The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has a pretty big headache on their hands. Clayton Armstrong Hill, a federal inmate at the United States Prison in ...

Violator Management founder Chris Lighty has died of an apparent suicide at age 44. Globalgrind.com, owned by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, first confirmed the tragic ...

Diddy, Questlove, Russell Simmons and more react to the Soul Train creator's passing...

New Orleans rapper Tim Smooth died early Tuesday (July 26) at age 39, after a long battle with cancer, according to The Times-Picayune. Smooth, born ...

Gil Scott-Heron, a poet and musician largely credited as being one of the forefathers of hip-hop music, passed away on Friday afternoon (May 27) at ...

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of DJ Megatron, the former Hot 97 personality and regular on BET’s 106 & Park ...

Soulja Boy's half-brother, Deion Jenkins, 14, passed away last night (March 20) after getting involved in a car accident in Charleston, MS. As of press time ...

News quickly spread today (March 16) that iconic hip-hop singer Nate Dogg, 41, had passed on Tuesday morning, but early reports where not certain of ...

After investigation a medical examiner has ruled that underground rapper Mikey “Eyedea” Larsen died of an accidental overdose. According to Minnesota’s Star Tribute the exact cause ...