Hip-Hop news

Gucci Mane, was in court this week to deal with charges of assault involving a soldier after a show.

They made magic on the big screen in 2006 with The Pursuit of Happyness, now father and son duo Will and Jaden Smith are hoping lightning strikes in the same place with their summer blockbuster After Earth.

TMZ reports that Flavor Flav’s fiancée was hospitalized yesterday after overdosing on pain killers.  Liz Trujillo can be seen with the rapper on the new season of “Couples Therapy,” and hopefully will make a full recovery.   However, a spokesperson for Flav is dening the allegations and gave TMZ a different account...

Rick Ross has dropped a ton of mixtapes since the launch of his career and yesterday added to that long list with The Black Bar Mitzvah.  However, a lot of people from the Jewish faith are not happy about his choice of album titles especially former Bad Boy rapper Shyne.

Rick Ross has made it known, that one of his favorite foods is wings from Wing Stop.  His personal favorite is Lemon Pepper, I like the Louisiana Rub myself.

Looks like this is going to be one interesting season as far as American Idol is concerned.  Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey seem to still be at it.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has just announced the nominees to be inducted in 2013.  Among the many artists are rap legends Public Enemy and N.W.A..  What to see them make it?  Vote for them right now at RollingStone.com

It's already been quite a big year for Nicki Minaj.  She started the year off with "The Pink Friday Tour", then dropped "Pink Friday Reloaded", launched her perfume 'Pink Friday', announced she would be joining American Idol as a judge and now comes word she's got a reality show on the way.

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEZY!  Secondly, congratulations to Lil Wayne for surpassing Elvis Presley's long standing "singles" record on Billboard.

Three 6 Mafia has always been a Hip-Hop favorite.  Though they had their own reality show which brought them to an even broader audience, they got major notoriety after they wrote "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" for the movie Hustle & Flow.

Soulja Boy was involved in a fender bender back in June and now he's dealing with the aftermath....lawsuits.

Word has it, a Kanye West sex tape is being shopped around.  Word also has it, Kanye isn't happy about it either.