Houston’s hip-hop heavyweight Paul Wall will release a “Chopped & Screwed” remix version of his sophomore album, “GET MONEY - STAY TRUE,” that will hit stores April 17 on SwishaHouse/Asylum/Atlantic. The original release recently debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart and #8 on the Billboard 200. Screwed and chopped […]
Vallejo, CA Apr 16, 2007 It was a great day on Wednesday, April 11TH in Vallejo, California. Hometown superstar, E40, presented a check for $12,000.00 to the high school he attended, Hogan High.
Los Angeles–Monday, April 16, 2007–Snoop Dogg is horror-core as the devilishly smooth, psycho-logical host of SNOOP DOGG’S HOOD OF HORROR, a ghetto gothic anthology featuring three blood soaked stories presented in the time honored discipline of violent vignettes vis-a-vis “Tales From The Crypt.” SNOOP DOGG’S HOOD OF HORROR features a fiendishly frightening blend of […]
APRIL 13, 2007 - NEW YORK, N.Y. - The following is a statement from Russell Simmons, Chairman, and Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network:
“Hip-hop is a worldwide cultural phenomena that transcends race and doesn’t engage in racial slurs. Don Imus’ racially-motivated diatribe toward the Rutger’s women’s basketball team was in no […]
(New York , NY ) ” DJ Khaled is set to release his sophomore album, We The Best, on June 12th, 2007 through Terror Squad/KOCH Records. The new collection features a veritable who’s-who of Hip Hop including T.I., Game, Jadakiss, Paul Wall, Trick Daddy, Ja Rule, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Jeezy, Lil’ Wayne, Akon, Baby, […]
A legend in his own right, DJ Hardware’s career as an international artist spans the scope of two decades. Hardware is a definitive DJ and producer, a tastemaker who has achieved worldwide accolades! A proven seller, Hardware has unleashed an astonishing 20 DJ mixed compilations which have soundscanned over 250,000 units. On Tribalism V.2, Hardware […]
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Uprising Records, the label that delivered the hugely successful multi-platinum band, Fall Out Boy, is proud to announce the upcoming release of “Like A Thief in The Night”, the national debut by accomplished poet, lyricist, activist, and bonafide recording artist, Amir Sulaiman. The album is described as “A Poetic diatribe spit-like fire over a collage […]
“Untitled: An Exhibition of Original Skateboard Art,” a group show
featuring the work of nearly four dozen artists, will open to the public
with a reception at the Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery on the evening of
Thursday, April 12, 2007 between six and nine o’clock. The gallery is
located at 516 W.25th Street, Suite 306, between 10th […]
THIRD COAST fully explores the history of rap as it emerged out of the South through many crosscurrents. Sarig goes way back to the oral tradition of slaves in the South, field hollers, the blues and gospel, and connects the dots to early 20th century African American radio announcers who rhymed, testified and signified. Hosts […]
Following an epic year of press, Lady Sovereign, the self-proclaimed “Biggest Midget in the Game,” will be storming North America on this upcoming tour with Gwen Stefani. Coming off of late night national television appearances on the shows of David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel & Craig Ferguson as well as performing in Times Square […]
New York, NY April 9, 2007 - Mach 1/TVT Recording Artist Lumidee
has beenname Youth Ambassador for the New York Chapter of the Arthritis
Foundation’s 2007 Arthritis Walk. The annual nationwide event occurs in May during national Arthritis Month,raising funds and awareness to fight arthritis, the nation¹s leading cause of disability. The Manhattan […]
H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
Hip-Hop Association Dubs Film Festival, The World Is Yours!
Sponsored by Jordan Brand, BET J, XXL Magazine, African Ancestry, SoonR, & the ImaginAsian Theatre
New York, NY (April 4, 2007) – Celebrating five years of Hip-Hop Cinema, Education, Art and Culture. The Hip-Hop Odyssey International Film Festival [H2OIFF] showcases a kaleidoscope of […]
New York, NY Apr 06, 2007 Lil’ Flip’s highly anticipated I Need Mine comeback album is a commercial smash. The Houston rapper’s first Warner Bros./Asylum album entered the SoundScan Top Rap Albums chart at #4 Rap, the Top R&B Album at #8 and is #14 in sales on the Top Albums chart. […]
April 2, 2007, New York, NY - This week’s issue of Hip Hop Weekly breaks open what may be the biggest worldwide celebrity news story of the year! HHW delivers an EXCLUSIVE interview with Jay-Z’s ex, Trinidadian video model Shenelle Scott, and the EXCLUSIVE pictures of her son, 5-year-old Isa Jael Sayeed, who is rumored […]