […]
With rap songs like Jibbs’ "Chain Hang Low," Nelly’s "Country Grammar" and even Fergie’s "London Bridge," there has certainly been no shortage of children’s rhymes in Hip-Hop. But now the tables are turning. A number of popular rap songs will be flipped into tailor-made kids’ songs for the new album Kid’s Rap Radio. The disc […]
Hip-Hop icon Kurtis Blow has recently added ‘producer’ to his manylist of credits. Blow serves as co-producer on the documentary, Slippin – Ten Years with the Bloods currently airing on Showtime. The legendary rapper met Slippin director/producer Tommy Sowards in L.A. over 20 years ago. The two formed a friendship that led to numerous collaborations, […]
Despite the rumors abound, Method Man is an artist still signed to a major label, according to the publicity department at Def Jam Records. “Method man is still a part of the Def Jam family and he is currently on tour supporting his newest release, 4:21…The Day After,” said publicist Jana Fleishman in a statement. […]
Lupe Fiasco has postponed a show in London scheduled for Sunday night (Sept. 24), after a shooting at the club over the weekend left one man dead. The rapper, who released his major label debut Food & Liquor on Sept. 19, was booked to perform at The Scala over the weekend. A shooting at the […]
The television may be the only place to catch the gang from the popular comic strip The Boondocks from now on. The comic’s distributor Universal Press Syndicate, announced Monday (Sept. 25) that the Boondocks will not return from its hiatus “in the foreseeable future.” The Houston Chronicle reports that a six-month break was taken earlier […]
Wu-Tang Clan rapper/producer RZA has become embroiled in a lawsuit over money due from his work on the soundtrack to the movie Blade: Trinity. According to reports, United Talent Agency filed court papers Friday (Sept. 22) against RZA and his New York-based company, RZA Productions, for money owed for the beat-crafter’s work on the soundtrack. […]
Two men have been arrested and are being investigated in connection with a shooting early Friday morning (Sept. 22) after a Jim Jones concert in Virginia Beach, VA.Verlon Romain, 27, was charged with one count of malicious assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and other weapons related charges. Andre Roberts, 29, was […]
Representatives for Beyoncé Knowles have responded to the backlash that arose after the singer was absent at the British MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards on Sept. 20.The former Destiny’s Child frontwoman nabbed three MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards, but fans reportedly expressed disappointment at the singer’s absence at the show by booing when […]
Veteran Hip-Hop managers Mickey Bentson and Felix Cabrera have joined forces to form Idolmakerz Entertainment, a full service booking agency based in Bellville, New Jersey.Launched in January, the business includes a radio promotions department, a graphic design department, and a division that focuses on Latin artists.Bentson and Cabrera, who serve as co-CEO’s of the new […]
Rapper Cassidy and R&B legend Stevie Wonder are among the guests featured on singer Tyrese Gibson’s second Hip-Hop mixtape Ghetto Royalty. The 21-track disc, released under Gibson’s rap moniker Black Ty, is the follow-up to the crooner’s first mixtape offering, Best of Both Hoods Volume 1, which was hosted by DJ Warrior. Gibson recruited DJ […]
Lil’ Kim’s former manager Damion "D Roc" Butler has solicited various entertainers and professionals for Conspiracy: 10 Years Later, a documentary that examines the infamous Hot 97 shootout involving Lil’ Kim.Butler, who helped shape the careers of Lil’ Kim, Notorious B.I.G., and Junior M.A.F.I.A., commissioned director April Maiya to helm the film, which details "the […]
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D. will be featured in Swindle Magazine’s first ever "Icons" issue, which is dedicated to various people who have had an influence in popular culture. Swindle has partnered with technology giant Motorola, to produce a series of exclusive sit down dinners in New York and Los Angeles with the various personalities […]
An aspiring DJ in Hollywood, FL has been arrested for illegally broadcasting Hip-Hop music over the airwaves of a local Country music station.Darin Satter, 34, allegedly set up a pirate radio station, which interfered with 99.9 WKIS-FM’s signal. For several weeks, fans of the station – which is known as Kiss Country – heard Hip-Hop […]
Ludacris, mega-producers/songwriters Dallas Austin (Brandy, Michael Jackson), Sean Garrett (Usher, Beyonce) and Block (Young Jeezy, Jazze Pha) have signed on as celebrity judges for the “How Down Is Your Sound?” talent contest sponsored by Atlanta media personality Ryan Cameron and Kaneva.com.The online contest, open for submissions until October 9 and open to everyone in the […]
In the midst of recent killings throughout American cities, the Hood March Movement Committee and Before & After Entertainment have organized a silent hood march scheduled for Saturday, September 23 at noon in the city of Wilmington, DE.The event, inspired by Margaret “Cookie” Melton, mother of Donminico Melton, 35, who was murdered in July in […]
