Rap, Hip Hop & RnB

1 April 2009

NAS Uses Album Profits To Build African School

NAS and his celeb best mate Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley have decided to donate all the profits from their forthcoming album to help build a school in the Congo.The stars ...

1 April 2009

Lil’ Kim Uses Fame To Boost Hough’s Career

Lil’ Kim has no shame in using her success to better herself, but now it seems she’s sharing some of her stardust with her Dancing With The Stars partner, Derek ...
31 March 2009

Is Soulja Boy The Next Big Thing?

When an artist gains across-the-board success, naysayers are quick to write him off as a “one-hit wonder.” Such was the case with Soulja Boy Tell‘Em, whose 2007 multi-cultural hit phenomenon ...
31 March 2009

Ironik Announces New Single Details

Mobo-Award nominated artist Ironik releases his brand new single, ‘Tiny Dancer’ on April 27th, through Asylum Records.  It is the third single to be lifted from the UK Top 20 ...

31 March 2009

T.I. To Keep Quiet Over Jail Term

Prison-bound rapper T.I. has vowed to keep silent about his looming stint in prison once he is behind bars.The Whatever You Like hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris Jr., was sentenced ...
31 March 2009

Kanye West: The Movie Star

Kanye West seems to have his finger in a lot of pies at the moment, but now he’s planning to expand his resume even further by becoming -wait for it ...
30 March 2009

P.O.S - Never Better

P.O.S returns with “Never Better”, the follow up to 2006’s critically acclaimed “Audition”. Written mostly in a moving car, P.O.S raps at full clip to ride rolling drums and revving ...

30 March 2009

Monday's Daily Rap

In today's low down on what's going on in the Urban Music world we have stories on what stopped T Pain from appearing in a video with Lil Kim, how ...
30 March 2009

T.I Puts Crime Behind Him

Prison-bound rapper T.I. has publicly thanked U.S. prosecutors for granting him a plea deal in relation to his 2007 federal weapons charges, because it allows him to close a troubled ...
30 March 2009

The Game Vs. Bow Wow In Video Game War

Those Rapper types are never short of some “beef,” so I was hardly surprised when The Game challenged chart rival Bow Wow to another video game war as the follow ...
27 March 2009

Black Eyed Peas Single For Early Release

Due to overwhelming demand from fans, the digital release of "Boom Boom Pow," the new single from three-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum Interscope recording artists The Black Eyed Peas, has been ...
24 March 2009

TLC To Tour Japan

The surviving members of TLC have decided it’s time to crack out the belly tops and camo pants again for a tour of Japan.Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkings and Rozanda ‘Chilli’ Thomas ...

24 March 2009

D12 Lawsuit Dropped

D12 can breathe a sigh of relief now that a Michigan appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit against them which claimed they cheated a bloke out of "millions of dollars".Okay, ...
24 March 2009

Trick Daddy Has Lupus

Trick Daddy might be an inspiration to millions already, but after revealing that he’s been secretly battling with autoimmune disease Lupus for the last 12 years, we have a whole ...

23 March 2009

Kid Cudi Chats About Retirement

After announcing earlier this week, via his personal blog, that he would be retiring after his debut album, Kid Cudi retracted the statement while on stage at the South By ...
23 March 2009

Monday’s Daily Rap

In Monday’s Daily Rap read about SXSW almost misses out on Erykah Badu after a stalker prevented her from leaving her home, get ready for the relaunch of Death Row, ...
23 March 2009

Bleek: “Jay-Z Is Kindest Ni**a I Know”

Rapper Memphis Bleek has dismissed reports of a rift with mentor Jay-Z, insisting the hip-hop mogul is the "kindest" person on the planet.The Is That Your Chick? star, real name Malik ...
23 March 2009

Wyclef Sued By Blazhay Blazhay

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has been hit with copyright infringement by 1990s rap duo Blazhay Blazhay.The pair claims the Hips Don't Lie hitmaker sampled their 1995 hit Danger in his ...
23 March 2009

M.I.A. names baby Ikhyd

After weeks of speculation, new mum M.I.A. has revealed the name of her new baby boy; Ikhyd.The Paper Planes hitmaker gave birth to her first son with fiance Benjamin Brewer ...
20 March 2009

Friday's Daily Rap

In Fridays Daily Rap Rocky defends his decision to cast 50 Cent in new movie, Beyonce admits her weakness, Jim Jones prepares for his new album release and find out ...
20 March 2009

Rihanna In Trouble With The Police

Rihanna seems to be spending more and more time with the police recently, but this time it was her who had fallen foul of the law.The singer, who has been ...

19 March 2009

Kanye charged over airport attack

Kanye West has found that his fame can’t save him from falling foul of the law, as he has been charged with assault, theft and vandalism following an airport brawl ...

19 March 2009

King Tut Commits Suicide

Dipset affiliate King Tut shot and killed himself on Tuesday after a dramatic stand off with police on a New York highway.The rapper, real name Darnell Brittingham, was being hunted ...

19 March 2009

Rappers Deny Shooting

Jim Jones and Trick Trick have spoken out after reports linked them to a shooting at a Detroit nightclub.Rumours surfaced on the internet of an incident at the Esko Lounge ...