Chauncey Dillon was sentenced to 30 years to life yesterday (Dec. 17) for allegedly assaulting Dip Set rapper Freaky Zeeky and murdering Zeeky’s friend during a shoot-out in Manhattan last year. The early morning shoot-out (April 24) allegedly began when a driver rear-ended Zeeky’s Jeep Cherokee, according to trial testimony. The drivers involved left their […]

Robert “Screw” Montanez, road manager for R&B singer Akon was shot to death outside of a New Jersey bar on Wednesday (December 15th), after preventing a man from robbing rapper Capone of Capone-N-Noreaga of his jewelry. Montanez was with Akon and Capone at the Ringside Bar in Jersey City, New Jersey, taping a promotion featuring […]

DMX was arrested and charged with driving violations, after police allegedly caught the rapper speeding and driving with a suspended license. On Wednesday, a New York State Trooper allegedly clocked DMX driving over 100 mph in a 65 mph zone while the rapper was traveling on Interstate 684 in Westchester County. DMX’s license had been […]

Footage of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s final concert before his untimely death was recently sold on EBAY with a final selling price of $100,000, according to the Internet auction site. Approximately 30 to 40 minutes of ODB’s performance on November 11 at the Aggie Theater in Ft. Collins, Colorado was allegedly filmed two days before the […]

For the last two years, Jae Millz has built-up a reputation for being one of the most sought-after New York battle rappers, but the 23-year-old rapper has signed with Universal Records in deal that will hopefully bring his dreams to life. Millz said the album in progress might not be the work that many are […]

Lawyers for Rosa Parks and representatives for BMG will finally come to the table in a settlement meeting scheduled to take place this month. According to Parks’ lawyer Gregory Reed, the settlement talks are aimed at ending a five-year-old dispute over Outkast’s#### song “Rosa Parks,” from their platinum 1998 album Aquemini. Parks sued Outkast’s parent […]

Jermaine Dupri and Nelly will host “Atlanta’s Biggest Christmas Party,” tonight in Atlanta, Georgia. The event will take place at the Dunbar Recreation Center, where the celebrity rappers will hand out over 3,000 toys. “I feel that it’s a must we take care of our kids,” Dupri told AllHipHop.com. “They see more bad stuff than […]

Hip-Hop proved its popularity in the world of cell phones again, dominating the top-sellers on a new service being offered by T-Mobile called Caller Tunes. Caller Tunes is part of a new service being tested in the United States by major cell phone carriers. The “ringback” service allows customers to replace the ringing sounds callers […]

Ludacris has no problem going toe-to-toe with his new boss, Jay-Z – on the charts. Ludacris’ fourth album, Red Light District, sold an impressive 322,000 copies in its first week, bumping the newly appointed Def Jam president from the top slot on Billboard’s Top 200. After a week atop the charts, MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups Presents […]

Rapper Fat Joe will get into the Christmas spirit next week and will give the gift of technology to the Bronx, New York grammar school that educated him. Fat Joe will donate 20 computers to PS 146 on December 21st. In addition to the computers, the rapper will donate money to refurnish and repaint the […]

A medical examiner has ruled the death of rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard an accident, the result of taking cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller. A spokesperson said the combined effects of the cocaine and Tramadol caused the rapper to suffer a heart attack on November 13, just two days before his 36th birthday. According to […]

Self-proclaimed gangster Styles P. of The Lox plans to exhibit a gentler, more conscious side by expanding his lyrical material for his upcoming sophomore album Time Is Money, the Yonkers-bred rapper announced. "This album, I didn’t want to be as street as I usually am," Styles told MTV.com. "Before, I was more wild. I’m trying […]

Loon has departed his long term recording home of Bad Boy Entertainment and founded an upstart company, Boss Up Entertainment, the Harlem rapper said. Loon told AllHipHop.com that he felt it was simply time to move on from his present situation and strike out on his own as a business man. “I want to definitely […]

Chicago Rapper Common has expanded his horizons beyond Hip-Hop and has launched a new foundation, delved into AIDS activism and authored a children’s book. According to Common, being involved with the “Knowing is Beautiful” AIDS campaign being launched in conjunction with corporate giant Viacom, is very personal. “I had a family member that passed from […]

Tomorrow Russell Simmons and Ben Chavis of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network will be present to sign a new bill to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, but the resolution has been met with community opponents who still seek complete reform. In a statement, mogul Dame Dash explained his own disdain for the laws and called […]

Atlanta, Georgia rap duo Outkast have launched a new label and recently signed fellow Georgian rapper Bubba Sparxxx. Outkast’s Purple Label also inked a distribution deal with Virgin. Sparxxx, formerly on Interscope, first hit big with his 2001 single “Ugly” from his Timbaland produced major label debut Dark Days, Bright Nights, as well as 2003’s […]

Members of the New York Police Department’s 13th Precinct have reportedly refused to attend a Christmas party tonight (Dec. 13) at Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in New York, allegedly embittered over Jay’s previous accusations of racism. The precinct’s organizing committee agreed to hold the party at Jay’s Chelsea sports club, the New York Post reported, though […]

E-40’s scheduled concert in Oregon last night (Dec. 11) was canceled due to authorities’ fear of alcohol sales, the show’s content and possible gang violence. The performance was supposed to be held at a teen dance club called VIBES, but was called off after Director Tom Cole discovered that several police and Medford City Council […]

Cam’ron, the Harlem-based rapper, has departed Island Def Jam after the sale of Roc-A-Fella Records was made final and Jay-Z was appointed president of the label. The rapper recently made the announcement on New York Radio revealing that LA Reid, the current head of Island Def Jam, granted the Diplomat Records CEO a release from […]

Guru, the mouthpiece for Gangstarr, has embarked on a solo deal that will spawn a pair of albums for the veteran rapper in 2005. “We have a new project, a new venture. The label is called 7 Grand and the project is called Guru 7.0,” the veteran rapper announced to AllHipHop.com. Additionally, Guru revealed that […]