Smith Bros. Release New Single,

Tha Slumplordz release The Yakuza has been named as one of the best hip hop albums of 2000 by The San Francisco Bay Guardian. The full length LP, which was released in October, is the group’s first national release and second full-length offering. Other honorees include Dead Prez, Outkast, Blackalicious, Talib Kweli, and Dr. Dre […]

The Source On The Selling Block

According to Urbanexpose.com, David Mays, who runs The Source, has put the magazine on the selling block, The price Mays is asking for the magazine is $100 million dollars. TheSource entertainment consists of hip-hop themed high circulation magazines, an annual award show, and two weekly television properties that use the African Heritage Network for broadcast […]

Russell Simmons Vs. Capitol Hill

Russell Simmons, tired of hearing lawmakers diss Hip-Hop music, attended a meeting held by the Senate Government Affairs Committee yesterday. The meeting, which also included various representatives from different Genre’s of the entertainment field including the RIAA’s Hillary Rosen and MPAA’s Jack Valenti. Simmons requested a seat on one of the panels testifying before the […]

Killah Priest’s Album Party Turns Deadly

Killah Priest’s record release party turned deadly in Los Angeles yesterday morning, leaving one man dead, two wounded and another young woman fighting for her life. Priest, who was celebrating his record release party at The Century Club, was performing to a packed house. Around 2:20am the drama started. According to eye witnesses allhiphop interviewed, […]

Big Ed The Assassin Passes

Big Ed, former No Limit soldier, passed away yesterday in the hospital after a bout with cancer. Ed, who is survived by his wife and two children, was one of the last artists to leave No Limit for non-payment of royalties. Last Fall, Ed released his own solo album, Special Forces, through Select-O-Hits. "Ed was […]

Eminem Drama To Begin Filming

A drama loosely based Eminem temporarily called "Untitled Detroit Project," will begin shooting around Detroit in September. The flick, which is being produced by Imagine Films, focuses on Eminem going from local Hip-Hop artist to international recording star. The movie will be distributed by Universal Studios, who will open a production office in Detroit in […]

Eminem Granted Visa

Eminem was granted his visa from the Australian government to perform, along with a strict message to respect the countries value and multicultural society. Lawmakers and other groups were opposed to allowing Eminem and D-12 into the country, claiming that his lyrics were violent and homophobic. The groups were attempting to ban Em on the […]

Ludicris Prepares Sophmore Set

Atlanta’s newest superstar Ludicris is preparing his sophomore album Word of Mouf, ready to hit stores on October 9th. The Southern rhyme slanger, who is up for two Source Awards on August 20th, has his production being provided by the Neptunes, Rockwilder, Trackmasters, as well as the Timbaland, who produced the album’s first single "How […]

Luke To Reunite 2 Live Crew

Luther "Luke" Campbell recently announced that he is in the works of putting together a reunion album for pioneering free speech group, The 2 Live Crew. "We’re trying to do a reunion album right now, as well as a tribute album with other people doing 2 Live Crew songs," Luke said in an interview with […]

DMX Indicted

DMX has been indicted by an Erie County grand jury on charges that he failed to show up at Cheektowaga town court, to serve his jail time for a traffic violation conviction last year. DMX, who was supposed to serve 15 days for driving without a license, was released in March after showing up 13 […]

Jadakiss On Beef, The Lox

Jadakiss, who is preparing to release his solo LP, Kiss The Game Goodbye, recently spoke to allhiphop’s Jigsaw in an upcoming issue of Mass Appeal Magazine. Kiss shed some light on the so-called beef between himself and Jay-Z, his relationship with The Lox and the future. "We’ll probably squeeze another LOX album out before the […]

Lauryn Hill Performs

The International African Arts Festival celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a performance from Lauryn Hill on the 4th of July. With only an acoustic guitar, Lauryn sang and rapped for an attentive crowd that filled the outdoor baseball field in Brooklyn. "I used to try and look cute but now all I offer is reality," […]

Outkast To Push New Line Of Clothes

Outkast, who recently launched their own clothing line, Outkast Clothing, has teamed with Canal Jean Outlet Center in New York City. July 16th the group will push their new clothing line and include a meet and greet with the artists. "Canal Jean Co. has always appealed to the fashion conscious consumers, it’s the perfect hope […]

Puff Hit With Papers

Puffy, who just released his latest CD, P. Diddy and the Bad Boy Family: The Saga Continues, was slapped with a child support lawsuit as he was leaving the Regis & Kelly show. According to people present at the scene, Puff came out of the building and stopped to sign autographs for fans on West […]

Hip-Hop Summit Comes To A Close

On the final day of The 2nd Hip-Hop Summit, artists, executives and leaders from the African-American community said they would label sexually explicit and violent music, as well as posters and websites that promote it. Plans are also in the works to mentor young rappers and executives. A political group will be formed to address […]