Block Ent. Inks Deal With Bad Boy, New Albums From Yung Jock, Jody Breeze On The Way

Russell "Block" Spencer, CEO of Block Enterprises, recently inked a multimillion dollar label deal with Sean "Diddy" Combs’ Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment and Warner Music Group (WMG). "When Block and I first met, I realized he had an ear for the streets of the South," Diddy told AllHipHop.com in a press release. "Block brought us […]

Pepa, Vanilla Ice Tapped For ‘Surreal Life Fame Games’

VH1 is starting production on a new Surreal Life spin-off titled The Surreal Life Fame Games, which reunites ten previous cast members in Las Vegas. Fame Games will be a ten-episode elimination contest featuring cast members from the original series, who will have their "Hollywood survival skills challenged" for the $100,000 grand prize. The show […]

Dave Mays Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Black Enterprise, Seeks New Injunction

The Source Magazine has announced the filing of a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Black Enterprise Greenwich Street private equity fund, claiming members plotted to steal the magazine and illegally fired Source founder Dave Mays as CEO. Mays has retained the law firm of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard P.A., to help him regain […]

Ying Yang, Sir-Mix-A-lot, John Legend Tapped For ‘Copyright Awareness Week’

The Ying Yang Twins and Sir-Mix-A-Lot are among the entertainers taking part in Copyright Awareness Week, a new nationwide initiative that aims to educate young people about the importance of copyright laws. In addition to those rappers, Grammy Award-winning R&B singer John Legend and rock group 3 Doors Down will create public service announcements about […]

50 Cent In Final Negotiations To Star Opposite Samuel L. Jackson In ‘Home Of The Brave’

50 Cent is in final negotiations to make his second motion picture appearance in the upcoming film Home Of The Brave, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. The plot revolves around three soldiers returning from the war in Iraq and trying to readjust to civilian life. Jackson plays a doctor who unravels during the course of the […]

Rapper Mac Minister Profiled On America’s Most Wanted, Sought For Questioning In New Murder

Bay Area rapper Mac Minister was profiled on Fox’s long-running television series America’s Most Wanted on Saturday (Feb. 11). Police have been seeking Mac Minister, born Andre Dow, in connection with the May 2005 murders of Kansas City rapper Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins and his companion, Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins. Police suspect Mac Minister and an […]

Kurupt, Gail Gotti Announce Wedding Date and New Album

West Coast rap couple Kurupt and Gail Gotti announced plans to wed this summer and will release an album together on their respective labels.The future newlyweds will release an untitled full-length album together this summer through Kurupt’s Penagon Enterprises and Gail Gotti’s Night-In-Gail Entertainment.Two tracks from the upcoming album, “Ride It Out,” which was produced […]

Little Brother Attends Hip-Hop Summit at North Carolina Central

The North Carolina trio of Phonte, Big Pooh, and producer 9th Wonder, collectively known as Little Brother, recently participated in a Hip-Hop Summit at their Alma Mater, North Carolina Central University, on Wednesday (Feb. 8). The one-day summit was established to address social issues within the Hip-Hop community and allow aspiring Hip-Hop enthusiasts to display […]

Essence Magazine And Berklee College of MusicSeeking Hip-Hop Artists

Essence Magazine and the Berklee College of Music are looking for Hip-Hop’s next generation of stars through their first ever Hip-Hop Songwriting Contest. Students from ages 15-18 who are unsigned can submit their music until Feb. 28. Entries will be judged based on cleverness and innovativeness of lyrics, as well as melody and composition. "This […]