Miami rapper Rick Ross has landed his second number one album, as his sophomore release Trilla moved over 198,000 copies since being released on March 11, making it the number one album in the United States.   Trilla, the second collaborative release for Slip-N-Slide and Def Jam Records, is also this week’s number one Digital […]

Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous was arrested over the weekend after being arrested last week for domestic assault, AllHipHop.com has learned.   The rapper, born Ricky Dunigan, was booked Saturday (March 15) and is expected to appear in court on March 28.   While details of the incident were not immediately available, Lord Infamous […]

An informant has made a number of startling allegations surrounding organized crime, Hip-Hop and the music business in FBI documents released by Los Angeles Times reporter Chuck Phillips and the Los Angeles Times.   An unnamed informant in prison claims in the documents that a teenager named James Sabatino owned Soundstorm Entertainment, which was allegedly a front […]

Rapper Busta Rhymes appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court today (March 18), where he was formally sentenced for his role in two assault cases.   Judge Larry Stephens sentenced Rhymes to 3 years probation and 10 days of community service, for his role in assaulting a fan in August of 2006 as well as his former […]

Dipset member Jim Jones will be among the celebrities and activists speaking at Howard University’s Third Annual Hip-Hop and Higher Education Symposium on March 27.   The Harlem rapper will be joined by Washington Redskin Clinton Portis, R&B singer Lyfe Jennings, TV personality Melyssa Ford and HIV/AIDS activist Maria Davis during the “HIV/AIDS and the […]

Politics and addiction are among the topics explored as Philadelphia Hip-Hop collective The Roots prepares to unveil their 10th album for music fans.   The release, titled Rising Down, will feature musical appearances from Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Saigon, Dice Raw and Chrisette Michele as well as Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump, who is […]

The saga of Death Row Records has taken another twist, as the woman who won a default judgment that sent the record label into bankruptcy is being sued for fraud and breach of contract.   Harris assigned a $107 million dollar default judgment she won against Death Row Records in 2005 to Conquest Media Group […]

A man who manages D-12 was charged yesterday (March 17) with assaulting two teenaged girls and providing them with drugs.   Jeremy Nathanial Geffen once managed a number of musicians, including Hip-Hop group D-12 and Atlanta rapper Sean Paul through his management company, Geffen Enterprises.   According to police, Geffen, 35, assaulted the teengaged girls […]

A Lil Wayne concert in London, England was cut short last night (March 16) following a series of scuffles, AllHipHop.com has learned.   According to witnesses who attended the show at the Stratford Rex, Lil Wayne performed a shorter set than expected, after at least six fights erupted near the stage.   Despite the efforts […]

A serious legal situation involving rapper Gillie Da Kid has come to an end, as drug charges against the Philadelphia rapper were recently dropped.   The case stemmed from an investigation and search authorities conducted on two houses on Passmore Street in Philadelphia.   Gillie Da Kid and four associates were arrested on Feb. 6, […]

Czar Entertainment CEO Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond has issued a statement to AllHipHop.com surrounding a controversial article published by The Los Angeles Times today (March 17).   In “Blood Feud,” a detailed investigative piece written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chuck Phillips, Rosemond is accused of masterminding an elaborate plan to have rapper Tupac Shakur assaulted […]

Hip-Hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs has responded to a controversial new article in the Los Angeles Times, which claims the mogul had advanced knowledge of a planned assault on the late Tupac Shakur.   A new investigative piece printed today (March 17) in the Los Angeles Times claims that Combs and Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G” […]

Hip-Hop fans in the Atlanta area have reason to rejoice next week, as the annual A3C Hip-Hop festival launches March 20th-22nd.   The festival is the largest Hip-Hop cultural event in the Southeast, and a platform for artists, writers, A&Rs, and fans.   This year the big story is the reunion of the legendary Juice […]

A man who was allegedly assaulted by The Game after an argument during a pick-up game of basketball last year in Los Angeles has brought a new civil lawsuit against the Compton, CA rapper.   TMZ.com reports that Shannon Rodrick filed the suit Thursday (March 13) in Superior Court.   According to court documents, Rodrick […]

Nearly 15 years after Tupac Shakur was pistol-whipped, shot five times and left for dead outside a New York recording studio, new evidence has surfaced implicating two associates of entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs for orchestrating the rap icon’s ambush, AllHipHop.com has learned.   In an upcoming article written by Chuck Phillips on the latest […]

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo has released an official statement regarding rumors swirling about the condition of his health.   According to gossip, there is a popular Atlanta artist who is infected with the HIV virus.   A representative for Shawty Lo, born Carlos Walker, has confirmed with AllHipHop.com that the rapper does not suffer from […]

According to a recent study, Hip-Hop music may be responsible for an increase in smoking amongst teens it was recently revealed.   Over 75% of the most popular Hip-Hop songs of 2005 contained some kind of explicit reference to using drugs, alcohol or tobacco, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. […]

Snoop Dogg has landed his own cartoon that is slated to debut as part of Comedy Central’s new block of programming the network has announced.   Snoop Dogg’s untitled cartoon is among a group of new shows being produced by actors like David Alan Grier, Andy Richter and Adam Sandler.   According to Variety, Snoop […]

Rap veteran Keith Murray is preparing to release an album full of new material AllHipHop.com has learned.   Murray is planning the follow up to his 2007 release Rap-Mur-Phobia with his sixth album, titled Intellectual Violence.   The 25-track release will feature Def Squad members and long time collaborators, Redman and producer Erick Sermon.   […]

The assault trial of rapper Remy Ma continued yesterday (March 13) in Manhattan Criminal Court.   Prosecutors accuse Remy Ma, 26, of shooting Makeda Barnes-Joseph twice in the abdomen in July 2007, after a night of partying at a club in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan.   The shooting happened shortly after the pair argued […]