Funds Of Company Connected To Murder Inc. Seized

Last week, authorities seized a number of bank accounts of companies connected to Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff. The accounts of a company, Picture Perfect Entertainment, contained almost $500,000 in funds advanced by Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc. label. Picture Perfect was involved in the production of the soundtrack to the Murder Inc. movie "Crime Partners," which McGriff […]

Sony Dumps Will Smith

According to published reports, Will Smith has been dropped from the roster at Sony Music because of waning record sales. In addition, label heads reportedly believe that the young consumers of hip-hop no longer want the 34-year-old rapper/actor as a musician. Smith’s Born To Reign, failed to move a significant amount of units as it […]

Survey: Young Black Males Prefer Hip-Hop, Doubling Female Rate

According to MEE (Motivational Educational Entertainment), a company that has been documenting African-American youth’s buying patterns for years, African-American youth, whom rank among the highest media consumers today, are setting the buying trends for the rest of the world. Between February and August 2002 MEE conducted a survey across nine U.S. cities of nearly 2,000 […]

Mystic Explains New Album

After months of legalities, rapper Mystic will finally re-release her critically acclaimed album Cuts For Luck, Scars For Freedom, in May and this time with a major backing her. "Nothing wrong happened with the record," Mystic told AllHipHop.com. "The reason it didn’t go further is because [Jcor] fell apart. Jcor shut down and it was […]

Arsenio Hall Disses Rappers

Aresenio Hall had some negative remarks about rappers abilities, saying he didn’t believe there is a rapper "who is as talented as a good musician." Hall, who recently snagged the hosting duties for CBS’ reincarnation of "Star Search," also had some choice words to say about the late Tupac Shakur. "Tupac [Shakur] is a brilliant […]

Russell Simmons Hosts Def Con 03

Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons and Def Jam will host “Def Con 03” with legendary sports manager Leigh Steinberg of Steinberg & Moorad Sports Management. “Def Con 03,” will kickoff Superbowl weekend at the Blue Tattoo in San Diego and will feature Ja-Rule, Ludacris, Jay-Z and other hip-hop artists. “This marriage of sports and entertainment promises […]