Afrika Bambaataa, who was commissioned by Nike to do the Emmy Award nominated "Freestyle" basketball piece has been keeping busy. Bam’s group, Hydraulic Funk which includes Steven "Boogie" Brown and Fred Fowler, also did a spot for Reebok which features MVP Allen Iverson. After the enormous success of the "Freestyle" piece, Hydraulic Funk is working […]

Jay-Z was sentenced to three years probation on Wednesday after pleading guilty to stabbing Lance "Un" Rivera. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and confessed to stabbing Rivera on Dec. 1, 1999, at a party for Q-Tip at Manhattan’s Kit Kat Klub. According to the police, Jay accused Rivera of bootlegging copies of Vol. 3-Life […]

Bungalo Records which is distributed by the nation’s leading distribution company, Universal, is the newest label to rep the streets of Compton, South Central, and beyond. The labels’ roster claims many of the west’s top notch acts, including DJ Quik, Suga Free, Coolio, Hi-C and Chill of Compton’s Most Wanted. Bungalo’s founder and CEO is […]

Ol’ Dirty Bastard was sentenced yesterday, (Wednesdy July 18th), to 2-4 years in prison, for possesion of 20 vials of crack cocaine. According to reports, Ol Dirty may have tried to hurt himself earlier at the psychiatric ward where he currently being held. Ol’ Dirty was in protective custody and is under suicide watch Tuesday […]

C. Delores Tucker, who almost single handedly helped Death Row lose their distribution deal with Time-Warner, lost her attempt to sue Time Magazine and Newsweek, claiming that they had mischaracterized her dispute with the estate of the late Tupac Shakur. The Supreme Court’s 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out 74 year old Tucker […]

DMX will embark on his Hoodstock tour, giving fans on the East Coast free outdoor shows on top of an 18 wheeler truck. According to Def Jam, Hoodstock starts Oct. 12th in D.C. and will end in Atlanta on Nov. 1st. The tour will run through Baltimore, Boston, Hartford, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, […]

Fueling the rumors that have already been circulating, Paterson New Jersey police said Tuesday that they are investigating as to whether or not Erick Sermon tried to commit suicide. Sermon’s J Record’s spokesman Biff Warren told allhiphop.com that Sermon was involved in a car accident, which broke the artist’s shoulder, jaw and leg. Sermon also […]

Bad Boy Records CEO, Sean "Puffy" Combs is looking to move his label away from parent label, Arista when his deal with the label runs out in 2003. Puff is already in negotiations with Arista chief, L.A. Reid and are currently talking about who will be allowed to follow Puff when he exits at the […]

It seems that no one is safe from getting dissed this year in Hip-Hop. With Beef’s between Jay-Z and Nas, Prodigy and Jay-Z, Jadakiss and Jay-Z, Suge and all Death Row defectees, Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss, Foxy Brown and Lil Kim and whoever else, it seems that K-Solo has thrown in his bid on the […]

Calvin Broadus, known to the world as Snoop Dogg was charged with marijuana possession after police officers stopped two of his tour buses for speeding and found several bags of the drug. Tray Dee of Tha Eastsidaz was also arrested. State police pulled the buses over after a traffic stop on Interstate 90, west of […]

Nate Dogg is ready to drop his long-awaited solo album, and — unsurprisingly — the King of Cameos isn’t going it alone. Some of Nate’s past collaborators — including Pharoahe Monch, Kurupt, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg — will rap along with the crooning O.G. on Music & Me, which drops December […]

Ja-Rule, who will shoot the video for his latest single, “Always On Time” next week in Miami, has been a busy man lately. According to sources, it seems that JA-Rule has set his sites beyond Hip-Hop, recently penning the remix to Jennifer Lopez’ hit "I’m Real," as well as songs on Mariah Carey’s new album […]

According to court papers filed by the Bank of New York, Juvenile has failed to make any of the monthly $2,329 mortgage payments on his home since April. The bank has foreclosed on its loan for the $315,000 Mandeville, LA real estate and has authorized the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office to seize the property […]

The Wu-Tang Clan and Afroman were winners of High Times magazine’s Doobie Award. The 2nd annual show, which was scheduled for September 12th at the Wetlands in New York City, was canceled due to the terrorist acts the day before. Afroman, who won Pot Song Of The Year was scheduled to perform at the show. […]

Dr. Dre donated $1 million dollars to help with the relief efforts, due to the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center and smashed a portion of the Pentagon. The donation, went to Los Angeles’ Hot 106 FM’s Power Of The Dollar fundraising campaign. Other artists have also donated as well. Russell Simmons donated […]