Kutmasta Kurt Prepares ‘Redneck Olympics’

Waxploitation Records announced a deal with Kutmasta Kurt and out of the union will come Redneck Olympics, a new album that includes rarities, b-sides and previously unreleased tracks. Kutmasta Kurt is known for his work with The Beastie Boys, Kool Keith, Dilated Peoples, Linkin Park and others. Redneck Olympics features hard-to-find and unreleased tracks from […]

Namco Sues Lil’ Flip & Sony Over “Game Over” Sample

Namco America has filed a lawsuit against rapper Lil’ Flip and Sony Music Entertainment for copyright infringement, over the rapper’s#### song “Game Over.” In a lawsuit filed in US District Court, Southern District of New York, Namco alleges their copyright was infringed upon, when sounds from the game "Pac-Man" and "Ms. Pac-Man" were included on […]

AHH Stray News: Chingy, XXL, Eminem

Rapper Chingy has departed Ludacris’ Disturbing The Peace and his management with Chaka Zulu. Kenneth Crear and Johnny Wright of WCM will act as co-managers over the multi-platinum St. Louis rapper as his preps his sophomore album, Powerball. While AllHipHop.com speculated about the split in August, Zulu denied the sources’ validity in a statement. Chingy […]

Jay-Z & R.Kelly Seek To Prevent Bootleggers During Tour

Jay-Z and R. Kelly filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to halt the selling of bootleg merchandise outside of the venues that will showcase their “Best of Both World’s Tour.” The two granted Bravado International Group Merchandising Services the rights to sell their images on a variety of officially endorsed merchandise. The lawsuit seeks to restrain […]

Afrika Bambaataa Prepares New LP, Founds Hip-Hop Preservation Group

Pioneering Hip-Hop artist Afrika Bambaataa is preparing to release Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light, in collaboration with original Tommy Boy Records founder, Tom Silverman. The album sticks to Bambaataa’s long term mission of promoting peace through his work. Silverman, who signed Bambaataa in 1982, said that he still believes in the genre […]

Rosa Parks Cannot Testify Against Outkast, Doctors Say

Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks suffers from dementia and should not answer questions relating to her lawsuit against Hip-Hop stars Outkast, her doctor’s revealed. Parks, 91, took the rap group to court over their 1998 hit song “Rosa Parks,” featured on their multi-platinum release, Aquemini. According to her lawyers, her health is failing and she […]

Mos Def Movie Snags An Emmy

Hip-Hop represented at the 56th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles last night (September 20), as “Something the Lord Made” starring Mos Def snagged an Emmy for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. The made-for-TV movie aired on premium cable channel HBO. The network dominated the evening, snagging nine of the first 17 awards handed out. […]