Bone Thugs Record Negro Leagues Anthem
Cleveland Hip-Hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony recently recorded the “The Negro Leagues Anthem,” the official anthem sanctioned by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. According to MLB.com, NLBM Marketing Director Bob Kendrick selected the track as he was assembling a compilation CD about “black baseball,” which is being produced to raise funds for the museum. […]

U-God Sues Wu Music For $170K
Drama continues to plague Hip-Hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, as group member U-God is suing Wu Music Group, claiming the label owes him over $170,000 in back royalties. The rapper filed a lawsuit on Tuesday (January 8) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that he has not been […]

DMX Loses $1.5 Mil Over Rape Comments
A Baltimore woman won a $1.5 million dollar default judgment against rap star DMX, who failed to show up in court and defend himself against a defamation of character lawsuit yesterday (January 11). Monique Wayne sued DMX, born Earl Simmons, who told Sister2Sister magazine that he was raped by Wayne as he slept during […]

Lil Wayne’s Rep Denies Hostage Reports; Chicago Promoter Speaks
Both Lil Wayne’s management team and a Chicago-based promotions company have denied rumors that Wayne and his manager Cortez Bryant were held hostage in Chicago.Reports claimed that the alleged assaulted took place following a Dec. 29th performance by the rapper at the Premier Entertainment Center, which was organized by Ming’s Dynasty Records and The Ark […]

Master P And Son Romeo Lend A Helping Hand To The Less Fortunate In L.A. And New Orleans
Almost three years after Hurricane Katrina, Master P and his son Romeo are still helping out those in need of help in New Orleans.After volunteering in Los Angeles feeding the less fortunate with Food on Foot, Master P and Romeo decided to bring the program to their native New Orleans where conditions haven’t changed much […]

Hip-Hop Artists Fight Homelessness In NYC
On Friday, January 25 several artists from the Hip-Hop and spoken word community will come together at the Bronx Museum of the Arts as a show of support for New York City’s homeless. The event, which is entitled Hip-Hop Meets Spoken Word 3 will feature a number of performances, but will also serve as […]

Kimora Lee Simmons Poses Nude For PETA
Kimora Lee Simmons will be the latest celebrity to pose nude in support of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), AllHipHop.com has learned. As part of the new Be An Angel for Dogs campaign spearheaded by PETAs youth organization, peta2, Simmons appears holding her rescued dog Zoe , wearing nothing more than […]

Wyclef Accused Of Copyright Infringement
Hip-Hop star Wyclef Jean is the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit surrounding a song on his sixth album Carnival 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant. Brooklyn rapper Blahz, born Martell Ellis, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan U.S. District Court accusing Wyclef of sampling his group Blahzay Blahzays 1995 hit single Danger without permission. […]

Dr. Jan Cleared In Death Of Dr. Donda West
Dr. Jan Adams has been cleared of any wrong doing in the November 10 death of Kanye Wests mother, Dr. Donda West, who died of complications from plastic surgery at the age of 58. The Los Angeles County Coroners office released a 17-page autopsy report today (January 10), which revealed that although the exact […]

Tony Yayo Makes Court Appearance, Co-Defendent Confesses
Rapper Tony Yayo made an appearance Thursday (Jan. 10) in Manhattan Criminal Court to face allegations stemming from an attack on the son of a G-Unit rival.Yayo was arrested last year for allegedly assaulting Czar Entertainment CEO Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemonds 14-year-old son.During the court proceedings, a revelation was made by the New York District Attorney, […]

Yung Berg Talks Arrest; New Album
Chicago rapper Yung Berg is set to record the first video for his forthcoming full-length debut album, Look What You Made Me, just weeks after his arrest in Miami during a separate video shoot. The rapper was arrested December 21 by Miami Beach Police, after officers observed him smoking marijuana on the set of […]

Director Of Salacious Remy Ma Clip Speaks Out
The director behind a controversial Internet clip featuring a woman claiming to be the lover of rapper Remy Ma has issued his own statement surrounding the clip’s authenticity. Cliffy Barz of the WebTV show Harlem Streets, uploaded the clip to YouTube in December of 2007 featuring a Harlem woman who claimed to have had […]

Soulja Boy Makes History With 3 Million “Crank That” Downloads
Things continue to look up for Soulja Boy, as the 17-year-old rapper generated has 3 million downloads of his hit single “Crank That (Soulja Boy).” The achievement, which Soulja Boy attributes to his fans, makes him the first artist to collect 3 million downloads of a digital track/song as a teenager. “I can’t […]

Bizzy Bone, DMX Shooting New Video In Graveyard
Rappers Bizzy Bone and DMX will team up later this month to shoot a video for Bizzy Bones latest single “A Song for You.” According to director Ethan Lader, the video for the song will be shot January 21 in Phoenix, Arizona, where they will turn a cemetery into a video set. “The […]

Remy Mas Alleged Shooting Victim Sues For $80 Mil
Rapper Remy Ma has been slapped with an $80 million civil suit filed Wednesday (Jan. 9) from a former friend that maintains the artist shot her. The suit comes one day before Remy Ma was to appear in court for pretrial proceedings, according to a report in the Village Voice. Makeda Barnes-Joseph charges […]

The Game Heading To Trial February 4th
Compton, CA rapper The Game appeared in L.A. County Superior Court today (January 9) stemming from charges that he assaulted a man and pulled a gun on him during a game of basketball. The rapper previously pleaded not guilty to the charges. Today, the rapper appeared in court, where a judge set a trial […]

Beanie Sigel Sentenced To Jail, Halfway House
Rapper Beanie Sigel is headed back to federal prison for violating his probation. The Associated Press reports that Sigel was ordered to serve one day in federal prison and six months in a halfway house, after he was found guilty on Wednesday (Jan. 8) of a second probation violation for taking a trip to […]

Tony Yayo’s Road Manager’s House Shot Up; Firebombed
The Staten Island, New York house of an associate of 50 Cent and Tony Yayo was shot up and almost set on fire early yesterday morning.According to The New York Post, unknown attackers shot up a house where Barja Walter lives around 4:45 am.In previous reports, Walter, 32, has been credited as being Tony Yayo’s […]

Obama “I love the art of Hip-Hop;” Loses NH Primary
Senator Barack Obama is interested in utilizing rappers to educate youth with Hip-Hop, should he make it to the White House. “Ive met with Jay-Z; Ive met with Kanye. And Ive talked to other artists about how potentially to bridge that gap. I think the potential for them to deliver a message of extraordinary […]

Prodigy Hospitalized; Jail Bid Postponed
Mobb Deep member Prodigy was a granted a 30-day stay, after being admitted to an emergency room last night (January 7). While details as to why the New York bred emcee was hospitalized are unknown at press time, sources told AllHipHop.com that the rapper suffered from complications from sickle cell anemia and was released […]