Leading all Rap & Hip-Hop albums this week is the soundtrack for the new "Notorious" film with just over 39 thousand copies sold, landing at number 4. Although he lost two spots, Kanye West continues to do well as... [READ MORE]

The newly formed hip-hop group Slaughterhouse will perform for the first time on Thursday (1/22) at S.O.B.'s in New York City. Founding member Joe Budden confirmed that he will perform songs from his "Halfway House" digital release plus his... [READ MORE]

Jay-Z and Diddy called into New Yorks Hot 97 radio station yesterday, just moments after President Barack Obama was inaugurated. "The love, the pure love that was just spread. Everybody's just taking care of everybody. Everybody's ready to go... [READ MORE]

Plies will celebrate the upcoming Super Bowl with an entire week of football-themed events in his home state of Florida. "Plies Week" will take place from January 26th to February 1st. Plies actually attended Miami of Ohio on a... [READ MORE]

50 Cent says that Eminem's upcoming and highly-anticipated album, "Relapse," is almost done. "His new album is almost actually done. I went to Detroit to mix my song 'I Get It In' with Dr. Dre [and] Eminem is currently mixing... [READ MORE]

Kanye West will celebrate the induction of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States by performing tonight at the Youth Inaugural Ball (one that wasn't cancelled) in Washington, D.C. The concert will be part of MTV's... [READ MORE]

Young Jeezy has become the latest rapper to join forces with a liquor company. Jeezy recently teamed up with Belvedere Vodka to launch an upcoming national tour and a new website, jeezycirculate.com The new site will feature new music,... [READ MORE]

50 Cent has announced that he plans to add film producing to his ever growing resume. The G-Unit general started a film production company called Cheetah Vision and has laid out the groundwork for his upcoming film projects. 50,... [READ MORE]

The election of Barack Obama is affecting everyone, especially Diddy. "I just wanted to share with y'all some feelings that I have -- some real, like, personal feelings," Diddy said in his blog. "One of the most beautiful things... [READ MORE]

Everyone and their mom is in Washington D.C. but not everyone is enjoying success. Highly-promoted "balls" (concerts) featuring Ludacris, Big Boi, Nas and many others have been cancelled due to low ticket sales. Ludacris and Big Boi were set... [READ MORE]

50 Cent is currently finalizing the details for an upcoming international tour of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's tourism department has been making huge efforts to get such artists as 50 and even Beyonce to visit the it's country in order to... [READ MORE]

Vitaminwater, home to 50 Cent's "Formula 50," is being sued for knowingly misinforming its customers about the nutritional information of the drinks. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) filed the class action suit against Coca-Cola (who owns Vitaminwater), saying the... [READ MORE]

T.I. is heading to prison to serve his 1 year sentence in March and since he campaigned so hard for Barack Obama, the paparazzi asked him what he thought of a potential pardon from Obama as a "thank you." In... [READ MORE]

Jamie Foxx and Will Smith have both been asked about possibly playing President-Elect Barack Obama in a new movie. Big Willy expressed interest in the role saying he was honored the President-elect had indicated that he would like Smith to... [READ MORE]

Snoop Dogg is trying to get soccer (football to you Europeans) star David Beckham and Beetle member Paul McCartney to help him get back into the United Kingdom, according to the British tabloid paper, The Mirror. Snoop was banned... [READ MORE]

Like everyone else, Jay-Z is in Washington D.C. to celebrate the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama. Over the weekend Jigga did an in-store appearance [pictures here] and tonight Jay-Z will headlining the "In Concert On The Eve Of Change"... [READ MORE]

50 Cent was in Utah over the weekend where he kicked off his star-studded party for the Sundance Film Festival. 50's "Vitamin Water and 50 Cent House" held in a private mansion will feature screenings, yoga sessions with Russell... [READ MORE]

The Joe Budden and Saigon war continues with two new diss songs released. Joe Budden already released his "Letter To Saigon" [listen here] last week, now Budden released his 2nd Saigon diss titled "Pain In His Life" [listen here].... [READ MORE]

The new Biggie Smalls biopic "Notorious" debuted with over $21.5 million in box office sales. "Notorious" took home the 4th highest sales this past weekend, behind "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" ($39 million), "Gran Torino" ($26.25 million) and "My Bloody... [READ MORE]

Kanye West will perform at this week's Youth Inaugural Ball in Washtington, D.C. Kanye will join Kid Rock, Fall Out Boy and other top acts performing at the ball that will be part of MTV's "Be The Change: Live... [READ MORE]

Lil Wayne takes home the 17th spot on this years LA Times top-grossing pop acts list. The list combines sales of concert tickets, albums and digital downloads to measure which acts were most popular with the broadest swath of... [READ MORE]

New Roc-A-Fella artist Jadakiss has now released the album cover and track list for his upcoming album "The Last Kiss." Although the track list is now available, Jadakiss has publically stated that he will continue to record and perfect... [READ MORE]

Saigon has responded to Joe Budden's diss track titled "Letter To Saigon" [listen here]. In a new video [watch here] Saigon says "The little homosexual n*gga made a diss record, he want me to bite his head off. I... [READ MORE]

Major labels continue to make staff cuts, the latest being at Sony Music Entertainment. Yesterday Sony cut their Urban Music President, Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua. Hip-Hop used to be an A&R for Roc-A-Fella Records and is currently the head honcho... [READ MORE]

Death Row Records has been sold for $18 million dollars. The Canadian company WIDEawake Entertainment Group bought the infamous label yesterday in California. WIDEawake will own Death Row's catalog of classic rap albums like Dr Dre's "The Chronic," Snoop... [READ MORE]