UGK group member Chad “Pimp C” Butler was found dead in room at the Mondrian Hotel today around 9am PST, after members of the rapper’s family contacted the Sunset Strip property to report the artist missing.   In a statement released by the Mondrian, the hotel received several calls this morning from concerned family members […]

UGK group member Chad “Pimp C” Butler was found dead in a hotel room this morning, according to reports.   Firefighters responded to a 911 call placed from the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California.   The rapper was found dead in his bed in a sixth floor hotel room.   Details […]

Hip-Hop star Fabolous has come forward to deny reports that he was involved, or present, the evening a childhood friend was stabbed to death inside of a New York nightclub.   Various reports have placed the rapper inside of Club Duvet on November 23, just hours before 25-year-old Shamel McKinney was stabbed to death by […]

Rap superstar Lil’ Wayne will make his animated debut next month as a character on the season finale of the Award-winning cartoon, The Boondocks.   The rapper will play a character named ‘Nique’ in episode #212, which is titled “Invasion of the Katrinians” and focuses on arriving survivors of Hurricane Katrina.   In the episode, […]

Hip-Hop star/actress Queen Latifah has joined Lifetime’s nonpartisan Every Woman Counts Campaign, which will encourage women across America to vote in the upcoming elections.   Queen Latifah is recording the spots during her “Trav’lin Light Concert Tour,” where she is interviewing women, asking them to complete the sentence If I were President, I would….”   […]

Hip-Hop star Chamillionaire will make an appearance on Larry King Live tonight on CNN. The Houston, Texas born rapper will be on the show to discuss the return of shock jock Don Imus, who returned to the air today (December 3), after being fired from CBS radio in April for calling the Rutgers University women’s […]

Akon has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges today (December 3) for throwing a teenaged boy off the stage during a June performance in upstate New York.   The boy thrown off the stage landed on a minor named Abby Rosa, who suffered a conncussion when the boy landed on her.   The incident […]

Miami Hip-Hop mogul Luther “Luke” Campbell has teamed with Victor Nappe to his multi-media company a publicly traded company, Luke Entertainment Group.   The company, which will focus in three areas of entertainment: an independent music division, videos including adult entertainment and sports management. The Luke Entertainment group started trading today (December 3) under the […]

The war of words between former Death Row Records Head of Security Reginald Wright Jr. and Kevin Hackie, a former bodyguard for rap legend Tupac Shakur, reached a new level as Hackie has offered Wright $100,000 to take a lie detector test to prove he had nothing to do with Shakur’s still unsolved murder.   […]

Hip-Hop star Snoop Dogg and athletic company Cutter Gloves will recognize and award football players and cheerleaders of the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) during the SYFL’s All-Conference Championship game today (December 2) at the Home Depot in Carson, CA.   Each year Snoop Dogg and sponsor Cutter Gloves honors members based on their academic […]

Misdemeanor assault charges against Hip-Hop mogul James Prince were upgraded to felonious aggravated assault by a grand jury yesterday (November 30).   Prince is accused of orchestrating the dramatic beating of Ronald “Ronnie” Bookman, the owner of recording studio 7303.   Bookman filed a lawsuit against Prince in April, alleging that Prince ordered men to […]

Stunt and motorcycle legend Evel Knievel died Friday, days after peacefully resolving a legal dispute with rapper Kanye West. He was 69 years old. The legend died from complications associated with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to published reports. Knievel also had to receive a liver transplant in 1999 due to a Hepatitis C […]

AllHipHop.com learned on Wednesday (November 28) that Polo Grounds Music signed former Crime Mob member Diamond to a joint management deal with Atlanta-based Cookies and Milk, a full service administration company, which handles publishing and A&R administration for producers like Lil’ Jon, DJ Toomp, Don P, and DJ Don Cannon, as well as BME Recordings […]

Mannie Fresh’s sister was murdered in her New Orleans, LA home on Wednesday night while her children were in the home. Angela Bryant, 42, was found dead early Thursday and her 1998 Lexus was missing from the home, according to a local television station WWLTV. Bryant, a newlywed, was slain on Wednesday between the hours […]

Rodney King was shot earlier this morning in San Bernardino, California today (November 29) police have revealed.   King, who was infamously beaten by four members of the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991, was involved in a domestic dispute , although police are still investigating the shooting.   According to the San Bernardino County […]

Pharrell Williams and business partner Nigo, a Japanese fashion/music entrepreneur, celebrated the grand opening of their Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream Flagship Store in New York last night (November 28).   Celebrities like DJ Cipha Sounds and Swizz Beatz and fashion professionals packed the two-story space-themed boutique located in the trendy SoHo district of […]

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network President and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis will participate in the Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum, which will feature all eight Democratic Presidential candidates.   The Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum is recognized as the oldest, continuous minority forum for presidential candidates in America and was established in 1984.   […]

Cash Money Records CEO’s Bryan “Birdman” Williams and his brother Ronald Williams were released from jail yesterday (November 28) in Kingsport, Tennessee on $1500 bond, after the RV they were traveling in was stopped and marijuana and guns were recovered. According to police, 16 people who were employed by Cash Money Records were arrested when […]

Mega Media Group held a press release announcing the Star and Bucwild Show as 87.7 FM “Pulse 87” new morning show yesterday (November 29).   Not only is Star excited about their new morning show slot but also being involved in the programming of the new Top 40 station.   “I am very excited about […]

More time on the big and small screen is on the horizon for Method Man as the rapper begins a series of acting cameos with an appearance on the hit NBC show Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.   In the episode, which is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday (Dec. 4), SVU […]