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  • June 2005 Headlines



  • Ante Up! (Part 1)-How Conscious Consumption Can Help Us
  • BAW: RepubLIcans are Tryin to Recruit Russell Simmons
  • Twista Calls On Chicago Artists to Help Children's Academy
  • dead prez & Others Set to Release DVD About Police Terrorism
  • Left Eye's Mother Suing Mitsubishi Over Fatal Crash


  • A Mother Who belongs to a 2Pac Cult Decapitates Daughter
  • Cassidy Set to Turn Himself in for Murder
  • Adult Contemporary Hip Hop
  • GoGo Godfather Chuck Brown Honored by NEA
  • Kanye Causes Problems for Diamond Industry w/ Remix
  • DJ Consequence Set to Release Remix LP Tribe Called Quence
  • Black Eyed Peas Bridge Gap Btwn Hip Hop and Pop
  • NY Times: Mixtape Crackdown Sends a Mixed Message


  • The Bay Today: What is Thizz (History of Hyphy pt 2)
  • Common Narrating Movie on Former Gansta Disciple 'Noonie' Ward
  • Trillville Vs Lil’ Scrappy Beef Surfaces
  • How the Street Gangs Took Central America


  • Radio Listeners Craving Old-School Hip-Hop
  • Game's Publicist Shemia Breaks Silence on 50 Cent Beef
  • Thug Life Army Interviews Siri Khalsa (Hip Hop Photographer)
  • Church's Hip Hop Service Draws Large Crowds
  • Bishop Don Juan Lands Advice Column In Elemental Magazine
  • George Clinton Wins Back Rights To Four Swindled Albums


  • Commercial or Underground?: Matters of Life and Death
  • NYPD Police Arrest Mixtape Retailers in East Village
  • Pharrell Williams Skate Team Captain Shot
  • `Hi-Tek Hip-Hop,' TV show put Focus on Local Scene
  • Jay-Z Jumps On Three Tracks For Foxy Brown's New Album
  • The Colony Raps Back -New Documentary on Kenyan Hip Hop
  • New LA Hip-Hop Oldies Station Brings Memories of Original KDAY

  • Murder Dog; Interview w/ Saigon
  • Rap Cointel-Pro: Saigon, Immortal Technique, Mikkey, and Papoose
  • Rappers and Graf Artists Bring New Rhythm to Video Games
  • Grand Wizzard Theodore Hosts 30th Anniversary Of The Scratch
  • RZA Launches Wu Tang Latino
  • She Speaks Hip Hop-F$%k An Apology
  • Tupac Amaru Center Set to Open This Weekend
  • Why is Hiphop MIA on Missing Women and Children of Color?
  • Soldier Rap-the Pulses of the War


  • Legalize the Sideshows: An Open Letter to Mayor Jerry Brown
  • Somethings to Ponder…Hey Game-When is Enough, Enough?
  • About to be a Girlfight-New Documentary on Women in Hip Hop
  • Miss K-Sly's Sleaze Report-Common brings out the Stars
  • The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pays
  • Hot 97 Media Reform Committee REACH to Hold Townhall
  • Senate Gives FBI More Patriot Act Power

  • A Sidewalk Trip Down Memory Lane: The Hip Hop Roots Album
  • One on One w/ the Legendary Roy Ayers
  • Young Buck Set to Stand Trial
  • Snoop Dogg's Brother Bing & DJ Quik's Cousin Hit-Team Up
  • Ain't No Love Loss Between Game & 50 Cent at Hot 97
  • Chuck D Speaks to the People


  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #105
  • MC Lyte Set to release Book
  • The Bay Today-What is Hyphy?
  • Jimmy Henchmen Blast 50 Cent-Hot 97 Restrains Interview
  • Informant Changes Tune About Notorious BIG Murder
  • Don’t Let the Name Fool You: Misogyny in Conscious Rap
  • Is Lauryn Hill R&B or Hip Hop?


  • Hip Hop: Radical in its Roots, but Will It Continue?
  • HR 1528: Hip-Hop Cultures Newest Threat
  • More Than A Hip-Hop Radio DJ - Wendy Williams
  • Mos Def Headlining Act For 8th Annual Black August Concert
  • Universal Zulu Nation Responds to Hip Hop Sucks Articles


  • Blackalicious Set to Make Big Moves in '05
  • Girl Power Dances to It's Own Groove (B-Girl Be Summit
  • 50 Cent Sues DVD Company Over the Real 50 cent Portrayal
  • New Dances Set to bring Hip Hop Spotlight to the West Coast
  • Seattle Fan Says Snoop & Game Beat Him on Stage
  • Roc's Young Guru & Gangstarr's Guru Clash Over Name
  • Vibes of the Pro-Black-Brother J Speaks Out
  • NY Times: Young Bolivians Adopt Hip Hop Personas

    May 2005 Headlines

  • Mos Def and Dead Prez Set to Stand Up For Assata Shakur
  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #104
  • P-Diddy Goes to NY's Highest Court to Appeal Child Support Ruling
  • Lil Kim in Hot Water for Trying to Sell Trial Tapes
  • Former Bad Boy Prez Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice
  • Violence Erupts Outside Two NY Hip Hop Clubs


  • Snoop Says He Wants to Reach Out and Help Suge Knight
  • MTV Debates the Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of All-Time
  • Alleged Members Of G-Unit Wounded In Shootout In Queens
  • The HipHop Police and the Racial Profiling this Thursday
  • Afeni Shakur Speaks on the Reolution of Hip Hop Beefs
  • 50 Cent Wants To Sign Mobb Deep, M.O.P. To G-Unit Records
  • Freeway Opens Rim Shop In Philly
  • Hip-Hop Gets “Punk’d” By Cops & MTV
  • Irv Gotti Gets to Seperate From 'Supreme' McGriff


  • TheOG.net Interviews Joe Budden
  • Jin Says Rap Career Is Over, Records 'I Quit'
  • Adult Film Star Heather Hunter Releases Album
  • Rap Star Incites Violence Among Isreali Settlers
  • Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap 21st-Century Scourge (The N Word)
  • A Discussion of the Female Experience in Hip Hop


  • MTV's Sway & King Tech Take It Back to Basics in 2005
  • Beyonce Fires Dad who Is MIA at Record Label
  • Reverend Run Set to Do Reality Show-'Run's House'
  • K-Sly's Sleaze Report-May 19th
  • D12 Set to Loan Likeness and Voice to Video Game

  • Judge Rules Against Jay Z's Countersuit to R Kelly
  • "Murder' INC close to Being Cut by Def Jam
  • Film on Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to San Francisco
  • Hip-Hopping Mad Over Beats and Hooks
  • Nelly Does Underage Drinking Commercials
  • Bay Area hip-hop Artists Vie for National Attention pt 2
  • Hip Hop Community Steps Up to Help Save the Filibuster
  • Don't Believe the Hype-Simmons Says It's Propaganda
  • Pioneering Rap Star Syder D Buys Basketball Team

  • Hip-Hop Smackdown: It's All a Game
  • Black-Brown Tensions in LA-What’s Behind It?
  • Dave Chappelle Speaks Out
  • The Connection Between Hip Hop, New Wave and Punk


  • Femmixx.com: Exclusive Interview with Kim Osorio
  • Suge is not the Boogeyman-In Defense of Suge Knight
  • Busta Rhymes In Studio With Timbaland, Dr. Dre
  • M.O.P. Split From Roc-A-Fella And Dame Dash
  • Eastbay Express: Meet Oakland's Frestyle King Mistah Fab
  • Eminem Settles Lawsuit With Apple
  • Tom Green Digs Deep To Unearth His Hip-Hop Roots
  • Jimi Hendrix's Home on the Block


    April 2005 Headlines

  • NY's Hot 97 Hopes to Withstand the Heat-Awaits Ratings
  • Has Green Latern Been Kicked Out Shady Aftermath Camp?
  • Chuck D: Johnny Cochran, Jay-Z & Air America
  • Darryl James: How the White Man Got Us
  • Game and 50 Cent Hit w/ Lawsuits Over DC Beating Incident


  • T.I. Squashes Beef w/ Lil Flip
  • Ice Cube Working on New Album
  • Artist Known as 'No Puff Daddy' Set to Make Moves
  • The Revolutionary Heart Of The Dirty South
  • Pam Anderson Lashes out at P-Diddy & J-Lo
  • Miss Info Returns to Hot 97 w/ Funkmaster Flex


  • 2Pac's Mom Says No More Albums After this Next One
  • Houston is On A Roll-Dirty South getting More Respect
  • Sri Lankans to Ask Bill Clinton to Condemn Hot 97
  • Shell Toes Live on in the Heart of Hip Hop
  • Linkin Park Builds Fort w/ Common, Black Thought & Jay-Z
  • Friends Remember 'Hate Eye' an Emerging Who Was DC Killed
  • It Needs to Be Ced: Lack of Parental Guidance


  • Hip Hop Stars and Bars-Keeping An Artist Hot While in Jail
  • Lyrical Content Undo Deals For 50 Cent and Snoop
  • Peace Magazine: An Interview w/ Raza
  • Harvard Cancels Snoop Show
  • Feds Investigating Irv Gotti in Beating Death of Drug Dealer
  • Author Adissa Banjoko Teams w/ Jeff Chang and Oliver Wang
  • Heavy D Set to Star in Will Smith Movie-'Medal of Honor'
  • Sleeping w/ Artists and Lap Dances
  • Al Sharpton's Hip Hop Townhall Meeting


  • Insightful Conference Looks at Role of Women in Hip-Hop
  • West Coast Artists Come Together and Make Peace
  • Playahata News; April 15th Tax Day
  • Outkast and Rosa Parks Settle Lawsuit
  • P-Diddy Makes it Official w/ Warner Brothers
  • Hip-hop Mogul Simmons Returns to Def Jam
  • McDonald's "Big Mac" Hip-Hop Campaign Gets "Cold Shower'
  • Eve Set to Deal w/ HIV Issues

  • Snoop & Game Launch West Was One Tour
  • The Shady Business of Commercial Radio-Payola Is Still Alive
  • 50 Cent Gaining on the Beatles
  • Can Hip Hop be Feminist?
  • Fat Joe And Roy Jones Settle Differences
  • Dame Dash Set to Snatch Chains in New Apprentice-like Show
  • C-Murder Changes His Name to C.Miller


    March 2005 Headlines


  • Hip Hop Summit Coming to New Orleans on Financial Empowerment
  • Gorillaz Replace Dan The Automator w/ Dangermouse
  • Pharrell Williams Launches Ice Cream Skateboarding Team
  • New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers
  • 1st Annual Bay Area Rap Summit (Mini-BARS)

  • Community Activist Damu Smith Needs Your Help
  • Hip Hop Mourns the Death of MC Conscious
  • My Two Cents-Hypocritical Hip Hop
  • FCC Chair: Let's Regulate Cable-Congressman Calls for Jail Time
  • 2Pac's Godfather Geronimo Ji Jaga Remembers Johnny Cochran
  • Vast Aire & Mighty Mi Present: The Best Damn Rap Show


  • Afrika Bambaataa & Grassroots Hip Hop Community Set to Meet with Hot 97
  • Corporate Executive Challenges Hip Hop to 'Knock the Hustle'
  • Chi-Town Gearing Up for Hip Hop Feminism Conference
  • Eminem, 50 Cent and Lil Jon Hook Up for Tour
  • Jamie Foxx Set to Team Up w/ Kanye West & 50 Cent


  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News: #100
  • Peep This Speech Johnny Cochran Gave in 95 at Essence Festival
  • RIP: Johnny Cochran He Held It Down For A Long Time
  • Russell Simmons, Jim Jones Set to Launch Vote Initiative
  • Emmis and Hot97 Face more Tough Times
  • Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Masculinity in Hip Hop


  • Home Grown Hip Hop-Davey D & Jeff Chang at Commonwealth Club
  • Playahata News: Game Gets Dissed in Mexico
  • Rappers Battle Over Brand Names
  • The Bay Today: Thizz The Season
  • Master P and Silk The Shocker Charged w/ Gun Possession
  • Nas Responds: 50 Needs to Put in More Work-He's Not Deep


  • FCC May Soon Hold Hearings About Hot 97
  • Hot 97 Ordered to Stop Smackfest Contests
  • Essence Hip Hop Debate Gets Chaotic in New York
  • Black Electorate Speaks w/ the Hip Hop Minister-Bro. Conrad
  • Def Jam Prez Jay-Z Says He Feels the Artist's Pain
  • Jadakiss Fined for Gun and Drug Charges
  • Hip Hop's Racial Stereotypes with Angry Black White Boy
  • Our Condolences to Nelly
  • New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers


  • HSAN & HHSYC React to Protests-They Defend Hot 97 w/ an Open Letter
  • Davey D Responds to HSAN/ HHSYC Letter About Hot 97
  • Phat, Joe -Rapper's Hit 'Lean Back' Revives His Career
  • Lil Kim Rejects Peace Talks w/ Those Who Testified
  • Taye Diggs Tired of Being Beat Out By Rappers
  • Why Is Hot 97 in the Hot Seat? Barry Mayo Blames Rappers


  • Eddie Murphy Set to Star in Hip Hop Task Force Movie
  • Shooting at Nas Concert (Eye Witness Account)
  • JT The Bigga Figga Preps Another Game Album
  • Lil’ Kim Records Music; Braces For Jail
  • In Wake of Rap World Violence, Honoring Hip-Hop's Cool Side
  • Fred Hampton Reborn


  • Playahata Newsletter: Slim Shady Withdraws Lawsuit
  • Lil Kim Convicted-Could Get 20 Years
  • The `Most Sampled Woman in Hip-Hop' Mourned
  • Radio Facts Editorial: Killing For Dollars
  • Hip-Hop Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • NY Times Covers Anti-Hot 97 Coalition and Protests
  • Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys To Release Solo Project


  • Hadji Williams Clarifies His Multi-Cultural Hip Hop Position
  • Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Responds to 'Do Non Blacks Owe' Article
  • Xzibit Nabbed In Guam For Weed Possession
  • Where's the Beef? Ask Hip Hop
  • Christian Hip Hop Concert is an Inspiration to All
  • The Bay Today: Direct Connect March 2005
  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News # 99


  • Playahata Reviews: Game - The Documentary (C+)
  • Playahata Review: 50-Cent - The Massacre (C)
  • Playahata Review: Ludacris - The Red Light District (C+)
  • Playahata Review: Big Noyd - On the Grind (C)


  • Soul Legend Lyn Collins Passes Away
  • Former Korn Singer Wants to Save 50 Cent's Soul
  • Prosecutors Accuse Lil Kim of Acting Above the Law
  • Corporations Destroyed Hip Hop & All I Got was a Throwback Jersey
  • MCs are Born Not Paid
  • LA Hip Hop Pioneer Mixmaster Spade Passes Away
  • Havana's Female Rappers and Cuban Hip Hop
  • Ex-Child Soldier Now Kenya's Hottest Rapper
  • Stanely Crouch: The Tide Is Turning Against Rap
  • Rap War for the Ages
  • Mass Appeal Magazine Editor Killed On Subway
  • AHH: FBI Closes Investigation Into Murder Of Notorious B.I.G.
  • Dial Straits-Hot 97's Timeline of Violence
  • While the World Watched 50-Senate Passes New Bankruptcy Bill
  • NY Times Guns and Posses-Hip Hop Follows Blues Traditions
  • Was 50 and Game Truce a Farce?
  • Lil Kim Takes Stand-Says She's a Victim
  • Sharpton's People Respond to Davey D Article
  • Jadakiss Named Artist of the Year at Justo's Mixtape Awards
  • NYPD Beef Up Rap Task Force-In Wake of Hot 97 Violence
  • Anti-Defamation League Attacks Russell Simmons
  • How Much Is Your Stolen Music Worth?-More Than U Think...
  • Now Al Sharpton Wants to Jump In..What's the Hustle?


  • Hot 97's Landlord Wants the Station Out of the Building
  • Oakland's Zion I Set to Release 3rd Album
  • All Hip Hop Special of 50 Cent/ Game Press Conference
  • Rap Crews Face Ban Over Shootings-No More Posses
  • New Zealand Hip Hop Icon Passes Away
  • The Apprentice Meets Fat Joe, Lil Kim & Hip Hop Slang
  • 'Mos' or 'Less'-Mos Def Scheduled Appearance Disappoints
  • Emmis and Three Other Radio Companies to meet w/ Sharpton
  • 8 Ball & MJG Fesatured in Upcoming Book on Dirty South
  • A Double Dose of Damon Dash's Rap Projects
  • Game & 50 to Hold Press Conference-End Dispute
  • Hannity and Colmes Speak with Hot 97 Whistleblower
  • Maxine Waters Pays tribute to LA Hip Hop Radio Show


  • Canada Has a Rap Task Force
  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #98
  • The Bay Today by T-Kash-10 Hard Questions
  • Scarface Fronting 'Formaldehyde Funk' Band
  • Ja Rule Pleads Guilty to Assault in Toronto
  • Eastbay Express: Keak Da Sneak da Mayor
  • US Hip-Hop Acts to Make Local Debut in Korea
  • Hip Hop Against Rascist War
  • Thug Radio-Beef and Bullets in Rap's Corporate War
  • Shame on Hot 97-Complain to the CEO
  • Beef! What About John Lennon vs Paul McCartney


  • Emmis Deejay Booted for Protesting Song
  • Playahata Newsletter: Fiddy Calls for a Truce
  • Author Gives Hip Hop a Bad Rap
  • Hip Hop Protest a Tonic for the Easily Offended
  • Gentler Voices Emerge in Rap, Hip Hop
  • 50 Speaks About Where He Got His Name From
  • Game Takes the Offensive and Downplays Beef
  • FNV Newsletter: Stop Racist Hot97
  • Blood Money: The Financial Fruit from the Deaths of Game & 50 Cent
  • 50 Makes First Public Comments Since Shooting
  • Love Hurts (Rap's Black Eye)


  • Fat Joe and Jadakiss Slice Beef w/ 50 Different Ways
  • Playahata Newsletter March 4th
  • 50 Cent Does More Shit on NYC Radio Then I care About
  • Women carry the fight against hip-hop misogynists
  • Witness Says Lil Kim On Street During Shooting
  • Crazy Like a Fox or Young and Reckless? 50 Cent Loves Beef
  • All Hip Hop Update on Game-50 Cent Drama-Who Got Shot
  • Friend or Foe More Drama For 50 Cent.More Drama at Hot 97


    February 2005 Headlines

  • No More Groupie Luv
  • Clear Channel Responds As to Why they Aren't Playing Styles P
  • Playahata Breakdown the Oscars
  • Interview w/ Kaygee of the Cold Crush Brothers
  • HipHopMusic.com Gives Breakdown of Public Enemy Weekend
  • P-Diddy in Trouble w/ Animal Activists Over Penguins
  • Greedy Record Labels Trying to Raise Price for Downloads
  • 50 Cent LP Preview: Even 'Great' Can Look Like Falling Off
  • Ja Rule Launches Film Company
  • A Celebration of Hip Hop Life, Culture & Intellect
  • Public Enemy and Paris Collaborate Again
  • Marvin Gaye's What's Going On-2005?
  • Female Hip Hoppers Come Together for Herstory
  • Media Monopoly and the Lies Told By Fox News


  • FAU Symposim Tackles Hip Hop & Politics-Davey D to Speak
  • Bridging the Gap-Hip Hop & Reperations Conference @ UC Berkeley
  • Hip-Hop as Seen by Benzino
  • Debaters Seek to Answer-Who To Blame For Hip Hop
  • It's Bigger Than Hip Hop Conference in NYC w/ GW Theodore
  • Public Enemy Conference @ NYU This Weekend
  • Hip Hop Author Adisa Banjoko to Speak at Harvard
  • Cuban Link Set to Make Big Moves in 05
  • Is Hip Hop a tool of White Supremacy? Meeting of the Minds 2
  • Rappers & Martial Artists Unite to Aid Tsunami Victims
  • Playahata News: Paris Teams Up w/ Public Enemy
  • Hot 97's Sista Station Power 106 Threatens Artists in LA
  • Fighting Words -Rap During War Times


  • Anti-Defamation League Orders Simmons to Drop Farrakhan
  • Rascist Hot 97 is Threatening to Fire Asian Co-Host Miss Info
  • Grammys Not Quite in Sync with Hip-Hop Community
  • Have You Heard "I’m Black" by Styles P., Yet?
  • Danger Mouse Completes Production of Gorillaz Album
  • Bay Area Artists Messy Marv And Guce Go After 50 Cent & G Unit
  • Bay Area Rappers Play Role in Sucka Free City
  • Hip Hop Concert Rattles San Lorenzo, Cali Suburb
  • On Abuse of Activist Women by Activist Men


  • Say It Ain't So Snoop-A Gangsta Rapper in Trouble
  • Eastbay Express: The Godfathers of Gay Hip Hop
  • Spike Lee's 'Sucka Free City' Draws Bay Area Criticism
  • Hip-Hop Hype in Denver
  • Simmons Anti-Semitic Ad Campaign Causes Feud
  • 50 Cents Hartford Suburban Home-No Thug Attire Allowed


  • JT Tha Bigga Figga Set to Release A New Game Album
  • P-Diddy Being Sued by Book Publisher
  • Simmons and Beastie Boys Set to Boycott KFC
  • Suge Knight to Serve Out Time Via Home Arrest
  • DJ Clue Made Into a Cartoon
  • 2Pac vs Martin Luther King-Students Compare Eras
  • Lord Finesse Represents For Big L, Hosts Tribute Show
  • Million-dollar Baby of Hip-Hop Hits the Plexiglas Ceiling
  • Hip Hop Artist Seek to Build Bridges Between Generations
  • Hip Hop Hooks Up w/ Eric Clapton
  • Cuban Hip-Hop Icons Orishas Release New Album in Spain
  • Hip Hop Half Time Show Deemed Offensive & Halted


  • Russell Simmons Rushes to Head NAACP (satire)
  • Virginia Set to Outlaw Saggin' Pants
  • Will Ms Info Return to Hot 97's Morning Show?
  • Queen Of Denmark Takes On Missy Elliott In Logo Dispute
  • Ong-Bak-Hip Hop & Martial Arts Come Together
  • Humboldt County Has Hip Hop Organization
  • Jackson, Mississippi Rapper Speaks on City Banning Rap Concerts
  • The School for Democracy & Leadership Hosts Historic Hip Hop Summit
  • The Bay Today: Extra Shady, Extra Crispy
  • Mos Def Knows Success

    January 2005 Headlines

  • From Sri Lanka-A Stunning Gift of Hip Hop
  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
  • Are the Ying Yang Twins & WPGC Next to Come Underfire?
  • Crips, Bloods and Laura Bush
  • Suge Knight Arrested
  • How to Do Battle (Emcees)
  • Hip Hop Station Offers Fried Chicken for Blk History Month
  • Message to Hot 97: Hip Hop is All About Skillz


  • The Elimination of Hip Hop
  • A Special Message to Street Organizations (Bloods & Crips)
  • Michael Jackson Comes After Eminem
  • Black Folks and Media Conference Sparks Off In Philly
  • Another Perspective to the Hot 97 Scenario
  • Who Cares About Hot 97? I Don't Because Hip Hop Doesn't


  • Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Reacts to Houston's Suicide Attempt
  • Rapper Tray Dee of the Eastsidaz Sentenced to 12 Years
  • Hip-Hop Anthem Unites and Speaks to Ukrainians
  • Hip Hop Wall Street Hits the Stands
  • Master P and Silkk The Shocker Arrested On Gun Charges
  • Jay-Z Sues R.Kelly
  • More Racial Drama w/ Police in Cincinnatti


  • Hot 97 Fires Co-Host Todd Lynn..Set to Donate 1 Million Bucks
  • Russell Simmons Comes Out in Favor of GOP Governor
  • Snoop Accused of Raping a Woman on Jimmy Kimmel Show
  • Jeff Chang's Long Awaited Book 'Can't Stop Won't Stop' Released Today
  • Outkast Set to Release Their Own Movie
  • Bob Johnson Set to Leave BET
  • Nas' Baby's Mother To Release All In Tell-All Book
  • Incarcerated Rapper C-Murder Releases New Album


  • FCC Says It Will Not Fine Hot 97 for Racist Song
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Calls Out Congressman For Reintroducing Draft
  • Public Enemy Comes to NYU To Talk About Making of Landmark LP
  • Rahzel, Doug E Fresh, C Rayz Walz Set to Help Tsunami Victims
  • Hip-Hop will Take Center Stage at ISU During Black History Month
  • Ms Tibb Entertainment News #94
  • Spike Lee Teams Up w/ Rap Stars for 2 Projects
  • Lil Kim's Manager Pleads Guilty To Shooting-Kim Set to Stand Trial
  • 2nd Annual Organic Hip-Hop Celebration Brings African Presence
  • Hot 97-NY's Number One Station For Blazin' Hip Hop & Racism


  • 2Pac's Dad Mutulu Shakur Has Praole Hearing This Week
  • Game Releases an Official Statement About Recent Incidents
  • Another Columnist Caught Doing An 'Armstrong' For Bush
  • 'Strange' Tale of Flavor Flav Rapper's Cred Takes Hit
  • You People Are a Bunch of Hypocrites
  • Game Banned From Radio One After Alleged Beatdown
  • 2Pac Documentary 'Resurreection' Nominated for Oscar
  • Crunk Idol Contestant Watched His Big Debut from Jail
  • Russell Simmons Wants to Help File Your Income Tax
  • SHG & Hip Hop Pioneers Tour Touches Down in Cleveland This Weekend


  • Aotearoa New Zealand Announces Fall Hip Hop Summit
  • Ahmad & 4th Avenue Jones Prepares New Album Release!
  • Simmons Calls for Economic Equality & Social Reform
  • Asian American Music Conference This Weekend in SF
  • Hip Hop Poetry & Politics Panel Kick Off in The Bay
  • Tools of War-Grassroots Hip Hop Newsletter 1/28/05


  • Dame Dash Gets Married, Enters Into Boxing World
  • Initiating Social Action Through Hip-Hop Culture
  • HOT 97 Sings, Asians Scream and the Polticians Lean Back
  • Entertainment Lobby Ask Supreme Court to End File Sharing
  • Ernie Paniciolli Breaks Down the Best 10 Writers on the Web
  • 'BOO'-ing Black History Month: The Big Take Black

  • Reggeaton Artist Tego Calderon Turns Down P-Diddy
  • Irv Gotti Surrenders to the FBI
  • Jin Brings Heat to Hot 97 Over Anti-Asian Remarks
  • An Open Letter to The FCC About Hot 97
  • OCA Demands Accountability for Racist Hot 97 Song
  • Jay-Z Disses R.Kelly in Drop It Like Its Hot Remix


  • Lawmakers Call For Fines Against Hot 97
  • Hot 97 Issues Weak Apology & Berate Asian Co-Host Miss Info
  • Game Involved in Radio Station Beating in Wash DC
  • Feds Expected To Make Murder Inc Arrests this Week
  • Should Russell Simmons Lead the NAACP?
  • Vast Aire & DJ Mighty Mi Set to Launch Best Damn Rap Show
  • Tame One Returns With Sophomore Solo-LP
  • Jermaine Dupri Named Prez Of Virgin Records Urban Division

  • A Real Indepth Breakdown of Hip Hop in New Zealand
  • C.R.I.S.I.S Scores First On Zambian Hip-Hop Scene
  • Parenting Columnist Says Rap Not Suitable for Young Kids
  • Rhymin' and stealin'; Nelson George Breaks Down Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop in Vermont is Happenin'


  • Planned Demonstration & Rally at Hot 97-Enough is Enough
  • Hot 97 Angers Asian Community w/ Racist Song
  • UK Philharmonia Orchestra Chief Blasts Rap Music
  • Playahata News: P-Diddy Trying to Buy Broadway Theater
  • Kanye West Collaborating With Lauryn Hill On New LP
  • Playahata Movie Review: Assault on Precint 13
  • Jean Grae Shows Her Brilliance in Wash DC
  • Usher Accusses J-Lo of Jacking Beats
  • Rza Set to Release Book-The Wu Manual
  • Rap Critics Step Up or Sit Down and Hold Your Peace
  • Ice Cube Keeps Gangster At Bay
  • Dr Dre Comes Full Circle in the Game


  • Russell Simmons Recruits Stars For Yoga-Eyed For NAACP Gig
  • Ice Cube's New Rap-He's Done Drama & Comedy
  • Hip Hop Hall of Fame Company Goes Public
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Come Together to Aid Tsunami Victims
  • Arabic Rap Moves Islamic Youngstaz In a New Way
  • Ethiopians In Isreal face Two Worlds of Rap Music
  • Star Gunning For Stern-Says He Ratted Him Out to FCC
  • The New Game in Town Generates West Coast Buzz
  • Singer Seal Comes After 50 Cent and Puts Him on Blast


  • Clear Channel Accussed of Attacking Cali Hip Hop Station
  • The Game Nearly Ended Up Signed to Bad Boy
  • Rosa Parks Has Dementia-May Have Been Manipulated to Sue Outkast
  • The Good, The Bad The Ugly For Hip Hop in 2004
  • Young Buck Pleads Not Guilty to Vibe Assault
  • Man Who Assaulted Dr. Dre Claims Suge Knight Paid For Punch
  • Crtitical Mass-Hip Hop at 30
  • Wyclef Jean Says Haiti Too Violent to Hold Credible Elections


  • Will It ever End? The Problem w/ Chronic Candy
  • 50 Cent Continues Verbally Assaulting Fellow Rappers
  • Niggas Can Still Be Bought-Ask Armstrong Williams
  • The Rap on Religion-No Wonder Kanye Struck a Chord
  • What’s wrong with Kenyan Hip Hop?
  • 2Live Crew Member in Accident
  • Playahata End of Year Awards 2004
  • Eminem and Dave Mays Square off at Detroit Radio Station
  • Lil Jon Hooks Up w/ Adult Movie Company

  • Playahata News: Feminism & Hip Hop Conference Announced
  • Rap City's 'Cousin Jeff Lands New Political Show on BET
  • Jay-Z Re-Signs Foxy Brown to Def Jam
  • Sam Jackson Serious About Not Working With Unproven Rappers
  • Andre Harrell Producing HBO Drama On Hip-Hop
  • Playahata Newsletter Jan 11 2005
  • Suspect Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Dr Dre/Vibe Awards Brawl


  • The Game Album -Documentary Preview
  • Oakland's Laney College Offers Hip Hop Anthropology Class
  • California High School Says 'No' to Dipping it Low
  • Star and Bucwild Officially Return to New York


  • Ms Tibb Bits Ent News #91-End of Year Wrap Up
  • Hip Hop's Influence Reaches Beyond Pop Culture
  • Stanely Crouch says Hip Hop Invites A Bad Rap
  • Norweigian Rap Group Madcon Breezes In
  • Women Also Exploit Mass Media's Obsession w/ Rap & Sex
  • Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Word "Pimp"
  • Stockton Cali Artist Address Rap's Treament of Women
  • Nelly Donates 50k To Martin Luther King Jr. Monument
  • Ja Rule Making Moves w/ New Flick Assault on Precint 13
  • The New COINTELPRO Def Poetry Jam Artist Underfire
  • Are Rappers Sending a Mixed Message About Jesus?
  • Dead Prez and Their Thoughts On Revolution


  • Village Voice: the Numbers Beyond the Bling
  • Keak Da Sneak & The Dope Game Posse Ready to Blow Up
  • Andre 3000 Mark Wahlberg & Tyrese Hook Up/ John Singleton
  • Snoop Set to Star in 5 Films This Year
  • Biz Markie Is Back With the Wackiness on DJ Circuit
  • The Rap on Hip Hop Clubs-Are They Violent?
  • Marketing Hits a New Low w/ Spinning Gold Teeth
  • Police Pepper Spray 85 Year Old Man During Traffic Stop


  • Update on Senate Hearings-Senator Boxer Stood Up...Watch C-Span
  • Dear Senators-Don't Sell us Out..We Are Watching You..
  • Senator Boxer Says She'll Stand Up and Support John Conyers

  • Benzino Says Truce w/ Eminen is a Farce
  • Mos Def Clowns Limp Bizkit & Other Rock Rap Groups
  • Predictions: Hip-hop to take Latin Direction
  • Veteran Journalist Jeff Chang Releases Hip Hop History Book

  • From Satire to Reality-Mark Skillz Confronts Spinning Gold Teeth
  • P-Diddy named Person of the Year by BET
  • Eminem's Lawsuit Against The Source Going To Trial
  • UCLA Set to Offer 'Hip Hop Music Business' Class
  • New Hip Hop Movement Aims to Bring Peace in Newark
  • A Q&A w/ Nas About God, Tupac and Fame


  • Hip Hop Hits the Road w/ Missy Elliott
  • Studio Owner Of Eminem's First CD Killed in Detroit
  • Ernie Paniciolli's Message to 2Pac
  • Missy Elliott Calls New LP 'My Favorite I've Ever Done'
  • Da Brat Speaks Out About Her Stint on 'The Surreal Life'


  • An Open Letter to the Hip Hop Community-Asian Aid
  • Beastie Boys, Chuck D. Encourage Sampling With Contest
  • Take Back the Music Campaign set to Launch
  • Remy Martin Teams Up w/ Lady Saw for 'I Got Your Man'
  • Luda Vs. Austin Powers? Cris Gets Villainous In Next Clip
  • All Black Music is linked, and the Chain is Unbreakable
  • Bill Cosby Busted-Reminded of Hometown Roots
  • Top 40 Doesn't Chart for Hip-Hop Champion-Jazzy Jeff
  • Mos Def Struggles to Take Back Hip Hop


  • Essence Magazine Set to Take on Abusive Hip Hop Lyrics
  • Senior Airman Bobby Cheeks Keeps Hip Hop Alive
  • Temple of Hip Hop Launches First Education Center in Cali
  • Jae Millz Set to melt the Streetz in 2005
  • Rosa Parks and Outkast Agree to Mediation
  • FIU Gears Up For Organic Hip Hop Conference in February
  • Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison


    December 2004 Headlines

  • Funkmaster Flex, 50 Cent and Publicity Stunt 101
  • Clear Channel Strikes Again-Shuts Down Ad Campaign
  • Is the US Stingy When It Comes to Giving AID?
  • I Had a Hip Hop Kwanza
  • Has the Hip Hop NBA Become the Thug League?
  • Playahata: Thugs, Pimpin'’ & Revolutionaries
  • Jay-Z For President
  • Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison
  • Playahata Newsletter 12-27-04


  • What Do 50 Cent and Prof John McWhorter Have in Common?
  • Wyclef Launches Yele Haiti to Help Rebuild Country
  • Paul Mooney vs Star & Buckwyld
  • Playahata News: DMX Has Bi-Polar Disorder
  • Harvard's Hip Hop Archives Set to Move to Stanford


  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
  • Australian Officials Warn D12 to Chill Out
  • Steve Harvey Speaks Out About MiJacs and Eminem
  • Lil Kim Launches Clothing Line
  • Rhode Island Officials Ban Hip-Hop At Club, ACLU Reacts
  • DMX Arrested Again For Driving Violations
  • Dame Dash Will Retain Control of Roc-A-Fella Artists
  • Akon's Manager Gunned Down Preventing Robbery
  • Rap News Network: 2Pac Album Review
  • Why Do We Hate Black Women So Much?
  • Unwrapping the Myths & Origins Surrounding Santa Claus
  • Mumia: When The Media Manages Us
  • African Americans and Social Security


  • Ol' Dirty Died From Cocaine And Prescription Painkiller
  • Nelly Tells Chingy To Calm Down And Pay Him More Respect
  • A Tribe Called Quest: Reunited and it Feels So Good!
  • Ivy Queen: The Story of Reggaeton Royalty
  • Destiny's Child: When Will These Sisters Learn?
  • Hip Hop Must Look Back, to Move Forward
  • Man Up Ron Artess-Don't Be A Punk
  • Neon Deion Comments on Kobe Situation
  • Breaking News Voting Fraud Exposed in Ohio


  • Dame Dash Disagrees w/ Russell Over Rockerfeller Bill
  • Morris O'Kelly: Enough With Kobe Bryant
  • Mos Def Forced to Pull Song Off Album
  • How the Police Can Mess w/ a Rapper's Career
  • Rosa Clemente: The Rockefeller Drug Reform Sham
  • The Wire's Springer Bell Did Not Know He Was to Be Killed


  • Gary Webb Who Wrote About CIA & Crack Found Dead
  • Four Bush Biographers Have All Killed Themselves-Why?
  • NYPD Boycotts Christmas Party At Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
  • Rap News Direct: Should Eminem Be Producing 2Pac?
  • Kanye Apologizes to the AMAs Explains Arrogance
  • Drama For E-40 in Oregon-Concert Cancelled
  • Baller Status: Why Rap Should Be the GOP’s Theme Music
  • South Carolina Hip Hop Set to Step Up
  • Who The Hell Am I? (Nas Forgot to Name a Few 'Coons')
  • Why Don't Rappers Comment on Police Brutality Issues
  • Clear Channel Teams Up w/ New Venture Def on Demand
  • Mumia: The American Politics of Morality


  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News # 90
  • Kanye West, Jesus Walks and Holy Hip Hop On the Radio
  • Hip Hop Summit Cites Changes in Rockerfeller Drug Laws
  • The 'Wu Jew'-Remedy Blazes A New Path
  • White Man's Burden-Eminem's Talent & Elevated Stature
  • Rainbow Eminem: Who's More Gay Eminem or Michael Jackson?
  • More Food for Thought pt 3 from Ernie Paniciolli
  • NY Times: Sax and Hip-Hop Flirting With a New Idiom
  • Emotions Vs Intelligence How It Impacts Elections


  • AHH: Jay-Z named President of Def Jam Records
  • Industry Rule 5080 The US Army is Shady-We Mean Really Shady
  • Playahata News: Kanye Gets 10/ Cam'ron Leaves Def Jam
  • The Game 'Documentary' is Set to Rebirth West Coast Hip Hop
  • A Breakdown of Carmelo Anthony's 'Stop Snitching' Video
  • Major Drama For (Murder) Inc as Feds Move Closer
  • It Needs To Be CED..... Who stole the soul?
  • Bush Picks Controversial Conservative to head Civil Rights Commission


  • Toni Blackman: Is Spoken Word On Its Way to Become Rap?
  • The Failures of Hip-Hop and U.S. Foreign Policy
  • ODB's Wife and Mother Clash Over Estate
  • An Interview w/ L.E.GA.C.Y of Justus League Crew
  • Playahata Newsletter 12/7/04
  • More Food For Thought By Ernie Paniciolli
  • Village Voice: Nelly & Mos Def: Hip Hop Doppelgangers
  • NBA Star Carmelo Anthony Comes Underfire For 'Anti-Snitch' DVD
  • Black Dems Must Clean Up Own House


  • Will Smith Speaks Out-Gets Put on GOP Blacklist
  • Stevie Wonder Speaks Out Against Eminem
  • UK Actor Colin Salmon Bashes Hip Hop For James Bond
  • 50 Cent Involved In Scuffle At Airport In Nigeria
  • NY Times Breaks Down Nas and His Dad Olu Dara
  • Hip Hop Collides w/ Corporate America
  • Hip Hop Organizations Works w/ LA Schools
  • Popular Boston Hip Hop Jock Lands Veejay Job
  • Remembering Fred Hampton: Power Anywhere...


  • RZA & Davey D Take On Conservative Armstrong Williams
  • New Movie w/ Hip Hop Undertakings...
  • 2Live Crew May Cause California Club to Lose License
  • Playahata: An Interview w/ RapCoalition's Wendy Day
  • What Do You Think of Nas' Lyrics to 'Coon Picnic'?
  • Hip Hop and the Reparations Movement
  • Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Launches Historic Presentation
  • A Revolutionary Take on "Fight Night in the NBA"
  • Ukranians Using Hip Hop to Express Outrage & Protest
  • 3 White Guys Dressing Black & Rapping in Japanese in Japan
  • NY Daily News Readers Including DJ Kutting Kandi Respond to Article
  • Are Black Ministers Wimping Out?


  • Black PR: Why Blacks Never Really Came Down On Eminem
  • It Needs to Be Ced: Payola on Mixtape CDs and Tapes?
  • Nas Sparks Controversy w/ 'Coon Picnic' Song
  • The Poetess Celebrates the Life & Times of NWA & Eazy E
  • Jurassic 5 Step Up To Help Women's Shelter
  • Kevin Powell Set to Do 4th Annual Holiday Clothing Drive
  • Did Suge Knight Violate Parole at the Vibe Awards?
  • Rap News Direct: An Interview w/ DJ Quik
  • A Satirical Lyrical Exercise (Asians/Blacks In Hip Hop)
  • Alternet: He Got Shame (Ron Artest)


    November 2004 Headlines

  • Chuck D: Too Much Time, Dollars, No Damn Sense & Blind As a Bush
  • Jay-Z The Best Rapper Alive After Fade to Black
  • Eminem Goes Crazy w/ 2Pac Accapellas
  • Lil Jon Gets Married Over the Weekend (Yeah-Okay!)
  • Nas Performs w/ Fire In His Heart in Anaheim
  • A Review of Mos Def's 'New Danger' Album
  • Conservative Writer Accuses Aaron McGruder of Being White
  • Tavis Smiley Set to Leave NPR After 3 Years
  • Pistons-Pacers Brawl Can't Be Analyzed in Black and White


  • An Open Letter to Radio One's Founder Cathy Hughes
  • Zero Tolerance in the Music Biz?-More Drama For Dangermouse
  • The Quest for Realness in Religion, Hip Hop and Politics
  • TBWT: Let The Real Thugs Stand Up
  • Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Paniccioli Speaks Out About Ron Artest
  • The World According to Nas
  • Hip Hop Getting A Bad Call-Basketball & Hip Hop
  • Florida Atlantic University Cancels Ying Yang Twins Concert
  • NY Times: Hip Hop Embraces Techno Via Lil Jon
  • War Against Downloading Launches In Canada
  • Ernie Paniccioli: Food For Thought
  • Playahata Reviews: Nas - Street's Disciple (B+)
  • Playahata Reviews: Eminem-Encore (B-)
  • Playahata Review:Kool Keith - Diesel Truckers (A-)
  • Playahata Review:Fabolous-Real Talk (C)


  • The Hatin' That hate Produced
  • Breaking News: Federal Judge DENIES Ohio Re-vote Count
  • P-Diddy Designs NBA Uniforms-Makes Debut
  • Ludacris Loses All Respect for Chingy</a>
  • Snoop Teams Up w/ the Legendary Doors
  • Black Rob Arrested For Robbery
  • A Hip Hop Conversation in North Carolina
  • And They Don't Stop: Hip Hop in NC's Triangle
  • Trickin' White Folks: Why the Hood Loves Ron Artest
  • Meet Rising Rapper JenRo-Latino, Queer and Gangtsa


  • Angie Martinez Speaks w/ Benzino About Eminem Squashing Beef
  • MTV's Sway Interviews Eminem About Bush, Beefs & Politics
  • Greg Fields Column: ODB Will Be Missed
  • Somethings to Think About... Fights and More Fights
  • Wyclef Comes Under Fire About His Stance on Haiti
  • Haters Try to Stop the Roots For Supporting Mumia
  • The NBA Brawl, Ron Artest and His Connection to Hip Hop
  • Interview with Bay Area's Jacka of C-Bo's Mob Figaz
  • Daz Makes Song that Addresses Vibe Awards Melee
  • Toronto Rapper JB is Number 1 on Canadian Radio
  • Is Fair Use In Peril? Fast Forward a Commercial & Go to Jail
  • Drama For Eminem in UK Toilet
  • Young Buck Turns Himself In to Santa Monica PD
  • Voters, Fighters, Citizens & Youth
  • Oakland's Jahi & Zion I to be Profiled on MTV2
  • Sugar Hill Gang Files Lawsuit Against The Beastie Boys
  • RZA Eulogizes At ODB's Funeral
  • Blackelectorate.com: Remembering Ason Unique and O.D.B.


  • Ms Tibb Bits News # 88
  • Young Buck Negotiating His Surrender
  • The Hip Hop Hatin' that Hate Produced
  • Welcome to Politics Hip Hop: U Got Knocked The F!@# Out
  • Trigger Man: Face to Face w/ Mix Master Mike
  • The Godfather Speaks: Up Close with Afrika Bambaataa
  • Should We Tell Jack To Hit The Road?


  • Ja Rule's Manager Arrested For Laundering Money
  • Was it Good Journalism to Show the Vibe Awards Fight?
  • Limbaugh: P-Diddy Holds Back Blacks to Democratic Plantation
  • Xzibit Blasts Today's Commercial Rap Music
  • Local Hip Hop & Social Activism-How Close Are They?
  • ODB Buried Yesterday-Fans Pay Their Respects
  • Rap's Now a Game of Chants
  • Gangsta Rap Musical Set to Screen in NY & LA
  • Bill Cosby & Ras Baraka Set to Bring Hip Hop For the People
  • EastBay Express: An Interview w/ the Villain MF Doom
  • Pittsburg Hip Hoppers to Set to Host Election Aftermath Forum
  • Suge Knight denies Involvement in Vibe Incident
  • Africa's First Hip Hop Music Marathon Starts Today
  • Furor Over Terrell Owens NFL Skit Is Really About Race


  • Pacifica Radio Covers Election Fraud in Ohio Today
  • Young Buck Wanted for Vibe Stabbing
  • White Freedom: Village Voice Breaks Down Eminem
  • Snoop Dogg Hooks Up w/ USC Football Team
  • Chuck D Still Fights the Power-Set to Visit Santa Cruz Nov 18
  • MC Eiht Tapped by Grand Theft Auto
  • Interview w/ Flavor Flav: Flavor Vision Ain't Blurry pt 2
  • Danger Mouse Honored By GQ
  • Big Noyd Set to Release Sophomore LP 'On The Grind'
  • Music Is Not A Loaf of Bread-Giving Your Music Away
  • New US Bill Targets People Who Speak Against Isreal


  • HIP HOP READ THIS: Sweeping, Disturbing Changes in Copyright Laws
  • Hip Hop in New Zealand-What's Crackin Overseas?
  • Rev Run Celebrates His 40th w/a Rolls-Ernie Paniciolli Repsonds
  • J-Live Signs to Penalty Records
  • The Return of Guru (Formerly of Gang Starr)
  • Bad Vibes at Vibe: EUR's Lee Baily Gives Ultimate Breakdown
  • Morris O'Kelly: Why the Violence at Our Shows?
  • Violence Erupts at Vibe Awards-Dr Dre Attacked


  • Hip-Hop Lessons from 2004: Organize and Educate or Die
  • Playahata News: Fat Joe Makes Roy Jones Lean Back
  • Remembering ODB: May He Rest In Peace
  • NY's Hot 97 Gets A New Program Director
  • Freddie Foxxx Returns w/ 'American Black Man'
  • Ms Tibb Bits News: Kerry People Blame P-Diddy For Lose
  • Drama In Ohio-Voters Tell About Election Day Fraud
  • A Legitimate Effort to Recount in Ohio is Underway
  • Final Call: A Conversation w/ Professor Griff
  • Rip, Mix, Burn & Swap: Music Cops Can't Do a Thing
  • A Review of Rock The Bells Concert-Anaheim
  • Secret Service Jams Up High School Students
  • Shock & Gawk-The Democrats Must Go


  • Norwegian Rap group Faces Charges For Threatening George Bush
  • Baller Status: Mac Dre's Murder & Preventing a Rap War
  • New Zealand's Hip Hop Pioneers UHP Make Noise
  • Hip Hop on the Frontline in the Middle East
  • Murphy Lee Arrested on Drug Charges
  • Murder Inc Bookkeeper Busted for Money Laundering
  • Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
  • Seattle Weekly Gives Producer Jake One Gets His Props
  • Colorado School Bans Insane Clown Posse T-Shirts
  • Christian Hip Hop Concert in Planning Satges for Palm Beach
  • Will Eminem Stack Up w/ The Release of His new Album?
  • Hip Hop Culture is Polarizing Older White Basketball Fans
  • Big Ced: An Open Letter to the Democrats?
  • Hip Hop Saviors Came to Cornell


  • They Chose, We Lost-Did The Hip Hop Vote Go For Bush?
  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News #86 Nov. 8th
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Launch Federation to Preserve Hip Hop Culture
  • Hip Hop History: DJ Hollywood-Straight No Chaser
  • Flavor Flav's Vision Ain't Blurry-Interview pt 1
  • UAN: Interview w/ Brand Nubian
  • UAN: An Interview w/ Talib Kweli
  • And The Hip Hop Band Played On: Election '04 by Min Paul Scott
  • Foxy Brown Set to Make Comeback w/ Jay-Z & Shyne
  • Kwame is Back Doing production for Will Smith & Youngbloodz
  • Dr Dre Set to Revive Detox Album Project
  • New 2Pac Song Surfaces 'Thugs Get Lonely Too'
  • Hip Hop Vote Turns Out in Record Numbers in Pittsburg
  • Playahata Newsletter Nov. 8th
  • Music Builds Unity in the Heart of Compton
  • After the Election: Confessions of a Crazy Woman
  • Post Election: Hip Hop, Are We Dead Yet?
  • George Bush: The American Taliban
  • The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Four More Years? America Gets What It Deserves by Paris
  • Kerry Won: Here Are the Facts by Greg Palast
  • Julianne Malveaux: After the Election
  • 17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists by Michael Moore
  • Cynthia McKinney Victory Speech 'It's A New Day'


  • The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Playahata: Piss and Vinegar-The Great Depression Is Here
  • Republicans Win Big Time; Who To Blame This Time?
  • Record Number of Youth Come Out to the Polls-21 Million
  • Don't Sleep (We Represented) by Adrienne Maree Brown
  • P.Diddy: I Was Reckless to Yell 'Get Bush's Ass Out of Office'
  • Universal Zulu Nation Celebrates Hip Hop's 30th Anniversary
  • Damon Dash to Be Honored at 3rd Annual Shine Benefit
  • Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85


  • Pop and Politics Election Day Blog
  • Truth.org Election Day Blog
  • An Election Day Message From P-Diddy & Michael Moore
  • Blackelectorate.com Election Special: Vote and Live
  • Marvin X- Votaste Negro
  • African Hip Hoppers Ask U.S.A. Hip Hoppers to Go to the Polls
  • Missy Elliot Rents Bus to Take Miami Voters to Polls
  • Bay Area Hip Hop Organizers Mobilize the Hip Hop Vote
  • Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger: Vote Yes on Cali Prop 66
  • Drop Us A Line and Let Us Know How The Election is Going in Your Area
  • Fed Judges Overturns Ruling.. Bush Boys Can Challenge Voters
  • Why Voting Matters-An Election Day Perspective From NY
  • Greg Palast: An Election Spoiled Rotten
  • Where Have All The Lawyers Gone? 25 Thousand Are in Swing States
  • A Day Of Shame-Voter Suppression Returns for Blacks
  • Voting Feedback From Chicago-It's Raining
  • Voting Feedback From Cincinnati, Ohio-Long Lines
  • Voting Feedback from Philly-Where's My Absentee Ballot?
  • Bay Area Rap Pioneer Mac Dre Killed in Kansas City
  • Judge Rules Ohio Election Poll Challenges BY GOP Unconstitutional
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal Elections: Bush Boys Set to get Shady
  • Tavis Smiley Speaks Out About This Election
  • John Kerry Tells MTV He's Feeling The New Eminem Song 'Mosh'
  • Black Radical Congress Statement About November 2
  • Watch Link TV's Protect Your Vote Program w/ Davey D
  • It's Beyond Bush or Kerry: Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger
  • Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
  • Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85
  • Listen to Our Live Radio Nat'l Election Coverage starting 3PM EST
  • Watch Our Nat'l TV Coverage on Link TV 7PM EST


    October 2004 Headlines

  • A Letter to People Who Don't Listen to Our [Hip Hop's] Opinions
  • Impeach the President-The Hip Hop Vote
  • Wolves in the White House...Bush Boys Are Going Wylding Out
  • Miami Rapper Beaten By Police For Emcee Battling
  • Rocksteady Set to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Beat Street
  • Playahata News: Rappers to Help Homeless
  • Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
  • The Real Slim Shady Finally Stands Up: Em vs Bush
  • Why I Believe In Our President
  • P-Diddy vs Nascar: Dads-Candidates Court Niche Groups
  • AHH: A Commentary on Asian American Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop Organizations Mobilze to Get Out The Vote
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Easy AD to Present Hip Hop Exhibit
  • Lil Jon to Go On Trump's Apprentice Show
  • 41,000 'Wake Up Everybody' CD Giveaway to Get Folks to The Polls
  • P-Diddy Unhappy w/ Candidates Campaign Stops
  • Republicans Plan to Intimidate New Voters


  • UAN: An Interview w/ De La Soul
  • 3rd Annual H20 Film Festival Kicks Off in NYC Next Week
  • 50 Cent Goes On a Hood Spending Spree
  • Enough Disrespect: Return Rap to its Artistic Roots
  • Peep the New Anti-Bush Video 'Mosh' by Eminem
  • The Hip Hop Community Can't Have it Both Ways
  • Feedback on Eminem vs Michael Jackson
  • Prop 69 in Cali Will Serioulsy Hurt the Hip Hop Generation
  • Listen to Dear Mr President-w/ KRS, Mobb Deep, Mack 10 & WC
  • Hip Hop vs Bush: The Street Debate


  • P-Diddy to Hit Swing States
  • Black Eyed Peas Campaign in S. Florida to Get Out The Vote
  • Playahata.com: A Hip Hop Interview w/ Ralph Nader
  • Ultimate Freedom-Why We Don't Vote by KRS-One
  • Eminem on Election: Bush 'Not My Homie'
  • Hip Hop Voters Meet w/ Local Politicians
  • Ludacris Comes After Bill O'Reilly
  • A Response to the Racist Columnist Who Blasts Hip Hop
  • Tenn College Is Using Hip Hop to Stay in NCAA Division I
  • Distortion2Static Hip Hop TV Show Blows Up in the Bay
  • Toronto's Kos Makes Moves
  • A Culture Pulses to Hip Hop Beat
  • Legacy of Rosa Parks Tied Up in a Rap Song
  • Immortal Technique Set to Drop New LP on Baby Grande
  • Bay Area Hip Hop News: Slo-O, The Jacka of Mob Figaz

  • Playahata Review: Mos Def - The New Danger (C+)
  • Playahata Review: De La Soul -The Grind Date (A)
  • Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (B-)
  • Playahata Review: Guerilla Black -Guerilla City (C)
  • Playahata Review: Shawnna- Worth the Weight (C-)


  • Ludacris Comments on Bill O'Reilly Sex Scandal
  • KRS-One: I Am An American Philospoher
  • Racist Columnist Blasts-KRS-One and Black Rappers
  • Freedom of Opinion-Hip Hop Speaks Truth to Power
  • Hip Hop vs Bush-The Slambush Mixtape Sets it Off
  • Actress Yvette Wilson (Parkers) Launches Record Label
  • Bay Area Producer Checkmate Does Track For Nas
  • Theaters Shut Out 'Letter' So QDIII Takes Film on Tour
  • The Rhythm of Afrika Bambaataa
  • Lloyd Banks Speaks Out On Gay Porn...
  • Colorado Hip Hoppers Step Up to Defend KRS


  • An Open Letter to the NY Daily News About KRS-One
  • Lost In Space: Eminem vs Michael Jackson
  • Roxanne Shante Set to Sue Janet Jackson
  • Fat Joe and Melle-Mel to Advertise Bacardi
  • Martha Stewart's Hip-Hop Connections
  • 50 Cent Set to Star in Film About His Life
  • Hip Hop's Influence Expected at the Polls
  • Bonecrusher Teams up w/ Shaq
  • Learning to Live Like Queen Latifah
  • Olympic Committee Forces Kutmasta Kurt to Change LP
  • GOP Mad About Fliers Distrubted to Black Folks
  • NY Daily News Acusses KRS of Supporting Al Queda
  • KRS Responds to the NY Daily News
  • Bushisms by Mumia Abu Jamal


  • Lloyd Banks Denies Being In A Gay Porn Movie
  • Will the Real Hip Hop Documentarians Please Stand Up
  • Morris O'Kelly: What is a Sellout in 2004?
  • DMX Makes Court Appearance, Rejects Plea Bargain Deal
  • An Interview w/ Shock G
  • Paris Speaks His Mind
  • John Kerry Has Himself to Blame For Bush Propaganda TV
  • The Next President Will Re-Shape the Supreme Court
  • The Politics of Hip Hop


  • Fredwreck, WC, B-Real, Mack 10, KRS, Mobb Deep Do Anti-Bush Song
  • Dillusions and Confusion-Behind the Scenes at the VH1 Awards
  • RIAA Taking Peer to Peer/ Downloading Case to Supreme Court
  • Vote or Die versus FREEDOM or Death
  • Bush Boys Get Gangsta as They take Over TV Stations in Swing States
  • South Bay Hip Hop Collective Unveils Landmark Conference
  • Universal Considers Jay-Z for Executive Post
  • Playahata Newsletter 10/12/04
  • Steve Harvey Revokes Eminem's Ghetto Pass... BET Pulls Video


  • Eminem, Green Latern Drop 'Sirius' Anti-Bush Mixtape
  • Media EmercenC Conference This Weekend in San Diego
  • More Beef- The Source Awards vs Russel Simmons
  • Ness from Da Band Almost Shot to Death
  • Flava Flav Speaks-He Didn't Have Sex w/ Brigette
  • New CD Aims To Help Stop Genocide In Sudan
  • Beanie Sigel Gears up For Prison
  • Hip Hop Voting Bloc-Its Not Just About Benjamins Anymore
  • Ja Rule Set to Stand Trial for Assault in Toronto
  • 'Get Back,' Ludacris Commands, Or He'll Take You Down
  • South Park Creators Diss P-Diddy Voting Campaign
  • Party or Protest-Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
  • The Success Behind Slam Bush
  • Corporations Want Farmers to Pay Royalties for Seeds they Plant


  • Eastbay Express: Fight The Power-Hip Hop Radio Wars
  • Slam Bush Was a Huge Success-Pittsburg Woman Wins
  • Palestinain Rap Seduces With Political Lyrics
  • Canadian Hip Hop Artist Kyprios Makes Noise
  • Hip Hop Knowledge But At What Price? Talib Kweli
  • Spoiled By Success-Has Pop Culture Transformed Hip Hop?
  • The Diplomats Are Back-Gear Up For New Release
  • Court TV Examines 'Hip-Hop Justice'
  • PHN: GOP Kills Draft Bill/ Michael Moore Speaks Out
  • No Politics As Usual by Kiilu Nyasha


  • PHN:Edwards Beats Cheny/ GOP Call Jesse A 'Chocolate Chip'
  • RapAttacklives.com Brings HUSTLE 2004 to NYC
  • Cali Rappers Ice T, E-40, Ice Cube & WC Support Proposition 66
  • End SHIT-POP and Bring Back HIP-HOP
  • Chuck D: The Jumpoff-Is that All It Is to a Record?
  • Oakland Hip Hop Summit-Brings Out Former Panthers
  • Kanye West Makes Surprise Visit to Oakland
  • Rob Swift Departs From X-ecutioners, Two New DJ's Added
  • Foxy Brown Signs With S.Carter Records
  • Frank 151 Magazine Set to Celebrate the New South
  • Jazzy Pha Nominated for Source Awards
  • San Diego Counters NAB Conference This Weekend
  • Ten Questions for Vice President Dick Cheney
  • CBS: Edwards Scores Big Calls Cheney on Haliburton


  • Hip-Hop: From Back in the Day to Today
  • Living Legends Volume One: DJ Reggie Wells
  • You Say You Want A Revolution?-Message Music
  • Playahata News: Michael Moore Invitation Withdrawn


  • Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (B-)
  • Playahata Review: Nelly - Sweat/Suit (C-)
  • The Roots, Chuck D Set to Headline SlamBush Concert Tonight in Miami
  • Playahata: Eminem Vs Madonna/ Alan Keys Hates Gays
  • Mos Def Set to Host VH1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
  • Montreal Rappers Call Bush A Serial Killer
  • The One and Only Kanye West Hater-What Do U Think?
  • The 3rd Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
  • DMX Set to Take Paternity Test
  • P-Diddy & Russell Simmons Set to Do a Reality Show
  • Nat'l Hip Hop Get Out The Vote Tour Launched


    September 2004 Headlines

  • An Incredible Quote from Malcolm X
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Salute Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
  • New Hip Hop Union Secures Health Insurance for Artists
  • Hip Hop is a Gift From God-Kurtis Blow Has a Church in the Bronx
  • Jermaine Dupri Opening 24-Hour 'Def Cafe'
  • Dame Dash Accused of Roughing Up Ex Over the Weekend
  • Eastbay Express: Crackin Nutz-The Struggle for Female Emcees
  • Namco Sues Lil' Flip & Sony Over "Game Over" Sample
  • Lloyd Banks and Young Buck Team Up w/ NBA Live 2005
  • Hip Hoppers: Here's What the Republican Party Believes In
  • Playahata: Movies Everyone MUST See in 2004
  • Bay Area Artist Aye De Leon Is 'Running For President'
  • NBA Star Speaks out Boldly Against the War
  • 18-34 yr Olds More Info on Upcoming Military Draft-Hip Hop Be Warned!
  • Poet Marvin X Speaks to Hip Hoppers at the Barbershop


  • Hip Hop Activist Malia Lazu Makes the Finals-Vote This Weekend
  • San Jose Hip Hop Scene Steps It Up in A Big Way
  • CI: A Look at Hip Hop As a Messiah
  • Africana.com: Is Kanye A Gospel Rapper?
  • Playahata Newsletter: 9/24/04
  • Kutmasta Kurt Set to Release Redneck Olympics
  • LL Cool J Is Still One of the Top Rappers Around
  • Jurassic 5's Charli 2Na Set to Release Mixtape
  • P-Diddy Ordered to Testify
  • Hip Hop Summit Comes to New Jersey
  • Cuba Gooding Praises Tupac Shakur For Family Values
  • Chuck D & Kyle Jason Launch the Bridge & Anti-Bush T-Shirts
  • Lil' Kim Bodyguard Sentenced To 12 Years Over Shooting
  • The Game Gives Props to the West-Has Beef w/ Yukmouth
  • Central Intelligence: Interests vs Ideology
  • Wyclef Aids Haitians After Flood
  • Human Orchestra Set for Vh1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
  • Queen Latifah's Cab From 'Taxi' Movie Hits Circuit
  • Rosa Parks Has Dementia-Can't Testify Against Outkast
  • Hip Hop Artist Produces Album Free of the 'N' Word


  • Hip Hoppers-George Bush Is Set to Reinstate the Draft
  • Star and Bucwyld Come to Philly-A Step Closer to NY
  • Why isn't the News Reporting this GOP Money Laundering Scandal?
  • Eminem Takes Aim at George Bush on Upcoming New Album
  • Who will Get the Hip Hop Vote?
  • New Twista Video Pulled From Rotation
  • Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielsen to Star in New Reality Series
  • 50 Cent on Lock Down
  • Canadian Spoken WordLympics Set For October
  • San Jose Set to Host Hip Hop Political Conference
  • Attorney General John Ashcroft Seeking New Powers
  • Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists


  • Los Angeles is Greeted with the Return of KDAY
  • 12 Point Program for Hip Hop's Revolutionary Rebirth
  • The Bay Today: Fact or Fiction-2004 by T-Kash
  • Dead Prez & Hiero Added to Bay Area Hip Hop Summit
  • Playahata: A Fan Breaks Down Dave Chappelle Block Party
  • Beastie Boys, Zap Mama Say 'Steal This Music'
  • 'Divide and Conquer' As Political Empowerment Strategy
  • Pennsylvania Set to Host Hip Hop Summit
  • Beverly Hills Meets Capitol Hill This Past Weekend in LA
  • The Lynching of Dan Rather


  • Playahata News: 9/20/04
  • 50 Cent Comes After Nas and Shyne in New Mixtape
  • Cincinnati Youth Needs Hip Hop's Help
  • Fat Joe Wants Respect... Shows Off New Album
  • E-40 Signs w/ Lil Jon
  • The Fugees Set to Reunite-They're on Speaking Terms
  • Ashanti Brings Nelly Home to meet Parents-Is Irv Jealous?


  • An Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates
  • Gospel Awards Removes Kanye West from Nominations
  • Mixed Message by Hip-Hop Vote Organizers
  • Tanya Manderson Responds to Foxy Brown Accusations
  • Wordsworth Back on the Scene w/ Mirror Music
  • Mase Clears The Air About Diddy, DMX And Jay-Z
  • Will Smith Made AIDs Embassador for Nelson Mandela
  • Beatboxing at the Ballot Box
  • FEDS Raid and Shut Down Community Radio Station
  • Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement May Help Bush -- Again
  • The KRS Blasts Away in Miami-The 9 Elements of Hip Hop
  • Bay Area Hip Hop Summit Coming October 3 to Oakland
  • Update on the Cause Behind Twista's Car Crash


  • PHN: Drama For Foxy Brown & Carmello Anthony
  • Nobody's Smiling: An Interview w/ Journalist Adisa Banjoko
  • Nelly Rocks the House at NY's Webster Hall
  • Hip-Hop – Ignorance as Art
  • Puff 'n'stuff - From Hip Hop to Jamaican Ska
  • Will the Hip Hop Generation Go Green?
  • The Long History of Caucasian Terrorism Inside the US


  • Lloyd Banks' Tour Bus Crashes
  • Will Ruling on Samples Chill Rap?
  • Are We Celebrating Ignorance w/ Shyne?
  • Identity Crisis: Do We Know Who We Be?
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Drops A New Album
  • Poets, Rappers Express Anti-Bush Sentiment in Ohio
  • Kanye West's Gospel Nomination Draws Criticism
  • Mutulu Shakur - 'Pride In The Panther' Tribute
  • Playahata Review: : Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville [B-]
  • Playahata Review: Jim Jones - On My Way to Church [D]
  • Playahata Review: Mase - Welcome Back [C]
  • Playahata Movie Review: The Cook Out [C]


  • GM Flash & Furious 5 Nominated to Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
  • Playahata Newsletter 9/13/04
  • Jeru The Damaja Hits Hard With New Single!
  • MTV:Mase-The Fine Line Between Prayer and Playa
  • Hip Hop Stars Launch Get-Out The Vote Bus Tour
  • Seattle Producer Jake One Rocks w/ De La Soul & E-40
  • 50 Cent Wanted in the UK
  • Gangsta Rap Culture 'is a Deadly Virus'


  • Hip Hop Artist Speak Out About New Sampling Law
  • Star & Hot 97 Battle Heating Up, Star Inks Cable Deal
  • Assault Charges Against Loon in LA Are Dropped
  • The Game of G Unit is Highly Anticipated
  • Kanye West Leads Source Award Nominations
  • BattleCat Suing Snoop-Shaq Calls Out Kobe
  • Africana: For Myself and Others: Bringing Crunk to a Close
  • Warner Brothers Refuses to Release Anti-War Film Before Election
  • The Truth Behind Don King's GOP Hustle & Love For Bush
  • Fox News Radio Affiliate Sponsoring Right Wing Film Festival
  • Did US Neo-Cons Have a Connection to Russian Terrorist?


  • G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid Releases Rap The Vote Mixtape
  • Star & Buc Set to Return to the New York City Airwaves
  • Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna Bet?
  • Using Rhyme to Beat Bush-SlamBush Comes to Pittsburg
  • 50 Cent Avoids Kobe-Like Incident-He Records Sex Acts
  • Shyne Defies Prison Authorities-Turns to Fax Machines
  • Chicago Doctor Uses Rap Therapy to Heal Patients
  • ThaFormula.com-Interview w/ Talib Kweli-Beatiful Struggle
  • Aloe Blacc of the Group Emanon Releases Solo Album
  • DJ Krush Drops 8th Solo Album, Jaku
  • Black Radio Pioneer 'Wildman Steve' Passes


  • Twista in Car Accident-Bodyguard Killed
  • Hip Hop Generation: Start Voting or Stop Complaining
  • Hip Hop History The Carribbean Connection in the Bronx
  • Court Rules on Sampling-Could Severly Curtail Hip Hop
  • Kanye Disses Mase-Questions His Sincerity
  • Field Mob Member Arrested On Kidnapping Charges
  • Cuban Rappers Popularize Anti-war Song
  • Hip Hop Comes Together for Talks of Peace on 9-11
  • Lil Jon Mixing Up a Potent New Batch of Crunk Juice
  • P. Diddy Challenges Hulk Hogan To A Wrestling Match
  • Hip Hop No Longer Has One Voice
  • Andre 3000 Working on Documentary About Voting
  • An Interview w/ Evidence of Dilated Peoples
  • Hip Hop Comes to the US Congress via Howard U
  • Toronto's IRS Nominated for Canadian Urban Music Awards
  • Mixtape King DJ G. Brown Making Big Moves
  • Bridging The Gap w/ Black Sheep's Mista Long


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  • August 2005 Headlines

  • Lil Mo Drops 15 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Ja Rule
  • Game Set to Star in New Movie 'Waist Deep'
  • Soccer Mom Takes on Record Companies Over Downloading
  • Mystikal gets Hit w/ Tax Evasion Charges
  • Nick Cannon Makes Noise w/ Anti-Abortion Video
  • The Profitable Connection Between Hip Hop & Hennesy
  • Debut of 'Aids Awareness' Rap Track & PSA
  • Common Set to Do Mini Movie for 'Testify'
  • Playahata News: Review of 4 Brothers-How Did Andre 3000 Do?
  • Magic Johnson Creates Hip Hop B-Ball League for Native AM
  • Tornado Teef Breaks Down the Latest News
  • Hip Hop Blamed for Closure of Downtown Portland Club


  • Miss Tibbs Entertainment News #108
  • Superhead Squares Off Against Tyra Banks
  • VHI Set to Honor GM Caz, Ice T, Notorious BIG & GM Flash
  • Hip-Hop Leadership Camp Kicks Off at UCLA
  • Beanie Sigel Gets Released From Jail
  • Beat-Happy Lil Jon Jamming On Trillville, E-40, Scrappy LPs


  • A Run Down of NYC's Anger Management Tour: Banks & Buck Arrested
  • Last Poets Set to Do Historic Performance Thurs Aug 11th
  • Turk Convicted On All Charges, Rapper Faces 10 Years
  • Spitzer Smacks Hot 97 With A Fine For "Smackfest"
  • Statement of FCC Chairman Kevin J Martin About Payola
  • The History of the Millions More Movement


  • Hip Hop Stars Hustled by Ruthless Female Con Artist
  • The Ledge: The People's Radio
  • Rap Veteran Moves to become High Powered Sports Agent
  • Jackie O Speaks to the Youth About Hip-Hop Entrepreneurship
  • Suge Knight Fined, Possession Charges Dropped
  • Hip Hop 101: Interview with The Legendary Prince Paul
  • Creole Rapper Mecca to be Featured in Haiti Film Kidnappings
  • The Ledge:Hip Hop vs. Rap
  • The History of the Millions More Movement
    July 2005 Headlines

  • Beanie Sigel & Damon Dash Offer 100G Reward for Missing
  • 50 Mocks Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Game, Nas In 'Piggy Bank' Video
  • Hip-Hop and the NYC Mayoral Election
  • Dave Chappelle Has Left the Building-Show Is Done
  • Hip Hop Aides Africa In The Worst Way
  • What Are You Gonna Do-Fire Me? Knock the Hustle


  • Miss Info aka Minyo Pens Book on Bling Bling Culture
  • 50 Cent Feels Burned By Game-Says He Doesn't Want Beef
  • LA Music Critic Says Public Not Payola Rules Airwaves
  • Nas Disses 50 Cent at Rock the Bells Concert in Cali
  • Sunday Morning Apartheid on TV news Talk Shows


  • First Annual Rap Awards will Make Bay Area History
  • Kanye West Lends Support to Millions More Movement
  • Long Beach Mayor Declares Warren G Week Aug 1-6th 2005
  • Free & AJ Quit "106 & Park"

  • Struggling Rios Family Launches Big Pun Clothing
  • Brother J and X-Clan to Appear on Def Poetry Jam
  • Sony Artists May be Forced to Pay Recent Payola Fines
  • Is He Hip Hop's Savior? Meet SunN.Y.
  • EURweb Chops it Up w/ LL Cool J
  • LA Gangs To be Declared Domestic Terrorist Under New Law


  • The Politics of Urban Radio: It Shuts Out Indy Artists
  • It Needs To Be CED: You mean there is payola?
  • Radio Payoffs Are Described as Sony Settles
  • FCC Commissioner Calling For Payola Investigation
  • Pay for Play-How Payola Works
  • The Clear Channeling of America-Whats Wrong w/ Commercial Radio
  • Wise Intelligent-How Radio Destroyed Hip Hop

  • The Man Behind 'Hustle and Flow''s Hit Songs-Al Kapone
  • Is Hip Hop helping Break Racial Barriers in Japan?
  • Petey Pablo Eyes 2Pac as He Hangs w/ Death Row
  • No Longer a Novelty Reggaeton Hits Big in the US
  • Dedicated to Hip Hop Head Mike Joyce-Dead at 21


  • Playahata Newsletter July 25:P-Diddy Set to Change Name
  • A Profile on West Coast Old School Hip-Hop E-Z Style
  • Jay-Z Starts Reggaeton Label
  • One Love? Steal My Culture-Try to Make It Yours
  • Two Source Employees Involved in Nightclub Shooting
  • Going Beyond Conventional Wisdom with Def Jux...
  • Rap COINTELPRO: Subverting the power of Hip-Hop
  • Hennessy Sponsors Contest w/ Common


  • DJ Muggs Set to Release DJ Muggs vs Gza Grandmasters
  • Jermaine Dupri Feels Underappreciated
  • Bay Area Rap Legend Celly Cel Drops DVD 8-2
  • Blackelectorate: Q&A with Saigon Pt2 (The Music Industry)
  • Eminem Says He's NOT Retiring


  • Miss Tibb Bits Ent News #107
  • Playahata.com Gives Hustle and Flow Movie High Marks
  • Notorious BIG Story Set to Come to the Big Screen
  • Bay Area Rap Awards Set to Spark Off-Yukmouth Gets Nominated
  • Murder Case Against Cassidy Suffers Setback
  • Sweatshop Labour in Hip-Hop Apparel
  • Hip Hop, The Police and Rap Music Media
  • Rappers are Bursting Into the Endorsement Arena
  • Jeff Chang Gets American Book Award for Hip Hop Book
  • Nelly Inks Athletic Gear Pact w/ Reebok
  • Southern Hip Hop Comes to Italian Hip Hop Conference
  • Lil Kim's Ex Gets Indicted-Could Get Death Penalty


  • Ja Rule Under Investigation for Murder-Drama at His LA Show
  • Lil' Kim Files Lawsuit Against Lil Cease
  • Seattle Mayor Honors Sir-Mix-A-Lot and Hip Hop Radio Station
  • Venezuela Government Passes Law Limited Hip Hop Airplay
  • LL Cool J To Test Ladies' Love In 'Fatal Attraction'
  • Progressive Hip Hop Posied to Leap Into Mainstream
  • Missy's Greatest Challenge Was Getting Ciara to Rap
  • First Shock, Now Eminem is Retiring
  • Oakland's Oppressive SideShow Ordinance Passes


  • Another take on 'Tsunami' -Hard Times For Fired Hot 97 DJ
  • Slim Thug Aims Nationwide With Album
  • Lil Jon Counts Down Top 10 Crunk Songs of All-Time
  • Eve Dresses Up As Showgirl For Ad, Bumps LP To Early 2006
  • Lauryn Hill Bombs Out In UK Concert
  • Fake Lil Jon Promoter Gets Sentenced


  • Suge Knight Deserves Respect
  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #106
  • David Banner to Confront Backwards Mississippi Family
  • Homo Hop Flow: Gay Rappers Bring Pride to NYC
  • Eastbay Express: Born Identity-Bay Area Rapper Lyrics Born
  • Peace Magazine: The Platinum Pied Pipers
  • The Mad Stuff-Roots Manuva
  • K-Sly's Sleaze Report-July 11
  • Is Hip-Hop Mere Fashion or a Dangerous Trend in Vietnam?
  • Toronto's K-Os Takes Hip Hop to the Next Level
  • The Dusty Foot Philosopher K'Naan Brings Hope to Hip Hop
  • KRS Underfire From fans In Ireland
  • Keak Da Sneak and His Bay Area Henchmen Are Back
  • UMC's Kool Kim Set to Do Artist Workshops in DC


  • Shock G of Digital Underground Retires from Hip Hop
  • Trina Launching Modeling Agency
  • On Her Way To Prison, Lil' Kim Says 'Shut Up Bitch'
  • Bay Area Emcee Voted President of Hip Hop Congress
  • VH1 Launches 'Freestyle 59' to Find Hip Hop's Best Emcee
  • 8th Annual Black August Hip-Hop Benefit Concert
  • Master P. Ballin' With The Sacramento Kings
  • Cam'ron Arrested In New York
  • Former Def Jam Executive Kevin Liles Set to Release Book
  • Native Youth Set to Rep for Southern Hip Hop at SCLC

  • South Florida Graff Wars: Are There Solutions?
  • The 10 Most Influential Films for the Hip-Hop Community
  • Rhythm and Bullshit? The Slow Decline of R&B
  • Hustlin' and Ho'in for Holly'hood: The Art of Pimpin' Pickaninies
  • Hip Hop Activists Gear Up to Take on Bay Area Radio Station
  • Jackie O Speaks to Youth About Hip Hop Entrepreneurship
  • As Real As A True Thug Speaks: Layzie Bone Speaks Out
  • Criticizing Patriot Act Gets Asian Immigration Lawyer Jailed


  • Lil' Kim Gets A Year And A Day In Prison
  • Notorious BIG Trial Thrown Out
  • Judge Mulls Mistrial in Biggie Case
  • Snoop Holds Court Backstage at Live 8
  • P-Diddy Being asked to Design McDonald Uniforms
  • Suge Knight Being Investigated for Role In Las Vegas Fight


  • Random Observations About the BET Awards in LA
  • It Needs To Be Ced-The Beginner's Guide to Promoting Parties
  • Still ‘Hot’ over ‘Tsunami Song’-Demands Still Not Met
  • Playahata Movie Review-Rize (A-)
  • Suge Being Fingered for Biggie's Murder
  • The 5th Annual Lyrics on Lockdown Tour 2005
  • Insidehoops.com; An Interview w/ Juvenile


  • The Cotton Club-Black Conscious Rap Attracts Mostly Whites
  • Game Unleashes 15 Minute Dis Song-Says its Self Defense
  • Let’s Boycott the Boycotts!-How Hip Hop Can Change Business
  • Eminem Tries to Break Childhood friend Into The Business
  • New Book Attempts To Explain Psychology Of Hip-Hop


  • Strange Bedfellows? GOP Tries to Get Next to Hip-Hop
  • The Bay Meets LA: E-40 Teams Up w/ Third Degree
  • Ludacris Celebrates Afrika's Image
  • Poor White Boys and the Future of Hip Hop
  • IMHO: Ice Cube Vs 2Pac Who Was Better?
  • Guru Set to Release Solo Album
  • Eastbay Express: The Reorbiting of Digable Planets
  • Daddy, What's Hip Hop? Parents Raised on Run DMC Worry
  • Brix - Not Just a Female Hip-Hop Rap MC


  • Bamm Your Hood License Expired-Fight Minstrel Music
  • New Details Emerge Around Cassidy Shooting
  • C-Bo Out Of Jail, Talks New Album, Label
  • Black Eyed Peas Revels in Success
  • A Rundown of Anger Management Tour Show in San Jose
  • Notorious BIG Murder Informant Suddenly Loses Memory
  • Kurtis Blow Gets Inducted Into the Bronx Walk of Fame
  • Hip Hop Photographer Defends Bambaataa
  • West Coast Author Teams Up w/ Balance the Mixtape King


  • Game's Black Wall Street Releases GUnot T-Shirts
  • Cassidy Denied Bail-Put in Medium Security Jail
  • 50 to Release Album-Refuses to Cry in New Movie
  • Tony Touch Seeks to Raise Aids Awreness w/ New LP
  • Filmaker Starts Hip Hop Clothing Line for Pioneers


    June 2005 Headlines



  • Ante Up! (Part 1)-How Conscious Consumption Can Help Us
  • BAW: RepubLIcans are Tryin to Recruit Russell Simmons
  • Twista Calls On Chicago Artists to Help Children's Academy
  • dead prez & Others Set to Release DVD About Police Terrorism
  • Left Eye's Mother Suing Mitsubishi Over Fatal Crash


  • A Mother Who belongs to a 2Pac Cult Decapitates Daughter
  • Cassidy Set to Turn Himself in for Murder
  • Adult Contemporary Hip Hop
  • GoGo Godfather Chuck Brown Honored by NEA
  • Kanye Causes Problems for Diamond Industry w/ Remix
  • DJ Consequence Set to Release Remix LP Tribe Called Quence
  • Black Eyed Peas Bridge Gap Btwn Hip Hop and Pop
  • NY Times: Mixtape Crackdown Sends a Mixed Message


  • The Bay Today: What is Thizz (History of Hyphy pt 2)
  • Common Narrating Movie on Former Gansta Disciple 'Noonie' Ward
  • Trillville Vs Lil’ Scrappy Beef Surfaces
  • How the Street Gangs Took Central America


  • Radio Listeners Craving Old-School Hip-Hop
  • Game's Publicist Shemia Breaks Silence on 50 Cent Beef
  • Thug Life Army Interviews Siri Khalsa (Hip Hop Photographer)
  • Church's Hip Hop Service Draws Large Crowds
  • Bishop Don Juan Lands Advice Column In Elemental Magazine
  • George Clinton Wins Back Rights To Four Swindled Albums


  • Commercial or Underground?: Matters of Life and Death
  • NYPD Police Arrest Mixtape Retailers in East Village
  • Pharrell Williams Skate Team Captain Shot
  • `Hi-Tek Hip-Hop,' TV show put Focus on Local Scene
  • Jay-Z Jumps On Three Tracks For Foxy Brown's New Album
  • The Colony Raps Back -New Documentary on Kenyan Hip Hop
  • New LA Hip-Hop Oldies Station Brings Memories of Original KDAY

  • Murder Dog; Interview w/ Saigon
  • Rap Cointel-Pro: Saigon, Immortal Technique, Mikkey, and Papoose
  • Rappers and Graf Artists Bring New Rhythm to Video Games
  • Grand Wizzard Theodore Hosts 30th Anniversary Of The Scratch
  • RZA Launches Wu Tang Latino
  • She Speaks Hip Hop-F$%k An Apology
  • Tupac Amaru Center Set to Open This Weekend
  • Why is Hiphop MIA on Missing Women and Children of Color?
  • Soldier Rap-the Pulses of the War


  • Legalize the Sideshows: An Open Letter to Mayor Jerry Brown
  • Somethings to Ponder…Hey Game-When is Enough, Enough?
  • About to be a Girlfight-New Documentary on Women in Hip Hop
  • Miss K-Sly's Sleaze Report-Common brings out the Stars
  • The Hip-Hop Media - a World Where Crime Really Pays
  • Hot 97 Media Reform Committee REACH to Hold Townhall
  • Senate Gives FBI More Patriot Act Power

  • A Sidewalk Trip Down Memory Lane: The Hip Hop Roots Album
  • One on One w/ the Legendary Roy Ayers
  • Young Buck Set to Stand Trial
  • Snoop Dogg's Brother Bing & DJ Quik's Cousin Hit-Team Up
  • Ain't No Love Loss Between Game & 50 Cent at Hot 97
  • Chuck D Speaks to the People


  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #105
  • MC Lyte Set to release Book
  • The Bay Today-What is Hyphy?
  • Jimmy Henchmen Blast 50 Cent-Hot 97 Restrains Interview
  • Informant Changes Tune About Notorious BIG Murder
  • Don’t Let the Name Fool You: Misogyny in Conscious Rap
  • Is Lauryn Hill R&B or Hip Hop?


  • Hip Hop: Radical in its Roots, but Will It Continue?
  • HR 1528: Hip-Hop Cultures Newest Threat
  • More Than A Hip-Hop Radio DJ - Wendy Williams
  • Mos Def Headlining Act For 8th Annual Black August Concert
  • Universal Zulu Nation Responds to Hip Hop Sucks Articles


  • Blackalicious Set to Make Big Moves in '05
  • Girl Power Dances to It's Own Groove (B-Girl Be Summit
  • 50 Cent Sues DVD Company Over the Real 50 cent Portrayal
  • New Dances Set to bring Hip Hop Spotlight to the West Coast
  • Seattle Fan Says Snoop & Game Beat Him on Stage
  • Roc's Young Guru & Gangstarr's Guru Clash Over Name
  • Vibes of the Pro-Black-Brother J Speaks Out
  • NY Times: Young Bolivians Adopt Hip Hop Personas

    May 2005 Headlines

  • Mos Def and Dead Prez Set to Stand Up For Assata Shakur
  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #104
  • P-Diddy Goes to NY's Highest Court to Appeal Child Support Ruling
  • Lil Kim in Hot Water for Trying to Sell Trial Tapes
  • Former Bad Boy Prez Pleads Guilty to Obstructing Justice
  • Violence Erupts Outside Two NY Hip Hop Clubs


  • Snoop Says He Wants to Reach Out and Help Suge Knight
  • MTV Debates the Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of All-Time
  • Alleged Members Of G-Unit Wounded In Shootout In Queens
  • The HipHop Police and the Racial Profiling this Thursday
  • Afeni Shakur Speaks on the Reolution of Hip Hop Beefs
  • 50 Cent Wants To Sign Mobb Deep, M.O.P. To G-Unit Records
  • Freeway Opens Rim Shop In Philly
  • Hip-Hop Gets “Punk’d” By Cops & MTV
  • Irv Gotti Gets to Seperate From 'Supreme' McGriff


  • TheOG.net Interviews Joe Budden
  • Jin Says Rap Career Is Over, Records 'I Quit'
  • Adult Film Star Heather Hunter Releases Album
  • Rap Star Incites Violence Among Isreali Settlers
  • Hip-Hop, Gangsta Rap 21st-Century Scourge (The N Word)
  • A Discussion of the Female Experience in Hip Hop


  • MTV's Sway & King Tech Take It Back to Basics in 2005
  • Beyonce Fires Dad who Is MIA at Record Label
  • Reverend Run Set to Do Reality Show-'Run's House'
  • K-Sly's Sleaze Report-May 19th
  • D12 Set to Loan Likeness and Voice to Video Game

  • Judge Rules Against Jay Z's Countersuit to R Kelly
  • "Murder' INC close to Being Cut by Def Jam
  • Film on Kenyan Hip Hop Comes to San Francisco
  • Hip-Hopping Mad Over Beats and Hooks
  • Nelly Does Underage Drinking Commercials
  • Bay Area hip-hop Artists Vie for National Attention pt 2
  • Hip Hop Community Steps Up to Help Save the Filibuster
  • Don't Believe the Hype-Simmons Says It's Propaganda
  • Pioneering Rap Star Syder D Buys Basketball Team

  • Hip-Hop Smackdown: It's All a Game
  • Black-Brown Tensions in LA-What’s Behind It?
  • Dave Chappelle Speaks Out
  • The Connection Between Hip Hop, New Wave and Punk


  • Femmixx.com: Exclusive Interview with Kim Osorio
  • Suge is not the Boogeyman-In Defense of Suge Knight
  • Busta Rhymes In Studio With Timbaland, Dr. Dre
  • M.O.P. Split From Roc-A-Fella And Dame Dash
  • Eastbay Express: Meet Oakland's Frestyle King Mistah Fab
  • Eminem Settles Lawsuit With Apple
  • Tom Green Digs Deep To Unearth His Hip-Hop Roots
  • Jimi Hendrix's Home on the Block


    April 2005 Headlines

  • NY's Hot 97 Hopes to Withstand the Heat-Awaits Ratings
  • Has Green Latern Been Kicked Out Shady Aftermath Camp?
  • Chuck D: Johnny Cochran, Jay-Z & Air America
  • Darryl James: How the White Man Got Us
  • Game and 50 Cent Hit w/ Lawsuits Over DC Beating Incident


  • T.I. Squashes Beef w/ Lil Flip
  • Ice Cube Working on New Album
  • Artist Known as 'No Puff Daddy' Set to Make Moves
  • The Revolutionary Heart Of The Dirty South
  • Pam Anderson Lashes out at P-Diddy & J-Lo
  • Miss Info Returns to Hot 97 w/ Funkmaster Flex


  • 2Pac's Mom Says No More Albums After this Next One
  • Houston is On A Roll-Dirty South getting More Respect
  • Sri Lankans to Ask Bill Clinton to Condemn Hot 97
  • Shell Toes Live on in the Heart of Hip Hop
  • Linkin Park Builds Fort w/ Common, Black Thought & Jay-Z
  • Friends Remember 'Hate Eye' an Emerging Who Was DC Killed
  • It Needs to Be Ced: Lack of Parental Guidance


  • Hip Hop Stars and Bars-Keeping An Artist Hot While in Jail
  • Lyrical Content Undo Deals For 50 Cent and Snoop
  • Peace Magazine: An Interview w/ Raza
  • Harvard Cancels Snoop Show
  • Feds Investigating Irv Gotti in Beating Death of Drug Dealer
  • Author Adissa Banjoko Teams w/ Jeff Chang and Oliver Wang
  • Heavy D Set to Star in Will Smith Movie-'Medal of Honor'
  • Sleeping w/ Artists and Lap Dances
  • Al Sharpton's Hip Hop Townhall Meeting


  • Insightful Conference Looks at Role of Women in Hip-Hop
  • West Coast Artists Come Together and Make Peace
  • Playahata News; April 15th Tax Day
  • Outkast and Rosa Parks Settle Lawsuit
  • P-Diddy Makes it Official w/ Warner Brothers
  • Hip-hop Mogul Simmons Returns to Def Jam
  • McDonald's "Big Mac" Hip-Hop Campaign Gets "Cold Shower'
  • Eve Set to Deal w/ HIV Issues

  • Snoop & Game Launch West Was One Tour
  • The Shady Business of Commercial Radio-Payola Is Still Alive
  • 50 Cent Gaining on the Beatles
  • Can Hip Hop be Feminist?
  • Fat Joe And Roy Jones Settle Differences
  • Dame Dash Set to Snatch Chains in New Apprentice-like Show
  • C-Murder Changes His Name to C.Miller


    March 2005 Headlines


  • Hip Hop Summit Coming to New Orleans on Financial Empowerment
  • Gorillaz Replace Dan The Automator w/ Dangermouse
  • Pharrell Williams Launches Ice Cream Skateboarding Team
  • New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers
  • 1st Annual Bay Area Rap Summit (Mini-BARS)

  • Community Activist Damu Smith Needs Your Help
  • Hip Hop Mourns the Death of MC Conscious
  • My Two Cents-Hypocritical Hip Hop
  • FCC Chair: Let's Regulate Cable-Congressman Calls for Jail Time
  • 2Pac's Godfather Geronimo Ji Jaga Remembers Johnny Cochran
  • Vast Aire & Mighty Mi Present: The Best Damn Rap Show


  • Afrika Bambaataa & Grassroots Hip Hop Community Set to Meet with Hot 97
  • Corporate Executive Challenges Hip Hop to 'Knock the Hustle'
  • Chi-Town Gearing Up for Hip Hop Feminism Conference
  • Eminem, 50 Cent and Lil Jon Hook Up for Tour
  • Jamie Foxx Set to Team Up w/ Kanye West & 50 Cent


  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News: #100
  • Peep This Speech Johnny Cochran Gave in 95 at Essence Festival
  • RIP: Johnny Cochran He Held It Down For A Long Time
  • Russell Simmons, Jim Jones Set to Launch Vote Initiative
  • Emmis and Hot97 Face more Tough Times
  • Beyond Beats and Rhymes: Masculinity in Hip Hop


  • Home Grown Hip Hop-Davey D & Jeff Chang at Commonwealth Club
  • Playahata News: Game Gets Dissed in Mexico
  • Rappers Battle Over Brand Names
  • The Bay Today: Thizz The Season
  • Master P and Silk The Shocker Charged w/ Gun Possession
  • Nas Responds: 50 Needs to Put in More Work-He's Not Deep


  • FCC May Soon Hold Hearings About Hot 97
  • Hot 97 Ordered to Stop Smackfest Contests
  • Essence Hip Hop Debate Gets Chaotic in New York
  • Black Electorate Speaks w/ the Hip Hop Minister-Bro. Conrad
  • Def Jam Prez Jay-Z Says He Feels the Artist's Pain
  • Jadakiss Fined for Gun and Drug Charges
  • Hip Hop's Racial Stereotypes with Angry Black White Boy
  • Our Condolences to Nelly
  • New Laws Allowing Police to Levy Drug Charges on Club Goers


  • HSAN & HHSYC React to Protests-They Defend Hot 97 w/ an Open Letter
  • Davey D Responds to HSAN/ HHSYC Letter About Hot 97
  • Phat, Joe -Rapper's Hit 'Lean Back' Revives His Career
  • Lil Kim Rejects Peace Talks w/ Those Who Testified
  • Taye Diggs Tired of Being Beat Out By Rappers
  • Why Is Hot 97 in the Hot Seat? Barry Mayo Blames Rappers


  • Eddie Murphy Set to Star in Hip Hop Task Force Movie
  • Shooting at Nas Concert (Eye Witness Account)
  • JT The Bigga Figga Preps Another Game Album
  • Lil’ Kim Records Music; Braces For Jail
  • In Wake of Rap World Violence, Honoring Hip-Hop's Cool Side
  • Fred Hampton Reborn


  • Playahata Newsletter: Slim Shady Withdraws Lawsuit
  • Lil Kim Convicted-Could Get 20 Years
  • The `Most Sampled Woman in Hip-Hop' Mourned
  • Radio Facts Editorial: Killing For Dollars
  • Hip-Hop Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • NY Times Covers Anti-Hot 97 Coalition and Protests
  • Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys To Release Solo Project


  • Hadji Williams Clarifies His Multi-Cultural Hip Hop Position
  • Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Responds to 'Do Non Blacks Owe' Article
  • Xzibit Nabbed In Guam For Weed Possession
  • Where's the Beef? Ask Hip Hop
  • Christian Hip Hop Concert is an Inspiration to All
  • The Bay Today: Direct Connect March 2005
  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News # 99


  • Playahata Reviews: Game - The Documentary (C+)
  • Playahata Review: 50-Cent - The Massacre (C)
  • Playahata Review: Ludacris - The Red Light District (C+)
  • Playahata Review: Big Noyd - On the Grind (C)


  • Soul Legend Lyn Collins Passes Away
  • Former Korn Singer Wants to Save 50 Cent's Soul
  • Prosecutors Accuse Lil Kim of Acting Above the Law
  • Corporations Destroyed Hip Hop & All I Got was a Throwback Jersey
  • MCs are Born Not Paid
  • LA Hip Hop Pioneer Mixmaster Spade Passes Away
  • Havana's Female Rappers and Cuban Hip Hop
  • Ex-Child Soldier Now Kenya's Hottest Rapper
  • Stanely Crouch: The Tide Is Turning Against Rap
  • Rap War for the Ages
  • Mass Appeal Magazine Editor Killed On Subway
  • AHH: FBI Closes Investigation Into Murder Of Notorious B.I.G.
  • Dial Straits-Hot 97's Timeline of Violence
  • While the World Watched 50-Senate Passes New Bankruptcy Bill
  • NY Times Guns and Posses-Hip Hop Follows Blues Traditions
  • Was 50 and Game Truce a Farce?
  • Lil Kim Takes Stand-Says She's a Victim
  • Sharpton's People Respond to Davey D Article
  • Jadakiss Named Artist of the Year at Justo's Mixtape Awards
  • NYPD Beef Up Rap Task Force-In Wake of Hot 97 Violence
  • Anti-Defamation League Attacks Russell Simmons
  • How Much Is Your Stolen Music Worth?-More Than U Think...
  • Now Al Sharpton Wants to Jump In..What's the Hustle?


  • Hot 97's Landlord Wants the Station Out of the Building
  • Oakland's Zion I Set to Release 3rd Album
  • All Hip Hop Special of 50 Cent/ Game Press Conference
  • Rap Crews Face Ban Over Shootings-No More Posses
  • New Zealand Hip Hop Icon Passes Away
  • The Apprentice Meets Fat Joe, Lil Kim & Hip Hop Slang
  • 'Mos' or 'Less'-Mos Def Scheduled Appearance Disappoints
  • Emmis and Three Other Radio Companies to meet w/ Sharpton
  • 8 Ball & MJG Fesatured in Upcoming Book on Dirty South
  • A Double Dose of Damon Dash's Rap Projects
  • Game & 50 to Hold Press Conference-End Dispute
  • Hannity and Colmes Speak with Hot 97 Whistleblower
  • Maxine Waters Pays tribute to LA Hip Hop Radio Show


  • Canada Has a Rap Task Force
  • Miss Tibb Bits Entertainment News #98
  • The Bay Today by T-Kash-10 Hard Questions
  • Scarface Fronting 'Formaldehyde Funk' Band
  • Ja Rule Pleads Guilty to Assault in Toronto
  • Eastbay Express: Keak Da Sneak da Mayor
  • US Hip-Hop Acts to Make Local Debut in Korea
  • Hip Hop Against Rascist War
  • Thug Radio-Beef and Bullets in Rap's Corporate War
  • Shame on Hot 97-Complain to the CEO
  • Beef! What About John Lennon vs Paul McCartney


  • Emmis Deejay Booted for Protesting Song
  • Playahata Newsletter: Fiddy Calls for a Truce
  • Author Gives Hip Hop a Bad Rap
  • Hip Hop Protest a Tonic for the Easily Offended
  • Gentler Voices Emerge in Rap, Hip Hop
  • 50 Speaks About Where He Got His Name From
  • Game Takes the Offensive and Downplays Beef
  • FNV Newsletter: Stop Racist Hot97
  • Blood Money: The Financial Fruit from the Deaths of Game & 50 Cent
  • 50 Makes First Public Comments Since Shooting
  • Love Hurts (Rap's Black Eye)


  • Fat Joe and Jadakiss Slice Beef w/ 50 Different Ways
  • Playahata Newsletter March 4th
  • 50 Cent Does More Shit on NYC Radio Then I care About
  • Women carry the fight against hip-hop misogynists
  • Witness Says Lil Kim On Street During Shooting
  • Crazy Like a Fox or Young and Reckless? 50 Cent Loves Beef
  • All Hip Hop Update on Game-50 Cent Drama-Who Got Shot
  • Friend or Foe More Drama For 50 Cent.More Drama at Hot 97


    February 2005 Headlines

  • No More Groupie Luv
  • Clear Channel Responds As to Why they Aren't Playing Styles P
  • Playahata Breakdown the Oscars
  • Interview w/ Kaygee of the Cold Crush Brothers
  • HipHopMusic.com Gives Breakdown of Public Enemy Weekend
  • P-Diddy in Trouble w/ Animal Activists Over Penguins
  • Greedy Record Labels Trying to Raise Price for Downloads
  • 50 Cent LP Preview: Even 'Great' Can Look Like Falling Off
  • Ja Rule Launches Film Company
  • A Celebration of Hip Hop Life, Culture & Intellect
  • Public Enemy and Paris Collaborate Again
  • Marvin Gaye's What's Going On-2005?
  • Female Hip Hoppers Come Together for Herstory
  • Media Monopoly and the Lies Told By Fox News


  • FAU Symposim Tackles Hip Hop & Politics-Davey D to Speak
  • Bridging the Gap-Hip Hop & Reperations Conference @ UC Berkeley
  • Hip-Hop as Seen by Benzino
  • Debaters Seek to Answer-Who To Blame For Hip Hop
  • It's Bigger Than Hip Hop Conference in NYC w/ GW Theodore
  • Public Enemy Conference @ NYU This Weekend
  • Hip Hop Author Adisa Banjoko to Speak at Harvard
  • Cuban Link Set to Make Big Moves in 05
  • Is Hip Hop a tool of White Supremacy? Meeting of the Minds 2
  • Rappers & Martial Artists Unite to Aid Tsunami Victims
  • Playahata News: Paris Teams Up w/ Public Enemy
  • Hot 97's Sista Station Power 106 Threatens Artists in LA
  • Fighting Words -Rap During War Times


  • Anti-Defamation League Orders Simmons to Drop Farrakhan
  • Rascist Hot 97 is Threatening to Fire Asian Co-Host Miss Info
  • Grammys Not Quite in Sync with Hip-Hop Community
  • Have You Heard "I’m Black" by Styles P., Yet?
  • Danger Mouse Completes Production of Gorillaz Album
  • Bay Area Artists Messy Marv And Guce Go After 50 Cent & G Unit
  • Bay Area Rappers Play Role in Sucka Free City
  • Hip Hop Concert Rattles San Lorenzo, Cali Suburb
  • On Abuse of Activist Women by Activist Men


  • Say It Ain't So Snoop-A Gangsta Rapper in Trouble
  • Eastbay Express: The Godfathers of Gay Hip Hop
  • Spike Lee's 'Sucka Free City' Draws Bay Area Criticism
  • Hip-Hop Hype in Denver
  • Simmons Anti-Semitic Ad Campaign Causes Feud
  • 50 Cents Hartford Suburban Home-No Thug Attire Allowed


  • JT Tha Bigga Figga Set to Release A New Game Album
  • P-Diddy Being Sued by Book Publisher
  • Simmons and Beastie Boys Set to Boycott KFC
  • Suge Knight to Serve Out Time Via Home Arrest
  • DJ Clue Made Into a Cartoon
  • 2Pac vs Martin Luther King-Students Compare Eras
  • Lord Finesse Represents For Big L, Hosts Tribute Show
  • Million-dollar Baby of Hip-Hop Hits the Plexiglas Ceiling
  • Hip Hop Artist Seek to Build Bridges Between Generations
  • Hip Hop Hooks Up w/ Eric Clapton
  • Cuban Hip-Hop Icons Orishas Release New Album in Spain
  • Hip Hop Half Time Show Deemed Offensive & Halted


  • Russell Simmons Rushes to Head NAACP (satire)
  • Virginia Set to Outlaw Saggin' Pants
  • Will Ms Info Return to Hot 97's Morning Show?
  • Queen Of Denmark Takes On Missy Elliott In Logo Dispute
  • Ong-Bak-Hip Hop & Martial Arts Come Together
  • Humboldt County Has Hip Hop Organization
  • Jackson, Mississippi Rapper Speaks on City Banning Rap Concerts
  • The School for Democracy & Leadership Hosts Historic Hip Hop Summit
  • The Bay Today: Extra Shady, Extra Crispy
  • Mos Def Knows Success

    January 2005 Headlines

  • From Sri Lanka-A Stunning Gift of Hip Hop
  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
  • Are the Ying Yang Twins & WPGC Next to Come Underfire?
  • Crips, Bloods and Laura Bush
  • Suge Knight Arrested
  • How to Do Battle (Emcees)
  • Hip Hop Station Offers Fried Chicken for Blk History Month
  • Message to Hot 97: Hip Hop is All About Skillz


  • The Elimination of Hip Hop
  • A Special Message to Street Organizations (Bloods & Crips)
  • Michael Jackson Comes After Eminem
  • Black Folks and Media Conference Sparks Off In Philly
  • Another Perspective to the Hot 97 Scenario
  • Who Cares About Hot 97? I Don't Because Hip Hop Doesn't


  • Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys Reacts to Houston's Suicide Attempt
  • Rapper Tray Dee of the Eastsidaz Sentenced to 12 Years
  • Hip-Hop Anthem Unites and Speaks to Ukrainians
  • Hip Hop Wall Street Hits the Stands
  • Master P and Silkk The Shocker Arrested On Gun Charges
  • Jay-Z Sues R.Kelly
  • More Racial Drama w/ Police in Cincinnatti


  • Hot 97 Fires Co-Host Todd Lynn..Set to Donate 1 Million Bucks
  • Russell Simmons Comes Out in Favor of GOP Governor
  • Snoop Accused of Raping a Woman on Jimmy Kimmel Show
  • Jeff Chang's Long Awaited Book 'Can't Stop Won't Stop' Released Today
  • Outkast Set to Release Their Own Movie
  • Bob Johnson Set to Leave BET
  • Nas' Baby's Mother To Release All In Tell-All Book
  • Incarcerated Rapper C-Murder Releases New Album


  • FCC Says It Will Not Fine Hot 97 for Racist Song
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Calls Out Congressman For Reintroducing Draft
  • Public Enemy Comes to NYU To Talk About Making of Landmark LP
  • Rahzel, Doug E Fresh, C Rayz Walz Set to Help Tsunami Victims
  • Hip-Hop will Take Center Stage at ISU During Black History Month
  • Ms Tibb Entertainment News #94
  • Spike Lee Teams Up w/ Rap Stars for 2 Projects
  • Lil Kim's Manager Pleads Guilty To Shooting-Kim Set to Stand Trial
  • 2nd Annual Organic Hip-Hop Celebration Brings African Presence
  • Hot 97-NY's Number One Station For Blazin' Hip Hop & Racism


  • 2Pac's Dad Mutulu Shakur Has Praole Hearing This Week
  • Game Releases an Official Statement About Recent Incidents
  • Another Columnist Caught Doing An 'Armstrong' For Bush
  • 'Strange' Tale of Flavor Flav Rapper's Cred Takes Hit
  • You People Are a Bunch of Hypocrites
  • Game Banned From Radio One After Alleged Beatdown
  • 2Pac Documentary 'Resurreection' Nominated for Oscar
  • Crunk Idol Contestant Watched His Big Debut from Jail
  • Russell Simmons Wants to Help File Your Income Tax
  • SHG & Hip Hop Pioneers Tour Touches Down in Cleveland This Weekend


  • Aotearoa New Zealand Announces Fall Hip Hop Summit
  • Ahmad & 4th Avenue Jones Prepares New Album Release!
  • Simmons Calls for Economic Equality & Social Reform
  • Asian American Music Conference This Weekend in SF
  • Hip Hop Poetry & Politics Panel Kick Off in The Bay
  • Tools of War-Grassroots Hip Hop Newsletter 1/28/05


  • Dame Dash Gets Married, Enters Into Boxing World
  • Initiating Social Action Through Hip-Hop Culture
  • HOT 97 Sings, Asians Scream and the Polticians Lean Back
  • Entertainment Lobby Ask Supreme Court to End File Sharing
  • Ernie Paniciolli Breaks Down the Best 10 Writers on the Web
  • 'BOO'-ing Black History Month: The Big Take Black

  • Reggeaton Artist Tego Calderon Turns Down P-Diddy
  • Irv Gotti Surrenders to the FBI
  • Jin Brings Heat to Hot 97 Over Anti-Asian Remarks
  • An Open Letter to The FCC About Hot 97
  • OCA Demands Accountability for Racist Hot 97 Song
  • Jay-Z Disses R.Kelly in Drop It Like Its Hot Remix


  • Lawmakers Call For Fines Against Hot 97
  • Hot 97 Issues Weak Apology & Berate Asian Co-Host Miss Info
  • Game Involved in Radio Station Beating in Wash DC
  • Feds Expected To Make Murder Inc Arrests this Week
  • Should Russell Simmons Lead the NAACP?
  • Vast Aire & DJ Mighty Mi Set to Launch Best Damn Rap Show
  • Tame One Returns With Sophomore Solo-LP
  • Jermaine Dupri Named Prez Of Virgin Records Urban Division

  • A Real Indepth Breakdown of Hip Hop in New Zealand
  • C.R.I.S.I.S Scores First On Zambian Hip-Hop Scene
  • Parenting Columnist Says Rap Not Suitable for Young Kids
  • Rhymin' and stealin'; Nelson George Breaks Down Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop in Vermont is Happenin'


  • Planned Demonstration & Rally at Hot 97-Enough is Enough
  • Hot 97 Angers Asian Community w/ Racist Song
  • UK Philharmonia Orchestra Chief Blasts Rap Music
  • Playahata News: P-Diddy Trying to Buy Broadway Theater
  • Kanye West Collaborating With Lauryn Hill On New LP
  • Playahata Movie Review: Assault on Precint 13
  • Jean Grae Shows Her Brilliance in Wash DC
  • Usher Accusses J-Lo of Jacking Beats
  • Rza Set to Release Book-The Wu Manual
  • Rap Critics Step Up or Sit Down and Hold Your Peace
  • Ice Cube Keeps Gangster At Bay
  • Dr Dre Comes Full Circle in the Game


  • Russell Simmons Recruits Stars For Yoga-Eyed For NAACP Gig
  • Ice Cube's New Rap-He's Done Drama & Comedy
  • Hip Hop Hall of Fame Company Goes Public
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Come Together to Aid Tsunami Victims
  • Arabic Rap Moves Islamic Youngstaz In a New Way
  • Ethiopians In Isreal face Two Worlds of Rap Music
  • Star Gunning For Stern-Says He Ratted Him Out to FCC
  • The New Game in Town Generates West Coast Buzz
  • Singer Seal Comes After 50 Cent and Puts Him on Blast


  • Clear Channel Accussed of Attacking Cali Hip Hop Station
  • The Game Nearly Ended Up Signed to Bad Boy
  • Rosa Parks Has Dementia-May Have Been Manipulated to Sue Outkast
  • The Good, The Bad The Ugly For Hip Hop in 2004
  • Young Buck Pleads Not Guilty to Vibe Assault
  • Man Who Assaulted Dr. Dre Claims Suge Knight Paid For Punch
  • Crtitical Mass-Hip Hop at 30
  • Wyclef Jean Says Haiti Too Violent to Hold Credible Elections


  • Will It ever End? The Problem w/ Chronic Candy
  • 50 Cent Continues Verbally Assaulting Fellow Rappers
  • Niggas Can Still Be Bought-Ask Armstrong Williams
  • The Rap on Religion-No Wonder Kanye Struck a Chord
  • What’s wrong with Kenyan Hip Hop?
  • 2Live Crew Member in Accident
  • Playahata End of Year Awards 2004
  • Eminem and Dave Mays Square off at Detroit Radio Station
  • Lil Jon Hooks Up w/ Adult Movie Company

  • Playahata News: Feminism & Hip Hop Conference Announced
  • Rap City's 'Cousin Jeff Lands New Political Show on BET
  • Jay-Z Re-Signs Foxy Brown to Def Jam
  • Sam Jackson Serious About Not Working With Unproven Rappers
  • Andre Harrell Producing HBO Drama On Hip-Hop
  • Playahata Newsletter Jan 11 2005
  • Suspect Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Dr Dre/Vibe Awards Brawl


  • The Game Album -Documentary Preview
  • Oakland's Laney College Offers Hip Hop Anthropology Class
  • California High School Says 'No' to Dipping it Low
  • Star and Bucwild Officially Return to New York


  • Ms Tibb Bits Ent News #91-End of Year Wrap Up
  • Hip Hop's Influence Reaches Beyond Pop Culture
  • Stanely Crouch says Hip Hop Invites A Bad Rap
  • Norweigian Rap Group Madcon Breezes In
  • Women Also Exploit Mass Media's Obsession w/ Rap & Sex
  • Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of The Word "Pimp"
  • Stockton Cali Artist Address Rap's Treament of Women
  • Nelly Donates 50k To Martin Luther King Jr. Monument
  • Ja Rule Making Moves w/ New Flick Assault on Precint 13
  • The New COINTELPRO Def Poetry Jam Artist Underfire
  • Are Rappers Sending a Mixed Message About Jesus?
  • Dead Prez and Their Thoughts On Revolution


  • Village Voice: the Numbers Beyond the Bling
  • Keak Da Sneak & The Dope Game Posse Ready to Blow Up
  • Andre 3000 Mark Wahlberg & Tyrese Hook Up/ John Singleton
  • Snoop Set to Star in 5 Films This Year
  • Biz Markie Is Back With the Wackiness on DJ Circuit
  • The Rap on Hip Hop Clubs-Are They Violent?
  • Marketing Hits a New Low w/ Spinning Gold Teeth
  • Police Pepper Spray 85 Year Old Man During Traffic Stop


  • Update on Senate Hearings-Senator Boxer Stood Up...Watch C-Span
  • Dear Senators-Don't Sell us Out..We Are Watching You..
  • Senator Boxer Says She'll Stand Up and Support John Conyers

  • Benzino Says Truce w/ Eminen is a Farce
  • Mos Def Clowns Limp Bizkit & Other Rock Rap Groups
  • Predictions: Hip-hop to take Latin Direction
  • Veteran Journalist Jeff Chang Releases Hip Hop History Book

  • From Satire to Reality-Mark Skillz Confronts Spinning Gold Teeth
  • P-Diddy named Person of the Year by BET
  • Eminem's Lawsuit Against The Source Going To Trial
  • UCLA Set to Offer 'Hip Hop Music Business' Class
  • New Hip Hop Movement Aims to Bring Peace in Newark
  • A Q&A w/ Nas About God, Tupac and Fame


  • Hip Hop Hits the Road w/ Missy Elliott
  • Studio Owner Of Eminem's First CD Killed in Detroit
  • Ernie Paniciolli's Message to 2Pac
  • Missy Elliott Calls New LP 'My Favorite I've Ever Done'
  • Da Brat Speaks Out About Her Stint on 'The Surreal Life'


  • An Open Letter to the Hip Hop Community-Asian Aid
  • Beastie Boys, Chuck D. Encourage Sampling With Contest
  • Take Back the Music Campaign set to Launch
  • Remy Martin Teams Up w/ Lady Saw for 'I Got Your Man'
  • Luda Vs. Austin Powers? Cris Gets Villainous In Next Clip
  • All Black Music is linked, and the Chain is Unbreakable
  • Bill Cosby Busted-Reminded of Hometown Roots
  • Top 40 Doesn't Chart for Hip-Hop Champion-Jazzy Jeff
  • Mos Def Struggles to Take Back Hip Hop


  • Essence Magazine Set to Take on Abusive Hip Hop Lyrics
  • Senior Airman Bobby Cheeks Keeps Hip Hop Alive
  • Temple of Hip Hop Launches First Education Center in Cali
  • Jae Millz Set to melt the Streetz in 2005
  • Rosa Parks and Outkast Agree to Mediation
  • FIU Gears Up For Organic Hip Hop Conference in February
  • Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison


    December 2004 Headlines

  • Funkmaster Flex, 50 Cent and Publicity Stunt 101
  • Clear Channel Strikes Again-Shuts Down Ad Campaign
  • Is the US Stingy When It Comes to Giving AID?
  • I Had a Hip Hop Kwanza
  • Has the Hip Hop NBA Become the Thug League?
  • Playahata: Thugs, Pimpin'’ & Revolutionaries
  • Jay-Z For President
  • Ras Kass Comes Home From Prison
  • Playahata Newsletter 12-27-04


  • What Do 50 Cent and Prof John McWhorter Have in Common?
  • Wyclef Launches Yele Haiti to Help Rebuild Country
  • Paul Mooney vs Star & Buckwyld
  • Playahata News: DMX Has Bi-Polar Disorder
  • Harvard's Hip Hop Archives Set to Move to Stanford


  • Ms Tibb Bits Entertainment News #91
  • Australian Officials Warn D12 to Chill Out
  • Steve Harvey Speaks Out About MiJacs and Eminem
  • Lil Kim Launches Clothing Line
  • Rhode Island Officials Ban Hip-Hop At Club, ACLU Reacts
  • DMX Arrested Again For Driving Violations
  • Dame Dash Will Retain Control of Roc-A-Fella Artists
  • Akon's Manager Gunned Down Preventing Robbery
  • Rap News Network: 2Pac Album Review
  • Why Do We Hate Black Women So Much?
  • Unwrapping the Myths & Origins Surrounding Santa Claus
  • Mumia: When The Media Manages Us
  • African Americans and Social Security


  • Ol' Dirty Died From Cocaine And Prescription Painkiller
  • Nelly Tells Chingy To Calm Down And Pay Him More Respect
  • A Tribe Called Quest: Reunited and it Feels So Good!
  • Ivy Queen: The Story of Reggaeton Royalty
  • Destiny's Child: When Will These Sisters Learn?
  • Hip Hop Must Look Back, to Move Forward
  • Man Up Ron Artess-Don't Be A Punk
  • Neon Deion Comments on Kobe Situation
  • Breaking News Voting Fraud Exposed in Ohio


  • Dame Dash Disagrees w/ Russell Over Rockerfeller Bill
  • Morris O'Kelly: Enough With Kobe Bryant
  • Mos Def Forced to Pull Song Off Album
  • How the Police Can Mess w/ a Rapper's Career
  • Rosa Clemente: The Rockefeller Drug Reform Sham
  • The Wire's Springer Bell Did Not Know He Was to Be Killed


  • Gary Webb Who Wrote About CIA & Crack Found Dead
  • Four Bush Biographers Have All Killed Themselves-Why?
  • NYPD Boycotts Christmas Party At Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
  • Rap News Direct: Should Eminem Be Producing 2Pac?
  • Kanye Apologizes to the AMAs Explains Arrogance
  • Drama For E-40 in Oregon-Concert Cancelled
  • Baller Status: Why Rap Should Be the GOP’s Theme Music
  • South Carolina Hip Hop Set to Step Up
  • Who The Hell Am I? (Nas Forgot to Name a Few 'Coons')
  • Why Don't Rappers Comment on Police Brutality Issues
  • Clear Channel Teams Up w/ New Venture Def on Demand
  • Mumia: The American Politics of Morality


  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News # 90
  • Kanye West, Jesus Walks and Holy Hip Hop On the Radio
  • Hip Hop Summit Cites Changes in Rockerfeller Drug Laws
  • The 'Wu Jew'-Remedy Blazes A New Path
  • White Man's Burden-Eminem's Talent & Elevated Stature
  • Rainbow Eminem: Who's More Gay Eminem or Michael Jackson?
  • More Food for Thought pt 3 from Ernie Paniciolli
  • NY Times: Sax and Hip-Hop Flirting With a New Idiom
  • Emotions Vs Intelligence How It Impacts Elections


  • AHH: Jay-Z named President of Def Jam Records
  • Industry Rule 5080 The US Army is Shady-We Mean Really Shady
  • Playahata News: Kanye Gets 10/ Cam'ron Leaves Def Jam
  • The Game 'Documentary' is Set to Rebirth West Coast Hip Hop
  • A Breakdown of Carmelo Anthony's 'Stop Snitching' Video
  • Major Drama For (Murder) Inc as Feds Move Closer
  • It Needs To Be CED..... Who stole the soul?
  • Bush Picks Controversial Conservative to head Civil Rights Commission


  • Toni Blackman: Is Spoken Word On Its Way to Become Rap?
  • The Failures of Hip-Hop and U.S. Foreign Policy
  • ODB's Wife and Mother Clash Over Estate
  • An Interview w/ L.E.GA.C.Y of Justus League Crew
  • Playahata Newsletter 12/7/04
  • More Food For Thought By Ernie Paniciolli
  • Village Voice: Nelly & Mos Def: Hip Hop Doppelgangers
  • NBA Star Carmelo Anthony Comes Underfire For 'Anti-Snitch' DVD
  • Black Dems Must Clean Up Own House


  • Will Smith Speaks Out-Gets Put on GOP Blacklist
  • Stevie Wonder Speaks Out Against Eminem
  • UK Actor Colin Salmon Bashes Hip Hop For James Bond
  • 50 Cent Involved In Scuffle At Airport In Nigeria
  • NY Times Breaks Down Nas and His Dad Olu Dara
  • Hip Hop Collides w/ Corporate America
  • Hip Hop Organizations Works w/ LA Schools
  • Popular Boston Hip Hop Jock Lands Veejay Job
  • Remembering Fred Hampton: Power Anywhere...


  • RZA & Davey D Take On Conservative Armstrong Williams
  • New Movie w/ Hip Hop Undertakings...
  • 2Live Crew May Cause California Club to Lose License
  • Playahata: An Interview w/ RapCoalition's Wendy Day
  • What Do You Think of Nas' Lyrics to 'Coon Picnic'?
  • Hip Hop and the Reparations Movement
  • Hip Hop Activist Rosa Clemente Launches Historic Presentation
  • A Revolutionary Take on "Fight Night in the NBA"
  • Ukranians Using Hip Hop to Express Outrage & Protest
  • 3 White Guys Dressing Black & Rapping in Japanese in Japan
  • NY Daily News Readers Including DJ Kutting Kandi Respond to Article
  • Are Black Ministers Wimping Out?


  • Black PR: Why Blacks Never Really Came Down On Eminem
  • It Needs to Be Ced: Payola on Mixtape CDs and Tapes?
  • Nas Sparks Controversy w/ 'Coon Picnic' Song
  • The Poetess Celebrates the Life & Times of NWA & Eazy E
  • Jurassic 5 Step Up To Help Women's Shelter
  • Kevin Powell Set to Do 4th Annual Holiday Clothing Drive
  • Did Suge Knight Violate Parole at the Vibe Awards?
  • Rap News Direct: An Interview w/ DJ Quik
  • A Satirical Lyrical Exercise (Asians/Blacks In Hip Hop)
  • Alternet: He Got Shame (Ron Artest)


    November 2004 Headlines

  • Chuck D: Too Much Time, Dollars, No Damn Sense & Blind As a Bush
  • Jay-Z The Best Rapper Alive After Fade to Black
  • Eminem Goes Crazy w/ 2Pac Accapellas
  • Lil Jon Gets Married Over the Weekend (Yeah-Okay!)
  • Nas Performs w/ Fire In His Heart in Anaheim
  • A Review of Mos Def's 'New Danger' Album
  • Conservative Writer Accuses Aaron McGruder of Being White
  • Tavis Smiley Set to Leave NPR After 3 Years
  • Pistons-Pacers Brawl Can't Be Analyzed in Black and White


  • An Open Letter to Radio One's Founder Cathy Hughes
  • Zero Tolerance in the Music Biz?-More Drama For Dangermouse
  • The Quest for Realness in Religion, Hip Hop and Politics
  • TBWT: Let The Real Thugs Stand Up
  • Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Paniccioli Speaks Out About Ron Artest
  • The World According to Nas
  • Hip Hop Getting A Bad Call-Basketball & Hip Hop
  • Florida Atlantic University Cancels Ying Yang Twins Concert
  • NY Times: Hip Hop Embraces Techno Via Lil Jon
  • War Against Downloading Launches In Canada
  • Ernie Paniccioli: Food For Thought
  • Playahata Reviews: Nas - Street's Disciple (B+)
  • Playahata Reviews: Eminem-Encore (B-)
  • Playahata Review:Kool Keith - Diesel Truckers (A-)
  • Playahata Review:Fabolous-Real Talk (C)


  • The Hatin' That hate Produced
  • Breaking News: Federal Judge DENIES Ohio Re-vote Count
  • P-Diddy Designs NBA Uniforms-Makes Debut
  • Ludacris Loses All Respect for Chingy</a>
  • Snoop Teams Up w/ the Legendary Doors
  • Black Rob Arrested For Robbery
  • A Hip Hop Conversation in North Carolina
  • And They Don't Stop: Hip Hop in NC's Triangle
  • Trickin' White Folks: Why the Hood Loves Ron Artest
  • Meet Rising Rapper JenRo-Latino, Queer and Gangtsa


  • Angie Martinez Speaks w/ Benzino About Eminem Squashing Beef
  • MTV's Sway Interviews Eminem About Bush, Beefs & Politics
  • Greg Fields Column: ODB Will Be Missed
  • Somethings to Think About... Fights and More Fights
  • Wyclef Comes Under Fire About His Stance on Haiti
  • Haters Try to Stop the Roots For Supporting Mumia
  • The NBA Brawl, Ron Artest and His Connection to Hip Hop
  • Interview with Bay Area's Jacka of C-Bo's Mob Figaz
  • Daz Makes Song that Addresses Vibe Awards Melee
  • Toronto Rapper JB is Number 1 on Canadian Radio
  • Is Fair Use In Peril? Fast Forward a Commercial & Go to Jail
  • Drama For Eminem in UK Toilet
  • Young Buck Turns Himself In to Santa Monica PD
  • Voters, Fighters, Citizens & Youth
  • Oakland's Jahi & Zion I to be Profiled on MTV2
  • Sugar Hill Gang Files Lawsuit Against The Beastie Boys
  • RZA Eulogizes At ODB's Funeral
  • Blackelectorate.com: Remembering Ason Unique and O.D.B.


  • Ms Tibb Bits News # 88
  • Young Buck Negotiating His Surrender
  • The Hip Hop Hatin' that Hate Produced
  • Welcome to Politics Hip Hop: U Got Knocked The F!@# Out
  • Trigger Man: Face to Face w/ Mix Master Mike
  • The Godfather Speaks: Up Close with Afrika Bambaataa
  • Should We Tell Jack To Hit The Road?


  • Ja Rule's Manager Arrested For Laundering Money
  • Was it Good Journalism to Show the Vibe Awards Fight?
  • Limbaugh: P-Diddy Holds Back Blacks to Democratic Plantation
  • Xzibit Blasts Today's Commercial Rap Music
  • Local Hip Hop & Social Activism-How Close Are They?
  • ODB Buried Yesterday-Fans Pay Their Respects
  • Rap's Now a Game of Chants
  • Gangsta Rap Musical Set to Screen in NY & LA
  • Bill Cosby & Ras Baraka Set to Bring Hip Hop For the People
  • EastBay Express: An Interview w/ the Villain MF Doom
  • Pittsburg Hip Hoppers to Set to Host Election Aftermath Forum
  • Suge Knight denies Involvement in Vibe Incident
  • Africa's First Hip Hop Music Marathon Starts Today
  • Furor Over Terrell Owens NFL Skit Is Really About Race


  • Pacifica Radio Covers Election Fraud in Ohio Today
  • Young Buck Wanted for Vibe Stabbing
  • White Freedom: Village Voice Breaks Down Eminem
  • Snoop Dogg Hooks Up w/ USC Football Team
  • Chuck D Still Fights the Power-Set to Visit Santa Cruz Nov 18
  • MC Eiht Tapped by Grand Theft Auto
  • Interview w/ Flavor Flav: Flavor Vision Ain't Blurry pt 2
  • Danger Mouse Honored By GQ
  • Big Noyd Set to Release Sophomore LP 'On The Grind'
  • Music Is Not A Loaf of Bread-Giving Your Music Away
  • New US Bill Targets People Who Speak Against Isreal


  • HIP HOP READ THIS: Sweeping, Disturbing Changes in Copyright Laws
  • Hip Hop in New Zealand-What's Crackin Overseas?
  • Rev Run Celebrates His 40th w/a Rolls-Ernie Paniciolli Repsonds
  • J-Live Signs to Penalty Records
  • The Return of Guru (Formerly of Gang Starr)
  • Bad Vibes at Vibe: EUR's Lee Baily Gives Ultimate Breakdown
  • Morris O'Kelly: Why the Violence at Our Shows?
  • Violence Erupts at Vibe Awards-Dr Dre Attacked


  • Hip-Hop Lessons from 2004: Organize and Educate or Die
  • Playahata News: Fat Joe Makes Roy Jones Lean Back
  • Remembering ODB: May He Rest In Peace
  • NY's Hot 97 Gets A New Program Director
  • Freddie Foxxx Returns w/ 'American Black Man'
  • Ms Tibb Bits News: Kerry People Blame P-Diddy For Lose
  • Drama In Ohio-Voters Tell About Election Day Fraud
  • A Legitimate Effort to Recount in Ohio is Underway
  • Final Call: A Conversation w/ Professor Griff
  • Rip, Mix, Burn & Swap: Music Cops Can't Do a Thing
  • A Review of Rock The Bells Concert-Anaheim
  • Secret Service Jams Up High School Students
  • Shock & Gawk-The Democrats Must Go


  • Norwegian Rap group Faces Charges For Threatening George Bush
  • Baller Status: Mac Dre's Murder & Preventing a Rap War
  • New Zealand's Hip Hop Pioneers UHP Make Noise
  • Hip Hop on the Frontline in the Middle East
  • Murphy Lee Arrested on Drug Charges
  • Murder Inc Bookkeeper Busted for Money Laundering
  • Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
  • Seattle Weekly Gives Producer Jake One Gets His Props
  • Colorado School Bans Insane Clown Posse T-Shirts
  • Christian Hip Hop Concert in Planning Satges for Palm Beach
  • Will Eminem Stack Up w/ The Release of His new Album?
  • Hip Hop Culture is Polarizing Older White Basketball Fans
  • Big Ced: An Open Letter to the Democrats?
  • Hip Hop Saviors Came to Cornell


  • They Chose, We Lost-Did The Hip Hop Vote Go For Bush?
  • Ms Tibbs Entertainment News #86 Nov. 8th
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Launch Federation to Preserve Hip Hop Culture
  • Hip Hop History: DJ Hollywood-Straight No Chaser
  • Flavor Flav's Vision Ain't Blurry-Interview pt 1
  • UAN: Interview w/ Brand Nubian
  • UAN: An Interview w/ Talib Kweli
  • And The Hip Hop Band Played On: Election '04 by Min Paul Scott
  • Foxy Brown Set to Make Comeback w/ Jay-Z & Shyne
  • Kwame is Back Doing production for Will Smith & Youngbloodz
  • Dr Dre Set to Revive Detox Album Project
  • New 2Pac Song Surfaces 'Thugs Get Lonely Too'
  • Hip Hop Vote Turns Out in Record Numbers in Pittsburg
  • Playahata Newsletter Nov. 8th
  • Music Builds Unity in the Heart of Compton
  • After the Election: Confessions of a Crazy Woman
  • Post Election: Hip Hop, Are We Dead Yet?
  • George Bush: The American Taliban
  • The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Four More Years? America Gets What It Deserves by Paris
  • Kerry Won: Here Are the Facts by Greg Palast
  • Julianne Malveaux: After the Election
  • 17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists by Michael Moore
  • Cynthia McKinney Victory Speech 'It's A New Day'


  • The Election Aftermath: Hip Hop Where Do We Go From Here?
  • Playahata: Piss and Vinegar-The Great Depression Is Here
  • Republicans Win Big Time; Who To Blame This Time?
  • Record Number of Youth Come Out to the Polls-21 Million
  • Don't Sleep (We Represented) by Adrienne Maree Brown
  • P.Diddy: I Was Reckless to Yell 'Get Bush's Ass Out of Office'
  • Universal Zulu Nation Celebrates Hip Hop's 30th Anniversary
  • Damon Dash to Be Honored at 3rd Annual Shine Benefit
  • Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85


  • Pop and Politics Election Day Blog
  • Truth.org Election Day Blog
  • An Election Day Message From P-Diddy & Michael Moore
  • Blackelectorate.com Election Special: Vote and Live
  • Marvin X- Votaste Negro
  • African Hip Hoppers Ask U.S.A. Hip Hoppers to Go to the Polls
  • Missy Elliot Rents Bus to Take Miami Voters to Polls
  • Bay Area Hip Hop Organizers Mobilize the Hip Hop Vote
  • Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger: Vote Yes on Cali Prop 66
  • Drop Us A Line and Let Us Know How The Election is Going in Your Area
  • Fed Judges Overturns Ruling.. Bush Boys Can Challenge Voters
  • Why Voting Matters-An Election Day Perspective From NY
  • Greg Palast: An Election Spoiled Rotten
  • Where Have All The Lawyers Gone? 25 Thousand Are in Swing States
  • A Day Of Shame-Voter Suppression Returns for Blacks
  • Voting Feedback From Chicago-It's Raining
  • Voting Feedback From Cincinnati, Ohio-Long Lines
  • Voting Feedback from Philly-Where's My Absentee Ballot?
  • Bay Area Rap Pioneer Mac Dre Killed in Kansas City
  • Judge Rules Ohio Election Poll Challenges BY GOP Unconstitutional
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal Elections: Bush Boys Set to get Shady
  • Tavis Smiley Speaks Out About This Election
  • John Kerry Tells MTV He's Feeling The New Eminem Song 'Mosh'
  • Black Radical Congress Statement About November 2
  • Watch Link TV's Protect Your Vote Program w/ Davey D
  • It's Beyond Bush or Kerry: Hip Hop vs Arnold Schwartznegger
  • Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
  • Mis Tibb Bits Entertainment News #85
  • Listen to Our Live Radio Nat'l Election Coverage starting 3PM EST
  • Watch Our Nat'l TV Coverage on Link TV 7PM EST


    October 2004 Headlines

  • A Letter to People Who Don't Listen to Our [Hip Hop's] Opinions
  • Impeach the President-The Hip Hop Vote
  • Wolves in the White House...Bush Boys Are Going Wylding Out
  • Miami Rapper Beaten By Police For Emcee Battling
  • Rocksteady Set to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Beat Street
  • Playahata News: Rappers to Help Homeless
  • Playahata News: 5 Things U Need to Know When Voting
  • The Real Slim Shady Finally Stands Up: Em vs Bush
  • Why I Believe In Our President
  • P-Diddy vs Nascar: Dads-Candidates Court Niche Groups
  • AHH: A Commentary on Asian American Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop Organizations Mobilze to Get Out The Vote
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Easy AD to Present Hip Hop Exhibit
  • Lil Jon to Go On Trump's Apprentice Show
  • 41,000 'Wake Up Everybody' CD Giveaway to Get Folks to The Polls
  • P-Diddy Unhappy w/ Candidates Campaign Stops
  • Republicans Plan to Intimidate New Voters


  • UAN: An Interview w/ De La Soul
  • 3rd Annual H20 Film Festival Kicks Off in NYC Next Week
  • 50 Cent Goes On a Hood Spending Spree
  • Enough Disrespect: Return Rap to its Artistic Roots
  • Peep the New Anti-Bush Video 'Mosh' by Eminem
  • The Hip Hop Community Can't Have it Both Ways
  • Feedback on Eminem vs Michael Jackson
  • Prop 69 in Cali Will Serioulsy Hurt the Hip Hop Generation
  • Listen to Dear Mr President-w/ KRS, Mobb Deep, Mack 10 & WC
  • Hip Hop vs Bush: The Street Debate


  • P-Diddy to Hit Swing States
  • Black Eyed Peas Campaign in S. Florida to Get Out The Vote
  • Playahata.com: A Hip Hop Interview w/ Ralph Nader
  • Ultimate Freedom-Why We Don't Vote by KRS-One
  • Eminem on Election: Bush 'Not My Homie'
  • Hip Hop Voters Meet w/ Local Politicians
  • Ludacris Comes After Bill O'Reilly
  • A Response to the Racist Columnist Who Blasts Hip Hop
  • Tenn College Is Using Hip Hop to Stay in NCAA Division I
  • Distortion2Static Hip Hop TV Show Blows Up in the Bay
  • Toronto's Kos Makes Moves
  • A Culture Pulses to Hip Hop Beat
  • Legacy of Rosa Parks Tied Up in a Rap Song
  • Immortal Technique Set to Drop New LP on Baby Grande
  • Bay Area Hip Hop News: Slo-O, The Jacka of Mob Figaz

  • Playahata Review: Mos Def - The New Danger (C+)
  • Playahata Review: De La Soul -The Grind Date (A)
  • Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (B-)
  • Playahata Review: Guerilla Black -Guerilla City (C)
  • Playahata Review: Shawnna- Worth the Weight (C-)


  • Ludacris Comments on Bill O'Reilly Sex Scandal
  • KRS-One: I Am An American Philospoher
  • Racist Columnist Blasts-KRS-One and Black Rappers
  • Freedom of Opinion-Hip Hop Speaks Truth to Power
  • Hip Hop vs Bush-The Slambush Mixtape Sets it Off
  • Actress Yvette Wilson (Parkers) Launches Record Label
  • Bay Area Producer Checkmate Does Track For Nas
  • Theaters Shut Out 'Letter' So QDIII Takes Film on Tour
  • The Rhythm of Afrika Bambaataa
  • Lloyd Banks Speaks Out On Gay Porn...
  • Colorado Hip Hoppers Step Up to Defend KRS


  • An Open Letter to the NY Daily News About KRS-One
  • Lost In Space: Eminem vs Michael Jackson
  • Roxanne Shante Set to Sue Janet Jackson
  • Fat Joe and Melle-Mel to Advertise Bacardi
  • Martha Stewart's Hip-Hop Connections
  • 50 Cent Set to Star in Film About His Life
  • Hip Hop's Influence Expected at the Polls
  • Bonecrusher Teams up w/ Shaq
  • Learning to Live Like Queen Latifah
  • Olympic Committee Forces Kutmasta Kurt to Change LP
  • GOP Mad About Fliers Distrubted to Black Folks
  • NY Daily News Acusses KRS of Supporting Al Queda
  • KRS Responds to the NY Daily News
  • Bushisms by Mumia Abu Jamal


  • Lloyd Banks Denies Being In A Gay Porn Movie
  • Will the Real Hip Hop Documentarians Please Stand Up
  • Morris O'Kelly: What is a Sellout in 2004?
  • DMX Makes Court Appearance, Rejects Plea Bargain Deal
  • An Interview w/ Shock G
  • Paris Speaks His Mind
  • John Kerry Has Himself to Blame For Bush Propaganda TV
  • The Next President Will Re-Shape the Supreme Court
  • The Politics of Hip Hop


  • Fredwreck, WC, B-Real, Mack 10, KRS, Mobb Deep Do Anti-Bush Song
  • Dillusions and Confusion-Behind the Scenes at the VH1 Awards
  • RIAA Taking Peer to Peer/ Downloading Case to Supreme Court
  • Vote or Die versus FREEDOM or Death
  • Bush Boys Get Gangsta as They take Over TV Stations in Swing States
  • South Bay Hip Hop Collective Unveils Landmark Conference
  • Universal Considers Jay-Z for Executive Post
  • Playahata Newsletter 10/12/04
  • Steve Harvey Revokes Eminem's Ghetto Pass... BET Pulls Video


  • Eminem, Green Latern Drop 'Sirius' Anti-Bush Mixtape
  • Media EmercenC Conference This Weekend in San Diego
  • More Beef- The Source Awards vs Russel Simmons
  • Ness from Da Band Almost Shot to Death
  • Flava Flav Speaks-He Didn't Have Sex w/ Brigette
  • New CD Aims To Help Stop Genocide In Sudan
  • Beanie Sigel Gears up For Prison
  • Hip Hop Voting Bloc-Its Not Just About Benjamins Anymore
  • Ja Rule Set to Stand Trial for Assault in Toronto
  • 'Get Back,' Ludacris Commands, Or He'll Take You Down
  • South Park Creators Diss P-Diddy Voting Campaign
  • Party or Protest-Cuban Hip Hop at a Crossroads
  • The Success Behind Slam Bush
  • Corporations Want Farmers to Pay Royalties for Seeds they Plant


  • Eastbay Express: Fight The Power-Hip Hop Radio Wars
  • Slam Bush Was a Huge Success-Pittsburg Woman Wins
  • Palestinain Rap Seduces With Political Lyrics
  • Canadian Hip Hop Artist Kyprios Makes Noise
  • Hip Hop Knowledge But At What Price? Talib Kweli
  • Spoiled By Success-Has Pop Culture Transformed Hip Hop?
  • The Diplomats Are Back-Gear Up For New Release
  • Court TV Examines 'Hip-Hop Justice'
  • PHN: GOP Kills Draft Bill/ Michael Moore Speaks Out
  • No Politics As Usual by Kiilu Nyasha


  • PHN:Edwards Beats Cheny/ GOP Call Jesse A 'Chocolate Chip'
  • RapAttacklives.com Brings HUSTLE 2004 to NYC
  • Cali Rappers Ice T, E-40, Ice Cube & WC Support Proposition 66
  • End SHIT-POP and Bring Back HIP-HOP
  • Chuck D: The Jumpoff-Is that All It Is to a Record?
  • Oakland Hip Hop Summit-Brings Out Former Panthers
  • Kanye West Makes Surprise Visit to Oakland
  • Rob Swift Departs From X-ecutioners, Two New DJ's Added
  • Foxy Brown Signs With S.Carter Records
  • Frank 151 Magazine Set to Celebrate the New South
  • Jazzy Pha Nominated for Source Awards
  • San Diego Counters NAB Conference This Weekend
  • Ten Questions for Vice President Dick Cheney
  • CBS: Edwards Scores Big Calls Cheney on Haliburton


  • Hip-Hop: From Back in the Day to Today
  • Living Legends Volume One: DJ Reggie Wells
  • You Say You Want A Revolution?-Message Music
  • Playahata News: Michael Moore Invitation Withdrawn


  • Playahata Review: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle (B-)
  • Playahata Review: Nelly - Sweat/Suit (C-)
  • The Roots, Chuck D Set to Headline SlamBush Concert Tonight in Miami
  • Playahata: Eminem Vs Madonna/ Alan Keys Hates Gays
  • Mos Def Set to Host VH1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
  • Montreal Rappers Call Bush A Serial Killer
  • The One and Only Kanye West Hater-What Do U Think?
  • The 3rd Annual H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival
  • DMX Set to Take Paternity Test
  • P-Diddy & Russell Simmons Set to Do a Reality Show
  • Nat'l Hip Hop Get Out The Vote Tour Launched


    September 2004 Headlines

  • An Incredible Quote from Malcolm X
  • Hip Hop Pioneers Salute Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
  • New Hip Hop Union Secures Health Insurance for Artists
  • Hip Hop is a Gift From God-Kurtis Blow Has a Church in the Bronx
  • Jermaine Dupri Opening 24-Hour 'Def Cafe'
  • Dame Dash Accused of Roughing Up Ex Over the Weekend
  • Eastbay Express: Crackin Nutz-The Struggle for Female Emcees
  • Namco Sues Lil' Flip & Sony Over "Game Over" Sample
  • Lloyd Banks and Young Buck Team Up w/ NBA Live 2005
  • Hip Hoppers: Here's What the Republican Party Believes In
  • Playahata: Movies Everyone MUST See in 2004
  • Bay Area Artist Aye De Leon Is 'Running For President'
  • NBA Star Speaks out Boldly Against the War
  • 18-34 yr Olds More Info on Upcoming Military Draft-Hip Hop Be Warned!
  • Poet Marvin X Speaks to Hip Hoppers at the Barbershop


  • Hip Hop Activist Malia Lazu Makes the Finals-Vote This Weekend
  • San Jose Hip Hop Scene Steps It Up in A Big Way
  • CI: A Look at Hip Hop As a Messiah
  • Africana.com: Is Kanye A Gospel Rapper?
  • Playahata Newsletter: 9/24/04
  • Kutmasta Kurt Set to Release Redneck Olympics
  • LL Cool J Is Still One of the Top Rappers Around
  • Jurassic 5's Charli 2Na Set to Release Mixtape
  • P-Diddy Ordered to Testify
  • Hip Hop Summit Comes to New Jersey
  • Cuba Gooding Praises Tupac Shakur For Family Values
  • Chuck D & Kyle Jason Launch the Bridge & Anti-Bush T-Shirts
  • Lil' Kim Bodyguard Sentenced To 12 Years Over Shooting
  • The Game Gives Props to the West-Has Beef w/ Yukmouth
  • Central Intelligence: Interests vs Ideology
  • Wyclef Aids Haitians After Flood
  • Human Orchestra Set for Vh1 Hip Hop Honor Awards
  • Queen Latifah's Cab From 'Taxi' Movie Hits Circuit
  • Rosa Parks Has Dementia-Can't Testify Against Outkast
  • Hip Hop Artist Produces Album Free of the 'N' Word


  • Hip Hoppers-George Bush Is Set to Reinstate the Draft
  • Star and Bucwyld Come to Philly-A Step Closer to NY
  • Why isn't the News Reporting this GOP Money Laundering Scandal?
  • Eminem Takes Aim at George Bush on Upcoming New Album
  • Who will Get the Hip Hop Vote?
  • New Twista Video Pulled From Rotation
  • Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielsen to Star in New Reality Series
  • 50 Cent on Lock Down
  • Canadian Spoken WordLympics Set For October
  • San Jose Set to Host Hip Hop Political Conference
  • Attorney General John Ashcroft Seeking New Powers
  • Neo-Cons, Fundies, Feddies, and Con-Artists


  • Los Angeles is Greeted with the Return of KDAY
  • 12 Point Program for Hip Hop's Revolutionary Rebirth
  • The Bay Today: Fact or Fiction-2004 by T-Kash
  • Dead Prez & Hiero Added to Bay Area Hip Hop Summit
  • Playahata: A Fan Breaks Down Dave Chappelle Block Party
  • Beastie Boys, Zap Mama Say 'Steal This Music'
  • 'Divide and Conquer' As Political Empowerment Strategy
  • Pennsylvania Set to Host Hip Hop Summit
  • Beverly Hills Meets Capitol Hill This Past Weekend in LA
  • The Lynching of Dan Rather


  • Playahata News: 9/20/04
  • 50 Cent Comes After Nas and Shyne in New Mixtape
  • Cincinnati Youth Needs Hip Hop's Help
  • Fat Joe Wants Respect... Shows Off New Album
  • E-40 Signs w/ Lil Jon
  • The Fugees Set to Reunite-They're on Speaking Terms
  • Ashanti Brings Nelly Home to meet Parents-Is Irv Jealous?


  • An Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates
  • Gospel Awards Removes Kanye West from Nominations
  • Mixed Message by Hip-Hop Vote Organizers
  • Tanya Manderson Responds to Foxy Brown Accusations
  • Wordsworth Back on the Scene w/ Mirror Music
  • Mase Clears The Air About Diddy, DMX And Jay-Z
  • Will Smith Made AIDs Embassador for Nelson Mandela
  • Beatboxing at the Ballot Box
  • FEDS Raid and Shut Down Community Radio Station
  • Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement May Help Bush -- Again
  • The KRS Blasts Away in Miami-The 9 Elements of Hip Hop
  • Bay Area Hip Hop Summit Coming October 3 to Oakland
  • Update on the Cause Behind Twista's Car Crash


  • PHN: Drama For Foxy Brown & Carmello Anthony
  • Nobody's Smiling: An Interview w/ Journalist Adisa Banjoko
  • Nelly Rocks the House at NY's Webster Hall
  • Hip-Hop – Ignorance as Art
  • Puff 'n'stuff - From Hip Hop to Jamaican Ska
  • Will the Hip Hop Generation Go Green?
  • The Long History of Caucasian Terrorism Inside the US


  • Lloyd Banks' Tour Bus Crashes
  • Will Ruling on Samples Chill Rap?
  • Are We Celebrating Ignorance w/ Shyne?
  • Identity Crisis: Do We Know Who We Be?
  • Hip Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Drops A New Album
  • Poets, Rappers Express Anti-Bush Sentiment in Ohio
  • Kanye West's Gospel Nomination Draws Criticism
  • Mutulu Shakur - 'Pride In The Panther' Tribute
  • Playahata Review: : Young Buck - Straight Outta Cashville [B-]
  • Playahata Review: Jim Jones - On My Way to Church [D]
  • Playahata Review: Mase - Welcome Back [C]
  • Playahata Movie Review: The Cook Out [C]


  • GM Flash & Furious 5 Nominated to Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
  • Playahata Newsletter 9/13/04
  • Jeru The Damaja Hits Hard With New Single!
  • MTV:Mase-The Fine Line Between Prayer and Playa
  • Hip Hop Stars Launch Get-Out The Vote Bus Tour
  • Seattle Producer Jake One Rocks w/ De La Soul & E-40
  • 50 Cent Wanted in the UK
  • Gangsta Rap Culture 'is a Deadly Virus'


  • Hip Hop Artist Speak Out About New Sampling Law
  • Star & Hot 97 Battle Heating Up, Star Inks Cable Deal
  • Assault Charges Against Loon in LA Are Dropped
  • The Game of G Unit is Highly Anticipated
  • Kanye West Leads Source Award Nominations
  • BattleCat Suing Snoop-Shaq Calls Out Kobe
  • Africana: For Myself and Others: Bringing Crunk to a Close
  • Warner Brothers Refuses to Release Anti-War Film Before Election
  • The Truth Behind Don King's GOP Hustle & Love For Bush
  • Fox News Radio Affiliate Sponsoring Right Wing Film Festival
  • Did US Neo-Cons Have a Connection to Russian Terrorist?


  • G-Unit's DJ Whoo Kid Releases Rap The Vote Mixtape
  • Star & Buc Set to Return to the New York City Airwaves
  • Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna Bet?
  • Using Rhyme to Beat Bush-SlamBush Comes to Pittsburg
  • 50 Cent Avoids Kobe-Like Incident-He Records Sex Acts
  • Shyne Defies Prison Authorities-Turns to Fax Machines
  • Chicago Doctor Uses Rap Therapy to Heal Patients
  • ThaFormula.com-Interview w/ Talib Kweli-Beatiful Struggle
  • Aloe Blacc of the Group Emanon Releases Solo Album
  • DJ Krush Drops 8th Solo Album, Jaku
  • Black Radio Pioneer 'Wildman Steve' Passes


  • Twista in Car Accident-Bodyguard Killed
  • Hip Hop Generation: Start Voting or Stop Complaining
  • Hip Hop History The Carribbean Connection in the Bronx
  • Court Rules on Sampling-Could Severly Curtail Hip Hop
  • Kanye Disses Mase-Questions His Sincerity
  • Field Mob Member Arrested On Kidnapping Charges
  • Cuban Rappers Popularize Anti-war Song
  • Hip Hop Comes Together for Talks of Peace on 9-11
  • Lil Jon Mixing Up a Potent New Batch of Crunk Juice
  • P. Diddy Challenges Hulk Hogan To A Wrestling Match
  • Hip Hop No Longer Has One Voice
  • Andre 3000 Working on Documentary About Voting
  • An Interview w/ Evidence of Dilated Peoples
  • Hip Hop Comes to the US Congress via Howard U
  • Toronto's IRS Nominated for Canadian Urban Music Awards
  • Mixtape King DJ G. Brown Making Big Moves
  • Bridging The Gap w/ Black Sheep's Mista Long


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