Grammy Award-winning actress/singer/rapper Queen Latifah has been selected to host the upcoming 47th Annual Grammy Awards, which airs on CBS Feb. 13 at 8pm ET. Latifah is also a nominee for Best Jazz Vocal Album and will perform on the prominent music awards show, broadcasted live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Latifah, a […]

Bay Area rapper JT The Bigga Figga recently released an album from the Game titled The Untold  Story, featuring recordings made prior to signing with Aftermath/Interscope. According to JT, who released the record on his Get Low imprint with distribution from Koch, the album has moved over 100,000 copies. “Well the first month of business, […]

Big Tigger’s "Rap City: The Bassment," Hip-Hop’s longest running national TV show, will air the last episode featuring Tigger on Monday (Jan. 17) on BET. "I am sad to see The Bassment end. It was and has been a pleasure to bring hip hop into homes around the world for the past 5 years," Tigger […]

The Evil Star is up to his old antics again. Hip-hip shock jock Star, of the duo Star and Buc Wild, is drawing criticism from Philadelphia media outlets and Asian-American Associations for disparaging remarks he made about Indians during a prank phone played on Power 99 (WUSL) last month. The skit, which was featured on […]

According to Geto Boys founding member Willie D., the group has changed the name of their reunion album from War and Peace to The Foundation. The trio helped put Houston, Texas on the Hip-Hop map, with legendary albums such as We Can’t Be Stopped and The Resurrection, along with classic releases from each member of […]

Kid Rock has been removed from the inauguration festivities of United States President George W. Bush, after public outcry over the rock/rapper’s lyrics. The concert is being hosted on Tuesday (Jan. 18th) by Bush’s twin daughters Barbara and Jenna. Organizations such as the Campaign for Children and Families and the American Family Association spoke out […]

After an emotional departure from The Island Def Jam Music Group in 2002 and a failed venture with Sean Combs’ Bad Boy label, Foxy Brown re-signs to Def Jam as one of Jay-Z’s initial executive moves as president of the label. Before leaving, Foxy recorded a enormous amount of songs for Def Jam which was […]

Multi-platinum R&B artist D’Angelo was charged with drunk driving and possession of a controlled substance during a routine traffic stop last night (January 11) in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. According to police reports the signer, who was birthed as Michael Eugene Archer, was stopped and upon searching Archer’s vehicle, Chesterfield Police Capt. Karl Leonard […]

Lyricist Talib Kweli is on board to play the voice of Trane, the lead character in Atari’s new video game, "Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure," Atari, Inc. announced yesterday (Jan. 11). An urban revolutionary, Trane is an outcast and rebel who wishes to prove his credibility in the tyrannical city of New Radius. […]

Quincy Jones III (QD3) is releasing his fifth Hip-Hop documentary, “The MC: Why We Do It,” next month. The 80-minute DVD focuses on the transformation of rap from it’s earliest days and is part of a 12-part documentary series that Jones’ production company QD3 Entertainment is producing. The DVD is narrated by Mekki Phifer and […]

Atlanta rappers Lil’ Jon & The East Side Boyz continue to mix the world of Hip-Hop and adult entertainment and will make two new films with Vivid Entertainment, one of the world’s biggest adult film companies. Filming for the skin flicks started last weekend in Las Vegas and will continue during the month of January. […]

HBO is joining creative forces with film feature writer Michael Elliot ("Like Mike") and hip-hop veteran Andre Harrell to produce a one-hour drama series about the fast-paced life of a rap mogul. "Fabulous," currently in developmental stages, tracks the life of a multimillionaire and his close friends into the seedy world of hip-hop and business. […]

Coming off the success of his sophomore album Kamikaze, Chicago rapper Twista is now ready to re-introduce his hometown rap crew Speedknot Mobstaz. And he’s vowing that his squad will break barriers in the next year. "We are coming with nothing but hardcore raw Chicago rhymes that have never been projected in history," Twista told […]

Q-Tip, lead rapper for A Tribe Called Quest, has signed a deal with Motown Records and has already started recording a new album. According to Billboard, the rapper was previously signed to DreamWorks, but plans for an album were scrapped. DreamWorks Records was sold to Universal Music Group for around $100 million in 2003. His […]

Rapper MC Hammer officiated at the wedding of Motley Crue member Vince Neil yesterday (January 9th). According to reports, Neil, 43, struck up a friendship with the multi-platinum rapper while they filmed the reality television show “The Surreal Life” in 2002. Neil married his girlfriend Lia Gerardini in Las Vegas, Nevada. Producer/singer/songwriter Raphael Saadiq is […]

It’s official. Hip-hop’s golden son Nas and his proclaimed “wifey” Kelis have gotten married after a two-year engagement. The crazy-in-love hip-hop pair hitched Saturday (Jan. 8) in Atlanta, according to sources with AllHipHop.com. The small ceremony consisted of only close friends and family, including Nas’ father Olu Dara, who appears on Nas’ latest song, “Bridging […]

Philadelphia-born actor and rapper Will Smith recently sold a property in his hometown where he planned to develop a hotel and shopping center. The city initially gave Smith the go-ahead to build a luxury hotel and retail complex on the vacant lot in Philadelphia’s historical Society Hill section several years ago, promising $9 million in […]

Before unveiling his new album St Valentine’s Day Massacre to the public, 50 Cent recently collaborated with DJ Whoo Kid to compose a brand new mixtape entitled “2050: Before The Massacre.” The mixtape, which is scheduled to hit the circuit later this week will contain an exclusive collection of all new freestyles and will feature […]

Rappers from Snoop Dogg to 50 Cent and Nelly have used the word "pimp" in both its negative and positive subtexts in their rhymes, but controversy over "pimp" recently spilled into the courts, leading to a decision supporting the term’s usage. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday (Jan. 4) in favor of […]