Rapper/singer/actress Queen Latifah is among the new cast members added to the new Fox Searchlight film The Secret Life of Bees.   According to Variety, Latifah, will play one of three eccentric beekeeping sisters who take in a 14-year-old girl, who escapes her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father.   Eventually the teen […]

This Saturday afternoon (Dec 22), Ludacris and Disturbing the Peace will host a special Christmas party for a group of approximately 150 Atlanta-area children between the ages of 6 and 12, as part of the Ludacris Foundation’s Luda Cares initiative.   The Luda-Crismas in Winter Wonderland celebration was inspired by the Hollywood premiere of Fred […]

Extra police have been assigned to an upcoming concert featuring Young Buck at Club 51 in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The Nashville bred rapper is slated to perform an early-morning show at the club on December 23 from 1:00-3:00 am. “Additional police personnel will be assigned to work due to the large crowd expected,” Captain Steve Isbell […]

Multi-platinum Hip-Hop star DMX has signed a worldwide recording deal with Bodog Music and is planning to release a new album titled Walk With Me Now and You’ll Fly With Me Later.   The new album from the Yonkers bred rapper will feature production by longtime producer Swizz Beatz as well as guest appearances from […]

The family of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace continues to experience roadblocks in their quest for justice following the rapper’s death, as its secondary wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and former LAPD Officer Rafael Perez was dismissed.   According to reports, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper granted the city and Perez’s request […]

Rap mogul Damon Dash is at the center of a bizarre lawsuit in which an Atlanta woman claims to have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, after Dash allegedly exposed himself in front of her.   According to The New York Post, Atlanta resident Jamie Roberts, 24, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, claiming she met […]

The HipHopSodaShop celebrated a successful grand opening yesterday (December 18), despite an altercation early in the event’s opening ceremonies, which took place in Tampa, Florida.   Eyewitnesses told AllHipHop.com that a confrontation between members of Jim Jones’ and Juelz Santana’s entourage and a group of men associated with rapper Cassidy interrupted the grand opening reception. […]

Fergie of Hip-Hop group The Black Eyed Peas has joined the all-star lineup of artists appearing on the 25th Anniversary edition of Michael Jackson’s#### album Thriller.   The Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition contains the original album in its entirety, as well as seven bonus tracks and a DVD featuring the Jackson’s ground breaking short […]

Remy Ma has come forward to deny rumors swirling about her sexual orientation, after a video hit YouTube featuring a Bronx woman who claimed to be the female rap star’s lesbian lover.   The shocking four-minute video features a woman in a Harlem, New York stairwell flashing money and making claims to be the former […]

Hip-Hop star 50 Cent gave was the first high-profile artist to perform in the volatile country of Kosovo, which ended its war with Serbia in 1999.   50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, performed in the capital of Pristina, Kosovo, where he also helped launch the country’s second phone network during his 10-hour visit.   Over […]

Hip-Hop star Foxy Brown made a mandatory court appearance yesterday (December 17) in Brooklyn, New York.   Brown is serving a one year prison sentence at the Rose M. Singer Center For Women At Rikers Island, for violating the terms of her 2004 probation.   She violated her probation after she assaulted her Brooklyn neighbor […]

Rap-A-Lot CEO/Prince Boxing owner James Prince is being honored in Houston, Texas tonight (December 17) for his recent donation of $100,000 dollars to Bread of Life Inc.’s Meals that Heal program.   Bread of Life’s Meals that Heal is a non-profit organization started by St. John’s UMC that feeds disenfranchised families and individuals throughout the […]

R&B singer Usher has teamed with the National Hockey League (NHL) to produce two benefit performances during the NHL’s 2008 All-Star weekend in Atlanta.   For the first event, Usher has tapped rapper Wyclef Jean, who will perform selections from his new album The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, at the Tabernacle in downtown […]

Eddie Murphy has launched a new recording label and Karrine ‘Superhead” Steffans is the actor’s flagship artist, according to a recent report. Murphy Entertainment is the latest venture for the actor and he is expected to debut Steffans’ album in March of 2008, according to Asian News International. While the nature of Steffans’ artistry hasn’t […]

Prosecutors will use a straight-to-DVD movie as evidence in the trial of Take Down Records’ CEO Alton “Ace Capone,” who is accused of using his record label as a front to run a $25 million dollar drug operation out of Philadelphia.   Coles headed up Take Down Records, a well known local Philadelphia-based Hip-Hop label. […]

Will Smith’s film success continues, as his latest sci-fi thriller I Am Legend has topped the United States Box Office. I Am Legend, which was released on December 14, raked in over $76.5 million dollars, making it the highest grossing movie ever released in the month of December. I Am Legend shattered the $72 million […]

D-Block member Sheek Louch is planning to release a new album titled Silverback Gorilla, which will hit stores in March of 2008.   The album is the second release from Sheek Louch since D-Block Records inked a marketing and services deal with Koch Records in 2005.   A number of top rappers will appear on […]

Approximately 3,500 fans, friends, colleagues, music industry executives, recording artists and family members gathered on the dreary morning of December 13, 2007 at the Robert A. Bowers Civic Center to mourn the passing and celebrate the short life of Chad “Pimp C” Butler.  The event was covered by national news outlets, television networks and tabloids, but […]

Chart-topping rapper Young Jeezy is doing his part to make Christmas memorable for Georgia youth by presenting a week-long toy drive and charity event series with his Corporate Thugz Entertainment (CTE) family, Atlanta Falcon’s star DeAngelo Hall and clothing line 8732.   The series, which will present 1,000 toys for 1,000 kids at various locations […]

American Gangster was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture of the Year, it was announced yesterday (December 13) in Beverly Hills, California.   The movie, which stars Denzel Washington as Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas, topped the box office upon its release in November and has grossed over $100 million dollars.   […]