Jay-Z promises to stop swearing in his songs

Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z welcomed their first baby girl into the world when she was born on January 7th 2012. They have both expressed [...]

De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present ‘First Serve’ Album

The last we heard of First Serve it was 3AM in a Parisian suburb at an out of control house party with ‘The Goon [...]

“Greet The Morning” by Esko

Copywrite To Release New LP “God Save The King” On 2-28-2012

Heavy is the head that wears the crown! Over the course of his now decade long-career, Copywrite has been a lightning rod of controversy, [...]

Planet Asia Returns With “Black Belt Theatre”

Planet Asia helped jump-start the West Coast independent hip-hop movement, releasing a slew of popular 12-inch singles on upstarts like Stones Throw and ABB [...]

Brandy & Monica Make Studio Reunion After 14 Years

Brandy and Monica battled over a man in “The Boy is Mine,” a track that topped the Hot 100 for 13 weeks — but [...]

Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell Working On Joint Album

Lupe Fiasco revealed on his website that he and Pharrell are are moving forward with a new joint album. “LUPE AND PHARRELL ALBUM COMING [...]

Snoop Dogg Arrested For Marijuana Possession

Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend at a border patrol checkpoint in West Texas, where he was found to be in possession of [...]

Artwork & Tracklisting To The Upcoming Album, Executive Suite dropping January 10th

As C.O.O. of HiPNOTT Records, Co–Founder of Cypher Lounge Radio and creator/Executive Producer of the highly anticipated documentary film DEMOS, you would think Kareem [...]

Now Accepting Submissions for Hoodgrown’s 1st Official Mixtape!

Hoodgrown Magazine presents: THE SEED hosted by Lord Jamar and mixed by DJ Pop Dukez We’re accepting submissions for Hoodgrown’s 1st Official Mixtape hosted [...]

Mixtape Cover Design Contest

Persia would like her fans to be as involved in this mixtape as possible & has decided to let the fans create & vote [...]

NICK CANNON HOSPITALIZED WITH MILD KIDNEY FAILURE!

WorldWrapFederation.com is reporting that Nick Cannon has been hospitalized with mild kidney failure. Nick Cannon is in an Aspen, Colorado hospital recuperating from “mild [...]