The mixtape game has always been a promotional tool for rappers, but a Brooklyn New York artist is planning to release 12 mixapes over the course of the next 12 months.   Rapper Sha Stimuli has undertaken the thorny task of producing the mixtape series as a way for him to speak to the Hip-Hop […]

The preservation of Hip-Hop culture received a major blow Friday (Jan. 11) as noted activist Bill Adler announced plans to close the Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery after four years of operation.   Adler, the Gallery’s founder and curator, cited a lack of funds as the reason behind the closing.   “I’ve had a ball running […]

Miri Ben-Ari will be the first person to receive the first Martin Luther King Jr. Israeli Award during a ceremony that will be hosted by Israeli President, Shimon Peres tomorrow (January 15) in Jerusalem.   Ari, known as “The Hip-Hop Violist,” is being honored by the Fellowship of Israel and Black America (FIBA) for her […]

A year-long steroids trafficking investigation is making waves beyond the world of sports, as rappers 50 Cent and Wyclef Jean have been named in the ongoing Albany, NY based probe.   The Times Union reports that singer Mary J. Blige, music producer Timbaland and author/actor/producer Tyler Perry were also mentioned by confidential sources.   The […]

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.   […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 PETA’s youth organization, peta2, Simmons appears holding her rescued dog Zoe , wearing nothing more than […]

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 Blahzay’s 1995 hit single “Danger” without permission.   […]

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

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” Rosemond’s 14-year-old son.During the court proceedings, a revelation was made by the New York District Attorney, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rappers Bizzy Bone and DMX will team up later this month to shoot a video for Bizzy Bone’s 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]