An industry watchdog group in the UK has criticized 50 Cent’s latest advertisement for his movie “Get Rich or Die Trying.” The poster features 50 Cent holding a gun in one hand and a baby in another. According to the Advertising Standards authority, the poster drew 17 complaints from viewers who found the poster offensive. […]

Intel has hired The Black Eyed Peas to help promote two new Intel brands being unveiled this week. The group has been tapped to perform at Intel’s party during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday (Jan. 5), to help launch two new chips, Viiv and Centrino. Intel is in the process of […]

Lil’ Kim’s non-profit Lil’ Kim Cares hosted a Christmas party/toy giveaway Dec. 22 in Philadelphia, and event that drew over 1,000 local residents. The event was broadcast live by 1003 and was co-sponsored by Philadelphia veteran Charlie Mack and Brooklyn boxing champion Zab Judah and his Fight For Life Foundation. "The charity event was a […]

D12’s Bizarre and Proof have created and will host a new ongoing DVD concert series titled “Wanna Battle.” Produced in conjunction with NuTech Digital, the DVD series features Bizarre and Proof judging various rappers who are engaged in a rap battle in front of thousands of spectators. The first DVD in the series features a […]

Prosecutors dropped murder charges against Gucci Mane on Friday (Dec. 30) citing a lack of evidence in the murder of another man. Gucci Mane, born Radric David, was accused of shooting Henry “Pookie Loc” Clark III, after Clark and four other men burst into a house and threatened to attack him in May of 2005. […]

Obie Trice was shot this morning (Dec. 31) while driving on a freeway in Detroit, Michigan. The rapper was traveling on The Lodge Freeway just after 1:00 am, when someone in another vehicle open-fired on the car Trice was driving, with his girlfriend as a passenger. "He got shot in the head," Obie Trice’s manager […]

Virginia rapper Skillz has gone back on his word and has recorded a 2005 "Rap-Up," despite saying that he wouldn’t do another installment of the lyrical year-in-review. "People only want to hear that song from me so why not do it?" Skillz told AllHipHop.com of the annual song. "There was just so much to talk […]

Rapper Pimp C, one half of rap group UGK, has finally released from prison Friday after rappers and fans lobbied via the aggressive “Free Pimp C” campaign throughout 2005. The Houston-bred rapper, who turned 32 on Thursday, served roughly half of an eight-year sentence. He was incarcerated in January 2002 after violating probation by missing […]

Two Atlanta, Georgia rap cliques riding the top of the charts have become entangled in a dispute, after accusations of dance copycatting and stage sabotage surfaced in numerous media interviews. Rap group D4L (Down 4 Life) recently issued a statement addressing "negative comments" allegedly made by Dem Franchise Boyz in various interviews. The four-man groups […]

Lil’ Flip will be featured in an upcoming episode of NBC’s television show “Las Vegas.” The episode features Delinda (Molly Simms) starring as a model in Lil’ Flip’s poolside video shoot at the fictitious Montecito Casino. The production is cut short when Lil’ Flip discovers the real diamonds used as props have been stolen and […]

Last week, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to extend requirements within the Patriot Act that are set to expire soon, ending a dispute between prominent Democrats and Republicans. On Dec. 21, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced that Congress had reached a compromise to extend expired portions of the act until Feb. 3, 2006. The […]

A police officer who was acquitted on murder charges in Kingston, Jamaica, has released a rap song called “To Protect and Serve,” claiming he will restore law and order to Jamaican streets. Human rights groups claim Senior Superintendent Renato Adams – who was acquitted by a jury last week of murdering two men and two […]

Almost 3,000 cases of Nelly’s energy drink Pimp Juice were stolen the Thursday before Christmas (Dec. 22) in St. Louis, Missouri. Representatives for Fillmore Street Brewery, the company that manufactures Pimp Juice, said the bandits may have been caught on tape and have filed a report with local police. “Somebody’s holiday parties are going to […]

MTV and West Coast Customs have amicably split, ending a relationship that helped create “Pimp My Ride,” one of the most successful television shows for music television network. MTV has confirmed that the network and West Coast Customs have split amicably over owner Ryan Friedlinghause’s concerns about his company’s image. The new show will air […]

A man accused of stealing Will Smith’s identity was sentenced to two years in prison today (Dec. 27). Carlos Lomax, 45, was convicted of fraudulently opening and charging over $33,000 with 14 phony accounts at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area stores in Will Smith’s legal name, Willard C. Smith. Lomax pleaded guilty in September of 2002 to […]

After years of being indirectly involved with Hip-Hop music, actor/pop singer Patrick Swayze is finally experimenting with rap music. Swayze recently said he was experimenting with “rap rhythms as an emotional undercurrent for ballads.” The 53-year-old Swayze had a massive hit with the song “She’s Like The Wind” from the soundtrack to the film "Dirty […]

Pharrell Williams recently partnered with cable network TNT to promote the NBA’s 2006 All-Star Game. Williams will appear in commercials to promote the 55th Annual All-Star Game, which takes place at the Toyota Center, home of the Houston Rockets, on Feb. 19, 2006. The commercial will air on TNT and features highlights from the NBA […]

Rapper/actor Will Smith has won the rights to the domain name willsmith.tv, after the original owner failed to respond to Smith’s claims of abuse of the domain on the internet. The domain willsmith.tv was registered by “Barney Rubble” of Vancouver, British Columbia in November of 2004. In October of 2005, Smith filed a complaint with […]

In response to published reports regarding Foxy Brown’s alleged disrespectful behavior before Judge Melissa C. Jackson, Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s Dr. Benjamin Chavis issued an eyewitness account surrounding the events leading to Brown being handcuffed to a court bench Friday (Dec. 23). Brown was in court scheduled to plead guilty in accordance with an agreement […]

Sadat X of Brand Nubian was arrested in Harlem, New York on gun charges Thursday (Dec. 22). According to police, the incident started when Sadat X, born Derek Murphy, flashed a pistol at a group of teens in Harlem on 158th and Broadway. Police said the rapper brandished a 40-caliber Beretta handgun and told the […]