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On this date in 2020, MF Doom’s family released a statement announcing that the influential rapper passed away at 49. “The greatest husband, father, teacher, student, business partner, lover and friend I could ever ask for,” DOOM’s wife Jasmine wrote in te caption of an Instagram post depicting her late husband. “Thank you for all the things you have shown, taught and given to me, our children and our family. Thank you for teaching me how to forgive beings and give another chance, not to be so quick to judge and write off. Thank you for showing how not to…
Mass Appeal proudly presents Harlem’s Finest: Return Of The King, the long-awaited posthumous album from Harlem rap legend Big L. Out now via the label’s Legend Has It campaign—which celebrates seven hip-hop icons including Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L, De La Soul, and Nas/DJ Premier—the project marks a historic moment in hip-hop preservation. Led by the powerful Nas collaboration “u aint gotta chance,” which hit No. 1 on iTunes, Return Of The King boasts appearances and production from Jay-Z, Mac Miller, Joe Budden, Method Man, Joey Bada$$, Lord Finesse, Showbiz, and others. The album stands as…
Mally Mall landed back under federal supervision in Las Vegas after a judge ordered house arrest due to allegations he violated probation by contacting a trafficking victim and concealing a secret sex room in his home. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elayna Youchah voiced concern during a hearing Thursday (October 30), 8 News Now reports. “I am concerned about the safety of particular persons in the community,” she said before allowing Mally Mall to return home under strict monitoring. The 48-year-old producer appeared visibly shaken during the proceedings. Authorities took Mall, born Jamal Rashid, into custody Tuesday (October 28) after federal prosecutors…
Twenty-six years after his murder, Lamont “Big L” Coleman returns through Harlem’s Finest: Return of the King, a posthumous album released by Nas’ Mass Appeal label as part of the Legend Has It… series. The series has been one of the few major Hip Hop projects in 2025 to treat the genre’s past with care, restoring and re-releasing music from East Coast heavyweights with the production quality and reverence those legacies deserve. This entry is the fifth in the run, following albums by Mobb Deep, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and a short one by the iconic Slick Rick. For Harlem, this…
Big L was a 24 year old MC from Harlem, New York known for his freestyling abilities & having some of the greatest punchlines in hip hop history. Making his debut under Columbia Records in the spring of 1995 with Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, the Children of the Corn & D.I.T.C. member would go on to start up his own label Flamboyant Entertainment & almost signed to Roc-A-Fella Records until he was murdered in 1999. The next summer, Rawkus Records would distribute The Big Picture (1974-1999) for Flamboyant & it would be equally beloved as the only LP of his lifetime to this very day. 139 & Lenox came out independently and RBC Records…
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Young Bleed remains in intensive care after a brain aneurysm diagnosis, days after performing at the Cash Money vs. No Limit Verzuz. 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 Young Bleed was rushed to the ICU after suffering a brain aneurysm just days after performing at the Cash Money vs. No Limit Verzuz showdown — a diagnosis his son’s mother has now confirmed. The Baton Rouge rapper,…
Here is the highly awaited 13th EP from Jersey City wordsmith Ransom. Emerging as 1/2 of the short-lived duo A-Team alongside Hitchcock, he branched out on his own in 2008 following their disbandment beginning with the full-length debut Street Cinema & the Statik Selektah-produced sophomore effort The Proposal. But it’s been safe to say these last couple years have been his biggest so far whether it be the 5 EPs that he put out produced by Nicholas Craven, 7 based around the 7 deadly sins or Heavy’s the Head produced by Big Ghost Ltd., the Rome Streetz collab album Coup de Grâce or even his last couple projects Chaos is My Ladder, Director’s Cut 4 & Deleted Scenes 2. Lavish Misery produced by Harry…
Kim Kardashian dismissed the 1969 moon landing as fake in a recent episode of The Kardashians, citing TikTok theories and Buzz Aldrin interviews. 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 Kim Kardashian stirred up controversy and conspiracy in one breath when she told The Kardashians cameras that she doesn’t believe the 1969 moon landing ever happened. While filming scenes for her legal drama All Fair, Kardashian took…
Buffalo, New York emcee Heem closing the Bars & Noble trilogy with his 4th LP. Catching my attention in 2020 after becoming of a protege of Benny the Butcher & signing to Black Soprano Family Records, he also made a few appearances on the label’s showcase EP prior to dropping his debut mixtape Long Story Short & a debut EP High Art. His debut album From the Cradle to the Game came in the spring of 2023, coming off the sequel to Bars & Noble earlier this year to complete the final chapter. The title track opens up with a boom bap instrumental talking about leaving anyone running their mouths on stretchers whereas “Bonettis” featuring Illy Foo…