2001

46 stories reached the newsgroups in 2001.

January

• Vanilla Ice Busted for Domestic AbuseJanuary 8, 2001
• Hip-hop music goes globalJanuary 16, 2001 CNN

February

• Shyne Fired Three Times Inside Club, Security Guard TestifiesFebruary 1, 2001
• Press Conference scheduled for 4th Annual Hiphop Appreciation WeekFebruary 6, 2001
• JCOR Records signs joint-venture deal with Hard Tyme RecordsFebruary 14, 2001
• RESTLESS XPOSEDFebruary 18, 2001
• Three-Bedroom Apartment in Two-Family Brick HouseFebruary 20, 2001 Village Voice

March

• KRS-ONEMarch 7, 2001
• SoleSides Greatest BumpsMarch 14, 2001 RapReviews.com
• 2Pac :: Until the End of Time :: Amaru/Death Row/InterscopeMarch 30, 2001 RapReviews.com

April

• Hip hop in Dakar: a photo essayApril 20, 2001 Africanhiphop.com
• Crazy Town to work with Outkast and Tha Liks on next albumApril 20, 2001 musictarget.com
• Gang Starr working on new albumApril 26, 2001 musictarget.com

May

• Sporty Thievz's Marlon Brando Struck, Killed By VanMay 11, 2001

June

• Lil Bow Wow Tortured and Murdered by Limo DriverJune 15, 2001 The Christ Report

July

• Outkast Hits Album To Include Five New TracksJuly 7, 2001 MTV News
• De La Soul work with Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, B Real and Cee Lo on new albumJuly 7, 2001
• Tha Dogg Pound 2002July 14, 2001 MTV News
• Be a Producer on the next Public Enemy AlbumJuly 17, 2001 SlamJamz.com
• Gravediggaz member Anthony "Poetic" Berkeley died Sunday afternoonJuly 18, 2001
• First Review Of Battle ModeJuly 21, 2001 altrap.com
• Big Hutch (Above The Law) In Charge of Death RowJuly 22, 2001 MTV News
• D12: Slim Shady's Crew Stands UpJuly 24, 2001 MTV News
• MANY RAPPERS MAY SUFFER FROM UNREALISTICLY HIGH SELF IMAGESJuly 26, 2001 The Onion
• ODB Gets 2 To 4 YearsJuly 27, 2001 hiphoprydaz.com

August

• It's Hammer Time' againAugust 7, 2001 Billboard.com
• Violator the Album V2.0August 8, 2001 RapReviews.com
• Suge' Knight Released From JailAugust 8, 2001 The Associated Press
• He's Back! Suge Knight Returns to Death Row with New Artists, Projects in PlaceAugust 8, 2001
• D12 booted from Warped Tour after assaultAugust 8, 2001 Billboard.com
• Alt.Rap Presents Battle ModeAugust 15, 2001 RapReviews.com
• Mumia's World-Wide Network Of SupportAugust 18, 2001 JTF.ORG
• C-MURDER WANTEDAugust 19, 2001 dotmusic
• Reading Festival U.S. CanceledAugust 21, 2001 Launch

September

• THE ALKAHOLIKS DVD/VHSSeptember 6, 2001
• How Terror Has Effected Hip-Hop: Pioneer Dana Dane MissingSeptember 14, 2001 AllHipHop.com

November

• Dr. Dre interview with LFC Fanzone Editor Paul RogersNovember 1, 2001
• Tha Alkaholiks :: X.O. the Movie ExperienceNovember 14, 2001 RapReviews.com
• New Public Enemy album in FebruaryNovember 20, 2001 musictarget.com
• Feds Investigate Aaliyah Plane OwnerNovember 21, 2001 Las Vegas Sun

December

• Cappadonna :: Iron Fist PillageDecember 9, 2001 RapReviews.com
• Rapper Jay-Z gets probation for stabbing of record producer at New York nightclubDecember 9, 2001 The Associated Press
• Rawkus Records layoffs and distribution dealDecember 9, 2001
• AMERICAN TALIBAN CALLED OUT NAS- BLAMES HIP HOPDecember 14, 2001
• Xzibit :: Restless XposedDecember 14, 2001 RapReviews.com
• REVIEW: alt.rap.unsigned.tapeDecember 23, 2001