The Hip Hop Chronicle — Yesterday the ASCAP Awards went down and Diddy aka Puffy was presented with the ASCAP Founding Fathers Award. Fellow producer Dr. Dre presented the award. Below, Drake honours his collaboraters “40″ and Boi-1da. Rap-Up a2a_linkname="Dr. Dre Prese... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — 50 Cent spoke to MTV about the current label drama he has been going through. 50 took to his twitter earlier this week. saying Interscope are holding up the release of his album. The rapper also reveals that he will appear on Dr. Dre’s next single,... more info

Guardian Music — 6 August 1988: Number 21 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicMTV may now be associated with continual documentaries about rich kids, but for a decade the channel was synonymous with actual music. Hip-hop was init... more info

Guardian Music — 1991: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicIt was not just a battle between east and west coast, but between two types of hustle. The rough, in the form of Compton-born Marion "Suge" Knight, a failed Ame... more info

Guardian Music — December 1992: Number 31 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Chronic's lush, sophisticated production smoothed out the rattly aesthetic of hip-hop's first "golden age" with radio-friendly audio opulence. But ... more info

Guardian Music — RZA of the pioneering hip-hop collective discusses his directorial debut, playing Glastonbury and the next generation of Wu talentIn 1993, way before most members of current gonzo rap collective Odd Future could even walk, New York City's Wu-Tang Cla... more info

Guardian Music — Award-winning singer deconstructs hit song in cinema ad for new Hewlett-Packard laptopHewlett-Packard is giving a very British twist to its (very) American campaign promoting the "music inside" laptop – a TV campaign featuring rapper Dr Dre – by ... more info

VH1 Blog — Dr. Dre cruises around Los Angeles in a Chrysler 300S playing an instrumental track through the sedan’s Beats by Dre speakers in a television spot that premiered on Sunday during the NBA finals. HipHopDX is reporting that the instrumental is the be... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper DR. Dre has ended a legal battle over digital sales of his iconic album The Chronic after settling on the amount of damages he is owed. In April (11), a U. S. district judge ruled label executives at Death Row Records were selling Dre's 1992 d... more info

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