Mary J. Blige's Protege Starshell Releases "Birthday Girl"; Is It Any Good?

Mary J. Blige’s signee, Starshell, is carving our her own lane in “Birthday Girl”, the first single off of her upcoming debut Liberation. In 2008, Starshell came to the industry’s attention when she co-penned Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown”, a song that appeared on his 808’s & Heartbreaks effort. Are you feeling Starshell? (And doesn’t she […]

AHH Stray News: Chief Keef Signs With Interscope Records; French Montana's Debut Pushed to Fall; Drake/Chris Brown Incident Has Club Shut Down

(AllHipHop News) After receiving widespread attention following the release of his “I Don’t Like” record, Chicago native Chief Keef has announced that he has inked a deal with Interscope Records. Keef told MTV during Power 107.9’s 17th Annual Birthday Bash in Atlanta over the weekend, “I’ve been talkin’ to a lot of labels, but I just noticed […]

Kanye West, Beyonce and Jay-Z Lead Nominees For 2012 BET Awards; Samuel L. Jackson To Host

(AllHipHop News) Earlier today (May 22) at the BET Studios in New York City, Stephen Hill, President of BET’s Music Programming and Specials, was on hand to announce the 2012 BET Awards show’s nominees, recipient of the “Cadillac Lifetime Achievement Award,” and host for the awards, to take place on July 1 at the Shrine […]

Austin City Limits’ 2012 Music Festival Adds The Roots, Big K.R.I.T. and Childish Gambino to Lineup

(AllHipHop News) Not to be outdone by all of the recent festival news from Soundset, Rock the Bells, Lollapalooza and Made In America, the Austin City Limits 2012 Music Festival (ACL) has revealed its lineup for the city’s 11th annual, three-day concert event, to take place October 12-14 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. ACL 2012, […]

Justin Beiber Goes Hip-Hop Feature-Heavy For New Album “Believe”

(AllHipHop News) Justin Beiber, who won an award for Top Social Artist at last night’s (May 20) Billboard Music Awards, has revealed a number of intriguing Hip-Hop collaborations for his upcoming third studio album, Believe. The album’s tracklisting was revealed by Beiber via Twitter, prior to him taking the stage last night where he performed the Believe’s […]