(Brooklyn, NY January 30th, 2007) Detroit emcee and producer Black Milk will release his highly anticipated album Popular Demand on Fat Beats Records on March 13th. Following the creative vacuum left by the passing of J Dilla and Proof, the Motor City has been awaiting a new champion of the city’s vibrant hip-hop scene. Popular […]
Return of the Mac teams Prodigy up once again with noted producer and Eminem DJ, The Alchemist, who produced every song on the album. The Alchemist most recently assembled The Re-Up Mixtape with Eminem.
Prodigy is one half of the musical force that rap fans have to come to know and love as Mobb Deep. […]
Upcoming producer David “Disco D” Shayman committed suicide yesterday (Jan. 22). The producer, who hailed from Ann Arbor MI, came to prominence as a DJ on the Detroit/Ann Arbor Hip-Hop/club scene. Disco D was behind a number of Hip-Hop hits, including 50 Cent’s “The Ski Mask Way” Nina Sky’s “Turnin’ Me On” and Kevin Federline’s […]
NEW YORK- January 24, 2007—Legendary multi-platinum hip-hop group
Wu-Tang Clan go back to their roots with 8 Diagrams, their first new album in
six years, on Steve Rifkind’s SRC label through Universal Records to come
out this summer. The band released their very first album, Enter the
Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), on Rifkind’s groundbreaking Loud Records nearly 15 years ago
and […]
New York, NY Jan 22, 2007 Global superstar AKON’s smash sophomore album, Konvicted, continues to outsell top level competition (Jay Z, Game, Fergie, John Legend) making it the biggest release of 2007 thus far. The album is certified platinum by the RIAA in just 5 short weeks after its release.
Chicago rapper Common will officially launch his new Soji line of hats on Wednesday (Jan. 23) in New York. Common, along with invited guests Jamie Foxx, Alicia Keys, Jeremy Piven and others, will preview the high-end hats, which will be sold exclusively at La Coppola Storta stores, a trendy retailer with locations in Palermo, Roma, […]
Blue Star Entertainment International/Atlantic recording group Pretty Ricky has announced details of their eagerly anticipated second album. Dubbed “LATE NIGHT SPECIAL,” the collection arrives in stores coast-to-coast today, January 23rd.
“On The Hotline,” the first single/video from “LATE NIGHT SPECIAL,” is already blowing up at radio, ranked at #9 this week at Urban outlets. The […]
Popular Los Angeles based gay rapper Deadlee has announced that he will headline what is being billed as the first ever organized regional tour of gay, lesbian and bisexual rap & Hip-Hop artists. Billed as the Homorevolution Tour 2007, the ten-city trek will feature a variety of popular gay and lesbian MC’s, including Johnny Dangerous, […]
For six decades, Atlantic Records has been home to the most innovative, compelling, and enduring artists in soul and R&B. Now, Atlantic welcomes a new addition to its storied roster - Musiq Soulchild. The multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter will release his eagerly anticipated label debut, “LUVANMUSIQ,” on March 13th.
Musiq’s first new album […]
Ethan Brown, author of the critically acclaimed book Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler, will be offering commentary on the trial of convicted drug lord, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Brown will review the trial, offer commentary and analyze documents pertaining to McGriff’s capital murder case. McGriff is […]
Jerry Heller, the former manager of the multi-platinum rap group NWA, and the co-founder of Ruthless Records with the late revered rapper, Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, announced today that he has just signed an agreement, forming a new record label with veteran record producer Johnny “J,” who produced over 150 songs with Tupac Shakur, which include […]
Debuting on April 5th, 2006 to a full house at S.O.B’s in Manhattan,
THE GONG DJ BATTLE - NEW YORK is Roc Raida’s shot of adrenaline to the arm of a very lethargic DJ battle scene. No feelings were spared in his no-holds-barred all out battle for DJ supremacy. If a DJ didn’t deliver, he got […]
Two years after his groundbreaking history Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, American Book Award-winning journalist Jeff Chang turns the pages over to some of the most compelling voices of the hip-hop arts movement. One of the most important global arts movements of the past two decades, hip-hop has moved beyond rap music to transform theater, dance, […]
The downtown Atlanta, GA offices of the Aphilliates Music Group were raided this afternoon (January 16), resulting in the arrests of 28-year-old Tyree “DJ Drama” Simmons and 27-year-old Donald Cannon, also known as DJ Don Cannon. The Fulton County Swat Team, with assistance from Clayton County Police, entered the label’s offices and studios at 147 […]
Burbank, CA Jan 16, 2007 Rap superstar Mike Jones will release a new album, titled The American Dream, in April on Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records. Fans of the Houston-born MC have been eagerly awaiting new music ever since Jones took the hip-hop world by storm in 2005 with his double-platinum, chart- topping debut Who is Mike […]