Latin Rap Conference Taking Place In New York

The organizers of the Latin Rap Conference [LRC] have announced that proceeds from the LRC’s showcase will be dedicated to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Latin Rap Conference will feature performances by Lil Rob, Tru Life and Voltio who are scheduled to headline event. In addition to the artist showcase, The LRC will also feature discussion panels and workshops […]

NAACP Honors Diddy For Raising Voter Awareness

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will honor Sean "Diddy" Combs for his efforts in raising voter awareness in the last presidential election. The annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) is an awards dinner that celebrates the courage and achievements of equal justice champions. The honorees are luminaries in politics, communications […]

Berklee College of Music Announces New Hip-Hop Class

Berkleemusic.com, the online extension school of the renowned Berklee College of Music, has teamed up with accredited music producer and writer Mike Hamilton to add a Hip-Hop Writing and Production to it’s curriculum of composition and production courses. The online course is devoted to helping students learn how to analyze and recreate different styles of […]

Feds Re-Open 1994 Tupac Shakur Shooting Seeking Clues In Rapper’s Murder

The unsolved shooting at Quad Studios in New York in 1994 involving Tupac Shakur has been reopened, anonymous law enforcement officials revealed to AllHipHop.com. Sources stated the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has reopened the case to see if the shooting was somehow connected to Shakur’s death in 1996 in Las […]

Cassidy Re-Charged With First Degree Murder, Defense Says Rapper Is Innocent

A first degree murder charge has been reinstated against Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rapper Cassidy. A judge overturned an earlier, lower court’s decision that Cassidy could only be tried for no more than third-degree murder. Prosecutors accuse the rapper of masterminding a shooting behind his row home in the Cedarbrook section of Philadelphia. Cassidy and Desmond Hawkins, […]

Outkast’s Big Boi Honored For Cultural Impact

The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation (KTCF) established in 1981 to research, collect, and present the African-American historical and cultural experience to the public, recently announced that Antwan (Big Boi) Patton will receive the Foundation’s 2005 Fine Arts Award. The KTCF Awards is an annual banquet that recognizes people through out the community who have been consistent and stellar in […]

Universal Pictures Snags Rights To Untitled Outkast Movie

Universal Pictures has obtained worldwide rights to distribute Outkast’s untitled HBO Films project, a 1930s musical that follows the aspirations of two southern entertainers, played by Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Andre 3000 plays a club piano player named Percival, and Big Boi plays Rooster, the club’s lead performer and manager. The film will also […]