Ludacris will join an all star lineup scheduled to participate at the first annual World B-Boy Championships.Taking place on February 7th and 8th at Wembley Arena in the U.K., the event will feature Slick Rick’s first performance in his native land in almost 20 years.Clipse, Pharaoh Monch, The Jungle Brothers and Killa Kela will give […]
Grammy nominated rapper MC Lyte has been tapped to serve as judge on the 2004 season of “Star Search.”The winner of the tournament style competition will be awarded $100,000.Lyte will be joined by country music singer Naomi Judd, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and executive producer Matti Lesham.The series premieres tomorrow (January 17) from […]
Rapper Paris’ Guerrilla Funk Recordings has reached an agreement to manufacture and distribute an exclusive, Paris-produced Public Enemy album entitled Rebirth Of A Nation.“I’ve had admiration for Public Enemy since the inception of their career,” Paris told AllHipHop.com. “They are one of the most important groups in hip-hop history and represent a time when music […]
With six Grammy nominations the Neptunes’ influence may be no greater than it is at this moment, however the Clipse don’t want any of the duo’s pop-perfection production. “Beat wise, we won’t let them duplicate nothing,” Pusha T told AllHipHop.com about the ‘Tunes contribution to their second album, Hell Hath No Fury.The Clipse are putting […]
While most Boot Camp Click and Duck Down devotees may be clamoring for Smif-N-Wessun to return to “Bucktown,” Tek, one half of the duo, has plans of his own.After being urged on by radio personalities and Brooklynites, the rapper has decided to release a solo album.“It’s in the works. We’ve been rocking,” Tek told AllHipHop.com […]
Michael “Mystikal” Taylor was sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.The 33-year-old Grammy nominated rapper accepted the six years in a plea agreement and will immediately begin serving time.The victim, Tyler’s former hairstylist, accused the rapper and two bodyguards of forcing her to perform oral sex, after they accused her of stealing $80,000.Baton […]
The last time snipers took to the streets of Washington D.C., mayhem ensued and brewed into the latest national crisis.This time, however, a different breed of snipers is taking to the streets of the Chocolate City as presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is using a hip-hop street team to bolster his bid presidential campaign.Kucinich has partnered […]
Last night, the 8th Annual Mixtape Awards took place at club Speed in New York City.Loon, Skillz, Ghostface and Fat Joe attended the awards, which were hosted by Bronx legend Kool DJ Red Alert.Dirty Harry, Lloyd Banks, Whoo Kid, Kay Slay and DJ Vlad were the big winners for mixtapes that were released last year.A […]
On the track “Remember That,” from Rakim’s album The 18th Letter, the God MC laments over his days rocking crowds at the Union Square.Along with other landmark venues like the Latin Quarters, Ra and other hip-hop acts had plenty of places to rock the mic.But Lord Jamar from Brand Nubian thinks that era is long […]
Violator mogul Chris Lighty is launching a new coalition aimed at unifying radio DJ’s across the country.The Violator All-Star DJ’s, named after Lighty’s company, aims to create a union of DJ’s that he and co-founder DJ Scrap Dirty say is currently fragmented. "I started carrying crates for Red Alert," Lighty told AllHipHop.com. "We wanted to […]
A welcome home concert for Slick Rick that was supposed to take place January 9 has been rescheduled.The original show was set to take place at Brooklyn, New York’s Southpaw Club but was postponed for unknown reasons.The rescheduled show will now happen at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan and will take place January 23.Slick Rick […]
Digital cable channel Music Choice will give listeners the chance to customize their own music channel through their new service “My Music Choice.”The new enhancement will give customers the opportunity to create a mixtape-styled portal.Utilizing the same technique as pay-per-view movies (video-on-demand), digital cable subscribers will be able to select a music genre by scrolling […]
Roc-A-Fella mogul Dame Dash is being accused of raping a woman over a year ago.Kirstie Thompson, a former model, filed a $15 million dollar lawsuit in New York Supreme Court yesterday.She alleges Dash attacked her over a year ago, on New Years Day of 2003.Thompson claims the attack happened while she was inebriated on an […]
Disturbing Tha Peace crew members Chingy, Ludacris and I-20 will embark on a 27-city tour, which kicks off February 16.The tour kicks off at Oregon’s PDX Ballroom and winds down in Las Vegas at the House of Blues.In related news, Chingy wrapped the video for “One Call Away,” the third single from his double platinum […]
Kool DJ Red Alert will host The Eighth Annual Mixtape Awards, which will take place tomorrow evening in New York City.The event, which honors the record breaking work of the mixtape DJ, is an invitation only event and is heavily supported by the hip-hop community.Fat Joe, Ghostface, Mobb Deep, Raekwon and Jadakiss are among the […]
Queen Latifah will join the ranks of rappers employed by UPN as she is set to executive produce an updated version of “WKRP in Cincinnati,” according to a reports.The new show will be called “WHOT” and will feature a hip-hop take on the popular ’80s sitcom.The series is based upon a young white woman who […]
A Former NFL player and Hy Singer, the Republican county chair in Brooklyn, are forming an unlikely partnership as the duo are set to open a hip-hop nightclub in Coney Island, according to a report in the New York Post.Gary Gooden, who played with the Oakland Raiders, became interested in opening a nightclub in the […]
G-Unit’s Lloyd Banks has inked a deal with production company “Digital Sin,” to direct an interactive p### CD titled “Groupie Luv.”Digital Sin and Banks’ Bank Shot Productions will produce the DVD, which allows viewers to choose which girls have sex and where it will take place.”It’s gonna be great, it will seem like you will […]
After eight years in business and releasing such groundbreaking artists as Mos Def and Talib Kweli, seminal hip-hop label Rawkus Records is closing their doors.According to sources, the label will officially shut down as of January 31.”We all found out on Friday,” a source who wished to remain anonymous told AllHipHop.com.After signing a joint venture […]
Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon Dash will be presented with the keys to the city of Richmond, Virginia.City Manager Calvin Jamison will hand over the keys to Dash on Friday January 16, as part of the 8th Annual Freedom Classic Weekend.Dash will be joined by Kanye West, M.O.P., Young Gunz, Nicole Wray, Allen Anthony, Memphis Bleek and […]