On Saturday, Dwight “Beanie Sigel” Grant, was released from jail after posting bail. Police claim Grant shot and injured Terrence Speller after the two men argued outside a bar in Philadelphia. These latest allegations against Grant, which Grant’s attorney, Fortunato Perri Jr., says his client is denying, add to a list of run-ins with the […]
Beanie Sigel is in police custody and was charged with attempted murder today, for a shooting that occurred outside of a bar in West Philadelphia earlier in the week. Sigel turned himself in to authorities after the Roc The Mic concert at the Tweeder center in Camden New Jersey, in connection with the shooting of […]
R&B legend and crooner Barry White died on Friday at the age of 58. White suffered from years of high blood pressure, which ultimately led to kidney failure. White passed away yesterday morning around 9:30 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to White’s manager, Ned Shankman. White’s influence on hip-hop is strong, as his music […]
Early Saturday morning, June 21st, outside of Papas nightclub in Los Angeles, my client Suge Knight was attending a meeting with Minister Tony Mohammed to work on plans for the upcoming 100,000-man March for Peace. Mr. Knight left the club with a group of other people, including Mr. Mohammed, and went to retrieve his car. […]
Coors Light will "celebrate self expression," by introducing collectors edition beer cans, designed by a local Denver, Colorado artist. The alcoholic beverages will feature the four elements of hip-hop:B-boying, Turntablism, Emceeing, and Graffiti. "Many of today’s artists have been influenced by the hip-hop movement, which has never been more popular than it is now," said […]
Rose Kogerman, an attorney for Marion “Suge” Knight, said Wednesday that her client did not assault a valet, and she has witnesses to prove it. Claiming that it was another individual who became physical with the parking valet, Kogerman purports to have statements from 8 witnesses confirming Knight’s innocence. "Unfortunately for Mr. Knight, it appears […]
DMX may be heading to court again, but this time by the other end of the law. Following his June 28th arrest on obscenity charges at the St. Kitts Music Festival, the Ruff Ryder has considered taking legal action against the show’s promoters if they decline to publicly apologize for the melee. DMX maintains that […]
Police are seeking witnesses in the shooting death of a man outside of the Roc The Mic Tour during Canada Day celebrations at Ontario Place. Msemaji Granger, 24, was with four to ten friends at Tuesday’s concert. As Granger was leaving the concert he was shot several times by two men at close range. The […]
Rapper Cormega signed female rapper Donà, the first artist on his independent record label, Legal Hustle Records. Donà (pronounced Donya) is finishing up her debut album My Brother’s Keeper and is featured on Cormega’s third album, the upcoming Urban Legend album. “Donà is incredible! I can’t even explain how she rhymes," Mega said. "When you […]
Emmy Award winning actor Ving Rhames will narrate a new documentary titled "Beef," that chronicles various rap battles and rivalries throughout the history of hip-hop. The DVD is the third installment in a 12 part series by QD3 Entertainment and Image. The first two installments, "Thug Angel," which was a documentary on the life of […]
Sean "P.Diddy" Combs was hit with a $25 million dollar lawsuit from a former president of Bad Boy Entertainment, who claims that the mogul forced him to sign over a 25% interest in the company. Kirk Burrowes, 40, claims that Combs burst in his office at Bad Boy brandishing a baseball bat, forcing him to […]
A New Rochelle man was charged with grand larceny after he allegedly tried to extort $25,000 from Lil Kim, in return for forking over her diamond "Queen Bee" necklace. John Acheson, 31, was charged with two counts of attempted grand larceny and attempted coercion and is facing up to four years in prison. Acheson called […]
Death Row Records CEO Marion Suge Knight was arrested for possible parole violation on Friday. According to reports, Knight allegedly punched a parking attendant outside a Los Angeles nightclub. Knight was arrested Friday in Los Angeles for the altercation, which took place June 21. He was jailed and denied bail Authorities said that Knight was […]
Inebriated Rhythm and the city of Boston will present the first annual Hip-Hop Peace and Unity Festival in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 19, to celebrate hip-hop’s cultural diversity. The free event will feature a roundtable discussion conducted by KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane and Pharoahe Monch, with city businessmen, servicemen and congressmen from Boston, hoping to […]
In an interview with Los Angeles Times writer Chuck Phillips, Irv Gotti broke his silence surrounding the allegations that his Murder Inc. company and various spin-off businesses were involved in money laundering with Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, a notorious Queens, New York drug dealer. Gotti stuck to the claims that he was simply helping out a […]
A movie based on the life of hip hop phenomenon, 50 Cent, may be in the works. Terry Winter, a member of the creative team responsible for HBO’s Sopranos, is discussing a script with 50 Cent. “I’ve started developing a film with Terry. It’s similar to 8 Mile but based on my life,” said 50 […]
DMX was arrested last night for swearing during the a performance in the Caribbean, local police said. Organizers the annual St. Kitts Music Festival, which takes place on the Caribbean of Saint Kitts, said that they warned DMX that obscenities were not to be used on the stage because of laws barring it in the […]
Lil Kim’s estimated $250,000 worth of jewels was recovered by a United Airlines worker in a a locker room for airline employee’s yesterday. The jewels, which were found wrapped in a rag, disappeared on June 20, as she headed to Los Angeles for the BET Awards. "I’m deeply gratified that Lil’ Kim’s unnerving experience has […]
Obie Trice has been added to the line up of the "Roc The Mic" tour, which features his Shady Records label mate 50 Cent and Roc-A-Fella head, Jay-Z. "It’s good for me," Trice said. "It’s hot for me to join a tour like that with 50 and the rest of them cats. I’m definitely excited […]
Wu-Tang star Raekwon and his Ice Water label make the cover of Insomniac Magazine’s Hip Hop Business Issue. Raekwon and the co-owners of Ice Water, Inc. talk turkey about their business venture with Universal Records. The special Hip Hop Business Issue of the 7 year old nationally distributed industry magazine, Insomniac, provides deep information for […]
