(AllHipHop News) Watts rapper Jay Rock has inked a deal with Tech N9Ne’s Kansas City, Missouri, independent powerhouse label, Strange Music for a multi-record deal.  The two rappers decided to enter into a deal together after a pair of successful business collaborations. On September 15th, Jay Rock hit the road on the “Tech N9Ne Independent […]

(AllHipHop News) A mistrial has been declared in the drug case of Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton, who alleged attempted to purchase five kilos of cocaine from an FBI informant last year. According to reports, the 12 jurors could not reach a verdict after four days of deliberating Buju Banton’s guilty, prompting U.S. District Judge […]

(AllHipHop News) Rap star/producer Wyclef was recently hospitalized with chest pains.According to sources, the rapper went to the hospital over the weekend. Jean, 37, became exhausted after the past three months, as he worked on his career and a bid for the president of Haiti.”I’m doing fine, just over worked. I Thank every one for […]

Incarcerated Rapper Lil’ Wayne has turned 28 today (September 27th).   In honor of his birthday, which he spends on Rikers Island, the Cash Money/Young Money rapper is releasing his new album “I Am Not a Human Being” digitally.While serving an eight-month sentence for weapons charges, the rapper expects to be released November 4th, at […]

(AllHipHop News) Cleveland, Ohio rapper/actor Kid Cudi has pleaded guilty to drug possession charges, after he was busted with liquid cocaine in X. According to TMZ.com, Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi pled guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 7th degree, on Friday (September 24th) in court. The rapper was sentenced to […]

Rapper Lloyd Banks has commented on his recent gold plaque for his hit single “Beamer, Benz or Bentley.” Lloyd Banks revealed that the hit single was recorded on a shoestring budget. “Climate wise, as far as the economy goes, it’s a beautiful thing man,” Banks said in a statement. “When you are coming from an […]

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Lil Wayne has been tapped to appear in a nationwide advertising campaign for the upcoming video game, Def Jam Rapstar. The New York Post reports that Lil Wayne will appear on billboard ads wearing handcuffs on one wrist to promote the game, which is slated to land in stores on October […]

Converse has announced its new Fall 2010 brand campaign entitled, “The Procession”, featuring product with the iconic Converse “Star Chevron” logo, including the new Star Player Evo shoe. Developed to pay homage to legends of Converse’s past, present and future and to celebrate basketball along with the breadth of Converse product. The ads for the […]

(AllHipHop News) Veteran rapper/actor Christopher “Kid” Reid of the Hip-Hop duo Kid-N-Play made a high profile appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO series, Real Time With Bill Maher. The rapper was featured during a spoof of Delaware’s Tea Party Republican candidate Christine O’Donnell, who is attempting to win former Senator Joe Biden’s vacant seat. Kid was […]

(AllHipHop News) Rap star T.I. has been forced to cancel another high profile concert, since being arrested in Los Angeles for drug possession at the beginning of the this month. T.I. was slated to play at Virgin Mobile’s FreeFest in Columbia, Maryland. All last week, organizers of the Virgin Mobile FreeFest were unsure if the […]

(AllHipHop News) The RZA and DJ Qbert are among the DJ’s who have contributed mixes to the upcoming soundtrack to the game DJ Hero 2, which will land in stores this October. A number of popular songs have been turned into exclusive mixes for the game’s soundtrack, which features songs by Eminem, Kanye West, Naughty […]

(AllHipHop News) A college in Montclair, New Jersey is the latest victim of a scam involving an artist on Lil Wayne’s Young Money record label, after criminals made off with $30,000 in deposits for Nicki Minaj. According to reports, Montclair State University paid over $35,000 to a promoter, who has since disappeared with the funds, […]

(AllHipHop News) Rick Ross has replied to reports after a sex tape allegedly featuring the rapper and an unidentified woman hit the Internet. Grainy footage of a man resembling Rick Ross frolicking with a semi-nude woman has been circulating since yesterday (September 22nd), after the clip was posted on Thisis50.com, a website controlled by Ross’ […]

(AllHipHop News) On Monday (September 27th), MTV is set to debut a new live afternoon pop culture-driven show called “The Seven,” which will curate the seven, must know news stories of the day.The show’s first live in-studio guests are Hip-Hop sensation Drake, as well as the cast of the forthcoming film The Social Network (Jesse […]

(AllHipHop News) A man has pleaded no contest to attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon in a strip club melee involving NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones.Arvin Kenti Edwards entered the plea on Tuesday (September 21st) for shooting three people in 2007 outside of Minxx Gentlemen’s Club & Lounge, that left one man paralyzed […]

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Ludacris may have feuded with Bill O’Reilly and the Fox TV Network, but rival CNN has tapped the rapper and an all-star cast of judges, who will name the Top 10 CNN heroes of 2010. CNN host Anderson Cooper will host the fourth annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” which will […]

(AllHipHop News) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony group member Krayzie Bone has launched a new imprint and signed a new artist to his company, The Life Entertainment, but the label name has caused friction with some former associates. Krayzie Bone recently signed a 12-year-old singer named Jenna Sousa to The Life Entertainment and according to Krayzie Bone, music […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle spent an evening out at a comedy club Tuesday night (September 21st) in Atlanta. The pair were spotted at the Uptown Comedy Corner, where they caught D.L. Hughley’s 10:00 PM show.According to reports, D.L. Hugely cracked a variety of jokes regarding T.I.’s latest legal woes, […]

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z is one of 15 entrepreneurs Forbes magazine has predicted will be worth a billion dollars by the year 2015. Jay-Z was named amongst an elite group of tech moguls, hedge-funders, athletes and entertainers who all have a chance of breaking into the Forbes 400 this decade. According to Forbes, Jay-Z […]

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Game has launched a brand new online store that will sell merchandise from the rapper’s Black Wall Street Clothing Line. The online store, which sports an aviation theme, sells a variety of hoodies, T-shirt, bandannas and more. The rapper developed the online store in partnership with G-Wear, Global Entertainment Moguls (G.E.M.) and […]