NY PD Continue to Target Hip-Hop
The SmokingGun website (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1008041hiphop1.html) has obtained 500 pages of secret NYPD records apparently used to monitor rapper activities. Mug shots, the…
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Defari on underground hip-hop
THAFORMULA.COM - What I think is funny is how you notice these little cult followings that are happening now? Defari - Yeah because I'm out here trying to get shows and a lot of these dudes…
Nelly's Sister Passes From Leukemia
Nelly's Sister Passes From Leukemia By Remmie Fresh Date: 3/24/2005 1:30 pm Sadly, Nelly has lost his sister Jackie Donohue to a years-old bout with leukemia. Donohue, 31, died Thursday…
Stellar Gospel Awards rescinds Kanye West nomination
The Lord giveth, but the Stellar Gospel Awards taketh away. The committee for the Stellar Awards has decided to rescind their nomination for Kanye West's The College Dropout, which was…
Battle over Unauthorized Tupac CD hits charts
In His Own Words, an unauthorized album featuring a radio interview with Tupac Shakur and two unreleased tracks by the slain gangsta rapper, hit #127 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this…
Russell Simmons blames you for rapper arrests
Russell Simmons blames you for rapper arrests Fri, 11/12/2010 - 17:51 — Sonya E Russell Simmons blames himself, along with the rest of society, for the poor decisions of our fave rappers…
IN THE CRATES
- 1,363 news stories
- 866 artist pages
- 92 sources
- 1997–2019 covered
- 439,025 Usenet posts dug
MOST COVERED
- Jay-Z 129
- Eminem 125
- 50 Cent 115
- Tupac Shakur 108
- Snoop Dogg 96
- Dr. Dre 87
- Puff Daddy 82
- Notorious B.I.G. 67
- Kanye West 62
- Nas 60
- Wu-Tang Clan 57
- KRS-One 54
THE MASTHEADS
- AllHipHop.com 52
- SOHH.com 50
- MTV News 38
- UrbanEarth.com 26
- Sonicnet 23
- Associated Press 21
- MemphisRap.com 21
- Reuters 20