Rapper Jay-Z has announced the winners of an essay contest launched in December of 2005. The rapper will donate $30,000 to be shared among the six winning New York/New Jersey area schools. Jay-Z, an owner of The New Jersey Nets, held the contest in conjunction with the Charlotte Bobcats majority owner Mr. Robert Johnson and […]

A member of the Atlanta-based group Dem Franchize Boyz was arrested yesterday (June 13) during a police raid at a local recording studio. Authorities confiscated more than 11 pounds of marijuana, $150,000 in cash, two handguns and a stack of pornography from the Making Money studio in Atlanta. Sources told AllHipHop.com that all of the […]

VH1 has orderd eight one-hour episodes of the new comedic reality series Egotrip Presents the White Rapper Show. Hosted by Michael "MC Serch" Berrin, a former member of the pioneering white rap group 3rd Bass, the imaginative program features 12 white contestants who will compete in a series of challenges to test their rap skills […]

Letoya Luckett’s debut single "Torn" continues to climb the R&B/Hip-Hop charts landing at #3 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs charts with over 714 radio spins. Luckett, who received Billboard’s Greatest Gainer honor for the week, is preparing her self-entitled solo album LeToya on Capitol Records. "I just want to get my […]

Legendary Hip-Hop wordsmith Rakim said that his third solo album The Seventh Seal would hit stores before the end of the summer during Mark Ecko’s Save the Rhino’s concert recently held in New York. The album will be released on his own label, after a much hyped collaboration with Hip-Hop super-producer Dr. Dre never saw […]

Fonzworth Bentley has inked a deal with Black Enterprise magazine to serve as the voice for their Keys to a Better Life radio reports. The brief business reports will feature the Atlanta native addressing a variety of topics such as personal finance, homeownership, credit, and health. The segments, which are geared towards adults in urban […]

Detroit rapper Eminem will return to the big screen in a remake of the classic television series Have Gun – Will Travel. The Grammy-winning lyricist will star in the Paramount Pictures film, which will offer a contemporary spin on the 1950’s Western series that starred Richard Boone. The setting could be Eminem’s hometown of Detroit, […]

Rapper turned actress Queen Latifah has teamed up with Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and HBO to executive produce the original movie, Life Support, a film about the growing AIDS crisis in America. Life Support, written by critically acclaimed author Nelson George along with Elizabeth Hunter and Jim McKay & Hannah Weyer, is based on the […]

Driving continues to be a problem for rapper DMX, who was involved in another accident in Harrison, New York, just nine days after police stopped him for driving his SUV at unreasonably high speeds. In the latest driving incident involving DMX, born Earl Simmons, the rapper was driving a 2006 Chevy Suburban on the Hutchinson […]

Rapper DMX has confirmed that a sequel to the Hip-Hop cult film Belly is in the works titled Beast. “It’s me, Nas and Hype, [Williams, the director of the film]. I go and get [Nas’ character in Africa],” DMX told AllHipHop.com. “We start filming this year.” Released in 1998, Belly is an urban drama centered […]

No Limit Records artist C-Murder may return to jail, amid accusations he violated the terms of his house arrest. Jefferson Parish prosecutors are seeking to send the lyricist (born Corey Miller) back to prison, according to court records filed Thursday (June 8). The request comes in light of a video that shows Miller violated his […]

VH1 will premier a four-part documentary tonight (June 12) that examines the rise of illicit drug use in America and its impact on pop culture. Produced in association with The Sundance Channel, VH1’s The Drug Years provides an analysis of the commercial drug culture in America by exploring how popular influences, including music and television, […]

Afeni Shakur and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation have announced the Tupac Legacy Tour, which will feature well known artists performing songs from the late rapper’s catalog. Due to begin in Los Angeles this fall, the 25-date cross country tour will feature artists celebrating the life of Tupac backed by a live band. DJ’s will […]

Hip-Hop duo dead prez was honored last week at this year’s Imagenation’s Revolution! Awards. The second annual event, which was held at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, recognizes artists and industry leaders of color who use their work as vehicles for social change, to foster solidarity and blaze new trails. "Dead prez is tremendously proud […]

Rapper Eric "Lil’ Eazy-E" Wright Jr. was arrested near Compton, California last night (June 10), after authorities stopped vehicle for a traffic violation and found him to be in possession of a firearm police officers said. Wright and two other unidentified men were also arrested, one for possession of a firearm and the other for […]

A date for a retrial in the wrongful death lawsuit of the late Notorious B.I.G. has been set. The Associated Press reports the retrial will be October 16. U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, who made the ruling Thursday (June 8), ordered the plaintiff and defense attorneys to continue the information-sharing process in preparation for the […]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), along with Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) and Billboard will announce a new Gold and Platinum Award, recognizing sales of mobile ring tones. The event will take place on June 14 at the Time Warner Center in New York, at which point 128 different racks will be […]

Tracks from R&B singer/actor Tyrese "Black Ty" Gibson’s new dual-disc LP Alter Ego have been leaked to the Internet. According to sources, several songs from the double disc set were leaked. The album features Tyrese recording R&B songs on disc one, while the second disc introduces his new rap moniker "Black Ty" and will only […]

Hollywood actor Bruce Willis has executive produced an inspirational documentary about inner city youth and the power of Hip-Hop culture. TheWord.Life: The Hip Hop Project features Willis, alongside MTV’s Sway and Hip-Hop pioneers Russell Simmons and Doug E. Fresh, and chronicles several years in the life of New York City teenagers who transform their life […]

Miami rapper Rick Ross and singing duo Nina Sky will grace the cover of The Fader Magazine’s summer music issue. The edition, which features a look at what’s hot in music for the summer, will be the first full magazine posted on iTunes and featured on iTune’s “New and Notable” podcast section. Although the magazine’s […]