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http://staging.allhiphop.comSTRIVE, an international non-profit employment, training and job placement organization has teamed with Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation to create a scholarship for anyone who has been incarcerated under New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws.The Simmons Brothers Art Scholarship, which honors Simmons’ older brother Danny, will be available to any person incarcerated under the law […]
Christmas day at the home of Damon Dash, CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records isn’t as exciting as you might imagine, for a man who helms a company worth a half billion dollars.”It’s boring because they [his children] got everything,” Dash told AllHipHop.com. “It’s like my son had his birthday and I still haven’t bought him a […]
The Jam Master Jay for Youth Foundation is organizing a benefit concert for the slain DJ to commemorate what would be his 39th birthday.Marvin Thompson, who is heading the charitable foundation, told the Queens Village Times-Ledger that the proposed concert would take place on January 21.In addition to the concert, the organization will hold a […]
Hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas have been tapped to perform at the MusiCares tribute dinner.The event honors a different person each year for their musical, humanitarian and environmental accomplishments.This years Person of the Year Award will go to Sting, the former front man of the seminal group, The Police.A special dinner, tribute concert and silent […]
Artist: Memphis BleekTitle: M.A.D.E.Rating: 3 1/2 StarsReviewed by: Jayson Rodriguez On what was then supposed to be Jay-Z’s final album, Vol 2…Hard Knock Life, Memphis Bleek was billed as Hov’s heir apparent: a new, improved Jay-Z. Two albums later, he was still trying to live up to the hype. But after three years away from […]
The home of John “Tommy Hill” Wilson, lead rapper of the popular Philadelphia group The RAM Squad, was raided last night. The group had been under investigation by the FBI since the late 1990’s after Hill and others formed an alliance with incarcerated Philadelphia mob boss, “Skinny” Joey Merlino. Police allege that Wilson was dealing […]
MTV officially picked up “Making the Band” for a third season, the network announced.The new season will feature the group Sean “P.Diddy” Combs put together, Da Band.The show will feature the group living in Combs’ luxury apartment on New York City’s Upper East side.The show started taping in Atlanta in November. Da Bands debut album, […]
Police in upstate New York arrested 12 people linked to the gang “Dipset,” named after rap group The Diplomats hit song “Dipset Anthem.”The gang, which is comprised of 40-50 teenagers, is suspected in as many as 12 slayings in the Rochester, New York area.In recent months, police infiltrated the group, which operated in a neighborhood […]
Artist: RaekwonTitle: The Lex Diamond StoryRating: 3 StarsReviewed by: Toshi Kondo There will never be another Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…. So get over it and stop comparing it to Raekwon’s third solo release, The Lex Diamond Story. Despite telling myself this, thirteen different producers, generic-ass Ice Water shout outs, and the lack of concepts […]
Fred "Rerun" Berry, star of the hit 70’s situation comedy "What’s Happening!" has passed away at age 52, apparently by natural causes. Friends said that Berry had been in ill health and the legendary actor/dancer had recently suffered a stroke. "What’s Happening!" ran from 1976-1979 and was based on Eric Monte’s 1975 smash movie, "Coolie […]
"I’m out here trying to get shows and a lot of these dudes are taking my money you understand? It’s like a lot of these cats are taking my money. The Ugly Ducklings, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, and all this s### that I ain’t even heard of. I guess it’s a lot of these young kids […]
The Source magazine won a court case that will allow them to include a snippet CD of racist remarks the rapper made against African-Americans.U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Lynch said the magazine can publish up to :20 seconds of the CD and ruled that the usage of the snippets fall into fair use of copyrighted […]
Before David Banner rode his “Cadillac on 22s,” they were “Ridin Spinners.” Before Lil Jon got crunk, they tore the club up. And before Bone Crusher said he was “Never Scared,” they told people, “Don’t Be Scared.” They are the Three 6 Mafia. But the Hypnotize Minds headliners aren’t out reaching for recognition. They don’t […]
You ever look at directly at the sun? One blinding light in the hip hop universe that is and has been doing extraordinary things is Quincy Jones III. Better known as QDIII this man has been a visionary in hip hop and the complete music industry for nearly twenty years. His father, the pioneering legend […]
Maurice “Trick Daddy” Young pled guilty to felony cocaine and weapons charges, avoiding prison time.By pleading guilty, the most serious charge of aggravated assault with a firearm was reduced to a misdemeanor.Young also pled guilty to possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon.The rapper must make 24 free appearances to warn […]
Rosa Parks is close to reaching a settlement with Outkast. The settlement would end a five year battle between the two parties over the song “Rosa Parks.”Under terms of settlement, Outkast’s record label Arista will produce CD’s and DVD’s aimed at educating hip-hop fans about Parks and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Alabama.Arista […]
Method Man and Redman will star in an untitled television comedy based on an idea by Method Man.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the untitled project stars the rappers as themselves, living in a white suburb of New Jersey.Things go sour for the fun loving duo when Method Man’s mother moves into the house.”It’s a very […]
50 Cent was hit with a lawsuit by an acto who claims his bodyguards roughed him up on the set of a music video.Jamarr Isom claims 50’s bodyguards punched him in the face during a video shoot in Manhattan Beach, California.Isom said the incident started when he was waiting for his wardrobe with several other […]
A new book on rapper Eminem has hit the stores, titled “White Noise: The Eminem Collection.”The book focus isn’t about Eminem as much as it is about what others have written about him.The book takes excerpts from newspaper articles and websites, in an attempt to show his influence on American culture.The book examines all sides […]
A Lebanese man that said he went on a pilgrimage to Islamic holy sites in Iraq and was instead detained by U.S. troops, alleges the troops used loud rap music to torture him.Mohammed Jaber said an Iraqi cab driver handed him and three friends over for $100, claiming they were fighters for Saddam Hussein’s fallen […]