Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons, his brother Danny Simmons and Rush Philanthropic Arts helped raise over $575,000 dollars on Saturday (April 5) during their Art For Life Miami Beach fundraiser.   The exclusive fundraising event honoring Wyclef Jean, John Legend, financial expert Suze Orman and real estate developer R. Donahue Peebles.   The event, which took […]

Young Buck may be out of 50 Cent’s G-Unit rap group, but the rapper continues to make business moves on his own as his Cashville Records imprint has inked a new deal through Decon, to release his documentary DVD, A Billion Bucks.   The A Billion Bucks double disk DVD/CD, which was shot and edited […]

Screen Gems is producing a big screen Hip-Hop reinterpretation of Jane Austen’s 1816 comic novel Emma, that was inspired by Harlem/Brooklyn rapper Lil Mama.   Screen Gems’ CEO Clint Culpepper came up with the idea to remake the novel into a contemporary urban tale, after seeing the video for Lil Mama’s#### single “Lipgloss.”   The […]

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival (BHFF) and The Lyricist Lounge have joined forces to co-present the annual BHHF festival’s main date on July 12 it was announced today (April 8).   The two Hip-Hop event producers will work together securing talent, promotion, marketing, branding, business development, sponsorship and vendor sales for this year’s festival which takes […]

The mother of superstar rapper Eminem is being sued over her recently released book on the rapper’s life, titled My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem’s Mother.   Debbie Nelson is being sued by Neal Alpert and the Rachel Erin Corporation in breach of contract lawsuit, which […]

50 Cent has made it clear about the status of Young Buck, one of his artists who has had a shaky relationship with the company for several months.50 Cent revealed today [April 7] that the Tennessee rapper was no longer in G-Unit the group, but would still record for the label. “You can look at […]

The Konvict Muzik Company has launched a new London office, AllHipHop.com has learned.   The Akon-helmed label, which is also home to T-Pain and Kardinal Offishall, made the move in March of this year in an effort to expand it’s roster of international artists.   “We will be scanning Europe and Africa for the next […]

The memory and legacy of Hip-Hop pioneer Eric “Eazy-E” Wright will be celebrated today (April 7) during “Eazy-E” day in Compton, California.   Omar Bradley, former Mayor of Compton, declared April 7 “Eazy-E” Day in honor of Wright, who died from AIDS on March 26, 1995.   “Eric made Compton famous not just in California, […]

Kanye West is among the performers slated to headline this year’s Lollapalooza festival, which takes place August 1-3 at Chicago‘s Grant Park.   According to reports, West will join artists like Gnarls Barkley, Nine Inch Nails, Mark Ronson, Love and Rockets, Lupe Fiasco and others.   According to Billboard’s Boxscore service, Lollapalooza was the fifth-highest-grossing […]

The Los Angeles Times has officially retracted a story published on March 17 that claimed that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace had advanced knowledge that Tupac Shakur would be assaulted at a recording studio in 1994.   The article, titled “An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War,” claimed that […]

Hip-Hop activist/author Kevin Powell is joining forces with Black and Male in America (BAMIA) and New York radio station Hot 97.1, to recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month and to present a special screening and discussion about the award-winning documentary No!.   The event, which is also presented by April Silver of Akila Worksongs, Inc., Connect […]

Despite the worldwide media attention being given to Jay-Z’s marriage to longtime girlfriend Beyonce Knowles on Friday (April 4), the pair’s honeymoon will come at a later date, as the chart topping rapper continues on The Heart of the City tour with Mary J. Blige.   Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige performed in Greensboro, North […]

Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Beyonce Knowles hosted an extravagant affair for their closest friends and family on April 4, and according to published reports, are now a married couple.   An extremely close source confirmed with AllHipHop.com that they are husband and wife. There have yet to be any official confirmations as to the entertainer’s […]

The British government has challenged a recent ruling that could allow rapper Snoop Dogg back into the country.   Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Broadus, was banned from the United Kingdom in March of 2007, after he and his entourage were involved in a brawl with security officers at London’s Heathrow Airport.   In May of […]

Brooklyn Hip-Hop star Foxy Brown will be freed from prison in a matter the next two weeks and is launching a reality show with VH1, AllHipHop.com has learned.   Brown, who was sentenced to a year in prison in September of 2007, is currently imprisoned at the Rose Singer Center for women on Rikers Island. […]

Jay-Z and Beyonce got their marriage license on April 1 and now the place they will be married is starting to leak, reports say. The entertainment powerhouse is rumored to be married in a Hudson Street condo they own in the Tribecca section of Manhattan, reports entertainment blog The Greasy Guide. Also, the nuptials will […]

Rapper 50 Cent has won the latest round in a series of court battles with ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his 10-year-old son.   A Long Island housing court judge ruled yesterday that Tompkins must vacate the $2.4 million Dix Hills, New York home, where she has reportedly been living with 50’s son as […]

Atlanta producer/rapper Lil’ Jon has launched a new wine business, The Associated Press reports. The self-proclaimed King of Crunk has launched Little Jonathan Winery. “I’m not no drink wine every day kind of dude,” the rapper told the AP. “Don’t ask me no questions…I just like the taste….this is not no ghetto Boone’s Farm; this […]

Hip-Hop is mourning the passing of another legend today, as news spreads of the passing of pioneer B-Boy Frosty Freeze, who died yesterday (April 3) at the age of 44.   The former Rock Steady Crew vice-president died in Manhattan following a prolonged illness.   Hospitalized at Mount Sinai Medical Center since March 27, Frosty, […]

A welcome return to his hometown of Flint, Michigan has resulted in jail time for rapper MC Breed.   The Flint Journal reports that Breed was apprehended yesterday (April 3), shortly after he and his documentary crew left an autograph signing at the Music Planet record store in Flint.   The entertainer was picked up […]