Jadakiss’ new album, The Last Kiss, debuted in at number 3 on Billboard Top 200, an impressive outing for the Lox rapper. The Yonkers-bred rapper moved close to 135,000 records when the Nielsen SoundScan numbers were announced today. Jadakiss has been a staple in Hip-Hop music for over 10 years, but hasn’t seen the crossover […]

Superstar Kanye West has just announced a partnership with the NBA to release a playoff themed version of his hit single “Amazing.”   Produced by NBA Entertainment, the video incorporates “Amazing” as the musical backbone while featuring memorable clips of past NBA postseasons with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and Paul Pierce.   Having […]

The Obama Administration has taken the first step to mending 50 years of antagonism with Cuba by relaxing some of the gift and travel restrictions with the socialist nation.   The main purpose of the policy change is to give Cuban Americans and their relatives better access to each other through travel, and the exchange […]

Cleveland, Ohio native Kid Cudi has put to rest any retirement rumors with a new record deal and upcoming record label via a recently inked deal with Universal/Motown.   Universal/Motown President Sylvia Rhone revealed that Kid Cudi’s upcoming debut album Man on the Moon: The Guardian will be released through his label Dream On, in […]

Plies has welcomed his brother home after a three-year bid in a Florida jail. Ronell “Big Gates” Levatte left a correctional facility on April 9 and was reunited with his younger brother and loved ones. “I thank everybody that continued to support not only me, but my situation. I thank everybody that continued to pray […]

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs continues his push into the world of mainstream acting with a high profile role in the new movie Get Him to the Greek.   Combs will star in the movie alongside actors Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Elisabeth Moss and Rose Byrne.   The flick centers around a record company intern who […]

AllHipHop.com has confirmed that Corey Williams, former bodyguard to Hip-Hop star T.I., has been sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for his role in last year’s machine gun/silencer scandal.   According to the Smoking Gun, Williams entered into a plea deal for his role in purchasing illegal firearms for T.I., real […]

Music industry executive Sha Money Xl has announced the inclusion of a Mobile Beat Battle during its 3rd Annual One Stop Shop Producer Conference.   A number of Hip-Hop producers – including super-producer Timbaland – have been quietly setting trends by producing full tracks utilizing various applications on their mobile phones.   Extremely advanced production […]

Famed music producer/singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is returning to overseeing the careers of singing sensations, with the launch of his new record label Sodapop Music.   News of Sodapop’s arrival comes years after Edmonds co-founded the iconic Hip-Hop/R&B label, LaFace Records, with fellow music mogul L. A. Reid.   During its heyday in the 1990’s […]

Fast food giant Burger King and Seattle, Washington rapper Sir-Mix-A-lot have come under fire for a Hip-Hop commercial featuring Nickelodeon character SpongeBob.   The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is taking Burger King and Nickelodeon Television President Cyma Zarghami to task over the “SpongeBob SquareButt” commercial.   The spot features Sir-Mix-A-Lot reinterpreting his hit 1990 […]

Lawyers for Kanye West and his road manager Don C. were granted a delay in their misdemeanor assault case yesterday (April 13).   West and Don Crowley were scheduled to be arraigned yesterday, but lawyers for both men stated they were still waiting to review evidence that has yet-to-be turned over by prosecutors.   The […]

Kool Rock, formerly Kool Rock-Ski of 80’s pioneer group The Fat Boys, will step out on his own tomorrow with an all star, 4-track EP entitled Party Time.   Years away from the limelight hasn’t dimmed Kool Rock’s respect in the eyes of his Hip-Hop colleagues.   For the first single “We Can Talk,” the […]

Former Bad Boy South recording artist Jody Breeze has formally announced the launch of his new label, Young Gunna Records, with the release of his first solo single in nearly four years.   The Atlanta-area rapper, originally introduced to mainstream audiences in 2004 as one of the original members of Block Entertainment super-group Boyz N […]

Rapper Bow Wow has finally retired – again. The not-so-surprising announcement comes on the heels of a lackluster outing for his New Jack City II. “This is my last album because for me, there’s no more that needs to be done on the music side, I’ve done everything,” Bow told blog realtalkny.com. “And the scary […]

Hip-Hop star Emimen will perform during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, just days after his highly anticipated album Relapse hits stores, which has been confirmed for May 19.   Eminem is the first performer announced for the 18th annual award ceremony, which will air live on May 31st at 9:00 PM.   The rapper’s latest […]

Hip-Hop mogul Steve Rifkind will step into the world of high school athletics, with his recent purchase of Vision Sports.   Vision Sports is a Texas-based company which will open an office in Delray Beach, Florida, where Rifkind will run the companies operations.   Rifkind founded pioneering label Loud Records and currently runs SRC, a […]

In an effort to bring awareness to the worldwide water crisis, Chicago lyricist Lupe Fiasco has confirmed plans to ascend Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro.   Fiasco was recruited for the stunt by Ethiopian pop singer Kenna, whose father nearly perished as a child due to a lack of clean drinking water.   “My dad almost died […]

Rapper Rick Ross has aligned three of 50 Cent’s former rivals on a new remix for his track “Mafia Music,” taken from his upcoming album Deeper Than Rap.   The new remix features a verse from The Game, Ja Rule and Fat Joe, three rappers 50 Cent has violently feuded with in the past.   […]

DeShaun Holton lived what many considered a good life.   A man who inspired a movement among Hip-Hop purists in his native Detroit, the man known as Proof gave much of himself in shining a light on up and coming lyricists in his hometown.   From forming the rap collective D-12 to helping mold Grammy- […]

Harlem rapper Immortal Technique, best known for his hugely influential underground albums Revolutionary V. 1, Revolutionary V.2 and The 3rd World, has just returned to the United States from a two week voyage to Afghanistan.   The rapper personally participated in opening of the Amin Institute.   The Amin Institute partnered with San Francisco’s OMEID […]