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Bronx School of Hip-Hop was approved as America’s first public high school centered on Hip-Hop culture, set to open in the South Bronx in 2026. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Education officials made history last month when they approved America’s first public high school dedicated entirely to Hip-Hop culture. The Bronx School of Hip-Hop will open its doors in September 2026. New York City’s Panel…
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is now locked up at the same dangerous Brooklyn jail where Diddy nearly had his throat slashed by a fellow inmate in 2025. Maduro arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Saturday (January 3) after Donald Trump ordered a military operation that captured the Venezuelan leader from his fortress-like compound in Caracas. The facility has earned a reputation as one of America’s most violent federal prisons, where inmates regularly face life-threatening attacks. The 62-year-old dictator will face the same brutal conditions that terrorized Diddy during his time at MDC Brooklyn before his October 2025 transfer to…
Bun B and his Trill Burgers team just scored a massive legal win that has them celebrating into the New Year. According to The Houston Chronicle, the rapper’s award-winning burger chain decisively rejected false ownership claims from former business partners in an arbitration ruling. Former U.S. Fifth Circuit Judge Gregg Costa handed down the final verdict on New Year’s Eve, rejecting every single claim made by Patsy and Benson Vivares against the restaurant empire. The siblings had been fighting for over a year, claiming they created the original smashburger recipe and deserved ownership stakes. “We beat the brakes off those…
Electric violinist Brian King Joseph dropped a message just days before he filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Will Smith on New Year’s Eve. Joseph worked on Smith’s 2025 “Based on a True Story” tour as an electric violinist. But what started as a dream gig turned into something completely different, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit claims Joseph discovered someone had entered his Las Vegas hotel room in March 2025. He found a handwritten note reading “Brian, I’ll be back…just us” with a heart, signed “Stone F.” The room also allegedly contained wipes,…
Ray J is making a desperate plea in court to see his children after a restraining order has kept him away from 7-year-old Melody and 6-year-old Epik since Thanksgiving. The singer’s lawyer, Alex Kessel, asked a Los Angeles judge Friday to modify the protective order that prevents Ray J from having any contact with his kids or their mother, Princess Love. “This occurred when he was protecting his children. There’s no reason to separate him from his two children,” according to a motion obtained by The New York Post. The legal battle started after Ray J was arrested on Thanksgiving Day following a…
Lil Durk is heading toward a federal trial in Los Angeles as prosecutors disclose they plan to call multiple cooperating witnesses who they say will testify that the rapper ordered and financed a deadly 2022 ambush tied to a long-running Hip-Hop feud. Federal prosecutors revealed their witness strategy in a new court filing this week as they fight the defense’s efforts to block key testimony and related evidence. The government says insiders are prepared to describe how the alleged plot was planned, funded and carried out, placing Durk at the center of the operation. The case stems from the August…
Will Smith’s lawyer calls violinist Brian King Joseph’s sexual harassment lawsuit “false, baseless, and reckless” in a strong denial. AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Will Smith‘s legal team isn’t backing down and they’re hitting back hard against some serious accusations leveled by a violinist suing the rapper/actor. Brian King Joseph just accused Smith of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. The violinist, who competed on America’s…
Donald Trump just gave a military operation some serious street credibility when he was describing how US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Trump said the dictator got “bum rushed so fast” that he couldn’t reach his safety room. That phrase might sound casual, but it’s got deep roots in Hip-Hop culture. The term “bum rush” entered mainstream consciousness thanks to Public Enemy‘s groundbreaking 1987 debut album, Yo! Bum Rush The Show. Trump painted a vivid picture during his Fox News interview Saturday morning. He said Maduro was holed up in what looked “more like a fortress than a house” when…
DDG just dropped some truth bombs that have the internet buzzing. The American rapper said Nigeria is way safer than the United States while chilling in Lagos. The Hip-Hop star went live from Nigeria and completely flipped the script on people’s perceptions of the country. He said Western media has been lying about Nigeria this whole time. “I honestly think America is the most dangerous country,” DDG said during his broadcast. “I don’t think Nigeria is as dangerous as America – nowhere near.” DDG thinks America’s propaganda on Nigeria is FAKE, and that it is “Nowhere near” as dangerous as…
Why Cardi B Is the Rapper of 2025 — And Why It Started With the Rollout Before we get lost in charts, stats, and “first-week numbers,” let’s be real. All of it flows into why Cardi was so successful, but table it for a second. Cardi B’s 2025 didn’t start with the album. It started with the rollout. And that part matters more than people want to admit. Cardi didn’t sneak back in. Her team didn’t wake up one morning and surprise-drop just to pound out the algorithm. She also didn’t flood the market and pray something stuck. For her,…