Allegations of defrauding the City of Detroit amid perjury and obstruction charges are at the center of a $27 million lawsuit, filed against Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff Christine Beatty.   The suit, which was filed Tuesday (April 8) by attorney Corbett Edge O’Meara in Wayne County Circuit Court on […]

Luther Campbell may be off the roads if his ex-girlfriend has her way, as she is seeking to have the mogul’s license suspended due to a back child support bill.   According to the Miami Herald, Davania Branch Burns, 41, is suing Campbell, claiming that he owes her almost $40,000 in back child support for […]

Hip-Hop mogul Jermaine Dupri has teamed with Proctor & Gamble’s TAG brand to launch a new record label in conjunction with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJ).   Dupri is president of the newly formed venture, which is dubbed TAG Records. Dupri will run the label out of New York and will be integral […]

Miami bred rapper Trina and Slip-N-Slide Records are celebrating the #1 debut of her fourth album Still Da Baddest, which is currently the top album on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Charts. Still Da Baddest gives Slip-N-Slide their second #1 album in the past 30 days, as label mate Rick Ross scored a #1 Pop debut with […]

MTV will premier two new specials this week to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Sean John, America’s fastest growing men and women’s sportswear line.The first, a documentary entitled If I Were King, will debut on MTV at 10pm EST tonight (Apr 9).Following an encore of If I Were King on Saturday (Apr 12), the network […]

Wu-Tang producer and co-founder RZA has signed on as one of the hosts of the next installment of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation’s Life Strategies panels.   The producer/actor, born Robert Diggs, will be joined by chess icon Josh Waitzkin and Mixed Martial Arts Champion Ralex Gracie, as they demonstrate how students of chess and martial […]

The mother of a teenaged boy assaulted by associates of Tony Yayo filed a civil lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court today (April 9).The lawsuit, filed by attorney Richard R####, accuses G-Unit member Tony Yayo, Lowell Fletcher and others of assaulting the teen, who is the son of Jimmy Henchmen, the CEO of Czar […]

New York City based marketing agency Cornerstone is broadening its appeal via a new partnership with New York production group Three/21 Films.   The alliance, which was announced by Cornerstone co-presidents Rob Stone and Jon Cohen, will result in a new division for the company named after Three/21.   The partnership is the latest achievement […]

Phat Fashions executive Kimora Lee Simmons will have another opportunity to showcase her busy life for fans of her hit reality show, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane.   The half-hour series, which has been renewed for a second season by the Style network, features a look at how Simmons balances her role as mother […]

South Florida rapper Plies, born Algernod Washington, has been named as one of several defendants in a lawsuit filed by five Gainesville, FL residents in the Alachua County civil courthouse yesterday (Apr 8).   The five plaintiffs, who were all injured during a 2006 shooting at a Plies show, are seeking $10 million dollars in […]

The organizer of the Glastonbury Festival which will feature Jay-Z as the headlining act has responded to rumors that the superstar rapper is planning to cancel his appearance during the festival, which takes place June 27-29 in Somerset, England.   According to reports in London’s Sun newspaper, Jay-Z allegedly wanted to pull out of the […]

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 […]