December 2002 Headlines
Queen Latifah Set to Be In Theatrical remake of the Play 'Scarlet Letter'
Method Man Joins Ensemble Cast for the 'Other Side of Simple'
Hip Hop Is Becoming More Political
Fat Joe and Talib Kweli Dismiss Trent Lott's Apology: They Say It's Not Enough
Eminem Disses Benzino on Hot 97
The Source Takes On Eminem and Clarifies Its Position w/ Respect to Benzino
Russell Simmons and Minister Ben Muhammed Ask Trent Lott to Step Down
Kevin Powell Talks About Being a Hip Hop Head
Common Keeps It Moving w/ His New Album Electric Circus
Hip Hop Community Calls on President Bush to Stop Slick Rick Deportation
Bill O'Reilly Battles Jay-Z..Debates w/ The Source Magazine Editor
Rusty Waters Rapper Randy Allen Denies Being Involved In JMJ Slaying
Was It an Insurance Scam Behind JMJ Slaying?
Fat Joe Set to Release Customized 'Iced Out' Car Rims
Reviews of Talib's Quality and Jay-Z's Blueprint 2
Suga Free Speaks His Mind
Missing Children of Bay Area Rapper's Rapping 4Tay and Young Lay Found Over the Weekend
Zulu Nation Spokesman TC Izlam Lost Everything in a Fire at His NJ Home this Weekend:
Donations of clothing, Vinyl, Gear, equipment and even funds can be sent to:
Sammy Kane (for TC Iz) 1104 Washington St. #7 Hoboken NJ 07030...
US Gov't Plans to Go After Jam Master Jay's Estate: No Break On Tax Debt
Is Eminem, Hip Hop's Prodigal Son?
Oakland's Azeem Makes Noise
A Profile on Suge Knight
Benzino Clears the Air About His Beef w/ Eminem
INS Rules to Deport Slick Rick
DJ Quik Set to Lead Comedian Chris Rock's Music Orchestra
Fox News Announced that Eminem is Being Considered By Time Magazine to be Man of the Year-He's on the Shortlist Right Next to George W Bush
Fred Hampton Jr Speaks on the Murder of Jam Master Jay
Incarcerated Controversial Rapper X-Raided Set to Hire Johnny Cochran
Producer Fredwreck & Snoop Dogg Set to Do Anti-War Song
Twin Hype is Back on the Rap Scene Working on a New Album
P-Diddy In South Africa Speaks Out About AIDs Crisis
Styles P Gets Ready to Serve 8 Month Bid in Upstate NY
Five Movies That Influenced Hip Hop
Yesterday Was World AIDs Day Do You Remember Eazy E?
Hip Hop and Boxing Come Together at Atlantic City
November 2002 Headlines
Muslim Hip Hop Group Draws Attention As They Rap About Islam
NYC Continues to Crack Down on Night Clubs w/ 'Anti-Dance Police'
Hip Hop Artists Are Born Suspects
FUBU Founders Do Turkey Giveaway for the Needy in Queens
LAPD Have Warrant Out for Another Suge Knight Associate
Snoop Set To Fly On His New Show 'Televizzle' on MTV
Dre of Outkast Set to Star in New Movie
Read the Story of Hip Hop's Most Dangerous Group NWA
?uest Love and The Roots make Noise
Hip Hop Fast Food Snacks Hit the Stands
Mumia, Rap and Revolution
LL Cool J Speaks on the Loss of JMJ and His Grandmother
Nas Speaks on His New Album 'God's Son' and Rivalries
Fans of JMJ Want His Legacy Kept In Tact
Oakland's Goapele Blows Up the Spot
Main Source Set To Reunite
Benzino Calls Out Eminem: He Accuses Him of Being Vanilla Ice
Eminem Responds w/ Two Songs About Bezino
Daddy O Speaks Out About Self Destruction 2
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien Speaks His Mind
Bay Area Hip Hoppers Return from Palestine will be on KPFA 94.1/KPFA.org w/ Fredwreck Producer of Snoop Dogg and Xzibit Today [Tues] at 4PM Cali Time
Kool Keith Crew Returns Stolen Money
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien Speaks His Mind
Crash Crew Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Ice Cube Under Fire For 'Friday After Next' Ads
Rally To Protest Negative Images in Rap this Weekend
Did Kool Keith and Tim Dog Rob A SF Niteclub?
Queen Latifah Arrested For Drunk Driving
Malik Zulu Shabazz of New Black Panther Party Set to Release Controversial Album in January Called 'Amerikkka's Most Hated'
Jam Master Jay's Family Vehemently Respond to Allegations That He Was Killed Because of a Bad Drug Deal
Oakland's Goapele Blows Up the Spot
Eminem & Nelly Dominate AMA Nominations
From Ballet to Hip Hop: Power to the B-Boys
Philly B-Boy Rennie Harris Speaks on Hip Hop Dance History
Jay-Z to Appear on 60 Minutes II Tonite
Is P-Diddy Running For President?
Hip Hop Pioneer Pete DJ Jones Talks About How Hip Hop Emerged
Kurupt May Collaborate w/ Actor Steven Segal
Mr Complex Is Set To Launch A Television Hip Hop Game Show
Jam Master Jay Murder Being Attributed to Drug Deal Gone Bad
DMX w/ Mary J Blige Set to do Thanksgiving Charity Dinner In His Old Yonkers Neighborhood
Def Poetry Jam A Big Hit on Broadway
Hip Hop Peace Project Launches
Hip Hoppers and Community Groups Set to Jam up SF Hip Hop Station KMEL
Suge Knight's Lawyers Says The Police Are Harrassing Suge w/ Predawn Raid
Sad News For LL Cool J, His Grandmother Who Was His Inspiration Just Passed
Planet Asia Assaulted By Guards at a Minneapolis Night Club
Suge Knight's Office Raided By Police In Predawn Raid
Wyclef Says He Wants to Get the Fugees Back Together
Missy Elliot Says She's Tired of Hip Hop Beefs
Bay Area Hip Hop Artist Touch Down in Palestine
Oakland Rapper's Career Ruined by Corrupt Cops
Actor Merlin Santana of the Steve Harvey/ Bill Cosby Show Was Shot and Killed
P Diddy Accused By London Hip Hop Artist of Trying to Wipe Him Out
Oakland Hip Hoppers Bumrush the Office of Mayor Jerry Brown
Cops Seek Man Who Was The Look Out in the Jam Master Jay Slaying
8 Mile Makes 54 Million at the Box Office
Paris Writes an Open Letter to Def Jam Records
Ice T Readies New Album 'Pimpin' 101'
Check out This Weekend's Zulu nation Anniversary celebration in NYC
Rappers Coming Together to Record Self Destruction 2
NY Senator Honors Zulu Nation
Zulu Nation: From Gangs to Hip Hop Glory...
October 2002 Headlines
Controversial Booty Crack Magazine Returns to San Jose
Bay Area Beats Central Cali in Emcee Battle
Angie Martinez Joins American Idol
Philly-Baltimore-Maryland Rappers Come Together To Do A Tribute Album for Sniper Victim Ken Bridges
Coolio and Outkast Set to Do National Lampoon Movie
KRS-One and MC Lyte Set To Perform at Compton Community College Sat Nov 2 2002 2-6PM for Rock the Vote
Sista Souljah Set to Appear at Turning the Tables of Hip Hop Summit in Wash DC Oct 31-Nov 3
Ice T Set To Release Feature Film on Pimping
Sway & Tech Wake Up Show Returns to LA
Boots & Black Panther Bobby Seale Founder Team Up
Funk Flex Says Power Can't Beat Him or Hot 97
Steph Lova Clears Up Rumors Surrounding Assault
Virgin Radio Calls Rap 'Processed Crap'
KRS-One Throws Down at RTV Rally at UCLA
Record Labels Making Moves to Refuse to Pay Radio Stations to Play Music
Death Row Records Graphics Logo Designer Shot to Death In LA
Power 106 to Reveal Business Relationship w/ Shady Sheist to It's Listeners
Republican Senator Berates Opponent For Attending Hip Hop Summit
Power 106 in LA Under Fire for Conflict of Interest w/ Shade Sheist Airplay
Over 1000 Youth Attend Dallas Hip Hop Summit
KRS & The Poetess Set to Perform at Rock The Vote Rally on UCLA Campus
Digital Underground Set to Perform at San Jose State Campus Today for RTV
Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Paniciolli Celebrates 'Who Shot Ya' Book Release
Reggie Reg of the Crash Crew is a New Father Congratulations!
Restraining Order Issued to Funkmaster Flex
Emcee Battle of the Century; The Bay vs Central Cali
P-Diddy Signs New Edition
Russell Simmons Endorses Texas Candidate Ron Kirk for Senate
Jay-Z and Beyonce Are Engaged
Amateur Video Tape Clears Luke of Sexual Assault: The Woman was Lying
Daz Takes on Afeni Shakur, Xzibit, Ja Rule, Irv Gotti and Suge Knight
Historic Sugar Hill Studios Burns Down
Coolio Set to Succeed Bob Hope
Funeral For Cold Crush Legend Set For This Friday
Steph Lover Set to Sue Funkmaster Flex: She Says Incident Was Caught on Tape
Jay-Z vs Toni Braxton: She Accuses Him of Stealing Her Song!
Hip Hop Summit Comes to Dallas Oct 11 & 12
I Hope You Called Your Congressman 'Cause We are Now Going to War
Dame Dash Gets Jumped By Thugs In Paris-Needs 6 Stitches
Cocoa Cola Under Fire By Milwaukee Officials for Sponsoring Grafitti Contest
Jigga Teams Up w/ Beyonce For Blueprint 2
NJ Poet Amiri Baraka Challenges the ADL
Hip Hop Says 'Not In Our Name!
Ras Baraka Named Deputy Mayor of Newark
Fred Hampton Jr Speaks about Assination Attempt
KRS-One Gears Up to Help Chicken Soup of the Soul
Major Record Labels Admit to Price Fixing CDs: They Settle Out of Court
6 Lungs Gone Silent: The 2Pac/ Biggie Documentary
Victory For O'Reilly and Project Islamic Hope-Snoop Gets Dumped
DJ Premier Starts Record Label
The Real Shaolin Monks of China Trade Mark Their Name
Jay-Z Set to Do 60 Minutes TV Show
LL Cool J Backs Republican Governor
Suge Knight Battles Clear Channel Over Billboard
Dame Dash Starts Radio Show on Power 105
September 2002 Headlines
Project Islamic Hope Is Also Going After Snoop Dogg
Bill O'Reilly Goes After Snoop Dogg and the Muppets
Flava Flav Gets One Year in Jail For Unpaid Parking Tickets
MTV Agrees to Play PE Video
Hot 97 Backs Funkmaster Flex, They're Going After Steph Lova
Bizzy Bones Ousted From Bones Thugs and Harmony
LL Cool J Set To Star in Samaul Jackson Movie
Funkmaster Flex Arrested For Beating Down Rival Female DJ Steph Lova
Protest Against MTV Scheduled This Friday Sept 27
Cash Money Reps Deny Movie Making Venture w/ Master P
P-Diddy Vows To Work Hard in Support of Carl McCall
Wildstyle Celebrates 20 Years
Juvenile Arrested for Assault
Hip Hop Rivals Come Together: Master P & Cash Money Working on Movie
Hip Hop Youth Conference Coming to Boston this Weekend
Is Funkmaster Flex Guilty of Payola?
Hip Hop Pioneer Vansilk Calls Out Jay Z, Nas and other Emcees
Listen to Canibus Dis Jay-Z and Beanie
Was Cointel-Pro Behind the Recent LA Times Article?
The Dummifying of Hip Hop America
Ice Cube Signs to Aftermath Records
Queen Latifah Relaunches Flava Unit Record Label
Injured Goodie Mob Rapper Khujo In Good Spirits
Comedian Margret Cho and Hip Hop
Method Man and Redman Set to Film Another Comedy
Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for the Money
Is Russell Simmons the Swami of Hip Hop?
Arab Rapper AJ Steps to the Plate and Raps About 9-11
Ludacris Plans to Respond to Pepsi
Record Companies Set to Cut Deals to Do Placement ADs in Rap Songs
Recording Studio Claims to Have Proof of Biggie's Whereabouts
Listen to Ed Lover Debate Bill Oreilly
Bling Blingin' In The Age of Terror
Russell Simmons Responds to LA Times
Kool Moe Dee Joins KRS-One on 9-11
J-Lo Causes More Drama: Says Her 'Music Is Not Black!'
LA Times Say Police Messed Up In 2Pac Investigation
Biggie's Estate Responds to Article
Former Vibe Writer Kevin Powell Weighs In
Who Killed 2Pac? The LA Times Claims to Know:They Say Biggie Was Involved
Edi of the Outlawz Speaks About LA Times Article and 2Pac
Mr Lif Moves From Beantown to Oaktown-Welcome to Cali
dead prez Breaks It Down
KRS-One Updates Peace Document
Ludacris' Mom Heats Up on Bill O'Reilly
Beanie Sigel Launches Controversial Clothing Line
Nappy Roots Speak Out About Growing Up Poor
Napster Closes Doors Fires Founder Shawn Fanning
Felonious Brings Beat Box Show to Oakland's Black Box
August 2002 Headlines
Bill O'Reilly Is A Pompous Idiot
Q-Tip Talks to Our Sista Station WBAI: Tribe IS NOT Getting Back Together
Boots From The Coup Will Start Teaching at Oakland High School This Fall
Bill O'Reilly Shuts Down Ludacris
Eminem Wins Big and Gets Booed After Getting Riled By Puppet & Moby
Motion Man Returns to the Fold w/ Heat
D/DC [Deep Dick Collective] Speak Their Minds
Beef Between Ja Rule & DMX Escalates
Scarface Hospitalized Due to High Blood Pressure
Swollen Members Hook Up w/ Nelly Furtado
LL Cool J is Back on the Move
Luniz Drop New Album That Reflects 'The Town' [Oakland]
Cynthia Mckinney Loses Election!
Can Hip Hop Stars Mobilize Young Blacks to the Polls?
Snoop Speaks to Contrabandit.com About His New Dis Song 'Pimp Slap'
NORE Concert Cancelled For Fear of 'Gang Violence'
Russell Simmons and NAACP Join Forces!
Cuba Hosts 8th Annual Hip Hop Festival
Irv Gotti Trying to Sign Shyne to Murder Inc
Sign the 'Hip Hop Manifesto Petition' to Reform BET [Black Exploitation TV]
Cage Causes Drama w/College Radio
WC and Snoop Hold Ghetto Olympics
P-Diddy to Open Up Research & Polling Company
EPMD's DJ Scratch Hurt in Motorcycle Accident
Big Celebration in the Bronx for the Late Disco King Mario
KRS to Hold Hip Hop Conference on 9-11
Millions For Reparations March Set for this Sat August 17th
Zulu Nation Gears Up For 29th Anniversary Celebration
Ice Cube Responds to Samuel Jackson's Remarks About Rappers Not Being Able to Act
Senator Repeals Bill to Help Recording Artist
Why Are Alternative Rock Stations Only Playing White Rap Acts?
Black Panthers Putting Out Hip Hop Records
Snoop's Brother In Law Killed in Las Vegas
KKBT Hip Hop Concert Marred by Violence
Snoop Disses Suge and Tha Row In A New Song
DMX Teams Up w/ Rage Against the Machine
Slick Rick Speaks to Allhiphop About His Recent Troubles
Snoop Dogg, Outkast & Jay-Z Featured In 'American Rap Stars' Documentary
Jay-Z Challenges Nas to a Pay Per View Battle
Jam Master Jay Opens A Scratch Academy
Michael Jackson Plans to Hook Up w/ Murder Inc.
Eminem Hooks Up w/ 'Girls Gone Wild' Video Show...
Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney Speaks Out On Hip Hop and Politics
What's the Future of the Hip Hop Generation?...Bakari Speaks Out
SJ Hip Hop Producer Capp Responds to Minister Paul Scott
KRS Takes Up Artist Rights
Bad News For Field Member Click
Cam'ron Arrested in NY For Forging License Plates
DMX Accuses Ja Rule of Stealing His Rhyme Style
JULY 2002 HEADLINES....
SJ Hip Hop Producer Capp Responds to Minister Paul Scott
KRS Takes Up Artist Rights
Cam'ron Arrested in NY For Forging License Plates
Def Jam Launches Free Slick Rick Petition Campaign
DMX Accuses Ja Rule of Stealing His Rhyme Style
Family of Victims Agree to Star in Video to a New 9-11 Hip Hop Song
Will Smith Defends Slick Rick
DMX Set to Pen Autobiography
Snoop Teams Up w/ Old Death Row Labelmates
Treach to Star In 'Interracial Love' Film 'Face'
Jay Z and Damon Dash Buy Vodka Company
Actor Samuel Jackson Says He Hates Working w/ All Rappers Except Will Smith
Rocksteady Crew Gets Ready to Celebrate 25 Years!
KRS Accuses Funkmaster Flex of Taking 40Gs to Play Records!
ConsciousHipHop.com Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary
P-Diddy Being Sued By Kelly Price and Sauce Money
Conrad Muhammed Set to Run For Congress as a Republican
Bush Administration Calls For Internment Camps For Arab Americans!