“What is Jay-Z going to do tonight?” The question appears to be the primary query on the minds of Hip-Hop fans as the Def Jam President and his “Carter Administration” will perform at the Continental Airlines Arena tonight (Oct. 27). Last month, the rapper/mogul told Power 105’s Ed Lover, “I gotta put [my adversaries] in […]

Ending months of speculation, Atlanta producer/rapper/mogul Lil’ Jon announced that his BME Recordings has reached a deal with 50 Cent’s G-Unit to cross-promote BME and G-Unit artists. “Me and 50 struck a deal to work together on selected BME and G-Unit artists,” Lil’ Jon confirmed with AllHipHop.com. While the terms of the deal are still […]

The Editor-in-Chief of The Source magazine turned himself in yesterday (Oct. 26) to face vandalism charges, after he admitted to spray painting in a Jehovah’s Witness assembly hall in Harlem, New York. Dasun Allah, who is scheduled for arraignment today (Oct. 27) in Manhattan Criminal Court, said he spray painted various markings with religious connotations […]

Sean “Jay-Z” Carter opened his 40/40 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Tuesday (Oct. 25), adding another piece to his business empire. Construction started on the new $4 million dollar, 15,000 square foot sports bar and lounge in July of 2005. The new club is a part of the retail, dining and entertainment district […]

Former Hot Boy group member Tab “Turk” Virgil has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, after being convicted of three weapons charges stemming from a Jan. 2004 shootout with Memphis, Tennessee SWAT Team members. In August, the 24-year-old was convicted of being a felon, a drug addict and a fugitive in possession of a […]

Paul Wall probably won’t be hooking up with females on the internet, as chronicled on his song “Internet Goin’Nuts.” The Houston bred rapper quietly got married in a low-key ceremony in his hometown over the past weekend, a representative for the rapper confirmed with AllHipHop.com. The identity of his bride was only disclosed as Crystal, […]

Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins was ordered to turn over financial records of his earnings during a child support hearing on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Boyz N Da Hood former front man and Def Jam artist is having his earning scrutinized, as the mother of his 9 year-old son, Nicole D####, is stating that the rapper’s […]

Hip-Hop star DMX may have to serve 60 days in prison. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty Tuesday (Oct. 25) to violating the terms of an agreement reached after a driving infraction last year. Additionally, DMX confessed that he had a pair of other violations while his driver’s license was suspended […]

In preparation to begin working on the follow-up to his multi-platinum album The Documentary, rapper The Game recently constructed and opened a new recording studio complex in Atlantic City as headquarters for Black Wall Street East. Black Wall Street’s main offices are headquartered in Los Angeles and the rapper is also making plans for other […]

Mike Epps is scheduled to host a benefit dinner and concert to support Assemblies in Motion (AIM), an international Arts Education non-profit organization founded by Leila Steinberg and the late Tupac Shakur. Sponsored by Quincy Jones and others, the benefit dinner and concert aims to provide support to the international AIM organization and Steinberg’s "Rose […]

Paramount, MTV, Interscope Records and 50 Cent are coming under fire by a coalition of Los Angeles community leaders, activists and concerned parents over advertisements for 50 Cent’s new movie, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” Billboards, posters and other ads depict the best-selling rapper brandishing two handguns as a promotion for the upcoming film, which […]

Whether it was racists in the 50’s or OutKast, who she felt disrespected her name, Rosa Parks didn’t wince when it was time to put up the good fight. The 92-year-old Civil Rights icon died on Monday due to natural causes in her Detroit home. Parks helped birth the modern Civil Rights movement in December […]

The trial of Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo and his brother Christopher on federal money laundering charges has been postponed until mid-November because of last-minute filings by the government in the case. Jury selection has begun, however, and at U.S. District Court in downtown Brooklyn on Monday (Oct. 24) the Lorenzo brothers sat with their attorneys Gerald […]

The Source Magazine has filed a $100 million dollar lawsuit against Black Entertainment Television (BET) and two high-ranking executives with the company, alleging that the network refused to air The Source Awards as stipulated in a signed agreement. The magazine is also pursuing legal actions against Hot 97 and Funkmaster Flex, stemming from comments the […]

A judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit filed against Eminem by relatives who claimed the rapper backed out of a deal to move them into a new home and pay them so he could be closer to family members. Jack and Betti Schmitt filed the lawsuit in Macomb County Court in August of […]

Cam’ron returned from New York and is recuperating after suffering bullet wounds to both arms during a botched car-jacking attempt in Washington, D.C. Sunday morning (Oct. 23). The Harlem, New York rapper, was shot as he was leaving Washington, D.C. nightclub H20 while in town with his Diplomats crew to celebrate Howard University’s homecoming. The […]

As the money laundering and racketeering trial gets underway today (Oct. 24) against The Inc. (formerly Murder Inc.) and the Gotti brothers (Irv and Chris Lorenzo); the federal government recently provided alleged money laundering evidence against the defendants. Ethan Brown, writer of new book "Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of […]

Originally posted: 3:15 am Updated: 1:00 pm Superstar rapper Cam’ron was shot in Washington, DC this morning (Oct. 23) around 2:30 am sources have revealed to AllHipHop.com. The Harlem, New York native was leaving club H20 en-route to Love (formerly Dream) when three unknown gunmen approached the rapper. While details are sketchy, eyewitnesses said the […]

Rhino and Headstart Entertainment recently entered into an exclusive agreement to launch, market and distribute "Da Jammies," a multicultural Hip-Hop direct-to-DVD animated series for kids aged 6 to 16. Many stars of the Hip-Hop community have signed on to join the cast of the animated lifestyle entertainment brand for kids. The cartoon-themed DVD series is […]