Pras Links With Disney

Pras of The Fugees recently sold a comedy pitch to Walt Disney, for an estimated high six figures. Pras will also star as the main character in the comedy, tentatively titled "Indiana Jackson." The flick revolves around baller Jackson, who travels to Ethiopia to help find a priceless antiquity. A female lead has yet to […]

Wyclef Jean’s Father Killed

Wyclef Jean‘s father, The Reverend Gesner Jean, was killed yesterday in a freak accident. The elder Jean was pinned against his garage door by an unoccupied 1991 Bentley owned by Clef. Police in South Orange were called to The Reverend’s house at 7:32 p.m., after Wyclef’s sister, Melky, heard a noise in the family’s garage. […]

Poetic Memorial In New York

A small group of about 30 well wishers converged at the Riverside Church in Harlem to pay their last respects to Anthony "Poetic" Berkley, rapper with the Gravediggaz. While Poetic died on Sunday, July 15, 2001 in California after a two-year battle with metastatic colon cancer, his wife, Dee decided to have a memorial service […]

Artists Outraged At Star Of Hot 97

Star, drew the wrath of Jay-Z and Q-Tip, after the self proclaimed "hater" of New York’s Hot 97 poked fun at Aaliyah’s plane crash, which took the young singer’s life. Star was giving the address to send Aaliyah’s relative’s flowers, while dubbing in sound effects of plane crashes and people screaming. Most people did not […]

Beans Says Beef Isn’t Squashed

It seems that despite efforts from Russell Simmons himself, the beef between Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss continues. After the two artists met in an undisclosed Harlem location and supposedly worked out their problems, Beanie Sigel said otherwise on Philly radio station Power 99fm. Beanie called Power99 and said that he beef wasn’t squashed for several […]

Capone Flees, Police Fire

Capone, of Capone N Noreaga Fame, was being held for questioning after an alercation in a nightclub Thursday night. According to sources, Capone and two associates attempted to enter Club Juan Pachenga in Long Island City (Queens, NY) with a .380 calibur handgun. When a bouncer attempted to take the gun away from Capone, a […]

Suge’s Out, Ready To Work

Suge Knight was released from prison Monday and returned to Los Angeles after serving almost five years for violating his probabtion on the night of Tupac Shakur’s murder in Las Vegas. "I’m stress-free,” Knight said. "I want to try to do better things. You know what they say: ‘Demonstration is better than conversation.’ Watch me. […]

A.I. Ties The Knot

Ladies, strike another extremely eligible bachelor from your list. Allen Iverson, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, and his fiancee and babies’ mama, Tawana Turner, got married Friday, August 3rd. Iverson AKA "Jewelz" has his controversial debut album hitting stores later this year on Universal Records. Reportedly, they got married in New Jersey, not far from […]

Wu-Tang Forever

At the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards, the Wu-Tang Clan — minus an incarcerated Ol’ Dirty Bastard and a sidelined Cappadonna, who missed a flight — showed up in full force, squelching any talk of friction in the rap family. "It’s the Wu," Ghostface Killah said, pointing to the golden "avenging eagle" that adorned his giant […]

Q-Tip Speaks On New Album

Every now and then, a legendary Hip-Hop artist goes through a transformation and changes their name and attitude toward the game. So is the case with Q-Tip. The former Tribesman has changed his recording name to Kamaal (he changed his legal name to Kamaal a few years ago) and will drop his album, Kamaal The […]

Ray Benzino Scott Arrested

Ray Scott, member of the Boston rap group Made Men, has publicly made it clear that he is a co-owner of The Source Magazine. Scott, who raps using the moniker "Ray Benzino," was busted Tuesday, the day after most of the Hip-Hop crowd had left the Miami Beach area. Benzino, who is 36, performed at […]

Hip-Hop Speaks!

The community forum known as HipHop Speaks! returns to Harlem Thursday, September 20, 2001 at 7:00 pm. This event, the third in a series, has proven to be a popular outlet for a healthy exchange of ideas and issues related to the hip-hop nation and the community-at-large. The evening’s program will lead with presentations by […]

Jadakiss Vs. Beanie: SQUASHED

Jadakiss & Beanie Sigel have peacefully resolved their "beef." Founders ofAllhiphop.com contacted the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network after hearing Beans talk negatively about Kiss on Philly radio station Power 99. After being briefed on the tensions by Allhiphop.com, Russell Simmons then contacted both artists, inviting them to meet, with him as the mediator. Instead, the […]