Remember those days you were in your old neighborhood playing in the streets during the summer. Knowing you couldn’t keep running in and out of the house, children running the block had to make due with the change they found throughout the day. In the hoods across America, people hit the bodega to see what […]

Even after starring in a new movie, being allegedly offered to sign with Cash Money and dating female rapper Diamond, Soulja Boy still has time to be creative in the studio! Soulja Boy claims that 50 Cent is using custom made Soulja Boy beats on his new album. The young rapper says “We were in […]

Has Rihanna been sending flirty text messages to Irish actor Colin Farrell? A source tells UK tabloid The Sun that she has. The two met in December on a British talk show.

Famed hip-hop director Hype Williams has made a career out of his flashy approach to music videos.  His two most recent clips, Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” and Lil’ Wayne’s “6’7” draw heavily from movies you may have seen. “6’7” was obviously inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and “All Of The Lights” borrows from […]

Back with another steamer for the ladies, Caktuz throws ,MessUpYaMakeUp!, out for free download as part of his “#OverTheWallWeds.” weekly campaign. Caktuz sings (not too bad) his way through a slinky track produced by new comer Mayhem Manny. Definately a sexy little number by North Carolina’s self proclaimed “hip hop rocka-rolla”. SOURCE DOWNLOAD LINK “Move […]

HOT97's Mister Cee was at his post this afternoon for his weekday slot on the station and addressed the response to his arrest for public lewdness through his song choices.

HOT97's Funkmaster Flex & Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club have engaged in a war of words stemming from the recent arrest of HOT97 DJ Mister Cee.

De La Soul‘s landmark 3 Feet High And Rising and Al Green‘s soul classic Let’s Stay Together albums have been chosen for the Library Of Congress’ 2010 National Recording Registry.  The albums were among 25 total recordings chosen.

Rick Ross has been making interesting changes to his Maybach Music Group label lately, signing Wale in March 2011 and officially signing Midwestern emcee Stalley. Listeners of their music may be surprised that they landed deals with Rick Ross, whose music is known for its  lavish imagery. Still, rap history has had many other free […]

When news broke that Soulja Boy would be starring as 2Pac’s critically acclaimed/ hood classic character Bishop in a remake of “Juice” the world scratched their forehead in Awe. None-the-less, Soulja Boy is preparing for his role and even adapted the famous Bishop hair-cut. “Basically, it’s your boy Soulja and I’m Bishop in 2011, running […]

Having Soulja Boy reprise the role of Tupac’s character Bishop in Juice was pretty groundbreaking, but adding Waka Flocka to the roster is just adding insult to injury. Soulja Boy tells Rap-Up “We’ve been filming here in Atlanta. Waka Flocka’s gonna be in the movie. It’s gonna be crazy. He called, he reached out. We […]

Ice-T briefly had a feud with Soulja Boy a couple of years ago. During a recent interview, Ice-T was asked for his opinion about Soulja Boy's upcoming remake of Juice.