I am Grouchy Greg. I founded AllHipHop in 1996. In addition to running the site, I enjoy breaking news stories. My stories have been cited in The LA Times, NY Times, NY Post, TMZ, Yahoo, Billboard, The Associated Press, CNN, and more.
http://staging.allhiphop.comEA Sports and Def Jam will partner to bring gaming enthusiasts a new Hip-Hop video game.Def Jam Vendetta II will feature more than 70 characters including more than 35 characters in Hip-Hop.Busta Rhymes, Carmen Electra, Lil’ Kim, Ludacris, Method Man, Redman, Sean Paul, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, and others will be featured in the game, […]
Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella records caved on a lot of their promises concerning the Black Album. There was indeed promotion, when said there would be none. There were singles (and poorly picked at that, in my humble opinion). There were overlapping producers and the final list was nowhere near the projected opus. But despite all my […]
AllHipHop.com: What’s up with you and Rhyme Night? X: The rhyme night is something that we doing out here to give some light to the artist out here that really don’t get any. The underground scene gets pushed around to that certain extent to clubs. I don’t really go out but for the simple fact […]
Since his last album Man Vs. Machine, blue collar lyricist Xzibit has laid relatively low. There were persistent rumors that he would never rap again after he was allegedly slashed with a broken bottle.There was the constant chatter ranging from Defari to Suge Knight. Suddenly, Xzibit’s grind has resurfaced partially with the visibility of a […]
“Big and Pac left…now Jay’s leaving is the reason I’m next” – Cory Gunz. The way blocks are buzzing about him similar to the early buzz on 50 Cent’s second stab at the rap game. Call it a slow grind…The Drama King DJ Kay Slay in a recent interview projected that Cory Gunz would be […]
Rapper Juvenile is teaming with Rap-A-Lot CEO James Prince in a new joint venture to release new artists. Under the deal, Juve and J. Prince will release new music from Skip and Wacko as well as an album by the new group Partners N Crime. "This venture is a new way for me to experience […]
The world’s third largest music company, EMI, is cutting 1,500 jobs, will drop 1 in 5 of its artists signed and will begin outsourcing its CD and DVD manufacturing to reduce costs, the company announced today (March 31). EMI owns such labels as Capitol, Virgin, Caroline and Bluenote, is home to almost 300 artists including […]
Presidential hopeful John Kerry said that he was “fascinated by rap and Hip-Hop” and said that he was a big fan of the genre.”I think there’s a lot of poetry in it,” Kerry told MTV’s Choose or Lose. “There’s a lot of anger – a lot of social energy.”Kerry warned America leaders of the importance […]
Westside Connection is preparing to release "So Many Rappers In Love," their second single from the already platinum second album Terrorist Threats. The single, "So Many Rappers In Love" features group members Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC poking fun at rappers who make love songs. The group will shoot a video for the single […]
Powered by his Hip-Hop tinged single "Yeah" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, R&B sensation Usher moved 1.1 million units of his fifth album, Confessions the first week in stores. The album tallied the highest first week numbers ever scanned by a male R&B artist, breaking R. Kelly’s record of 540,000 for TP2 in 2000. The […]
All Mighty Kay Gee of the Cold Crush Brothers is launching his website, www.HipOrHop.com, that will offer digital downloads of hard to find Hip-Hop battles and performances.Consumers will be able to purchase and download legendary and historic performances which are the foundational blue prints for today’s Hip-Hop acts.In the past, fans could only get their […]
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will make his Broadway stage debut tonight (March 29) to the public, as "Raisin in the Sun" kicks off at the Royale Theatre in New York. Combs and cast did their first official run through of the entire play last night. The previews, which start tonight, are open to the public. […]
Missy Elliott’s video "Pass That Dutch" garnered six nominations for the 2004 Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Awards. Elliott will go head-to-head with Christina Aguilera’s "Fighter," which was also nominated six times. Elliott’s video is up for best choreography, best cinematography, best styling, best direction of a female artist, best art direction, best coloring and […]
In Part I of our interview with David Banner, he discussed some of the ways the music industry affects his vision of success. His commitment to education and community values is sometimes lost in translation to those who don’t understand, but it does not stop David from keeping his heart in the right place. In […]
Rapper turned pastor Mason "Ma$e" Betha is planning to return to his roots as a rapper. The Harlem World member, who experienced life changing success as a rapper left the business in 1999 to preach. Ma$e is in talks to reunite with his former manager Cudda Love, who also founded Fo’Reel Entertainment, the label that […]
Dr. Cornel West, the Princeton professor that released the critically acclaimed Hip-Hop album Sketches Of My Culture, is finishing up production on his follow-up, titled Street Knowledge. The double CD will drop on the RocDiamond/DOA Soul label and is comprised of 20 tracks that chronicle the black experience in America from the days of slavery’s […]
Jay-Z’s involvement with a group of investors that purchased the New Jersey Nets won him accolades as a business man, but some residents in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn are singing a different tune. Yesterday (March 28) almost 400 people turned out to protest a planned 19,000 seat arena that developer Bruce Ratner, who […]
Eminem and Obie Trice were among the nominees for the annual Detroit Music Awards, which are slated to take place Friday, April 23 at the State Theater in Detroit. Eminem is nominated twice in the Best National Single category for his songs "Sing For The Moment" and "Superman," while Obie Trice’s album Cheers landed him […]
The Chicago Hip-Hop Summit took place Saturday (March 27) at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.Kanye West and Common hosted the event and Twista, Shawnna, Layzie Bone, Crooked I and others took part in a variety of discussions, ranging from police brutality, the surveillance of rap artists, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other issues.”This was […]
What was speculated for months in AllHipHop’s rumor section has now become confirmed reality – Dr. Dre has abandoned his highly anticipated album Detox. Instead of rhyming on the mic, the pioneering artist will stay behind the boards and produce for his stable of artists. And, he explained his relief and reasoning in the new […]
