Hip Hop News

Exciting hip hop news breaks regularly. We will keep you posted on all the latest developments from your favorite artists. We will try to bring you the best and most simplified coverage of the news. By simple, I mean, articles not filled with speculation or opinion.

Lil Wayne – Rebirth – Pushed Back Again

Lil Wayne – Rebirth – Pushed Back Again

Lil Wayne’s upcoming album Rebirth has been pushed back for the fifth time. The album was originally suppose to be released on April 7th. It has officially been pushed back to the July 21st. The so-called rock album will feature guest appearances from Fall Out Boy, Kevin Rudolf, and Avril Lavigne.

Source: Lil Wayne – Rebirth [...]

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Jay Z Confirms Independence From Def Jam

Jay Z Confirms Independence From Def Jam

Basically, the story means that Blueprint 3 might be dropping on his new business venture One Nation.
Jay had one more album left on his contract, which was aptly Blueprint 3.

With rumors swirling around Jay’s Def Jam contract buyout, Hov exclusively spoke to Rap Radar to confirm the speculation.
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T.I. Serving More Than 2 Months

T.I. Serving More Than 2 Months

Yesterday, we reported that T.I. could be serving only 2 months. The story was originally ran by the Associated Press, MTV is now reporting that the story was a miscommunication.

After pleading guilty to two charges of illegally possessing firearms and of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in [...]

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T.I. Might Be Going To Jail For Only 2 Months

T.I. Might Be Going To Jail For Only 2 Months

After all of the hype about T.I. going to jail for a year, the web-videos, the songs, and all of the media attention that the gun charges have brought to T.I. over the last year, the multi platinum rapper, who released his very successful Paper Trail album last year.

T.I., whose real name is Clifford J. [...]

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RIP Dolla – Suspect Identified

RIP Dolla – Suspect Identified

Atlanta rapper Dolla was fatally shot to death in L.A., TMZ is reporting that they have identified a suspect. He was only 21 years old, set to release his debut album on Akon’s label Konvict Muzik.
RIP Dolla

[Updated at 6:30 p.m. The man shot at the Beverly Center mall this afternoon was identified as Atlanta-based Dolla, [...]

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Eminem – XXL – Interview – Writing Or Not Writing

Eminem – XXL – Interview – Writing Or Not Writing

Eminem discusses writing vs not writing, which is an interesting debate that is emerging in hip hop with all the MC’s memorizing rhymes including Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and T.I.

XXL: That’s wild because I was just talking to Paul [Rosenberg] about how T.I. seems to have caught this amazing fire when [...]

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T.I. Headed To Prison

T.I. Headed To Prison

T.I. will be headed to a minimum security prison to serve his jail sentence for his machine gun charges.

Only eleven days remain until rapper must report to begin serving his federal prison sentence in connection to his October 2007 arrest for possession of firearms by a convicted felon. The Atlanta-based Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist has [...]

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Eminem Reveals What Really Happened To Him

Eminem Reveals What Really Happened To Him

In an exclusive excerpt from Vibe magazine, Eminem reveals what really happened to him on that Christmas day a couple years ago.

So one day, this was right before Christmas of 2007, I got ahold of some pills. Somebody gave me some pills that were blue and they were shaped like Vicodin. I went to [...]

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