Lawyers for Rosa Parks and representatives for BMG will finally come to the table in a settlement meeting scheduled to take place this month. According to Parks’ lawyer Gregory Reed, the settlement talks are aimed at ending a five-year-old dispute over Outkast’s#### song “Rosa Parks,” from their platinum 1998 album Aquemini. Parks sued Outkast’s parent […]
Jermaine Dupri and Nelly will host “Atlanta’s Biggest Christmas Party,” tonight in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will take place at the Dunbar Recreation Center, where the celebrity rappers will hand out over 3,000 toys. “I feel that it’s a must we take care of our kids,” Dupri told AllHipHop.com. “They see more bad stuff than […]
Hip-Hop proved its popularity in the world of cell phones again, dominating the top-sellers on a new service being offered by T-Mobile called Caller Tunes. Caller Tunes is part of a new service being tested in the United States by major cell phone carriers. The “ringback” service allows customers to replace the ringing sounds callers […]
Ludacris has no problem going toe-to-toe with his new boss, Jay-Z – on the charts. Ludacris’ fourth album, Red Light District, sold an impressive 322,000 copies in its first week, bumping the newly appointed Def Jam president from the top slot on Billboard’s Top 200. After a week atop the charts, MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents […]
Rapper Fat Joe will get into the Christmas spirit next week and will give the gift of technology to the Bronx, New York grammar school that educated him. Fat Joe will donate 20 computers to PS 146 on December 21st. In addition to the computers, the rapper will donate money to refurnish and repaint the […]
A medical examiner has ruled the death of rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard an accident, the result of taking cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller. A spokesperson said the combined effects of the cocaine and Tramadol caused the rapper to suffer a heart attack on November 13, just two days before his 36th birthday. According to […]
Self-proclaimed gangster Styles P. of The Lox plans to exhibit a gentler, more conscious side by expanding his lyrical material for his upcoming sophomore album Time Is Money, the Yonkers-bred rapper announced. "This album, I didn’t want to be as street as I usually am," Styles told MTV.com. "Before, I was more wild. I’m trying […]
Loon has departed his long term recording home of Bad Boy Entertainment and founded an upstart company, Boss Up Entertainment, the Harlem rapper said. Loon told AllHipHop.com that he felt it was simply time to move on from his present situation and strike out on his own as a business man. “I want to definitely […]
Chicago Rapper Common has expanded his horizons beyond Hip-Hop and has launched a new foundation, delved into AIDS activism and authored a children’s book. According to Common, being involved with the “Knowing is Beautiful” AIDS campaign being launched in conjunction with corporate giant Viacom, is very personal. “I had a family member that passed from […]
Tomorrow Russell Simmons and Ben Chavis of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will be present to sign a new bill to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, but the resolution has been met with community opponents who still seek complete reform. In a statement, mogul Dame Dash explained his own disdain for the laws and called […]
Atlanta, Georgia rap duo Outkast have launched a new label and recently signed fellow Georgian rapper Bubba Sparxxx. Outkast’s Purple Label also inked a distribution deal with Virgin. Sparxxx, formerly on Interscope, first hit big with his 2001 single “Ugly” from his Timbaland produced major label debut Dark Days, Bright Nights, as well as 2003’s […]
Members of the New York Police Department’s 13th Precinct have reportedly refused to attend a Christmas party tonight (Dec. 13) at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in New York, allegedly embittered over Jay’s previous accusations of racism. The precinct’s organizing committee agreed to hold the party at Jay’s Chelsea sports club, the New York Post reported, though […]
E-40’s scheduled concert in Oregon last night (Dec. 11) was canceled due to authorities’ fear of alcohol sales, the show’s content and possible gang violence. The performance was supposed to be held at a teen dance club called VIBES, but was called off after Director Tom Cole discovered that several police and Medford City Council […]
Cam’ron, the Harlem-based rapper, has departed Island Def Jam after the sale of Roc-A-Fella Records was made final and Jay-Z was appointed president of the label. The rapper recently made the announcement on New York Radio revealing that LA Reid, the current head of Island Def Jam, granted the Diplomat Records CEO a release from […]
Guru, the mouthpiece for Gangstarr, has embarked on a solo deal that will spawn a pair of albums for the veteran rapper in 2005. “We have a new project, a new venture. The label is called 7 Grand and the project is called Guru 7.0,” the veteran rapper announced to AllHipHop.com. Additionally, Guru revealed that […]
R&B singer Ashanti recently shared her thoughts on the ongoing federal investigation of The Inc. record label to which she is signed the rampant rumors of a romantic link between her and Nelly. The New York Daily News recently reported that Nelly was frequently spotted on the set of Ashanti’s upcoming feature film debut "Coach […]
Wyclef Jean has postponed plans for a pre-Christmas Live Aid concert, Yele Haiti, scheduled in his native Haiti, citing that he wants to raise awareness of the current conflicts in the country first. Initial plans called for an all-star-studded event on December 5, but Wyclef reportedly could not get enough celebrities to perform. The rapper […]
A charity event at Alabama’s Montgomery Mall, where Atlanta-based rapper Ludacris made an appearance, was forced to shut down Thursday (Dec. 9) following two altercations according to reports. Ludacris was reportedly in the midst of signing autographs and posing for pictures at the mall’s new Citi Gear store, when police could not control the crowd […]
After relentless protests and campaigns to increase awareness of New York’s famously harsh Rockefeller Drug Laws, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN), headed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, has induced lawmakers to enact significant reforms. Simmons, Chairman of HSAN, said hip-hop played a major role in revisions of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, as artists actively […]
Prodigy and The Alchemist have teamed with XM Radio and the pair will host their own show, Infamous Radio. The weekly show on channel 66 RAW will feature hip-hop exclusives, artist interviews, live performances and more. “I’m very excited that Prodigy, The Alchemist and the rest of the Infamous Mobb have joined the continually growing […]
