Master P is being sued by a bank in Louisiana, claiming he owes $739,000 on a line of credit he secured last year. The lawsuit which was filed a couple of weeks ago, claims that P has fallen behind repaying a promissory note made in May of 1999. P owns a variety of businesses, including […]

Footaction USA has teamed up with Eve, Ruff Ryders’ award-winning rap artist, for the grand opening of the new Footaction store in Elizabeth, N.J. on November 11. Eve will sign autographs during her appearance and will give away 500 CD samplers featuring songs from her upcoming release “Scorpion.” During the grand-opening event, customers can sign […]

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith had a 6 pound 10 ounce baby girl on Halloween. The new addition to the family is named Willow Camille Reign Smith, and is the couple’s second child. Will Smith’s latest movie is The Legend Of Bagger Vance, while Mrs. Smith can be seen in the new Spike Lee Joint, […]

The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) handed down a ruling regarding the dispute filed by the Tupac Shakur Estate over the domains Tupac.com and Tupac.net . Judge Richard D. Faulkner of Texas, ordered the domain names stay with the current owner, R.J. Barranco. The two month dispute began when Tupac’s estate sent a cease and […]

Big Punisher died suddenly of natural causes resulting from a heart attack and respiratory failure. Though the hip-hop community lost one of it’s most promising voices, the impact of Big Pun’s legacy continues on his upcoming tribute, Endangered Species, which is to be released February 6, 2001. Loud Records readies itself to release the posthumous […]

DJ Screw, born Robert Davis Jr. has died of a heart attack on Wednesday, November 16th. Screw, who was recently honored by fellow mix DJ Funkmaster Flex, was one of the biggest DJ’s from Texas. In addition to being a DJ, he owned two record stores, appeared in a number of straight to video movies, […]

Sticky Fingaz is getting ready to release his solo album, Black Trash: The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones. The debut from ex Onyx member will feature fellow Universal label mates Canibus and Eminem, as well as Raekwon and Rah Digga. Sticky, who recentley proclaimed "I’m the hottest thing Universal Got This Year" has been busy staying […]

ClickRadio today announced that it has been granted an interactive radio license by Tommy Boy, the groundbreaking independent label. The agreement brings Tommy Boy’s catalog of over 200 albums spanning Rap, Dance, Rock and Gospel to ClickRadio’s free, personalizable, Internet-enabled digital radio service, which delivers a completely different way to hear music offline and a […]

JaRule helped show the power of Hip-Hop, snagging the number one spot from Radiohead. JaRule’s latest offering, "Rule 3:36" moved 276,000 unites during it’s first week, while Radiohead moved 86,450 units, slipping to the number 10 position. Nelly continues his amazing run on the charts, hopping back up to number 2, moving 150,125 units this […]

Puff Daddy has been hit with $3 Million dollar lawsuit by the driver that took Puff, Jennifer Lopez and Puff’s bodyguard away from a nightclub in December. The driver is claiming he suffered personal injuries and emotional distress. The driver has also indicated that the 9mm in the car belonged to Puff’s bodyguard, and not […]

Noreaga, half of the duo Capone N Noreaga is planning to release a documentary, dealing with the Hip-Hop world. The documentary, titled "What, What" is told through they eyes of Noreaga, who depicts himself as (surprise) a Hustler in Queens New York, to a million dollar rap star. It will cover Noreaga’s days as a […]

Russell Simmons and Rev. Al Sharpton are coordinating a meeting between all of the major record label CEO’s to focus on curbing violent lyrics, women bashing and profanity in Hip-Hop. The summit is scheduled for October 30th, at Harlem’s House Of Justice. According to a spokesperson at Sharpton’s National Action Network, Simmons and Sharpton are […]

Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur will be coming to the big screen. Investigative journalist Kathy Scott has sold the rights to her books, "The Killing Of Tupac Shakur" and "The Murder Of Biggie Smalls" to producers Jon Sheinberg and Beaux Carson. The books will be combined to produce a feature film titled "Record Wars". Shakur, […]

Scarface has attacked the DEA, for their investigation into Rap-A-Lot Records. The investigation began in 1988, when authorities discovered 76 Kilograms of cocaine in a car from a used car dealership that Rap-A-Lot CEO J-Prince owned. The DEA then opened an investigation into J-Prince, his label and his affiliates. The agent who led the investigation, […]

Jurassic 5 has been keeping busy lately. You can catch them today, (Wednesday October 18th) on MTV’s new Hip-Hop show, Direct Effect. The show is on from 5:30pm to 6:30pm EST. The group informed allhiphop that their video, "Quality Control" is one of the most played videos on MTV’s sister station, M2. In the markets […]