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The album arrives through DJ Scratch’s Albany Park Records, the label he launched in 2023. 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 DJ Scratch and Planet Asia’s collaborative album, Kings Dominion, arrived October 24 through the EPMD legend’s Albany Park Records imprint. The Hip-Hop vets initially kept their reveal minimal, posting only the nine-track listing as white text over black backgrounds on Instagram without rollout theatrics or…
Sammie responded to his arrest for battery and child cruelty in Georgia with a cryptic Instagram message. 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 Sammie, the R&B artist best known for his early 2000s single “I Like It,” was arrested in Georgia on October 19 on charges of battery and child cruelty tied to a domestic incident involving his partner and their child. According to the Henry…
Pharrell Williams and his creative direction at Louis Vuitton have caused a legal dispute with Australian fashion label Coogi, which is accused of lifting the brand’s signature knitwear style for the luxury house’s Fall/Winter 2025 menswear collection. The lawsuit alleges that Louis Vuitton’s colorful sweaters and jackets closely resemble Coogi’s trademark multicolored, textured patterns—designs famously worn by The Notorious B.I.G. and deeply tied to Hip-Hop culture. Coogi asserts that the collection “mirrors” its iconic visual identity. In response, Williams and Louis Vuitton say that Coogi is attempting to “monopolize an aesthetic.” The filing states, “you cannot infringe a style,” and claims that…
Tupac Shakur allegedly wore a cheerleader’s skirt with pom-poms and kissed boys at parties during his high school years at a Baltimore arts school, according to a new biography that explores the late Hip-Hop icon’s life in detail. Author Jeff Pearlman, known for his deep-dive biographies, interviewed nearly 700 people for his upcoming book Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur. The book draws from years of research and hundreds of new interviews, including rare insights from Tupac Shakur’s sister, Sekyiwa. Pearlman’s reporting uncovers a lesser-known version of Tupac Shakur —one shaped by theater, experimentation and…
The impact of Dr. Dre’s 1992 solo debut, The Chronic, on West Coast Hip-Hop can’t be understated. During the Paid in Full Foundation’s 2025 Hip-Hop Grandmaster Awards at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on October 18, the subject was justifiably top of mind. Parliament-Funkadelic’s Chief Architect of Funk, George Clinton, was on deck to receive the foundation’s inaugural Quincy Jones Award. The group’s music was the building blocks for The Chronic, with Dre incorporating samples of “Mothership Connection (Star Child),” “Atomic Dog” and “P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up),” among others, into his G-Funk formula. Speaking…
Two suspects were arrested Saturday night (October 25) in connection with the audacious $100 million crown jewels heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum, with one nabbed while attempting to board a flight to Algeria. The men, both in their 30s from Seine-Saint-Denis, a rough suburb north of Paris, were detained as part of an investigation into “organized gang robbery” and “conspiracy to commit a crime.” Police received a tip Saturday about one suspect planning to flee the country and arrested him at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as he prepared to board a plane bound for Algeria. The second suspect was arrested…
Cardi B turned a casual Instagram Live session into a global Korean food revolution after her enthusiastic reaction to gochu tuna sent millions scrambling to recreate her meal. The Bronx rapper recently went live on Instagram to share her latest culinary discovery after shopping at H Mart, the largest Korean grocery chain in America. During the broadcast, she mixed Korean gochu tuna with rice and mayonnaise, then wrapped the combination in gim (Korean seaweed sheets) while delivering her unfiltered commentary. “Koreans are crazy,” she marveled during the live stream, adding, “The combination of gochu tuna and gim is perfect.” Her…
Armani White defended himself against TMZ’s coverage of his Kentucky arrest, refusing to be portrayed as a criminal after highway filming incident. 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 Armani White refuses to let media outlets paint him as a criminal after his October 12 arrest for filming a music video on Interstate 75 in Kentucky. The Philadelphia rapper was arrested for disorderly conduct when police found…
Lil Marlo‘s family is demanding answers from authorities, five years after the rapper was brutally gunned down, with no one ever being charged for the crime. Now, his father, Rudolph Johnson, is demanding answers since the cops have not made a single arrest related to the homicide. The Hip-Hop artist, born Rudolph Simmons Johnson IV, was only 30 when police found him shot to death inside a wrecked car on Interstate 285 near the Benjamin E. Mays Drive overpass on July 11, 2020. Investigators believe he was targeted, but five years later, the case remains open, with no suspects in…
The American menswear house Robert Talbott, dedicated to quality since 1950, is entering a new era by blending its legacy of uncompromising craftsmanship with a modern design sensibility. The brand, which began with Audrey Talbott sewing one-of-a-kind bowties in a converted Carmel garage, continues its dedication to exceptional quality, now under the creative guidance of Sebastian Dollinger. Dollinger spoke about the challenge of honoring a brand with over 75 years of history while attracting today’s customer, revealing the philosophy driving the brand’s Fall collection. Sebastian Dollinger on Craftsmanship and Creativity On Honoring Legacy vs. Modernizing: “The key is finding the…