A plane carrying rappers Mobb Deep, 40 Glocc and Sam Scarfo was forced to make an emergency landing early Saturday morning (Oct. 21) after flames and smoke started to shoot out one of the transport’s engines. After missing a connecting flight to Chile, the group of rappers caught a Delta flight, which was to take […]
The four-man collective known as Strong Arm Steady is now a trio. Rapper Xzibit has officially left the group, which features fellow emcees Krondon, Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick. “I’m not in Strong Arm Steady anymore,” Xzibit told AllHipHop.com. “They actually signed the deal without me and went over to Blacksmith. It’s Krondon, Phil […]
Lil’ Wayne has been barred from performing at Morgan State University and may face criminal charges, after a homecoming concert went awry when the rapper’s entourage threw money into the crowd. The sold-out concert took place at Hill Field House during the university’s homecoming concert on Thursday (Oct. 19), which also featured Busta Rhymes. During […]
Title: Hi-Teknology, Vol. 2: The Chip
Artist: Hi-Tek
Record Label: Babygrande
The Oracle - No opinion.
The Chip - Not Feelin’.
Keep It Movin’ - Good to hear Q-Tip. Song’s Ok.
Think I Got A Beat - cute.
Can We Go Back. - Sounds like some ol’ mid 90’s rap in NYC on an underground station. The Young lady sounds cool.
Josephine […]
Minister of the Gospel Kurtis Blow Walker Debuts HipHopMinistry.com web-portal-
Setting Stage for Spring 2007 CD Release Distributed WorldWide By EMI Gospel -
Canton Jones and Christopher ‘Play’ Martin to serve as Associate Producers on album- Now Accepting Music Submissions
October 11, 2006. Atlanta/New York. Minister of the Gospel Kurtis Blow Walker announced today the worldwide debut […]
HIP-HOP MOGUL ANNOUNCES
HUMANITARIAN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO SOUTHERN AFRICA
RUSSELL SIMMONS ACCEPTS INVITATION FROM THE DIAMOND INFORMATION CENTER TO TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA AND BOTSWANA
New York, NY - October 19, 2006 - Hip-Hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced today that he has accepted an invitation by the Diamond Information Center to lead a humanitarian fact-finding mission to South […]
After reuniting on stage this past weekend in New York, EPMD and DJ Scratch will head overseas next month to embark on a 10-date international outing. The pair and their DJ will travel to Belgium on Nov. 22 and finish up in Italy on Dec. 2. “We are bringing it back to the good old […]
Evelyn “Champagne” King To Release First New Material In Ten Years
(Los Angeles, CA)–Dance, disco and R&B diva Evelyn “Champagne” King, known for her string of dance driven, energy charged hits including “Shame” and “Love Come Down,” has just inked a deal with RNB Entertainment Group to release her first new material in over a decade. […]
DIDDY’S “PRESS PLAY” GETS GREAT PRESS PLAY:
NEW ALBUM GATHERS CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“PRESS PLAY,” Diddy’s first solo project in five years, has been garnering widespread critical acclaim. The collection, which arrived in stores this week, finds the Bad Boy founder and recording artist joined in the studio by […]
Rapper The Game Graces Video Contest Site Bix
The Game (Geffen/Black Wall Street) is now being featured on Bix.com, a destination that allows users to create video and photo contests. The rapper is soliciting entrants for a female dancer for his next video, as well as a top rapper for his next mixtape. For the “Video […]
HIP-HOP SUMMIT ACTION NETWORK’S
FOURTH ANNUAL ACTION AWARDS A HUGE SUCCESS
The embodiment of hip-hop empowerment was evident in full force at the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s (HSAN) Fourth Annual Action Awards. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kanye West, Debra Lee and BET Networks and Steve Stoute were acknowledged and honored for their contributions to the hip-hop community. HSAN […]
SLICK RICK FACING DEPORTATION…AGAIN!
FEDS PRESS “VENDETTA” AGAINST BELOVED RAPPER;
REFLECTION OF LARGER TREND IN U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICIES
HSAN TO RALLY PUBLIC SUPPORT AT OCT. 24 PRESS CONFERENCE
NEW YORK, N.Y. - OCTOBER 17, 2006 - More than ten years after an immigration judge first ruled that Slick Rick’s “outstanding equities” entitled the British-born rapper to remain in America […]
New York’s Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced a settlement with investment bank Morgan Stanley after the company came under scrutiny for fraud, when one of its brokers defrauded 15 customers out of $740,000. Gabriele Tamar Smith, who counted DJ Clue, Fabolous, Kevin Liles and other Hip-Hop stars and executives as clients, ran Premier Business Management […]
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is teaming with ESPN Original Entertainment to create a scripted boxing series titled Hit Men. Hit Men will focus on the lives of a multi-cultured group of struggling athletes who work out at The Hit Men Boxing Club, a gym that is run by former boxer Frank Cerrones. According to ESPN, the […]
Rapper Slick Rick has enlisted the aid of Russell Simmons’ Hip-Hop Summit Action Network to help prevent him from being deported from the United States. The organization will hold a press conference Oct. 24 at 11 a.m. in front of the Federal Court Building in New York. Slick Rick (born Richard Walters), 41, served five […]