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The 2006 shooting death of T.I.’s best friend and personal assistant, Philant Johnson, shook the rapper to his core. After a fight at a club in Cincinnati, T.I. and his entourage left in a fleet of vans to escape the escalating situation. While trying to leave amicably, the rapper and his crew were chased down and their cars […]

“His little boy is having hearing problems and he doesn’t have healthcare!” 50 Cent’s ongoing battle with Rick Ross is never ending. He’s tried his best to embarrass and discredit the Bawse, posing with Ross’s baby momma for risqué photo shoots and helping her throw dirt on his name. Now while promoting his new album, […]

“Jeezy knows that I done came up on him on different occasions and asked if we had a problem.” Before Young Jeezy exploded as a solo artist in the rap game, he was part of Bad Boy’s Boyz N Da Hood back in 2005 alongside Jody Breeze, Duke and Bigg Gee.  After leaving the group […]

“I spent my whole relationship building up your Fawking self-esteem.” It was only a matter of time for Joe Budden until he took the time to fully air out his grievances of the break-up with former girlfriend Tahiry. With the re-launch of JoeBuddenTV, things started with a bang when he announced that TahiryTV is coming […]

“All these kids been getting killed, all this stuff going on, we have to make a change.” Ever since the tragedy of Derrion Albert in Chicago, Hip-Hop has risen as a community to raise more awareness of the troubles going on within the youth, but it has been hard to say if things have actually […]

“To do a biography on somebody is putting their business on wax.” If everyone will take a moment to lay back on a blast to the past, a trip will be taken back to  2004 when Nas was on his climb back to the top after dropping Stillmatic in 2001 and following it up with […]

Swizz Beatz is a producer that has found a way to reinvent himself on numerous occasions and keep himself from sinking in Hip-Hop.  With his most recent work for Chris Brown on “I Can Transform Ya” to Jay-Z’s “On to the Next One,” it’s clear that Swizzy still has it. The likes of Russell Simmons […]

Shyne’s time has finally come. As previously reported he was released from prison on October 6 only to be detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who were investigating his United States citizenship.  He enlisted the help of Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree to bid for a pardon form New York Governor, David Patterson but to no […]

Looks like New York will have to wait a little longer to be seduced by that “Empire State Of Mind” as the World Series performance scheduled for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys has been pushed back to Thursday instead of today. Initially, it was reported that Hov had agreed to perform for Game 1, but had […]

With the new release of her highly anticipated drama free reality show debuting tonight on BET at 10/9c,  Monica will stand for more than just the celebrity. The singer, the mother… Monica will stand for strength. Monica’s show will also tie into her upcoming 6th studio album entitled Still Standing due out in December.   HipHopWired […]

“It’s going to be the craziest album out of the four.  It’s going to be the most hood, but the girls are going to get into it because we’re going to keep it live.” The West Coast has almost been on life support for quite some time in Hip-Hop.  Taking it from New York just […]

Avid gamers and Hip-Hop heads should to be glad to hear that the long awaited DJ Hero video game is finally hitting store shelves. In the sequel to Guitar Hero, fans can use turntables to master mixes from the likes of the late DJ AM, DJ Z-Trip, DJ Shadow and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Consumers have […]