According to sources, New York authorities will arrest Curtis Scoon in connection with the murder of Jam Master Jay in the next few days. Investigators found DNA evidence at the crime scene that may link Scoon to the murder. Scoon has refused to submit to questioning by authorities and has hired pricey New York attorney, […]
Cedric The Entertainer, Crazy Legs, Quincy D. Jones, III, Special Ed and others come out for the big premiere of The Freshest Kids: A History Of The B-Boy. (Hollywood, CA)–The Freshest Kids LA premiere was held last night, and, I’m proud to report, that they had nearly a full house in a theater with a […]
Award winning actor and hip-hop hopeful, Merlin Santana, known for his macho portrayal of Romeo on the The Steve Harvey Show, may have been set up and was a target for a robbery, police said. During an interview with an officer from the LAPD, AllHipHop.com uncovered some exclusive details to the motive that may have […]
Suge Knight’s attorney said that authorities were harassing the record label executive, after they raided the offices of Tha Row records, several SUV’s in Tha Row’s parking lot registered to Knight and his homes. "I have yet to see any association between the people arrested, any items taken and Suge Knight,” Knight’s attorney Arthur Barens […]
Nas appeared on Angie Martinez’ Hot 97 show today offering squashing his beef with Jay-Z and offering apologies for blowing up on various rappers. Nas said that his recent beefs were the result of miscommunications and personal matters. "Me- I been ready to rectify it. We had the greatest battle that hip-hop has ever seen […]
A SWAT team raided the offices of Suge Knight’s Tha Row records, serving one of 17 warrants in two states, related to several homicides. Authorities confirmed that one person was arrested, but the identity of that person is not yet known. Los Angeles County sheriff deputies and the SWAT team surrounded Tha Row’s Wilshire Blvd. […]
To support the release of the book “Yes Yes Y’all,” an exhibition featuring hip-hop pioneers will take place Sunday November 17th from 3-7 p.m. The book was put together by Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn, director of the Wild Style, and features over 300 pages of photos and flyers from the first decade of hip […]
Police in Santa Barbara County, California are looking for two people who posed as friends of Eminem, stayed in a ritzy hotel and left without paying their $7,000 guest bill. The man and woman spent an evening in the Bacara Resort & Spa, after they phoned earlier in the month and made reservations with what […]
Although Twista is still signed to Atlantic Records, mogul Dame Dash is aggressively courting the Chi-town rapper in an attempt to sign him to Roc-A-Fella. “I’m trying to get Twista officially and unofficially – you can print that,” Dash said to AllHipHop.com. Twista appears on Jay-Z’s Blueprint 2 track “Poppin Tags,” with OutKast’s Big Boi […]
Rapper Planet Asia was assaulted by security at club 1st Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Asia charges that 8 security guards assaulted him after a performance Sunday, as he tried to re-enter backstage without his pass. "It is tragic to recognize that in 2002, we are still physically living the parallel dramas as Rodney King," Asia […]
Fans of Boot Camp Clik will finally get to hear material that the group recorded with the late Tupac Shakur. "Military Minded" will see the light of day on Pac’s latest posthumous double CD release, Better Dayz. The song is one of several that Shakur, who is the biggest selling rapper of all time, recorded […]
Highly anticipated albums from The Roots and Common are scheduled to be released in the weeks to come. The Roots will drop 14-track Phrenology on Tuesday, November 26 with DVD footage at a low price of $10 during the first week of sales. The first single “Break You Off,” features fellow Philly artist Musiq. Other […]
Cerebral producer Prince Paul is about to spark brain cells with another album dubbed Politics of the Business, a title that represented the struggle of creating the project itself. “It took a lot for me to put this out,” he said. “Let just say [music industry] politics are in full effect. It took a lot.” […]
In front of an audience of students, parents and community members, hip-hop historian Kevin Powell delivered the keynote address at the Fourth Annual Youth and College Leadership Summit held in Baltimore, Maryland this past weekend. The speech titled “The Essence of Leadership” featured Powell, who chastised today’s black leaders and called Eminem the Benny Goodman […]
According to sources, authorities in Los Angeles have apprehended a woman in connection with the murder of actor and aspiring rapper, Merlin Santana. Santana, who played Romeo on The Steve Harvey show, was gunned down as he sat in a parked car in South Central, Los Angeles Sunday morning. Ironically, Santana had a role in […]
West Coast group Digital Underground has teamed with an adult entertainment company to produce a sexually explicit DVD/video series. Money B and Clee from Digital Underground, have entered into a business relationship with adult entertainment giant, Metro Studios. The DVD/ video series will take a look at what goes on backstage and inside recording studios. […]
Actor and co-star of the popular WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, Merlin Santana was pronounced dead shortly after 2:30 am in a Los Angeles area hospital. The actor, known for his character Romeo on the popular sitcom, was sitting in the passenger seat of an unidentified vehicle when at least one person approached the […]
According to the New York Post, police are seeking an acquaintance of Jam Master Jay, who they think may have served as a lookout for the man who murdered the rap star in his Queens, New York recording studio. The police say the man is an convicted drug dealer who left the city days after […]
Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry is set to make its Broadway debut at the Longacre Theater in New York on 11/14. The play has been previewed by various critics and industry insiders since October 31. The multi-cultural cast features Beau Sia, Black Ice, Staceyann Chin, Steve Colman, Maya Del Valle, Georgia Me, Suheir Hammad, Lemon and […]
The Quaker Oats Company, Scholastic and Sesame Workshop are coming together to make reading fundamental by holding the First Annual Akidemics/Fundamentals Program to be held on Today (Nov.9). The purpose of this program is to create the desire to read and helps children to discover that inside of each book is a new adventure. Over […]
