Lyricist Lounge Tour Dates

The Lyricist Lounge will kick off September 10th, in Chicago Illinois at The House Of Blues. Mos Def will be headlining the tour, which will also feature performances by: Bahamdia, 50 Cent, Slum Village, Master Fuol, Nature, Talib Kweli and Punch & Words. Sept. 10; House of Blues; Chicago, Ill. Sept. 12; Fox Theatre; Boulder, […]

Major Corporations Threaten Napster

Steve Heckler, VP of Information Technology has issued a chilling threat against Napster, and the development of any sort of technology outside of the major entertainment conglomerate’s grasp. After giving a speech at California State University, Heckler told the Summer Forty-Niner (the student newspaper) that " The music industry will take whatever steps it needs […]

Up In Smoke Tour In Your House

The Up In Smoke Tour will be released in November on video and DVD format, for those that couldn’t make it to the Successful tour. Eagle Vision Entertainment signed a joint venture deal with Aftermath and secured the worldwide rights to the documentary, which will feature Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ice […]

Eminem Withdraws From Festival

Eminem has withdrawn from the Carling Weekend Festivals in Europe. His legal proceedings are preventing him from getting permission to leave the United States. According to his label in Europe, which is Polydor: “Eminem has had to pull out of scheduled performances at Reading and Leeds later this month. Eminem does not have permission to […]

E-40 Sought

Pasadena Police have announced that they are seeking E-40 as the suspect in a Felony assault that left a 29 year old man hospitalized. As we reported earlier from our sources that were present and covering the event, the man turned out to be Andre Dow, or Mack Minister. Dow, who is from San Francisco […]

Eminem Rejects Mothers Settlement Offer

Eminem has rejected his mother’s $2 Million dollar settlement offer, according to court records. Debbie Mathers-Briggs filed suit against Eminem for a whopping $10 Million dollars, claiming that Em defamed her by describing her in various magazines and songs as an unhappy, lawsuit happy drug user. Briggs, who now resides in St. Joseph Missouri, filed […]

Word Of Mouth Tour Kicks Off

Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, the Beat Junkies, and Supernatural will hit the road for the Word Of Mouth Tour, which kicks off September 13, in Los Angeles. The released tour itinerary concentrates the groups to much of the West Coast, with dates being added. Jurassic 5 recently had to pull out of the Warped Tour […]

DJ Klever Captures DMC Title

DJ Klever is the latest DMC World Title holder. The event put Klever, who was born Josh Winkler, against 11 other United States DJ’s. He now moves on to the World DMC Championship, which is being held in London September 23 and 24th. Last years United States winner, P-Trix placed second, while Jay Slim of […]

Outkast Inks Label Deal With Elektra

Elektra Entertainment has entered into a label deal with the much sought after brain trust of multiplatinum hip hop group Outkast. Andre "3000" Benjamin, and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, both of Outkast and David "Mr. DJ" Sheats, (principals in the production team Earthtone III) have launched Atlanta based Aquemini Records with Elektra. The first artist […]

Tupac Shakur’s Estate Settles

Tupac Shakur’s Estate settled out of court to the Estate of Orlando Anderson for an undisclosed amount last week. The settlement comes from a lawsuit Anderson had filed against Tupac and Death Row Records CEO, Suge Knight. Anderson, who was assaulted by Tupac and Suge in Las Vegas September of 1997, filed the civil suit […]

MC Eiht Drops New Album

MC Eiht, who dropped another classic album titled N’ My Neighborhood last month on Mack 10’s Hoo Bangin label, has announced the reformation of Compton’s Most Wanted, the pioneering group which launched Eiht Hype to stardom in 1990, with their debut release It’s A Compton Thang. CMW is featured on 3 tracks off of the […]

Hip-Hop Meets P###!

If you are a lover of Pornography, like we at allhiphop.com are, then you have to check out the latest offering from Hardcorps Entertainment. The album features 14 tracks of well known musicians backing up p#### actresses vocals. As a spokesperson put it: "Please keep in mind that this record is NOT an attempt to […]

New Juvenile Album Dropping

Juvenile (born Terius Gray), the platinum selling artist with Cash Money Records, has a new album dropping September 26th. The album, titled Playaz Of The Game will be released on D3 Entertainment, a label that Juvenile recorded for prior to blowing up with Cash Money. The album, contains Juvenile’s break through record, Bounce For The […]

Puff Surprises Jennifer Lopez

Puff Daddy helped Jennifer Lopez celebrate her 30th birthday, tricking her into going to a party she assumed was for Reggie Miller’s wife, Marita Miller. Club Lotus in Manhattan, had 250 family and friends waiting for Lopez. When Puff arrived in his Blue Bentley, the guests greeted Lopez at the door. Damon Dash, who seems […]

Volume Changes Internet Strategy

Volume.com, the internet portal funded by HBO, has been totally reformed. Volume was adversely affected by the America Online aquisition of Time Warner. Originally, Volume.com had a staff that was taken from The Source Magazine, ABC News, and several other prominent places. However, the site will now focus less on original content and more on […]