Not even a full month into his abrupt retirement from boxing, former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather has announced a star studded July 4th weekend celebration for his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan.   Named “Round 13, When the Gloves Come Off,” the three day event (July 4th-6th) will celebrate Mayweather’s 13 year career and the […]

Rap veteran and Brand Nubian co-founder Sadat X has signed a deal with New York independent label Affluent Records and is planning a new album titled Generation X.   The album, which is Sadat X’s fifth solo release, features 10 songs, as well as production from Will Tell and Affluent’s CEO, Oscar Sanchez.   “I […]

A New York-based digital music and entertainment company is set to take control of TVT Records, after placing the winning bid during a bankruptcy auction on Thursday (Jun 19).   In a statement released by The Orchard yesterday (Jun 20), the company announced plans to assume control of several of TVT’s assets, including the embattled […]

50 Cent and ex Shaniqua Tompkins added the next chapters in their convoluted legal battle, as both parties have filed lawsuits against each other today.   Tompkins struck first this morning receiving a temporary restraining order against 50.   The order also places restrictions on 50’s access to the former couple’s son, 11 year-old Marquise. […]

Houston’s Big Pokey has inked a deal with indie powerhouse Koch Records and is prepping the release of two albums in 2008.   The first, Evacuation Notice, is due out July 22.   The new album features a who’s who of Houston’s Hip-Hop elite, including Slim Thug who appears on the first single, “Boss Hogg […]

Kenneth Anthony Wilson, the man charged with defacing Tupac Shakur’s memorial statue in Stone Mountain, GA last October, has released a manifesto explaining his actions.   Wilson, who refers to himself as a “writer,” “artist,” and “Supa-hero,” claims the defacement was “my way of declaring an intellectual and artistic war against the gangsta rap community.” […]

Two men have been indicted on murder and assault charges for the May 2006 slaying of T.I.’s childhood friend Philant Johnson, in Cincinnati, Ohio.   According to Cincinnati’s WLWT Channel 5, police arrested Pardon Thomas, 40 and Hosea Thomas, 34 for shooting into the rapper’s van after a performance at Bogart’s nightclub.   T.I. was […]

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Music lovers may know Curtis Jackson by his rap alias 50 Cent, but the G-Unit leader may adopt another name if he accepts an offer from Taco Bell.   To promote its new “Why Pay More” value menu, Taco Bell sent 50 Cent an offer letter obtained by AllHipHop.com, asking him to change his name to either […]

As KRS-One prepares for his Stop the Violence Fundraising Concert on August 26th, the Blastmaster has revealed a surprising lack of support among Hip-Hop’s “conscious” emcees.   This past February, KRS-One received vocal contributions from over 50 rappers for the 2008 version of “Self Destruction,” the seminal 1989 all-star posse cut.   The modern version […]

Funeral service will be held for well known fashion stylists/publicist Sadia Morrison, who was allegedly murdered on June 13 in the Bronx, New York.   While details are sketchy, sources told AllHipHop.com that Morrison was thrown from the roof of a building, but police are still investigating her death and seeking the perpetrator of the […]

Not even 24 hours after 50 Cent leaked the full 16 minute conversation with Young Buck, the saga has now taken a Machiavellian twist, as Young Buck’s manager Blue Williams has accused 50 of “doctoring” the audio tape.   Yesterday, Buck released a diss track called “The Taped Conversation,” deriding 50 Cent as dishonest and […]

Lawyers for 50 Cent are filing a defamation lawsuit against the mother of his 11-year-old son, in an attempt to prevent her from telling the media that he masterminded a May blaze that burnt down 50 Cent’s Long Island mansion.   Tompkins told a number of media outlets that 50 Cent was behind the fire, […]

Rapper Young Jeezy was arrested early Wednesday morning (June 18), after being pulled over by the Atlanta Police Department, AllHipHop.com has confirmed.   According to Public Affairs officer Ronald Campbell, Jeezy, born Jay Jenkins, was pulled over on Buford Highway around 2:20am, driving a white Chevrolet Corvette with temporary tags.   The Def Jam artist […]

The Game, an avid Lakers fan who predicted a seven game series, was forced to watch a definitive thrashing as the Celtics dismantled the Lakers 131-92 to win their 17th NBA title. “I was just saying that the first two games, the first game Boston just beat the Lakers, the second game it seemed like […]

North Carolina-based beat maker 9th Wonder, Pete Rock and DJ Babu are among the producers contributing beats for the Wake Up Show/urSession.com 100K Battle.   The event will feature up and coming rappers who will choose from 28 beats to rhyme over, after creating an artist profile on urSession.com.   Participants, who record their best […]

Rap music industry veteran Neil Levine will head up BMG Label Group’s Battery Records, a new Hip-Hop incubator imprint. According to The New York Post, Battery Records will sign and develop upcoming rap artists, grooming them for mainstream success. The most promising of these artists would then graduate to be distributed through BMG’s RCA and […]

The third time looks to be the charm for Lil Wayne as the rapper’s latest album, Tha Carter III, hits the platinum mark with more than 1 million copies sold.   The album sold 1,005,545 copies, a number which will be made official when Nielsen SoundScan issues chart reports today (June 18).   According to […]

On the heels of his defiant claims of “f*ck G-Unit!” at a concert last weekend, a leaked phone conversation with 50 Cent shows a decidedly different Young Buck, as the Nashville MC pleaded with 50 to remain in the group.   The disturbing, undated conversation finds a clearly rattled Young Buck attempting to assure 50 […]