Rocksteady Crew Prepares For 26th Anniversary
The Rock Steady 26th Anniversary celebration is set to kick off in New York on July 24th. The three day event will feature a benefit basketball game, a film festival, an MC battle and the introduction of the first fashion show, the "Punk Rock Rap Fashion Show," with a stage that was designed by acclaimed […]

36 Mafia Debut At #1, Preparing “Choices” Sequel
Three 6 Mafia’s Da Unbreakables landed at #1 on Billboard’s Rap album sales chart and #4 on Billboard’s Top 200 album sales chart. "Man it feels good like a super wet woman," DJ Paul told AllHipHop.com. "I didn’t think that it was gonna do good cause the video aired so late, a week before the […]

Rapper Vishiss Releases New Single
Detroit native, rapper and former star of the canceled UPN show "Platinum," Vishiss recently released a new 12 inch single on his own indie record label, Spit Records. Vishiss, who was introduced to a national audience as VersIS on the television show, explains that he was a rapper long before the television show, falling in […]
Second Annual Seattle Hip-Hop Tattoo Convention Kicks Off
The Second Annual Seattle Hip-Hop Tattoo Convention will kick off August 15th-17th at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. The event is centered in hip-hop culture and catalogs the progress of tattoo artists in the Northwest and around the United States and will feature legendary battle rapper Canibus, as well as other local dee jay’s. […]

Trick Daddy Concert Moved, Organizers Claim Racism
A concert featuring Trick Daddy and Khia was moved from a remote area of Suwannee County, Florida to Gainesville on Saturday, prompting organizers to cry racism. The concert was scheduled to take place at The Sugar Shack, but was halted when Suwannee County sheriff officials served the owner with an injunction to cancel the event, […]

Beanie Sigel Out On Bail
On Saturday, Dwight “Beanie Sigel” Grant, was released from jail after posting bail. Police claim Grant shot and injured Terrence Speller after the two men argued outside a bar in Philadelphia. These latest allegations against Grant, which Grant’s attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., says his client is denying, add to a list of run-ins with the […]

Beanie Sigel Charged With Attempted Murder
Beanie Sigel is in police custody and was charged with attempted murder today, for a shooting that occurred outside of a bar in West Philadelphia earlier in the week. Sigel turned himself in to authorities after the Roc The Mic concert at the Tweeder center in Camden New Jersey, in connection with the shooting of […]

Barry White Passes At The Age Of 58
R&B legend and crooner Barry White died on Friday at the age of 58. White suffered from years of high blood pressure, which ultimately led to kidney failure. White passed away yesterday morning around 9:30 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to White’s manager, Ned Shankman. White’s influence on hip-hop is strong, as his music […]

Official Statement Released By Suge Knight’s Attorney
Early Saturday morning, June 21st, outside of Papas nightclub in Los Angeles, my client Suge Knight was attending a meeting with Minister Tony Mohammed to work on plans for the upcoming 100,000-man March for Peace. Mr. Knight left the club with a group of other people, including Mr. Mohammed, and went to retrieve his car. […]

Coors Light To “Celebrate” Hip-Hop’s 4 Elements
Coors Light will "celebrate self expression," by introducing collectors edition beer cans, designed by a local Denver, Colorado artist. The alcoholic beverages will feature the four elements of hip-hop:B-boying, Turntablism, Emceeing, and Graffiti. "Many of today’s artists have been influenced by the hip-hop movement, which has never been more popular than it is now," said […]

Witnesses Produced To Defend Suge Knight
Rose Kogerman, an attorney for Marion “Suge” Knight, said Wednesday that her client did not assault a valet, and she has witnesses to prove it. Claiming that it was another individual who became physical with the parking valet, Kogerman purports to have statements from 8 witnesses confirming Knight’s innocence. "Unfortunately for Mr. Knight, it appears […]

DMX Seeks Public Apology For St. Kitts Incident
DMX may be heading to court again, but this time by the other end of the law. Following his June 28th arrest on obscenity charges at the St. Kitts Music Festival, the Ruff Ryder has considered taking legal action against the show’s promoters if they decline to publicly apologize for the melee. DMX maintains that […]

Man Shot And Killed After Leaving Roc The Mic Concert
Police are seeking witnesses in the shooting death of a man outside of the Roc The Mic Tour during Canada Day celebrations at Ontario Place. Msemaji Granger, 24, was with four to ten friends at Tuesday’s concert. As Granger was leaving the concert he was shot several times by two men at close range. The […]

Cormega Signs First Artist, Prepares New Compilation, DVD
Rapper Cormega signed female rapper Donà, the first artist on his independent record label, Legal Hustle Records. Donà (pronounced Donya) is finishing up her debut album My Brother’s Keeper and is featured on Cormega’s third album, the upcoming Urban Legend album. “Donà is incredible! I can’t even explain how she rhymes," Mega said. "When you […]

Ving Rhames To Host DVD Chronicling Hip-Hop “Beef”
Emmy Award winning actor Ving Rhames will narrate a new documentary titled "Beef," that chronicles various rap battles and rivalries throughout the history of hip-hop. The DVD is the third installment in a 12 part series by QD3 Entertainment and Image. The first two installments, "Thug Angel," which was a documentary on the life of […]

Sean “P.Diddy” Combs Dismisses Lawsuit as “Pure Fantasy”
Sean "P.Diddy" Combs was hit with a $25 million dollar lawsuit from a former president of Bad Boy Entertainment, who claims that the mogul forced him to sign over a 25% interest in the company. Kirk Burrowes, 40, claims that Combs burst in his office at Bad Boy brandishing a baseball bat, forcing him to […]

Man Arrested In Lil Kim Jewel Heist
A New Rochelle man was charged with grand larceny after he allegedly tried to extort $25,000 from Lil Kim, in return for forking over her diamond "Queen Bee" necklace. John Acheson, 31, was charged with two counts of attempted grand larceny and attempted coercion and is facing up to four years in prison. Acheson called […]

Suge Knight Arrested Without Bail
Death Row Records CEO Marion Suge Knight was arrested for possible parole violation on Friday. According to reports, Knight allegedly punched a parking attendant outside a Los Angeles nightclub. Knight was arrested Friday in Los Angeles for the altercation, which took place June 21. He was jailed and denied bail Authorities said that Knight was […]

First Hip-Hop Peace & Unity Festival to Kick Off In Boston
Inebriated Rhythm and the city of Boston will present the first annual Hip-Hop Peace and Unity Festival in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 19, to celebrate hip-hop’s cultural diversity. The free event will feature a roundtable discussion conducted by KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane and Pharoahe Monch, with city businessmen, servicemen and congressmen from Boston, hoping to […]

Irv Gotti Breaks Silence, “Crime Partners” Star Arrested
In an interview with Los Angeles Times writer Chuck Phillips, Irv Gotti broke his silence surrounding the allegations that his Murder Inc. company and various spin-off businesses were involved in money laundering with Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a notorious Queens, New York drug dealer. Gotti stuck to the claims that he was simply helping out a […]