Despite an upset by jazz artist Herbie Hancock, rapper/producer Kanye West and embattled soul diva Amy Winehouse emerged as the big winners at this year’s Grammy Awards.   West took home four of the eight Grammy awards he was up for, including Best Rap Album for Graduation, Best Rap Solo Performance for “Stronger,” Best Rap […]

Houston rappers Baby Bash and Chingo Bling have signed on to star in a new Latin themed comedy titled Primos. The movie, which also stars actor Danny Trejo, is a rags-to-riches story that was written by Joey Medina, who was featured on the Latin Kings of Comedy tour. Baby Bash recently released his album Cyclone, […]

A U.S. District Court in California has agreed to hear Dr. Dre’s appeal regarding the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Death Row Records, seeking potential millions in unpaid royalties. According to the Associated Press, Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, seeks to determine the amount of unpaid royalties Death Row may owe since the company […]

Felicia “Lil Snoop” Pearson will host cast members of HBO’s#### series The Wire on BET’s Rap City next week.   On Monday, Snoop will talk with Jamie Hector, who plays Baltimore drug kingpin Marlo Stanfield. Hector will discuss females, his work on The Wire, his community initiatives and his new clothing line Royal Addiction.   […]

Three days after making controversial statements on a Los Angeles morning radio show, Miami rapper Pitbull is setting the record straight.The clarification stems from an interview conducted on Power 106’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood, where Pitbull expressed his frustration with his record label, TVT Records.Pitbull accused TVT of not properly promoting his latest release, The Boatlift, […]

Motown Records founder and chairman Berry Gordy, Jr. and multi-Grammy award winning producer James “Jimmy Jam” Harris are set to be honored by Universal/Motown Records, EMI and CONTENT at the Chairmen’s Luncheon in Los Angeles today (Feb 8).   Gordy and Jimmy Jam, the newly appointed chairman of the board of the National Academy of […]

Wreckshop Records will release a new album from late Houston rapper Big Moe titled Unfinished Business. The album is the first posthumous release from Screwed Up Click member Big Moe, who was 33 when he died of a heart attack in October of 2007. The first single from the album is titled “Pint To the […]

Multi-Platinum Producer Timbaland will release a completely mobile album to Verizon’s V Cast customers it was announced today (February 8).Timbaland will record the album over the course of the year on Verizon’s new Mobile Recording Studio Bus.”I am honored to have the opportunity to create music from so many places in the country and deliver […]

Jay-Z has been named chairman of Translation Advertising, a new advertising agency that is part of Steve Stoute’s Translation Consultation and Brand Imaging.According to The New York Times, Jay-Z will help direct the agency’s efforts to connect advertisers to a newer, younger, demographic.”As an artist, you make music,” Jay-Z told The New York Times. “And […]

Former No Limit Soldier Mr. Serv-On is gearing up for his return to the public eye, via a new dating and relationship guide written by the artist himself.Entitled Inside the Mind of Brothas: A Young Black Man’s Guide for Black Women Trying to Survive the Dating Game in Today’s Hip-Hop Generation, the book aims to […]

Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch is taking his success in the entertainment industry a step further, with the creation of Oscilloscope Pictures, a full-service film distribution company.The new company, which will be run by former ThinkFilm executive David Fenkel, will release independently produced English and foreign language films and documentaries into the U.S. theater market, […]

Two weeks after the release of his forthcoming sophomore album, Rick Ross is unveiling a gritty slice of his beloved Miami in a new documentary.The film, titled M.I.Yayo, will offer what is described as a true account of street life in Miami while counting down the 10 most notorious druglords in the city.For Ross, the […]

Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z and R&B singer Mary J. Blige have announced that they will tour North America on the 25-date “Heart of the City” tour.  The tour, which is produced by Live Nation, kicks off March 22nd at Miami’s American Airlines Arena. The pair will stop in major markets like New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas […]

Brooklyn rap group M.O.P. is searching for a new label home, as they prepare to leave 50 Cent’s G-Unit imprint, the group’s manager Laze Elliot told AllHipHop.com.   “As soon as I lock down the new situation, it will be official,” Laze told AllHipHop.com, adding that the terms were definitely “amicable.”   While M.O.P.’s three […]

Representatives for 50 Cent have denied reports that the rapper’s G-Unit Clothing brand will be shutting down for good.   The rapper, born Curtis Jackson, launched his G-Unit clothing brand in 2004 in partnership with Marc Ecko Enterprises, which owns 50% of the brand.   While G-Unit Clothing isn’t shutting its doors, reports have stated that […]

XM Satellite radio listeners will have more options to choose from in terms of rap music with two new shows featuring Queens, New York rapper N.O.R.E. and former Philadelphia on-air radio personality Monie Love.   Militainment Radio with N.O.R.E. will feature N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN, along with co-host and fellow CNN member Capone, in a […]

Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav will star in a new half-hour comedy titled Under One Roof, which will debut on the MyNetworkTV network.   MyNetworkTV ordered 13 episodes of Under One Roof, which stars Flavor Flav as Calvester Hill, an ex-convict that moves in with his wealthy, conservative brother.   Calvester subsequently turns his brother’s […]

D4L member Shawty Lo’ was the victim of a theft that has resulted in the bootlegging of his upcoming album Units in The City. A version of the album is being sold without several newer songs the rapper recorded for the album, which is slated to hit stores on February 26. has been leaked and […]

Bryan Leach’s Polo Grounds Music has inked an exclusive marketing and public relations partnership with Fila, which will simultaneously promote Polo Grounds’ roster of artists and Fila’s new lifestyle apparel and footwear lines, the label announced today (February 6).   Secured via the label’s new Brand Marketing Division, the deal combines print, broadcast, and online […]

Rapper Big Pooh of North Carolina duo Little Brother, has paired up with Grammy-nominated producer Young RJ to create a new studio album due out in June of 2008, the producer’s manager DJ Scrap Dirty told AllHipHop.com.   The two artists, from vastly different musical backgrounds, are working to combine their passion for Hip-Hop and […]