As 26-year-old Kanye West prepares his highly anticipated debut, College Dropout, the producer and rapper is already dominating the charts.The Kanye West produced song “You Don’t Know My Name” By Alicia Keys occupies the #1 position on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.In addition to Key’s massive hit, “Slow Jamz” by fellow Chicago natives […]

Big V of Nappy Roots held a party on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the launching of a new record label he is fronting, Horseman Entertainment.The label is a partnership between Big V and Desmond Bell. The two held the party at the Blue Dome, which also served as a platform to announce that Big […]

Wu-Tang member Killah Priest cleared confusion surrounding his upcoming recording projects.On Wutangcorp.com a website purporting to be the official Wu-Tang site, an article was printed claiming the rapper was seeking pre-orders to record his new untitled album.”That article is completely untrue,” Priest told AllHipHop.com. “I am in the process of contacting the website in order […]

According to reports, Universal Music Group, the world’s most dominant record label, is attempting to launch an uncensored, 24-hour music television channel.Dubbed 1 AM in an attempt to pay homage to the first amendment, the new channel is being backed by Eminem’s Shady Records, p#### company Vivid Entertainment Group and the Endeavor Talent Agency.While a […]

LL Cool J has become the first musical artist to star in a Gatorade commercial.The :30 second spot titled “Everywhere” will debut today (January 1) during the Capital One Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the Orange Bowl.During the commercial, LL performs an original rap, explaining how the drink is “tested in labs and proven everywhere,” […]

New Orleans police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the murder of rapper James “Soulja Slim” Tapp.Garelle Smith, 22, was booked with first degree murder relating to the November slaying of Tapp, who was shot multiple times in the face and chest in front of his grandmother’s house on November 26.Sources told AllHipHop.com […]

As the year 2003 comes to an end, rapper Skillz has released his “Rap Up 2003.”Like last years recording, the noted rapper cleverly weaves the more memorable events of the past year into rhyme form.”Everybody got poked fun at,” Skills told AllHipHop.com. “Everything is in there, but I just missed the Bobby and Whitney episode.”The […]

Ruff Ryders has entered into an exclusive distribution deal with Image Entertainment and will release a series of DVD’s starting with “Jin: The Making of a Rap Star.”The DVD will take a behind the scenes look at the events that lead up to the release of Jin’s debut album The Rest Is History, which drops […]

Soulja Slim’s brother has come forward to counter media allegations that his life mirrored his raps, which sometimes spoke of the darker side of life on the streets. Magnolia $crilla, Slim’s 23-year-old younger brother, said that Slim was a caring individual who was active in the community and always willing to help a person in […]

Interscope is conducting an investigation into leaks surrounding music from Eminem’s upcoming album.The rapper is recording his album in a Los Angeles recording studio and despite security precautions, three unfinished tracks have found their way to Internet auction site, Ebay.The recordings were being offered to the highest bidder.Ebay promptly canceled the auction, but the recordings […]

A recently released book focuses on the spiritual value of rappers Tupac Shakur and Lauryn Hill.”Jesus and the Hip-Hop Prophets,” written by John Teter and Alex Gee, reflect on the lyrics of the two rappers and the spiritual value contained in their music.Teter is director of two More Than Conquerors ministries in California, while Gee […]

STRIVE, an international non-profit employment, training and job placement organization has teamed with Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation to create a scholarship for anyone who has been incarcerated under New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws.The Simmons Brothers Art Scholarship, which honors Simmons’ older brother Danny, will be available to any person incarcerated under the law […]

Christmas day at the home of Damon Dash, CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records isn’t as exciting as you might imagine, for a man who helms a company worth a half billion dollars.”It’s boring because they [his children] got everything,” Dash told AllHipHop.com. “It’s like my son had his birthday and I still haven’t bought him a […]

Hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas have been tapped to perform at the MusiCares tribute dinner.The event honors a different person each year for their musical, humanitarian and environmental accomplishments.This years Person of the Year Award will go to Sting, the former front man of the seminal group, The Police.A special dinner, tribute concert and silent […]

MTV officially picked up “Making the Band” for a third season, the network announced.The new season will feature the group Sean “P.Diddy” Combs put together, Da Band.The show will feature the group living in Combs’ luxury apartment on New York City’s Upper East side.The show started taping in Atlanta in November. Da Bands debut album, […]