LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Rapper T.I., who is under house arrest in Georgia while he awaits trial on weapons charges, won two American Music Awards Sunday in Los Angeles Sunday.
NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- Dozens of rappers and poets gathered at New York's Hip Hop Culture Center to try and break the world record for continuous rapping.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Black Entertainment Television Friday announced a stellar lineup for the 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- David Mays and Ray "Benzino" Scott, founders of The Source Magazine, are set to launch their newest U.S. periodical Hip Hop Weekly next month. A news release from the magazine's holding company, Hip Hop Global Media, said Hip Hop Weekly will be launched o
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A museum exhibit in New York will feature the book "Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book," which details jewelry's significance in the hip-hop culture.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Kevin Liles, a U.S. hip-hop record company executive, has written a book that says even accountants can get jiggy to achieve success.
RICHMOND, Va., May 16 (UPI) -- U.S. rap and hip-hop pioneer Justo Faison has been killed in a car accident in Richmond, Va.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. study conducted for Interep Research found that hip-hop and rap music are the favorite types of music among 12 to 24 year olds.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Ice T., Missy Elliott and Kid Rock are featured on a 30-year retrospective of rap music on U.S. cable's VH-1 produced by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- R. Kelly won seven of the eight categories during the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks 2004 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards show Friday night in Miami Beach.
NEWARK, N.J., June 22 (UPI) -- Rappers Busta Rhymes and Wyclef Jean were among those attending the first U.S. National Hip-Hop Political Convention in an effort to unify political clout.
LOS ANGELES, April 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. cable television network VH1 says it is planning a new annual hip hop awards ceremony, honoring a mix of old-school and current rap performers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Russell Simmon's Hip-Hop Summit Action Network is teaming with World Wrestling Entertainment to register 2 million more 18- to 30-year-olds to vote.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Hip-hopper 50 Cent walked away with four statuettes at the weekend Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks 2003 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards show in Miami Beach.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network has called for a boycott of PepsiCo over what the group called the company's "cultural disrespect" of hip-hop culture. HSAN chairman Russell Simmons said the boycott was prompted by an apparent double standard for hip-hop
