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News Bun B Says There Are "Bigger Things To Worry About" Than Riley Cooper's Comments Bun B says that there are larger race issues to deal with than Cooper's use of the N-word. By Trevor Smith August 04, 2013
News Ludacris Was Attacked At An Atlanta Nightclub (Footage) Last night at a club in Atlanta, Ludacris was attacked by a man with a bottle. By Rose Lilah June 15, 2013
Mixtapes Curren$y's "New Jet City" Mixtape To Be Released As A Retail Album Curren$y plans to re-release his "new Jet City" project as a retail album with new tracks and remixes. By Trevor Smith August 02, 2013
News Ja Rule Released From Prison, Still Has To Finish Serving Tax Evasion Sentence Ja Rule was released from prison this morning, but has some time remaining on his 28-month sentence for tax evasion. By Rose Lilah February 21, 2013
News Tony Yayo Talks G-Unit Reunion, Says Money Ruined The Group Discussing the chance of a G-Unit reunion, Tony Yayo says money is what changed the group. He also does not want to see a reunion with Game after he dissed them. By Rose Lilah January 29, 2013
News Riff Raff To Make Guest Appearance On "One Life To Live" Soap Opera Jody Highroller has officially broken into daytime television. By hnhh April 12, 2013
News Lil Wayne’s “I’m Good” Tweet Not Sent From Hospital, Wayne Reportedly Remains In ICU [Update: Mack Maine Unsure Who Sent Tweet] The confusion regarding Lil Wayne’s current health crisis continues. A new report confirms that Lil Wayne’s “I’m good” tweet was not sent from Cedars-Sinai Hospital. By Jason Pollak March 18, 2013
News Redman Announces "Muddy Waters 2" EP & LP Releases [Update: Redman Confirms "Muddy Waters 2" & Announces "Blackout! 3"] New music from the Funk Doc is in the works. By hnhh March 18, 2014
News Wiz Khalifa Planning To Release New Album This Year Wiz Khalifa has revealed that he is working on his next album and hopes to release the project by end of this year. By Kevin Goddard April 11, 2013
News Tyga Discusses Being Protested At Harvard, & Rick Ross Lyrics Tyga speaks on the Rick Ross' controversial lyrics, as well as similar protests from Harvard organizations towards his own music. By Trevor Smith April 09, 2013
Mixtapes Prodigy & Alchemist Team Up For Instrumental Project For Prison Inmates Prodigy & Alchemist link up for an instrumental mixtape, to be sent to prison inmates in New York. By Rose Lilah April 09, 2013
News Old School Music: A Look At Big Daddy Kane's "Aint No Half-Steppin" <p>For many hip-hop heads the golden-era of hip-hop was during the '80s-'90s. For those of you who believe that is true, you might enjoy <em>NPR</em>'s "The Record". Every other Friday they are looking at some of the first hip-hop music videos, which were played on a TV show called "Video Music Box". "Video Music Box" was created back in 1984, and was the first show to document hip-hop music and culture (and it's still on today!). The show was created and hosted by a man named Ralph McDaniels. By Rose Lilah November 07, 2011