Overcoming three previous court rulings against him, rap mogul Dame Dash has won full custody of his 10-year-old son in his recent child custody dispute with Linda Williams. A New Jersey superior court judge delivered the ruling in favor of Dash, whose Roc-A-Fella empire is worth an estimated $300 million, despite his son’s plea that […]

Snoop Dogg is the latest rapper to come under fire from Fox’s Bill O’Reilly. On Friday’s (September 27) "O’Reilly Factor," the host blasted Snoop Dogg, NBC and Jim Henson Productions, the producers of "A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie," for including the rapper because of his checkered past. "What the heck is rapper Snoop Dog […]

P. Diddy said he was going to throw "a big ol’ party" in Barcelona, Spain where he is hosting the November 14 MTV Europe Music Awards. Diddy said at a news conference in London that he promised to make the awards special and that he would perform himself if "someone doesn’t show up." "I love […]

According to Launch.com, Suge Knight has been hit with a lawsuit by Clear Channel subsidiary for not permitting company representatives to remove a billboard on the roof of Tha Row’s offices on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Knight and Clear Channel were unable to agree to the terms of a new lease on the billboard. […]

High Times magazine awarded De la Soul with a Doobie Award last night (September 26) for their album Bionix. Sean Paul, Gov’t Mule, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd, Beenie Man and Shannon McNally were also winners at last night’s Doobie awards show at BB King’s in New York. Maseo of De La Soul, Sean Paul, Warren […]

Last week, designer David Dalrymple his latest designs for House of Field during New York’s Spring Fashion Week. Field raised more than a few eye brows when a model strutted down the catwalk wearing a new metallic rap artist bustier that features the faces of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. "You have to have attitude," […]

LL Cool J announced that he was endorsing two-time New York Governor George Pataki against Democratic candidate H. Carl McCall. "The world that I come from, a lot of people aren’t interested in politics, quite frankly," LL said. "After seeing how the governor handled the 9/11 situation, seeing what happened in this city … I […]

Yesterday, a judge sentenced Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav to nine weeks in New York’s Rikers Island prison. Because of the sentence, Flavor Flav will miss tour support for Public Enemy’s latest album, Revolverlution. Flavor has been held in Rikers Island over a week for allegedly driving with a suspended licensee, having numerous parking tickets, and […]

Roc-A-Fella CEO Dame Dash has expanded his brand name further by hosting a radio show called ROC radio. The show is broadcast live on Sundays on New York radio station Power 105.1 from 9-10 pm. DJs Jus Ske and old school legend Brucie B will joint Dame for the weekly program. Dame Dash told AllHipHop.com […]

During a recent peformance at B.B. King’s in New York City, members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony confirmed that Bizzy Bone was no longer a member of the group. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony headlined a night of hip-hop acts that included Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz and 8Ball & MJG, who gave their first New York performance. During […]

Def Jam artists Cam’ron and Noreaga will hit the road for the first ever "Paid In Full " tour, which is slated to kick off October 11 at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Originally slated to be the "Survival Of The Illest 2 Tour," the name change took place to recognize […]

Jesse Jackson said he was pleased that the producers of "Barbershop" have apologized for the film’s remarks about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and others, but said he is still pushing to have the jokes cut from future DVD and video editions of the film. “The producers and writers, we wanted one individual in […]

Funkmaster Flex turned himself into authorities on Sunday afternoon, on charges that he allegedly assaulted Steph Luva, a DJ at Power 105. The misdemeanor charges carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail, should Flex be guilty. He was ordered to appear in court October 18. According to reports, the incident took place outside […]

Cash Money CEO’s Ronald "Sugar Dime" Williams and Bryan "Baby" Williams denied that they were planning a movie with mogul Master P. In a statement to AllHipHop.com, the brothers said that while they had no beef with Master P., they still had no plans on working with him "Cash Money has evolved and we’re involved […]

Master P and his former cross-town New Orleans rival, Baby, co-CEO of Cash Money Records, plan to fully end the previous beef in a new movie, “Ghetto Ballin,” a ‘ hood comedy.’ "Its about me and him having the same babymama. It’s going to be a fun hood movie," P told BET.com P said he […]

LL Cool J will star in "S.W.A.T.," a remake of the 1970’s television series. The remake, which is being released by Columbia Pictures, also stars Colin Farrell, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Rodriguez and Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson was quoted recently as saying he would refuse movies that starred rappers. "S.W.A.T." centers around an arrested crime lord, […]

Sean "P.Diddy" Combs was ordered to pay $2.45 million in damages to a limousine driver who says he was injured by bodyguards Combs’ hired at a Mary J. Blige concert in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1995. Lemon alleges that after the concert the bodyguards attempted to clear the backstage area so Blige could leave the […]

Terius "Juvenile" Gray, 28, turned himself in to New Orleans police Tuesday (September 17th) due to an incident in May in which he is accused of simple battery and simple burglary in connection with the beating and robbery of his barber. According to police, the two men argued May 29 at a grocery store in […]