Hip-Hop has a new way to express itself and this vehicle comes in the form of a new comic book called the Blokhedz. The comic book chronicles a teenage rapper named Blak who hopes to save his home from malevolent forces and also learn to manage his mystical power over words. The book is the […]

Revered lyricist Lord Finesse – who discovered Big L – is not impressed with much of the talent in hip-hop these days and refuses to look to radio for any inspiration. “So many ni**as is wack. If this is the best that the game got, I don’t need to be rhyming, because it’s not a […]

Ja Rule has signed on to star in the remake of the 1976 film “Assault On Precinct 13.”Ja will star as “Smiley,” opposite of Lawrence Fishburne and Ethan Hawke in the flick, which will be directed by Jean-Francois Richet.The movie centers around a mobster (Fishburne) who is locked away in Precinct 13, a police station […]

Rapper Tab “Turk” Virgil, former member of Cash Money’s Hot Boys, had murder charges against him reduced at a preliminary hearing.Virgil is being held on charges of attempted murder, after two officers were shot while raiding an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee.The charges against him have now been lowered from First Degree Attempted Murder to […]

The New York Press has released the 2nd annual "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers" issue. "In defining the word ‘loathsome,’ we cast a wide net and caught all manner of frauds, blowhards and bloodsuckers," the New York Press wrote. "Sometimes the people displaying this behavior are representative of unseen forces and larger groups; other times […]

EA Sports and Def Jam will partner to bring gaming enthusiasts a new Hip-Hop video game.Def Jam Vendetta II will feature more than 70 characters including more than 35 characters in Hip-Hop.Busta Rhymes, Carmen Electra, Lil’ Kim, Ludacris, Method Man, Redman, Sean Paul, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, and others will be featured in the game, […]

Rapper Juvenile is teaming with Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince in a new joint venture to release new artists. Under the deal, Juve and J. Prince will release new music from Skip and Wacko as well as an album by the new group Partners N Crime. "This venture is a new way for me to experience […]

The world’s third largest music company, EMI, is cutting 1,500 jobs, will drop 1 in 5 of its artists signed and will begin outsourcing its CD and DVD manufacturing to reduce costs, the company announced today (March 31). EMI owns such labels as Capitol, Virgin, Caroline and Bluenote, is home to almost 300 artists including […]

Presidential hopeful John Kerry said that he was “fascinated by rap and Hip-Hop” and said that he was a big fan of the genre.”I think there’s a lot of poetry in it,” Kerry told MTV’s Choose or Lose. “There’s a lot of anger – a lot of social energy.”Kerry warned America leaders of the importance […]

Westside Connection is preparing to release "So Many Rappers In Love," their second single from the already platinum second album Terrorist Threats. The single, "So Many Rappers In Love" features group members Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC poking fun at rappers who make love songs. The group will shoot a video for the single […]

Powered by his Hip-Hop tinged single "Yeah" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, R&B sensation Usher moved 1.1 million units of his fifth album, Confessions the first week in stores. The album tallied the highest first week numbers ever scanned by a male R&B artist, breaking R. Kelly’s record of 540,000 for TP2 in 2000. The […]

All Mighty Kay Gee of the Cold Crush Brothers is launching his website, www.HipOrHop.com, that will offer digital downloads of hard to find Hip-Hop battles and performances.Consumers will be able to purchase and download legendary and historic performances which are the foundational blue prints for today’s Hip-Hop acts.In the past, fans could only get their […]

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will make his Broadway stage debut tonight (March 29) to the public, as "Raisin in the Sun" kicks off at the Royale Theatre in New York. Combs and cast did their first official run through of the entire play last night. The previews, which start tonight, are open to the public. […]

Missy Elliott’s video "Pass That Dutch" garnered six nominations for the 2004 Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Awards. Elliott will go head-to-head with Christina Aguilera’s "Fighter," which was also nominated six times. Elliott’s video is up for best choreography, best cinematography, best styling, best direction of a female artist, best art direction, best coloring and […]

Rapper turned pastor Mason "Ma$e" Betha is planning to return to his roots as a rapper. The Harlem World member, who experienced life changing success as a rapper left the business in 1999 to preach. Ma$e is in talks to reunite with his former manager Cudda Love, who also founded Fo’Reel Entertainment, the label that […]

Dr. Cornel West, the Princeton professor that released the critically acclaimed Hip-Hop album Sketches Of My Culture, is finishing up production on his follow-up, titled Street Knowledge. The double CD will drop on the RocDiamond/DOA Soul label and is comprised of 20 tracks that chronicle the black experience in America from the days of slavery’s […]

Jay-Z’s involvement with a group of investors that purchased the New Jersey Nets won him accolades as a business man, but some residents in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn are singing a different tune. Yesterday (March 28) almost 400 people turned out to protest a planned 19,000 seat arena that developer Bruce Ratner, who […]

Eminem and Obie Trice were among the nominees for the annual Detroit Music Awards, which are slated to take place Friday, April 23 at the State Theater in Detroit. Eminem is nominated twice in the Best National Single category for his songs "Sing For The Moment" and "Superman," while Obie Trice’s album Cheers landed him […]

The Chicago Hip-Hop Summit took place Saturday (March 27) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.Kanye West and Common hosted the event and Twista, Shawnna, Layzie Bone, Crooked I and others took part in a variety of discussions, ranging from police brutality, the surveillance of rap artists, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other issues.”This was […]