VIA ALLHIPHOP.COM Sean “Diddy” Combs is celebrating Black History Month by making some of his own, as the Hip-Hop mogul was recently named one of the largest minority-owned business in New York. Combs’ Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group is the third largest minority-owned business in the state, Crain’s New York Business recently revealed. The mogul is […]
Trey Songz, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Get Schooled launched a campaign in New York City on Thursday (February 10) called “Wake Up! NYC”, aimed at reducing truancy in New York City high schools. The launch, which took place at Isaac Newton Middle School in East Harlem, was the beginning of a campaign rolled out by […]
VIA BALLERSATUS.COM Rapper Dorrough, best known for his 2009 hit “Ice Cream Paint Job”, had a rude awakening Tuesday (February 8), when authorities raided his Dallas home on suspicion of drug trafficking. Reports said that 10 DEA agents kicked in the rapper’s door early Tuesday morning, looking for evidence. However, it’s unclear if anything was […]
VIA ALLHIPHOP.COM A member of Juelz Santana’s Skull Gang group was arrested and charged with with drug possession after a raid of the rapper’s North New Jersey recording studio, according to prosecutors. Police arrested Toby M. Raynor on Thursday (January 20th), after a 10-month undercover investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutors Office and Gang Unit. […]
via ballerstatus.com LeBron James is having one of the best runs of his career with the way the Miami Heat are dominating this season, but he’s also making moves outside the NBA. The NBA superstar announced plans on Tuesday (January 18) for a 10-episode digital series to be distributed online. The series, called “The Lebrons”, […]
VIA SOHH.COM According to actor/director Michael Rapaport, Tip was only defending his crew’s legacy. “I think the reason he did his little Twitter thing was because he realized that the movie was coming to completion and going to get seen by people,” Rapaport explained in an interview. “I can’t really speak for him but I […]
VIA: SOHH.COM Details on what went down landed online Saturday (January 15) morning. The Game was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after a guitar-smashing stunt went horribly wrong — leaving the rapper with a giant bloody gash in his finger — and TMZ has obtained pics of the accident! It all happened in […]
VIA ALLHIPHOP.COM Troubled rap star DMX was admitted to a mental health unit in an Arizona prison facility on December 20th. According to reports, the rapper, born Earl Simmons, was sent to the Flamenco Mental Health Unit inside the Alahambra Prison complex. The rapper was transferred to the mental-health unit on December 20th, after serving […]
VIA SOHH.COM Brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli reportedly got into a physical altercation with his wife, DJ Eque, during his New York City album listening party last week, which resulted in the Kweli’s removal from the premises. According to reports, the incident took place in lower Manhattan. Rapper Talib Kweli was thrown out of an after-party […]
VIA ALLHIPHOP.COM Multi-platinum rap star Prodigy of Mobb Deep is nearing the completion of a three-year prison sentence for gun possession and will be released in early 2011. The first project to drop from the rapper post-prison will be his upcoming autobiography titled My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy. The book centers […]
