The Latest from Allhiphop.com – 9/3/10

Eminem, Jay-Z Rock Detroit With All-Star Lineup

Friday, September 03, 2010 5:13 AM | 6 Comments

By Mike Winslow

Kia Shine Accused Of Spoiling Girl's Sweet 16 Party

Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:14 PM | 27 Comments

By Houston Williams

Former Atlanta Mayor Suggests T.I. Was Pulled Over For 'Driving While Black'

Thursday, September 02, 2010 4:15 PM | 44 Comments

By Nolan Strong

Ca$his Preps New LP 'Shady Loyalty 1st'

Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:13 PM | 8 Comments

By Jake Crates

AHH Stray News: Drake Heading to Philly; Rick Ross, Rah Digga

Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:19 PM | 7 Comments

By Ace Cannon

Rapper T.I., Wife Tiny Face A Year Over Ecstasy; Metha-Amphetamines

Thursday, September 02, 2010 10:02 AM | 87 Comments

By Roman Wolfe

T.i., Tiny Arrested For Drug Possession in Hollywood

Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:23 AM | 46 Comments

By Roman Wolfe

Diddy Sued For $12 Mil By Employee Who Claims Age Discrimination

Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:39 PM | 19 Comments

By Roman Wolfe

Fat Joe Questioned in Sexual Assault

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, AOL Black Voices

The rapper Fat Joe was detained by police Sunday night after he and his entourage were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. According to TMZ, the woman is 33-years old and claims the assault occurred in a Cadillac Limousine after a concert at the Orpheum Theater.

Fat Joe (a.k.a.Joseph Antonio Cartagena) and his entourage were held for questioning, but he was released and not arrested. The details of the case are still being sorted out in the investigation. Relative to most artists, Fat Joe doesn't get into very much trouble. The 39-year old married father of two has not, to my knowledge been accused of any sexual assault, so I'd be surprised if he waited this long to get started. He has been arrested in some of the typical rapper non-sense in the past: In 1998, he and the deceased rapper Big Pun were arrested for assaulting a man with a baseball bat and stealing his gold chain. I'm not even going to try to explain that one.

 

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Your News: Rapper Slim Thug Gets Public Lashing by Black Scholar

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University

When I recently read the open letter to the rapper Slim Thug(pictured above), written by Columbia Professor Marc Lamont Hill (pictured below), I was concerned. I love "Slim Thugger" and his musical brilliance, but putting him in an intellectual toe-to-toe with one of the most brilliant young scholars in America is like puttingLennox Lewis in a boxing match with Beyonce. Marc is my boy, and incredibly sharp, and I would encourage him to pick on someone his own intellectual size. Simultaneously, I encourage Slim Thug to quietly walk away and shut up. He needs to stay in the booth and use his intellect for something other than ridiculous social commentary.
But Slim Thug asked for his public butt whooping, after engaging in one of the most feeble and misguided critiques of the African-American woman that I’ve heard in quite a while. Even for a rapper, he sounded as if he needed to be educated on what black women are all about. Here are Slim’s words, "straight out of the negro’s mouth":

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Your News: Regina King Talks Boondocks

While promoting her upcoming comedy 'Our Family Wedding,' actress Regina Kingcouldn't contain her excitement for the return of the hit Cartoon Network series 'The Boondocks.'

She also talked about her frustration too.

After a more than two-year hiatus, post-production is underway for the third season of the beloved show, which should be airing in coming months.
Although the Cartoon Network has yet to send out an official announcement confirming a premiere date for the new season, 'Bonndocks' creator Aaron McGrudersaid via his social networking site that it should air March 28. The news coincides with his previous Twitter message on Christmas Day, in which he wrote, "Finally got an airdate for Season 3. Not sure if I'm allowed to put it out yet, so I'll just say you got about three months."

King, who voices two of the show's lead characters, brothers Huey and Riley Freeman, has been a little peeved about how the show's producers are handling the long-awaited return.

"I am so happy that it is coming back," King told BV Newswire, but added, "I wish there was some Web site that people could send [a message] to Sony [Television Entertainment] ... and say 'What are you doing?'" she charged.

"'Boondocks could be so bigger than what it is," the former '227' actress furthered. "If I had the money to buy 'The Boondocks' off Sony, I would because all of you would be wearing 'Boondocks' T-shirts and there would be Huey and Riley dolls. I would capitalize off of that, and I would be a very rich woman."

King cited Sony's lack of experience with animation as a reason for the show's delay and its failure to capitalize on 'Boondocks' merchandise.

The 38-year-old 'Ray' actress says her work on the show, based on McGruder's popular comic strip of the same name, is her most popular to date.

"Actually more than any other project that I have done, that's the one that I get asked about the most," King revealed. "For a show to take two and half year hiatuses and people still want it to come back, that's big," she said.

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Hip Hop News: TI’s out of Prison Now

Rapper T.I. got an early Christmas present Tuesday after authorities released him from a federal prison in Arkansas nearly seven months into a 366-day term.

His attorney, Steve Sadow, told the website xxlmag.com that T.I. would report to a halfway house in the Atlanta area later in the day to begin a stay of two or three months.

T.I., 28, was arrested after trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers from undercover federal agents in 2007. That came after the rapper's best friend was killed following a party in Cincinnati in 2006. The rapper has said the bullets that killed his friend were meant for him.

 

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The Latest from Hip Hop Wired – 10/12/09

Tony Yayo's Man Killed, Cops Look 2007 Assault For Clues

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» by Madam Toussaint   Oct 11 2009, 11:26 am

2 years ago Tony Yayo caught charges for the assault of a 14 year old child. The kid was James Rosemond, the son of Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond, the head of Czar Entertainment. Czar Entertainment repped Game at the time G-Unit who had beef with G-Unit.

Yayo's man and employee Lowell Fletcher, a.k.a. Lodi Mack, allegedly flashed a gun at the kid then ended up taking the rap. Fletcher, who was also

Comments 0 Tags Bloods, g-unit, Lodi Mack, Lowell Fletcher, the game, tony yayo, twitter

DJ Don Cannon Drops Mixtape Konsole Kingz & Xbox 360

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» by moguldom   Oct 10 2009, 14:08 pm

Konsole Kingz (KKZ) has teamed up with mega-producer Don Cannon to release a new mixtape inspired by their mutual adoration for the love of sports games. Released on I - Tunes today, this new age mixtape features production from Don Cannon and exclusive tracks from Wale, Cool Kids, Pac Div and Currency.

Ludacris, Slim Thug, Freeway and Bonecrusher also make appearances as well. Solid relationships with the top gaming

Comments 0 Tags cool kids, dj don cannon, dj drama, konsole kingz, ludacris, pac div, the Aphilliates, wale

Everlast To Give Career Retrospective Performance

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» by moguldom   Oct 10 2009, 14:00 pm

On October 17th, 2009 Whitey Ford, aka Everlast, will hold a special career retrospective performance at The Key Club in Hollywood, CA. The performance will look back at Everlast's musical career over the past two decades and feature the versatile singer/songwriter/rapper performing tracks from all of his recorded works.

Everlast has been a fixture within the rap and rock communities for over 20 years now. From his early

Comments 0 Tags dj quik, everlast, house of pain, rapper everlast, the rhyme syndicate, whitey ford, whitey ford sings the blues

Shyne Claims Diddy Lied About "Alleged" Conversation

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» by MICHAEL ICEBLUE HARRIS   Oct 10 2009, 11:50 am

Somebody's lying… Former Bad Boy Recording artist Shyne has denied speaking with his former boss Sean Combs. Diddy had claimed that he spoke with his Shyne several weeks ago and that it was blessing that he was finally coming home. He also claimed that “Shyne was in good spirits and couldn't wait to get home and heat the whole scene up.”

Well Shyne has stated other wise in a press release from his attorney Oscar Michelen. The statement read:

“My client wants to make it very clear that no such conversation between Mr. Combs and he ever occurred. I want it known that this supposed

Comments 0 Tags club new york shooting, diddy, jennifer lopez, sean "puffy" combs, shyne

Horrocore Rapper Esham Readies Halloween Release

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» by moguldom   Oct 10 2009, 8:53 am

Hip-Hop horrocore Detroit rap veteran Esham will be returning to engrave his name on this year's Halloween season with a new hour long creep show experience, Hellaween: Pure Horror. Dropping on CD and digital download on October 13 through Aknu Media, the new album features 17 tracks juxtaposed with gore-laden sound effects and a host of classic horror villains hell bent on terrorizing audiences worldwide. Esham stated,

"The vision was to manifest a project framed around the psyche of these characters while loosely paying homage to the

Comments 0 Tags D12, detroit rappers, eminem, esham, Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock, Twiztid

Roscoe Dash Clears The Air About Travis Porter

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» by DANIELLE CANADA   Oct 9 2009, 14:18 pm

The young Atlanta rap scene is getting ‘turnt up' by controversy. A song booming on the underground scene titled “All The Way Turnt Up” caused a rift between the eastside Atlanta group, Travis Porter and upcoming ATL artist, Roscoe Dash. Both Dash and Porter claim that the song belongs to them. In order to clear the air, young Roscoe took to the internet to defend his artistic integrity and

Comments 0 Tags All The Way Turnt Up, atlanta, beef, Eastside Atlanta, greg street, Roscoe, Roscoe Dash, soulja boy, Travis Porter, V-103

Preview of Kanye's New Book Hits The Net

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» by DANIELLE CANADA   Oct 9 2009, 12:15 pm

Although his latest tour was cancelled, Kanye West's 2008 ‘Glow In The Dark' tour was a huge success. The national tour raked in millions in sales and featured Ye working alongside Rihanna, N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco. Now Ye's preparing to release a new book cataloging

The Latest from Hip Hop Wired – 9/24/09

Your Black World 

Currensy Opens Up the "Jet Files"

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» by JUSTIN STEWART   Sep 24 2009, 12:58 pm

A long time ago, more like a couple of years, before Lil Wayne had a circus of artists that were Young Money, the rapper had a front man that had the potential to move with the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive.”

New Orleans rapper Currensy is making his presence felt outside of the mixtapes as he has partnered up with Amalgam Digital to release Jet Files which is dropping October 6.  The digital release will serve as the prelude to bigger things as he will

Comments 0 Tags amalgam digital, currensy, digital release, files, lil wayne, the grand scheme of things, young money

Big Boi Debuts New Song

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» by DANIELLE CANADA   Sep 24 2009, 12:39 pm

Sir Lucious Leftfoot a.k.a. the son of Chico Dusty but better known as Big Boi, gave fans a taste of what they've been missing with a new song. The ATL legend went live on Ustream late Wednesday night with Atlien from Straight From The A in the infamous Stankonia recording studios. His fellow Dungeon Family affiliate,

Comments 0 Tags big boi, Chico Dusty, Debut, For Your Sorrows, Sir Lucious Leftfoot, Stankonia

Eve Says Ruff Ryder Reunion ‘Could' Happen

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» by JUSTIN STEWART   Sep 24 2009, 12:33 pm

“Those are my dogs and will forever be my dogs.”

Before the Roc had everybody throwing their diamonds in the air and before the Diplomats were holding down the New York scene, the Ruff Ryders were it. A strong army built with DMX, Swizz Beatz, L.O.X., Eve and others, this was a team that dominated in all aspects during the late 90s.

Unexpectedly, the group disbanded as everyone went out to do their own thing and DMX found himself

Comments 0 Tags dmx, eve, flirt, hip hop honors, ruff ryders reunion, the last kiss, who's real

Common Says the Era of ‘Bling Bling' is Over

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» by JUSTIN STEWART   Sep 24 2009, 11:56 am

When the president was simply known as Senator Barack Obama running for office, all hands were on deck as it pertained to the overall support that he was receiving.  It fully showed in the landslide results of the election against McCain as most in the Black community raised their arms to say “My President is Black.”

Since then, there have been mixed reviews in relation to actions that have been made by the president since entering the White House.  Whatever the case may be, he has left lasting impressions on certain people in the urban community as they have all strived to become more than they once were now that they are aware of the fact that a Black man has the ability

Comments 0 Tags atanta, barack obama, common, common to perform at Hennessey Artistry Series, evolution in hip hop

Diddy Sued Over 'Unforgiveable'

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» by DANIELLE CANADA   Sep 24 2009, 11:50 am

In the midst of promoting his new super-group, Dirty Money, Diddy, is facing yet another legal issue. As previously reported he was facing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a singer accusing the mogul of stealing his song, “I'm Just Getting Started” for a song titled “Just Getting Started” by Day 26. While that court case is still pending, Diddy's finding himself the center of a lawsuit scandal concerning his signature cologne.

Comments 0 Tags diddy, law suit, Tom Patti, Unforgiveable

Another Leak from Dr. Dre

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» by JUSTIN STEWART   Sep 24 2009, 10:52 am

No, this time it's not another track from the urban legend that is Detox.  Along with “working” on the upcoming “album” Dre has been busy getting his business right outside of the music.   

Partnering up with Hewlett-Packard, the engine running behind Aftermath Records will