The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) has announced that it will convene a Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment at the Atlanta University Center later this month. Dubbed the "Get Your Money Right" national tour, the summit will feature leading Hip-Hop artists and music executives including Russell Simmons, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Paul Wall, Young Jeezy, Bobby […]
A Los Angeles bankruptcy judge has set a deadline for parties to file claims against Death Row Records and Marion "Suge" Knight as part of a Chapter 11 restructuring of the legendary West coast label.Death Row Records and Knight filed for Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in April of 2006, listing debts of […]
The Godfather of Hip-Hop Culture and the Father of the Electro Funk Sound, Afrika Bambaataa, has officially dubbed Hip-Hop artist, the1shanti, India Bambaataa."You have our blessings (Afrika Bambaataa and The Universal Zulu Nation) as long as you use your name in the good of your people and the good of yourself," Bambaataa told the1shanti last […]
Academy Award-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia requested the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against them by man who claimed he was severely beaten at a concert when fans followed lyrics of the song "Let’s Start A Riot." McKeesport, PA resident Ramone Williams, 22, claimed in his July 2005 suit he was beaten during a […]
The Bloomberg administration has announced that it is immediately stopping the disbursement of funds to a Bronx, NY non-profit firm that was building a Hip-Hop museum, due to an unsatisfactory audit performance.The Northeast Bronx Redevelopment Corp., which recently received a $4.5 million grant from the city council for construction of a multi-use building that would […]
Isley Brothers frontman Ronald "Mr. Biggs" Isley has been sentenced to three years and a month in prison for tax evasion.Isley, who was facing up to 26-years in prison, was convicted last year on five counts of tax evasion in Nov. of 2005. The 65-year-old singer was paid millions of dollars in performance fees between […]
Ludacris and Disturbing Tha Peace will face 50 Cent and G-Unit on the basketball court during Ludacris’ Labor Day weekend celebration titled Luda Day Weekend. Ludacris will coach his DTP team against 50 Cent’s G-Unit squad during the celebrity basketball game, which also features NBA ball players Ron Artest and Kevin Garnett. "This weekend is […]
The 2006 MTV Video Music Awards took place last night (Aug. 31) in New York. Radio City Music Hall became center stage for unpredictable wins and performances during last nights awards. Jay-Z got the show started from the top of Rockefeller Center’s historic observation deck, to usher in Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” performance. Host Jack Black […]
Rapper Peedi Peedi, formerly known as Peedi Crakk, is preparing to release his new single “Take Me Home,” featuring labelmate Megan Rochell. The song is the first from his upcoming as-yet-untitled album, due in 2007. “[It’s] a hot little single for the clubs,” Peedi Crakk told AllHipHop.com. “My album is finished. I just talked to […]
Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow is taking his Hip-Hop Church America on the road for a concert in Southern California. The Harlem-based initiative will hold a concert from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. Blow will headline the event, which takes place at the Cathedral’s grass lawn […]
Rap star Mos Def was arrested last night (Aug. 31) after MTV’s VMA’s because he didn’t have authorization to perform outside of Radio City Music Hall in New York.The rapper, born Dante Smith, was charged with disorderly conduct after attempting to perform on a flatbed truck for a crowd outside of the event. Police ordered […]
Entertainment executive Tracey Edmonds has been named president and chief operating officer of Our Stories Films, a new film studio created by BET founder Bob Johnson and the Weinstein Company (TWC). Under the new position, Edmonds will run all studio operations as well as identify and guide projects from development to production. She will also […]
Legendary Hip-Hop pioneer Roxanne Shante is scheduled to participate as one of lead panelists for the Girls Empowerment Brunch at the 2nd Annual Black Press All Star Awards.With a theme of “Empowering Women through Hip-Hop,” the purpose of the brunch is to give underprivileged girls options for professional career development and planning."Black girls and women […]
Jerry Heller, music industry executive and co-founder of the legendary rap label Ruthless Records, recently released his memoirs, titled Ruthless. The 325-page book offers a glimpse into Heller’s career in the music industry, which started in the 1960’s and 70’s as a super agent who launched the first tours on American soil for rock superstars […]
While critics may have slammed Kevin "K-Fed" Federline’s debut performance as a rapper at the Teen Choice Awards, Sony BMG is taking his career serious and has inked a deal with his Federation Records record label. The first release under the new venture will be Federline’s debut album Playing with Fire, which is slated to […]
Authors Reggie Ossa and Gabriel Tolliver are preparing a new book called Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book, to be released in Oct.“The book is basically a look at all things bling. It’s a piece of cultural anthropology,” co-author Gabriel Tolliver told AllHipHop.com. “Bling is an element of Hip-Hop culture, and it announces that you’ve arrived.”Bling […]
Rapper Corey “C. Miller” Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was placed on house arrest by a Louisiana state judge after attending a Hurricane Katrina documentary premiere in New Orleans. Miller was ordered to remain on full home containment until his second trial on a second-degree murder charge.Miller, 35, is awaiting a retrial in the 2002 […]
Clothing and magazine mogul Marc Ecko has teamed with Nissan of North America to modify the design of the car giant’s two popular SUV’s, the Nissan Pathfinder and the Nissan Armada. The new partnership, dubbed "SHIFT_unltd," was forged to allow both brands to expand their audience, yet retain their individuality. The ecko unltd. Nissan Pathfinder […]
Rapper Common has been tapped to participate in a new ad campaign from the retailing chain the Gap.The Chicago artist will join fellow celebrities Jeremy Piven, Mia Farrow, Aaron Eckhart and Natasha Bedingfield for the store’s ‘T-Shirt Shop’ ad campaign. The recently launched venture will focus on the Gap’s new line of T-shirt’s as the […]
Bay area rapper E-40 is celebrating the success of his latest album My Ghetto Report Card, which was certified gold by the RIAA this week.Fueled by the Keak Da Sneak-featured "Tell Me When 2 Go," and the current single "U And Dat," featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl, the album’s good fortune will lead to bigger […]
