Hip-Hop Spot

Kanye West can breathe a sigh of relief now that his latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, has officially been certified platinum by the RIAA, marking the shipment of one million copies of the album to stores.

Dipset’s Jim Jones was involved in a nasty car accident early yesterday morning when his passenger van was totaled.

Very soon, you will be able to invite Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame into your home once a week for a half-hour spell, thanks to the upcoming reality show the duo is filming.

Lil Wayne may have been unavailable to record a verse for Nicki Minaj’s platinum debut album, Pink Friday, but that doesn’t mean he can’t show up on the remix to any of the songs. So we present to you “Roman’s Revenge 2.0,” featuring a verse from Nicki’s favorite martian.

Young Money’s Gudda Gudda had his “YM” chain snatched during a performance at Club Olmeca in Burnsville, Minnesota. Gudda immediately jumped off stage and ran after the perpetrator, which resulted in a fight.

Shyne’s career in Israel is starting to take off.  The former Bad Boy rapper has been tapped to appear on the popular religious-oriented variety show, Tuesday Night Live.

Hip Hop superstar Drake speaks to SoulCulture TV about the impact Aaliyah Dana Houghton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) has made on his music and career and wishes the R&B princess a happy birthday on what would have been her 32nd. “Aside from that,” he adds, “she just made phenomenal music and she […]

Lakers forward Ron Artest has recorded a tribute song called “Afghan Women” to shed light on the atrocities suffered by women in Afghanistan. The video is filled with graphic images of physical abuses and interviews with women who have been beaten and burned. Ron Ron really has a good heart, but I’ve already made it […]

Whenever a new Andre 3000 verse pops up hip-hop heads all over the world stop dead in their tracks to hear what the reclusive MC has to say.  3 Stack’s latest verse comes in the form of the remix to pop starlet Ke$ha’s song “Sleazy.”

Saigon’s long-awaited album The Greatest Story Never Told is finally nearing its release date. Held up in label politics for several years, the album will hit stores in February.