Today (November 3), Atlanta will be host to this year’s Red Bull Big Tune event, where a group of 16 aspiring producers will compete for the chance to record with industry stars.   Created in 2004 by producer/emcee Vitamin D and event coordinator Jonathan Moore, Big Tune has grown into a national event aimed at […]

Despite making public appearances together in the past month, Queens rapper Nas’ divorce from his estranged wife R&B singer Kelis continues on.   According to TMZ.com, Nas lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan filed court papers today (November 2), seeking to block Kelis’ request for $72,728 a month in spousal support.   Nas had been ordered to […]

During a radio interview over the weekend promoting his forthcoming fourth major label release, Before I Self Destruct, 50 Cent weighed in on the brewing feud between Jay-Z and one-time protégé Beanie Sigel.   On Saturday (October 31), 50 called into the Gomez Bros. show, one of the segments of “G-Unit Saturdays” on Sirius XM […]

Next Tuesday (November 10), the ImageNation Cinema Foundation will premiere in New York the ODB tribute film Dirty: One Word Can Change the World.   Directed by Dirty’s cousin Raison Allah, the documentary commemorates the colorful rapper’s life though personal interviews with the Wu-Tang Clan, Sunz of Man, Killarmy, the Black Knight, and the Brooklyn […]

Rick Ross continues his feud with rapper 50 Cent with a new version of 50’s track “Baby By Me,” which features Ne-Yo.   Ross delivers a group of lines aimed at 50 Cent and his G-Unit cohorts.   The rest of the remix features 50 Cent’s original verse with Ne-Yo singing the chorus.   The […]

Atlanta entrepreneur Russell “Big Block” Spencer has teamed up with EMI Music/Capitol to distribute the latest release from his label, Block Entertainment.   Block Entertainment was originally distributed by Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Records in a joint venture with Atlantic Records.   The label released albums on artists like Yung Joc, Jody Breeze, Boyz […]

Two popular Hip-Hop radio stations relieved a number of DJ’s from their duties over the weekend.   On Friday (October 30), Clear Channel’s R&B/Rap station Saint Louis’ KATZ-FM 100.3 the Beat changed its format, playing a variety of Halloween and Christmas songs.   Jocks like Kiki the First Lady, DJ AJ and host Dwight Stone […]

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Sugarhill Gang’s pioneering single, “Rapper’s Delight.”   The single, which is recognized as the first hit Hip-Hop single to attain cross-over success, will be celebrated during “The Past, Present and Future of Hip Hop Tribute Concert” which will take […]

DJ Khaled and Poe Boy Music’s Founder/CEO E-Class presents Live From the 305, a 19-track compilation disc featuring Miami heavy hitters Trick Daddy, Trina and Rick Ross.  Released by E1 Music (formerly Koch Records) the album gives a good representation of what Miami life is all about and features some of the city’s up-and-coming artists.  […]

A controversial concert featuring Atlanta-based rapper Gucci Mane at North Carolina A&T was scrapped on Saturday (October 31), because the rapper is on house arrest.   Gucci Mane was forced to back out of the concert at Greensboro Coliseum because of a recent parole violation.   Due to the violation, Gucci Mane is prohibited from […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs has expanded his deal with the world’s largest liquor maker to extend his Circoc brand of vodka. Combs is a 50 percent owner of Ciroc with Diageo.   Diageo is also the owner of popular brands like Smirnoff and Ketel One.   Bloomberg News reports that Combs and Ciroc are planning to […]

Heath Ledger may be gone, but the posthumous Oscar winner’s work behind the camera is being showcased in a music video from Australian rapper N’fa Forster-Jones.  The Associated Press reports the entertainer, who had been childhood friends with Ledger, posted the  3-minute, 31-second clip for his song “Cause an Effect” on his YouTube and MySpace […]

More legal trouble has emerged for Lil Wayne as the New Orleans hitmaker is being sued by a man who contributed to his joint album with Birdman, Like Father, Like Son.  The copyright infringement lawsuit, which was filed Friday (Oct. 30) by Thomas Marasciullo in a Manhattan federal court, claims that Lil Wayne and Birdman’s […]

Mike Beck, an aspiring rapper and affiliate of  Fat Joe was shot and killed last night in Brooklyn, New York.   Mike Beck was a member of the rap collective K.A.R. (Kill All Rats), which also featured group members Rob Kash, Onez and Leader.   Sources told AllHipHop.com that Beck was shot and killed on Logan […]

Jay-Z has responded to the barbed words of Beanie Sigel, in the aftermath of a diss song called “What You Talkin Bout (I Ain’t Your Average Cat)” at a Canadian Press conference. Jay-Z appeared at Montreal’s Bell Centre to answer questions from writers and reporters.  Sigel, once a prominent rapper in Jay’s Roc-A-Fella Records, expressed […]

Philly rapper Beanie Sigel has not posted anything to his Twitter account since August 30.   But today he is one of the top ten topics of discussion on the popular social networking site, where fans, former collaborators and former label mates alike are still talking about his surprise verbal assault on rapper Jay-Z.   […]

A host of celebrities gathered in Manhattan today (October 30) to rally support for Love ‘N Haiti, a recycling project in Port-au-Prince that turns everyday trash into energy.   Rapper Tony Yayo, Melky Jean (Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and Wyclef Jean’s sister), actor Jamie Hector (“The Wire”), actress Daphnee Duplaix (“One Life to Live”) and Mona Scott-Young […]

Beanie Sigel called into Philadelphia radio station 100.3 The Beat this morning (October 30), where he discussed a controversial new track in which he disses Jay-Z.   Sigel expresses his frustration with Jay-Z on the track, because of lines on Jay’s Blueprint 3, as well as the handling of Sigel’s career after a prison stint […]

Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow has released his first official statement of support for his estranged son Shyne (Jamal Barrow) since the rapper’s deportation return on Tuesday (October 27).   Shyne, who is the prime minister’s oldest child, had previously publicly stated that his son’s presence was “undesired” in Belize.   The rapper was also […]

Just hours after Jay-Z fans in New York celebrated yet another landmark moment in his career – a performance with singer Alicia Keys at Yankee Stadium  – many were glued to their radios and computers, as Jay became the topic of conversation for a much less glamorous reason.   Early Friday morning (October 30), Hot 97’s DJ Kay […]