Ol’ Dirt Dog has done it again. ODB, the charismatic and often troubled member of Wu Tang has changed his name again – this time to Dirt McGirt ODB. The rapper has assumed a variety of monikers including the infamous Big Baby Jesus to Ason to God Unique to Joe Bananas to Osiris. “He’s changed […]

50 Cent has signed his G-Unit Records to Interscope and intends to drop an album by the crew of the same name before year’s end. “First I drop my album, and people pay attention,” 50 Cent said in a statement. “Now that I got their attention, I’m gonna drop the next s**t on them – […]

Afeni Shakur, mother of slain rapper Tupac, donated $10,000 dollars to a community college in North Carolina to establish a scholarship in his grandmother’s name The Rosa Bell Williams scholarship was given to Robeson Community College on behalf of the Tupac Amaru Foundation. The check was presented yesterday (April 8) after Afeni Shakur was interviewed […]

Hot 97’s Aston "Funkmaster Flex" Taylor struck a deal in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday and plead guilty to harassing Power 105.1 air personality Steph Lova. Flex’s Lawyer, Murray Richman said that by striking the deal, Flex was not charged with any crime and was cited for a violation. "He denies striking her, and the district […]

Presidential hopeful Rev. Al Sharpton held his second Annual National Convention for his National Action Network over the past weekend that was punctuated with a hip-hop workshop on Saturday evening. The last workshop, “Using The Influence Of Hip-Hop To Empower Our Youth,” served as a town meeting for the public to engage with a robust […]

Eminem is scheduled to appear in a Macomb County, Michigan court next month to defend himself against a defamation lawsuit. Eminem and sanitation engineer DeAngelo Bailey, 32, of Warren could not come to a settlement after mediation and proposals to settle the case were rejected. Bailey, a childhood associate of Eminem, claimed he was defamed […]

Director Nick Broomfield will hold a Q&A session at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square, New York on April 29th. Starting at 6 pm, the director will field questions related to one of the most talked about films at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, "Biggie & Tupac." The DVD, which will be released on home […]

A mural that was the subject of controversy at Woodbury High School in New Jersey featuring Eazy-E, Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G. and Big Punisher has finally found a home, in a popular shopping mall. The Mural was unveiled in the Deptford Mall’s teen center Saturday (April 5) and has been expanded to feature Aaliyah, John […]

Human rights anti-war activist and comedian legend Dick Gregory will deliver the keynote speech to open the fourth annual “Hip Hop Generation-Hip Hop As A Movement” Conference, April 11-13, 2003 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Gathering under the banner of Peace and Anti-Militarism, the weekend event will feature panels, strategy sessions, and performances. The […]

MTV’s show "Making The Band 2" and P. Diddy have come under fire from residents in Greenwich Village in New York, where the show is being filmed. MTV rented two combined brownstone townhouses for the show and neighbors are complaining of loitering, noise and cigarette butts being left on the sidewalk. Residents in the area […]

Irv Gotti may have committed a federal crime by using the FBI letters in Ja-Rule’s latest video "The Reign," without permission. The video features Patrick Swayze as an FBI agent and recreates the FBI raid on Murder Inc.’s offices earlier this year. While FBI officials aren’t pleased with the video, they said that it would […]

EXCLUSIVE: Juvenile has reunited with Cash Money Records after a bitter breakup in 2001. “Juvenile and Cash Money have settled any differences they had, and Juve is currently working on album which will be released by Cash Money later this year,” Peter Seitz, CEO of American Talent Agency, told AllHipHop.com. ATA is Juvenile’s management company […]

Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard has been released from an upstate New York prison. According to sources Ol’ Dirty is being held in a New York area mental facility after he was deemed unsafe to the public. Fellow Clan members remained optimistic that Ol’ Dirty would be released as early as July. “It’s good […]

IJay-Z will be honored along with Jive Records President Barry Weiss tomorrow, April 2. The two mogul’s will be honored by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding at the home of songwriter Denise Rich. The award comes for promoting diversity in the workplace. The Foundation For Ethnic Understanding is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to […]

Recent Academy Award nominee, Queen Latifah, is among named defendants in a copyright lawsuit seeking $15 million over the box office standout, “Bringing Down the House.” Marie Flaherty, a New York attorney, claims to have written a screenplay entitled “Amoral Dilemma,” whose plot is strikingly parallel to that of “Bringing Down the House.” In 1999, […]