A number of Hip-Hop pioneers will gather at S.O.B.’s in New York tomorrow (April 20th) to focus on a unified front in maintaining and continuing the integrity and preservation of the culture.
KRS-One’s Temple of Hip Hop in association with the Universal Zulu Nation will host an ongoing series of discussions regarding the cultural integrity of Hip-Hop.
"Pioneers will come to the April 20th meeting at S.O.B’s, to form a consensus and… Continue
Rapper 50 Cent will show fans his family heritage as part of an upcoming VH1 “Rock Dock” titled 50’s Roots.
According to rep’s for VH1, 50 Cent will head to the deep south in search of his family’s slave lineage.
During the show, the South Jamaica, Queens-raised rapper will meet with living family members, while attempting to learn more about his ancestral heritage.
The “Rock Doc” is being produced in conjunction with 50 Cent… Continue
A highly anticipated concert featuring Nas and Damian Marley in the United Kingdom has been cancelled, due to a massive ash cloud that formed as a result of a volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Nas and Damian Marley were slated to perform at The Electric Ballroom in London this Wednesday (April 21st).
The event has been scrapped due to the eruption of a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland.
Young Money artist Nicki Minaj is giving fans more glimpses of the woman behind the persona as she prepares for her anticipated debut album.
In an interview with Details Magazine, Minaj said that while Hip-Hop has welcomed her as a bisexual female emcee, she believes the culture is still not ready to accept a bisexual or homosexual male rapper.
“I think the world is getting more gay-friendly, so Hip-Hop is too,” she explained. “But it's harder to imagine… Continue
Lindsay Lohan needs to hire a new money manager - and fast!
Just a few weeks after she was deemed "broke," the troubled starlet is now said to be over half a million dollars in debt.
"Lindsay owes credit cards $600,000," a source told RadarOnline.com. "One card cut her off last week and it's only a matter of time before all her other credit cards cut her off too."
LiLo's hard partying and dismal acting career are reportedly… Continue
A beheaded man found in remote India is believed to have been the victim of a "human sacrifice."
According to the Indian Express, the body of a 25-year-old was discovered outside a temple to the goddess Kali, several miles outside the town of Bolpur in West Bengal.
"This man has been sacrificed to propitiate the gods," said local official Kalyan Mukherjee, the Times of London reported.
SEATTLE — A convicted cocaine smuggler has been arrested for running what authorities say appears to be a bestiality farm in Washington state in which visitors could engage in all sorts of twisted sex acts with animals.
Douglas Spink was arrested at his ramshackle, heavily wooded compound near the Canadian border along with a 51-year-old tourist from Great Britain who is accused of having sex with three dogs.
Edwin Valero, a former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion, was found dead in his jail cell on Monday hours after he was arrested for stabbing his wife to death, according to police in Venezuela. Valero’s death is being ruled a suicide.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters that Valero used his own clothes to hang himself from a bar in his cell early Monday morning. Valero was found by another inmate who… Continue
Tracy Morgan bought one of Michael Jackson's famous jewelled gloves. The amazing thing is that Tracy Morgan only paid about $17,000 for the piece of Michael Jackson history. Morgan purchased the glove before Michael Jackson died.
Tracy Morgan, star of 'Death at a Funeral,' bought a Michael Jackson glove from the 'Thriller' video. Since Michael Jackson's death, the glove has been valued at $43,000, which is an incredible… Continue
An Australian publishing company must fork over a large amount of cash for a typo that appeared in one of its recently released cookbooks. Penguin Group Australia had to reprint its "Pasta Bible" last week after one recipe listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of pepper, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Penguin had to cook up $18,000 to reprint 7,000 copies of the recipe book.
CARACAS, Venezuela – Suspended WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained on suspicion of killing his wife on Sunday, police said.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores said Valero was arrested after police found the body of his wife in a hotel in the city of Valencia.
Flores said Valero left the hotel room around dawn on Sunday and allegedly told the hotel's security personnel that he had killed… Continue
Scott Storch is quickly getting back into swing of the music game by lending his hit-making skills to the highly anticipated Dr. Dre single “Under Pressure,” a song that features Jay-Z.
The song, which has yet to leak, is a huge move for the Philadelphia-bred musician, according to a company working closely with Storch.
"To see Scott Storch and Dr. Dre back together, signifies the change in the music industry climate as we know it. This… Continue
Jake Shields' win at the Strikeforce World Championship Saturday night was overshadowed by a brawl that was never meant to happen.
CBS' telecast of the mixed martial arts competition ended in an unscheduled fight that broke out after Shields defeated Dan Henderson.
The fight started when Jason "Mayhem" miller called for a rematch. Shields started to pummel Miller, only to be separated and have his spot taken by fans.