Rapper Lloyd Banks and three associates were arrested in Ontario, Canada this weekend for assaulting a promoter, AllHipHop.com has confirmed. Banks, born Christopher Charles Lloyd and the three other men were arrested for allegedly assaulting promoter Chris Hines of Chris Hines/Ultimate Entertainment. The G-Unit rapper was allegedly booked at Club N.V. in Ontario, Canada to [...]

(AllHipHop News) Atlanta rappers Ludacris and Shawty Lo will team with producer The Dream today (January 5) to shoot a new video for their track “Atlanta GA.” The track, which is taken from Shawty Lo’s mixtape Fright Night with DJ Scream, DJ Drama and DJ Whoo Kid, also features four of Atlanta’s biggest artists. In [...]

AllHipHop.com has confirmed that Atlanta producer Shawty Redd is in custody awaiting charges on first-degree murder. Redd, real name Demetrius Stewart, was in his home with another unidentified individual on the early hours of New Year’s Day. At some point, the two became embroiled in an argument, and the unidentified male allegedly threatened the producer. Redd [...]

Rapper 50 Cent is planning a video for his diss track “So Disrespectful,” which is taken from his latest album Before I Self Destruct. The song features 50 Cent addressing his long-standing beef with The Game as well as former G-Unit member Young Buck and his former girlfriend Shaniqua Thompson. MTV reports that 50 Cent [...]

Rapper Lupe Fiasco recently expressed his outrage in regards to a song being released to the public without his permission. The track  ”I’m Beaming” was leaked on Christmas Eve night by a unknown party. The rapper says that he has planned to pursue legal action to find out who leaked the track and to press charges against the [...]

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel was injured in a car accident last night, reps say. Representatives for Sigel maintain a large tractor trailer truck ran his vehicle off the road. Sigel was not the driver of the car and sustained injuries. The full breadth of those injuries is unknown, as is the exact location of the [...]

So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri has responded to critics who claim that he is not supporting incarcerated rapper Da Brat. Da Brat became involved in an altercation with an aspiring model/Atlanta Falcons cheerleader named Shayla Stevens, who was working as a waitress at a night club Dupri owned outside of Atlanta. In the ensuing [...]

Photo: Kropa/Getty Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to felony gun charges in October, and today in Manhattan Criminal Court the multiplatinum MC learned his jail term will likely begin on February 9th, 2010 — the same day he will be sentenced and just eight days after his oft-delayed Rebirth is scheduled for release. According to NBC [...]

Lil Wayne’s upscale Miami apartment is proving a difficult sell due to the superstar emcee’s predilection for marijuana. The NY Post reports that the New Orleans native has been renting the 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment from a landlord who has listed the property for $520,000. The marijuana issue became public knowledge after several prospective buyers [...]

Next year looks to be an active one for fans of Outkast’s Big Boi. The Atlanta-based rhymesmith is putting an end to the delay of his long-awaited solo album as word comes that he has finished and turned in the project. According to Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty will [...]

A violent feud between rappers Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane came to an end tonight (December 3rd) on Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9, during DJ Drama’s Gangsta Grillz radio show. Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane have had a feud the dates back to 2005, over the hit single “Icy,” which was supposed to be featured [...]