The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Jay-Z and Rick James with the performance agency’s Golden Note Award during the 17th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Awards. The invitation-only awards dinner will take place June 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The event honors the top […]

Hip-Hop clothing designer Marc Ecko has entered into a joint venture with Atari and the union will produce a video game based on Hip-Hop and graffiti art. "Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure," will revolutionize the urban genre, according to Ecko. "This game will be genre defining. Revolutionary. We will put the flag in […]

Reebok and Jay-Z have paired up again for the second installment of the S.Carter Collection by RBK, which will feature the S.Carter II and the S.Carter Tennis, the sneaker giant announced yesterday. After a successful launch of the signature shoe last year, it was an easy decision for Reebok to partner with the retiring rapper […]

They’re not quite Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, or Jim Brown. Whereas the aforementioned gentlemen came together to fight a white supremacist organization in the 1974 movie, “Three the Hard Way,” Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Warren G are joining forces as 213 to assault urban airwaves with their debut, The Hard Way. The Long Beach […]

Lawyers for incarcerated rapper Ras Kass filed a civil complaint against Priority Records yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court citing a recording contract that binds him unreasonably. Ras Kass is arguing that Priority has unfairly kept him in his contract for an extended period of time and that Priority Records, Capitol Records and EMI […]

Over 24 states in America aim to sue tobacco giant Brown & Williamson over a marketing campaign that leaned heavily on Hip-Hop to market cigarettes and allegedly targeted youth under the legal smoking age of 18.New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sent a letter to Brown & Williamson revealing that the states intended to sue […]

Rappers David Banner, Slick Rick and Ras Kass are among the celebrities that are entering their works for the sequel to the best-selling book “The Right Words at The Right Time.” Simon and Schuster and author Marlo Thomas, creators of the inspirational book, are seeking submissions for the follow-up to the original New York Times […]

LIFEbeat, a non-profit dedicated to raising AIDS awareness will continue their “Hearts & Voices Concert Series” bi-monthly concert series and on May 25, the series will host “The Bad Boy Takeover.” Along with the E.A.R.S. Foundation, which give job opportunities to urban you in the music and entertainment industry, LIFEbeat will present Bad Boy artists […]

Andre 3000 of Outkast is negotiating with the Cartoon Network to develop his own project for the cable channel. The rapper is developing an untitled half-hour cartoon that may be featured on Cartoon Network’s "Adult Swim" program, a more mature evening telecast. The eccentric rapper’s own life is reportedly the inspiration for the cartoon and […]

A concert in Springfield, Massachusetts featuring 50 Cent Saturday morning spiraled out of control, according to local news reports.After a performance at the Hippodrome, a large disturbance broke out, resulting in the arrest of two patrons.Reports said 50 Cent jumped from the stage and started fighting with two people after someone in the crowd threw […]

The Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery in New York City will present an exhibition of graffiti flicks by famed Hip-Hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli. "Urban Blight — The Graffiti Photography of Ernie Paniccioli" will showcase 30 photographs of graffiti pieces shot over a span of 30 years. Paniccioli shot the pictures in various locations, ranging from New […]

Popular automotive lifestyle magazine Dub will present the Dub SuperSeries 2004 tour, which kicks off in Los Angeles on May 22nd. Rapper’s Loon, DMX and The Clipse will headlining the show, which is taking place at the Los Angeles Convention center and will showcase tricked out vehicles from various celebrities. Los Angeles car show registrations […]

Dame Dash and Victoria "Posh" Beckham have ended their hyped up collaboration, due to Beckham’s manager’s concern about her ailing career. Dash stripped Beckham’s voice off of the tracks he produced for the album and is seeking a new singer to record over them. "I want people to hear the album but it will be […]

Marc Live, member of the Analog Brothers with Kool Keith and Ice-T, has released his debut album, Validation: Episode Two – Attack of the Grunge on Junkadelic Records.”It’s just me breaking down where I’ve been and where I’ve gravitated to. It talks about my veteranism and me being in Hip-Hop for ten, twelve years,” Marc […]

The 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention in Newark, New Jersey will take place this summer with strong support from various members of the Hip-Hop community. In addition to Princeton professor Dr. Cornel West, Kevin Powell, Sway of The Wake Up Show/MTV, M1 of dead prez, Afeni Shakur and Davey D., the convention boasts performances by […]

Drama King DJ Kay Slay has started his trek to the budding world of hip-hop moguls with Street Sweepers Entertainment. And to get things going in force, he’s signed Papoose as his first young gun to jumpstart his arsenal. Many remember Papoose from his days with the Kool G Rap, as he was featured on […]

Slum Village is about to release their third album, Detroit Deli, but have lost member Baatin, who as Baatin The Slumlord, hopes to find solo success. Reduced to the pair of T3 and Elzhi, Detroit Deli is being billed as the group’s most musically rich album to date. The 15-song collection takes listeners on a […]