Category Archives: Hip Hop News

The Source Relaunches, Seeks to Restore Past Glory

The Source, which was in bankruptcy last year, is relaunching with a 20th-anniversary issue and a new focus — a direction that its co-publisher says will restore the magazine, once known as hip-hop’s bible, to prominence.
“It’s a very seminal period, an opportunity to both celebrate 20 years of content and the fact that The [...]

Diddy, Tiffany And Luke: Celebreality Triple-Header

Many channels, faced with filling 168 hours of air time a week, resort to infomercials. Not VH1. Last Monday it introduced three reality shows: “I Want to Work for Diddy,” “New York Goes to Hollywood” and “Luke’s Parental Advisory.” It proceeded to broadcast the three pilot episodes, in aggregate, 57 times — filling 38.5 hours, [...]

Revolutionary Hip-Hop Icon Paris Preps New Album

Bay Area rapper/activist Paris is preparing to release his latest album, Acid Reflex, on September 9th on his own Guerrilla Funk Recordings and Filmworks, LLC, distributed by Fontana/Universal. The rapper’s first single, “Don’t Stop the Movement,” features newcomer T-K.A.S.H. and will be released early August.
Download “Don’t Stop The Movement” here.
The album comes just in [...]

Snoop Dogg Tour Bus Pulled Over; 2 Arrested

A tour bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
DPS spokesman Charlie Morgan said members of a commercial vehicle inspection team pulled the bus over on [...]

Wyclef Sued For $300K By Jacob The Jeweler

The company founded by the New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as “Jacob the Jeweler” has sued Wyclef Jean, claiming he owes money for watches and jewelry he bought.
Jacob and Company Incorporated says in Manhattan court papers filed Tuesday that the hip-hop star bought several items between March 2002 and January 2006 for [...]

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