Archive for the ‘Hip Hop 101’ Category

HIP-HOP LEGENDS RUN DMC REPRESENT THE ESSENCE OF RAP MUSIC, by Wayne Hodges
QUEENS, New York – “I’m the King of Rock, there is none higher. Sucker MC’s should call me sire. To burn my Kingdom, you must use fire. I won’t stop rockin til I retire…” Remember these lyrics? You should. Because this phrase, in [...]

BRISTOL PALIN FIANCE LEVI JOHNSTON TO FILM R&B MUSIC VIDEO, The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES – Levi Johnston will make his music video debut as a lover whose romance is thwarted by his girlfriend’s disapproving mother, according to a Universal Music Group record label and Johnston’s attorney. Johnston, 20, who is Bristol Palin’s fiance, has agreed [...]

FOXY BROWN ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING AN ORDER OF PROTECTION, Associated Press
BROOKLYN – Foxy’s acting feisty again. Police say rapper Foxy Brown has been arrested in Brooklyn for violating an order of protection. A police spokesman had no details on Wednesday’s arrest, which is not Brown’s first brush with the law. Brown, whose real name is [...]

LIL’ WAYNE OWES OVER $1 MILLION IN TAXES; WESLEY SNIPES’ APPEAL DENIED. By Linda Doell
NEW YORK – Rapper Lil’ Wayne is again dancing with the IRS, this time over $1.14 million in back taxes. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service filed liens last month in Dade County Circuit Court against the Young Money rapper’s Florida property [...]

AMID RUMORS, THE DREAM ANNOUNCES SPLIT FROM CHRISTINA MILIAN. Wired from MSN.com
LOS ANGELES – Back-to-back vow-swaps weren’t enough to seal the marriage deal for Christina Milian and The-Dream. The musical pair, who said “I do” during separate September ceremonies in Las Vegas and Rome, are already kaput. “Terius ‘The-Dream’ Nash is saddened to announce that [...]

DID JAY-Z & RIHANNA SKIP BET AWARDS BECAUSE OF CHRIS BROWN? By Chuck “Jigsaw” Cheekmur
LOS ANGELES  (AllHipHop.com Special) – After the BET Awards, there was a tremendous uproar in the Hip-Hop Community over the lack of dedication to the life of Guru of Gangstarr. Most notably, J-Smooth said via Twitter, “what i learned watching the [...]

ARTIST LAURYN HILL FINALLY BREAKS HER SILENCE IN RECENT INTERVIEW, by Zoe Chace
NEW YORK (Rap-Up.com) – Lauryn Hill hasn’t granted many interviews as of late, but NPR managed to score some one-on-one time with the reclusive singer during her visit to the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, Calif., earlier this month. Reporter Zoe Chace was [...]

EMBATTLED SINGER CHRIS BROWN PAYS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON, by Brad Wete
LOS ANGELES (Music Mix) – As far as I’m concerned, there’s only been one Michael Jackson tribute. On Sunday (June 27) Chris Brown finally got his shot at paying homage to his fallen idol, Michael Jackson, at the BET Awards 2010. Jackson’s brother Jermaine [...]

RAP STAR DRAKE: THE ALL HIP HOP INTERVIEW PART 2, by Chuck “Jigsaw” Cheekmur
NEW YORK – In Part 1, Drake addressed a myriad of topics from critics to Rihanna, haters to Nicki Minaj, Thank Me Later to Lil Kim’s present beef. In Part 2, Drizzy is already thinking about the next move to further his [...]

LADY GAGA IS BANNED FROM YANKEES LOCKER-ROOM AFTER LOSS, the Associated Press

NEW YORK – Lady Gaga can still play Yankee Stadium — she’s just gotta follow the ground rules. The outlandish pop singer talked her way past security and visited the Yankees clubhouse after the team lost to the New York Mets on Friday night. [...]