Archive for the ‘Top Stories’

  • Eminem & Jay-Z’s Historic Detroit Concert [FLICKZ & VIDEO]
    Share Detroit hasn’t screamed this loud at a baseball park since Kirk Gibson was hitting home runs in the 1984 World Series. Hip-hop history was made as Jay-Z and Eminem co-headlined the Motor City’s Comerica Park (home of the D-Town Tigers for the past decade) on Thursday night (September 2), the first of two shows on consecutive nights. While Jay’s...
    by hiphopucit at September 3rd, 2010 at 07:09 am
  • T.I. & Tiny Arrested for Drug Possession
    Share T.I. has had a run-in with the law once again. The King of the South and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle have been arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over Tip and Tiny while they were driving in a Maybach on Sunset Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Sept....
    by hiphopucit at September 2nd, 2010 at 07:09 am
  • Tupac Shakur Biopic “Training Day” is In The Works
    Share Movie director Antoine Fuqua has chosen two Oscar-nominated screenwriters, Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, to pen his biopic film dedicated to the late Tupac Shakur. Rivele and Wilkinson have received the Oscar nominations for writing the biopics Ali and Nixon. The leading role has not been given yet to anybody. According to what Fuqua revealed, the movie...
    by hiphopucit at September 1st, 2010 at 07:09 am
  • Eminem Talks Next Single & His Career as an Actor
    Share In an interview for Billboard, Eminem talked about his next single release and his acting career. The Detroit-based rapper, will release his third single soon from his latest album, Recovery. After Not Afraid and Love The Way You Lie, featuring Rihanna, the Detroit MC has chosen a collaboration with Lil Wayne, titled No Love, as his third single. Em asserted that...
    by hiphopucit at August 31st, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • “Takers” Takes The #1 Spot at The Box Office
    Share The star power of T.I., Chris Brown, Idris Elba, and more proved to be a powerful force at this weekend’s box office. While it barely missed the top spot, the action flick still managed to pull in strong figures. Based on weekend estimates, the horror film The Last Exorcism grossed an estimated $21.3 million at 2,874 locations, enough to narrowly edge out Takers,...
    by hiphopucit at August 30th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • Happy 52nd Birthday Michael Jackson – Turning The Ordinary Into Extrodinary
    Share Of course he was ordinary. He was just an ordinary child from a family of ten, the second youngest boy, born on the ordinary day of August 29, 1958. He went to an ordinary school, lived in a ordinary house in Gary, Indiana in a house too small to fit his ever-growing family. He had an ordinary story of the same ordinary, poor black family that faced the same ordinary...
    by hiphopucit at August 29th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • Jay-Z & Kanye West To Drop Joint Album “Watch The Thrown”
    Share Kanye may have failed to deliver on his promise to kick off G.O.O.D. Friday today with the release of a freebie from his musical family, but he shared something even better. The Chi-town native took to his Twitter account to announce the upcoming release of a 5-track album recorded with Jay-Z called Watch the Throne. “Me and jay bout to drop a 5 song album called...
    by hiphopucit at August 28th, 2010 at 08:08 am
  • Jay-Z To Hold a Book Reading at NY Library For New Book “Decoded”
    Share Jay-Z has never been one to drop a music project without the proper promotion. Now, he’s proving that the same will be true for his memoir. Hov will be giving a talk at the New York Public Library on November 15 to discuss his forthcoming memoir, Decoded. As previously reported, the Brooklyn native will be releasing a 336-page book which combines lyrics, interviews...
    by hiphopucit at August 27th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • T.I. Opens Up For “VH1 Storytellers” Taping
    Share T.I. is on the comeback trail. The ATLien taped an episode of “VH1 Storytellers: T.I.” last night at Manhattan Center Studio in New York City, performing never-before-performed cuts from his upcoming album King Uncaged. The hour-long episode, set to air on VH1 on Friday, December 10 at 11 P.M., also included live renditions of hits including “Rubberband Man,”...
    by hiphopucit at August 26th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • Kanye West To Drop a New Song Every Week Until Christmas “G.O.O.D Fridays”
    Share All you Kanye West fans out there……prepare to get hype! Yeezy announced yesterday via Twitter that he will be dropping a new track every week until Christmas. He’s calling the weekly drops “G.O.O.D. Fridays.” “I know yall need the music so I’m dropping 1 new song every weekend until Xmas. It may be my song it may be a new Jay song etc…I’m calling...
    by hiphopucit at August 25th, 2010 at 07:08 am