DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. THE DAILY TWO SENSE Check out the new blog from Erick Sermon of EPMD, where he talks about the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors! Email me your rumors, sightings and […]
Pacquiao Breaks De La Hoya’s Will to Fight You’ve heard the sage boxing adage for decades now, that a good big man always beats a good little man. Well, lightweight titlist Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) is an all time great little man, and an unsuspecting Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) found […]
With the national spotlight recently put on heroin kingpin Frank Lucas through motion picture and television shows now dedicated to chronicling the lives of some of the most notorious gangsters, the streets now have an audience. You can thank Troy Reed for that. As the founder and owner of Street Stars, Troy Reed revolutionized […]
DISCLAIMER: All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on. BARACK! Tell me that wasn’t historic? I just love how the media has ALREADY attempted to undercut his efforts! It’s all to the good. History was […]
Long Beach rapper Crooked I was first heard by rap fans on the 1997 West Coast underground release The 19th Street Compilation and since then has been tearing up microphones and recording booths from L.A. to New York. This pure-rap thoroughbred ended up taking his skills to the controversial and feared rap mogul, Suge Knight, […]
The saga of Death Row Records has taken another twist, as the woman who won a default judgment that sent the record label into bankruptcy is being sued for fraud and breach of contract. Harris assigned a $107 million dollar default judgment she won against Death Row Records in 2005 to Conquest Media Group […]
Big Oomp Camp Allstar member Baby D announced the release of a new album titled A-Town Secret Weapon. The Decatur native has been a member of the Big Oomp camp since 1994, when Big Oomp launched his legendary independent label/record store chain. The album is the first release under the Koch Urban South imprint, which […]
Kiki Swinson has a sweet telephone voice. Sadly, she’s a street fiction writer and most of her fans will never hear it. Yet, before you think it’s all candy and flirts in lala land, understand that Swinson has been there done that with thug romance and a five year bid on her criminal record to […]
What a year! 2007 will probably go down as one of the strangest, loudest, most interesting years that Hip-Hop has ever gone through. The highs of many comebacks. The lows of fleeting record sales and dropped artists. A host of collaborations both expected and non-traditional. Khaled was the BESSST!!! The Hip-Hop cops were the worst. […]
Going from drug kingpin to film producer is not the mid-life epiphany that it seems to be when you meld the two worlds. Anthony “Tone” Gonzalez’ experience running the Bronx streets in the ‘80s serves as prime fodder for his films. In his latest documentary, Superfly: The Untold Story of Frank Lucas, […]
When family problems arise, even the best-laid plans get put on hold. Cincinnati production kingpin Hi-Tek took a little time away from the game recently when his daughter took ill, but thanks to a big paper hustle and some focused foresight, not many would have recognized his momentary absence. Even from the days of his […]
Artist: NasTitle: Hip Hop Is DeadRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: AJ FreshDue to the current trend of proclaiming Hip-Hop’s demise, Nas’ eighth album Hip Hop Is Dead (Def Jam), is pretty timely. If anything, the controversial title could make it a critical component to the success and ongoing longevity of true Hip-Hop music-if it’s any good. […]
A Los Angeles bankruptcy judge has set a deadline for parties to file claims against Death Row Records and Marion "Suge" Knight as part of a Chapter 11 restructuring of the legendary West coast label.Death Row Records and Knight filed for Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in April of 2006, listing debts of […]
Defense attorneys for Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff recently petitioned a federal judge to require the Department of Justice to rule on a decision in McGriff’s pending death penalty case. McGriff’s attorneys, Jean D. Barrett and David A. Ruhnke, have requested U.S. District Judge Edward R. Korman to require that the Department rule on whether the convicted […]
"Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler," the critically-acclaimed debut novel by New York Magazine contributing writer Ethan Brown, is coming to the small screen. The Mottola Company has optioned film and television rights to the book, which takes a look at how the streets and housing […]
Producer of the Year: Swizz Beats Swizz Beats reinvented reinvention this year. While he had it at T.I. and Cassidy, Swizz continued to help his fellow man by rescuing Bone Thugs & Harmony, and feeding fire to Joe Budden, Young Gunz, and Memphis Bleek. The sound is brand new, and arguably better than ever! Swizzie. […]
For all the street bluster that marked the Supreme Team’s reign in southeast Queens—the souped-up Mercedes armed with gun turrets and an oil slick, the matching jackets emblazoned with the crew’s logo, the packaging locations crowded with dozens of baggers who were forced to work in the nude so as not to walk off with […]
AllHipHop.com reveals the hardships Irv Gotti and The Inc. are having after the feds accused him of laundering drug money! Read more!
A legend, Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. is considered by many to be one of the greatest MC’s to ever touch a mic. Involved in the most infamous rap beef to date, he was brutally gunned down on March 9, 1997. Like his friend turned foe Tupac Shakur, his death was a shock to […]
Artist: Young BuckTitle: Straight Outta CashvilleRating: 4 StarsReviewed by: Javid Louis Straight Outta Cashville (Interscope), G-Unit is back on the scene with the debut album from Young Buck. After the astronomical success of 50 Cent and the platinum, and growing, success of Lloyd Banks, many wondered how the first Southern release from the New York […]
