Word Of Mouth Tour Kicks Off
Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, the Beat Junkies, and Supernatural will hit the road for the Word Of Mouth Tour, which kicks off September 13, in Los Angeles. The released tour itinerary concentrates the groups to much of the West Coast, with dates being added. Jurassic 5 recently had to pull out of the Warped Tour […]

DJ Klever Captures DMC Title
DJ Klever is the latest DMC World Title holder. The event put Klever, who was born Josh Winkler, against 11 other United States DJ’s. He now moves on to the World DMC Championship, which is being held in London September 23 and 24th. Last years United States winner, P-Trix placed second, while Jay Slim of […]
Outkast Inks Label Deal With Elektra
Elektra Entertainment has entered into a label deal with the much sought after brain trust of multiplatinum hip hop group Outkast. Andre "3000" Benjamin, and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, both of Outkast and David "Mr. DJ" Sheats, (principals in the production team Earthtone III) have launched Atlanta based Aquemini Records with Elektra. The first artist […]

Landspeed To Re-Release Cold Chillin’ Catalog
LandSpeed Records has announced plans to re-release classic material from the Cold Chillin’ Records catalog. Cold Chillin’ was one of the first and most influential powerhouse rap labels. Never before had a record company managed to put such diverse and charismatic talents as Master Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Roxanne Shante, Kool G Rap, Marley Marl, […]

Tupac Shakur’s Estate Settles
Tupac Shakur’s Estate settled out of court to the Estate of Orlando Anderson for an undisclosed amount last week. The settlement comes from a lawsuit Anderson had filed against Tupac and Death Row Records CEO, Suge Knight. Anderson, who was assaulted by Tupac and Suge in Las Vegas September of 1997, filed the civil suit […]
MC Eiht Drops New Album
MC Eiht, who dropped another classic album titled N’ My Neighborhood last month on Mack 10’s Hoo Bangin label, has announced the reformation of Compton’s Most Wanted, the pioneering group which launched Eiht Hype to stardom in 1990, with their debut release It’s A Compton Thang. CMW is featured on 3 tracks off of the […]

Kim Mathers Files $10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Kim Mathers has added more drama to the life of Eminem. On Monday, she filed a $10 Million dollar lawsuit against Eminem, claiming that he was unfit to retain custody of his daughter. Eminem filed divorce papers last week in Detroit, seeking to end his marriage to Kim, and establish joint custody of their child. […]
Hip-Hop Meets P###!
If you are a lover of Pornography, like we at allhiphop.com are, then you have to check out the latest offering from Hardcorps Entertainment. The album features 14 tracks of well known musicians backing up p#### actresses vocals. As a spokesperson put it: "Please keep in mind that this record is NOT an attempt to […]

New Juvenile Album Dropping
Juvenile (born Terius Gray), the platinum selling artist with Cash Money Records, has a new album dropping September 26th. The album, titled Playaz Of The Game will be released on D3 Entertainment, a label that Juvenile recorded for prior to blowing up with Cash Money. The album, contains Juvenile’s break through record, Bounce For The […]

Half Of The United States Files Lawsuit
Over half of the States in North America have filed suit against 5 of the worlds largest record labels, accusing them of price fixing. 28 States filed suit in U.S. District Court For The Southern District Of New York. The suit centers on a policy called “minimum advertised pricing” (MAP), under which the labels subsidized […]
Kim Mathers Tries To Commit Suicide
Kim Mathers, Eminem’s wife, has added a little more drama to the already hectic life of Eminem. Kim, who is 25, tried to commit suicide in their suburban Detroit home. Police in Sterling Heights say they went to the house about a medical emergency. When they arrived, Mathers was conscious. She was taken to the […]

Puff Surprises Jennifer Lopez
Puff Daddy helped Jennifer Lopez celebrate her 30th birthday, tricking her into going to a party she assumed was for Reggie Miller’s wife, Marita Miller. Club Lotus in Manhattan, had 250 family and friends waiting for Lopez. When Puff arrived in his Blue Bentley, the guests greeted Lopez at the door. Damon Dash, who seems […]

Volume Changes Internet Strategy
Volume.com, the internet portal funded by HBO, has been totally reformed. Volume was adversely affected by the America Online aquisition of Time Warner. Originally, Volume.com had a staff that was taken from The Source Magazine, ABC News, and several other prominent places. However, the site will now focus less on original content and more on […]
Wake Up Show Launches Today
The WakeUpShow,which is heard in 5 countries and reaches over 13 million listeners worldwide, launches today. The site allows users to access audio and video featuring Sway and Tech with some of the guests that have appeared on the show. You can catch streaming video from Slum Village, Cali Agents, Masta Ace, Dilated Peoples, Talib […]

88 Hip-Hop Closes Doors
88hiphop.com is no more. Pseudo, which owned a 50 percent stake in the site, closed the site down due to the site not being profitable. Randy Nkoniki-Ward and Mark Kotlinski, the other 50 Percent stake in the business, have been accused by various online websites as not having enough management experience to guide the site. […]

Snoop Dogg And Tha Eastsidaz Announce Deal With Rio
Snoop Dogg and Tha Eastsidaz will be among a number of groups that will come pre-loaded on the Rio portable devices. An announcement with TVT was issued today, in which they will put four tracks on the digital music player. The RIO 600 is being developed by s-3 and Nike. “Consumers are driving a drastic […]

Kobe Bryant Holds Launch Party
Kobe Bryant held a launch party for his new label venture, Heads High Entertainment at the House Of Blues. There was a packed house, with each patron paying $15 to see Bryant and his label roster to their thing. The first act, featuring two 13 year olds and an 8 year old, named Da Babies […]

Shyne’s Lawyers Dispute Evidence
Shyne, the M.C. that sounds like a reincarnation of Biggie Smalls, is fighting for his freedom. The young artist’s defense is fighting to get key pieces of evidence against him thrown out of court. Shyne was charged with attempted murder in the night club shootout on Dec. 27th, 1999, where three people were wounded in […]

Suge Terrorizing Up In Smoke Tour?
According to infamous radio personality Wendy Williams of Philly’s Power 99, Suge Knight has been secretly terrorizing Dr. Dre, Snoop and the some of the staff of the “Up In Smoke” tour. According to Williams, Suge has been buying approximately 30 front row tickets to every Up In Smoke concert as a show of intimidation […]

Puff And Jennifer Lopez Honored By Versace
Puff and Jennifer Lopez were the recipients of a star studded dinner party in Lopez’s honor, thrown by Donatella Versace this past weekend in Paris. The duo followed the festivities by co-hosting a party at Les Bain Douches, where they announced the launching of Sean John’s womens clothing line. Unfortunately, Puff didn’t have a long […]