Timbaland is gearing up to release Shock Value II, the highly anticipated sequel to his chart-topping album Shock Value.   Timbaland hopes to recreate the success of the first installment of Shock Value, which produced three #1 pop singles: “The Way I Are” featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E., “Give It To Me” featuring Nelly Furtado […]

Frederick Richardson, suspect in the death of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, has been released after posting a $10,000 bond.   Richardson was taken from Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail yesterday morning (October 20) and made a brief court appearance before Judge Karen Woodson, who set the bond following new autopsy information about […]

Lil Wayne will be forced to plead out to a jail term in New York City on Thursday, according to sources with AllHipHop.com.   The rapper is expected to accept an 8-month bid in jail over his alleged involvement with a loaded .40-caliber pistol gun found on his tour bus in 2007 while in New […]

Legendary rap group Run-DMC are planning to bring the story of their journey from Hollis, Queens to becoming pioneers of rap to the Broadway stage.   Variety reports that the surviving group members Rev Run and DMC have been meeting with executive producer Paula Wagner (Mission Impossible, The Last Samurai) to sort out the details […]

Multi-platinum artist and Black Eyed Peas member Fergie has announced a new partnership with Avon Products, Inc to create and market her first exclusive fragrance.   Previously, Avon was known to focus on actors for endorsements, such as Patrick Dempsey, Reese Witherspoon, and Courtney Cox.   On the Fergie selection, Avon Senior Vice President and […]

Earlier this morning there were reports circulating on the internet that rapper Kanye West was killed in a car accident.   The reports turned out to be a fake rumor, however news of the rapper’s apparent death spread rapidly on Twitter.   It is unknown how the rumor began although, many point to a phony […]

A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed in North Carolina against Compton rap star The Game.   The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in October of 2005 at Four Seasons Towne Center in Greensboro.   Members of the rapper’s entourage were filming The Game walking through the mall donning a Halloween mask, preparing for […]

By all accounts it appears that Shyne will be deported.The rapper is set to be sent to his native Belize, where his father lives, according to radio reporter Miss Info.The finding was revealed in a conversation with Hot 97’s Angie Martinez, who had a conversation with the still-imprisoned rapper. “Shyne is one of the strongest […]

Jackson, Mississippi Hip-Hop artist David Banner has announced that a planned community rally has been postponed due to safety issues related to the unanticipated number of people who will attend the event.   Banner’s Heal The Hood Foundation was to hold the Something’s Wrong Community Rally today (October 20) as a response to the growing […]

Fresh off an appearance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, TV star Tameka “Tiny” Cottle recently gave an update of her husband’s current condition and the tragic violence that’s#### her inner circle.   Earlier this month, Tiny’s former Xscape bandmate and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burrus lost her fiancée Ashley “AJ” Jewell.   His […]

Rapper Snoop Dogg has tapped famed tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon to execute the design of his upcoming album, Malice N Wonderland.   Mr. Cartoon, born Mark Machado, is a legend in the world’s of tattoos and Hip-Hop, having inked some of raps biggest stars, including 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Method Man, Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, […]

Saigon was supposed to be at the AllHipHop Social Lounge Saturday, but the rapper cancelled the speaking engagement to allow himself to be with his ailing mother, who died yesterday.   According to the rapper, who made the announcement by way of Twitter, she died on about 1 pm in the afternoon.   “I wanna […]

Ludacris and his Ludacris Foundation have been hit with a lawsuit by an Atlanta lawyer who claims the non-profit failed to pay for a legal bill.   Carton Fields filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court last Friday (October 16) claiming the Ludacris Foundation refused to pay him for his legal services.   Fields […]

Def Jam’s marquee female R&B singer Rihanna has revealed details behind her new upcoming album, titled Rated R.   The release is the Barbados-born singer’s fourth studio album. Rated R features production by a number of hit makers, including The Dream, Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Justin Timberlake.   R&B singer Ne-Yo produced the […]

Chicago rapper Twista and a group of rappers will hit the road for a series of dates to perform on The Stimulus Tour, a series of affordable concerts and speaking engagements at youth centers.   In November, Twista, Playaz Circle, Durrough and Moulange will hit the road to visit youth centers in each city on […]

Two days after releasing a new three-part, 30-track mixtape, Gucci Mane has launched the campaign in support of his forthcoming sophomore effort, The State Vs. Radric Davis.   The Atlanta rapper unveiled both a December 8, 2009 street date for the So Icey/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records release, and the album’s official first single, “Spotlight” featuring Usher. […]

Three high ranking New York prison officials resigned from their posts on Friday in the aftermath of a scandal involving preferential treatment to certain inmates, including rapper Foxy Brown. Carolyn Thomas (Chief of Department), George Okada (Warden of Manhattan complex The Tombs) and Frank Squillante (Assistant Chief of Special Operations) all quit over two separate […]

A relative of rapper Jamaal “Shyne” Barrow has revealed that the rapper will live and work out of Europe, should he be denied entry into the United States.   Shyne was released from prison on October 6 but is being held by immigration officials, who could deport the rapper to his homeland of Belize.   […]

Rapper Nas is the latest artist to run into tax problems with the IRS, as he owes millions of dollars to the federal government.   The IRS filed a lien against Nas claiming the rapper owes $2,584,206.31 to the government for unpaid taxes on income earned throughout 2006 and 2007.   The rapper inked a […]

T-Pain’s performance at South Africa’s annual Macufe African Cultural Festival has been lambasted by local artists for the star’s alleged elitist and disrespectful behavior.   Several artists have reported that they were kicked out of the backstage changing area because T-Pain refused to share space with them.   Others stated they were harassed simply for […]