2002
94 stories reached the newsgroups in 2002.
January
February
March
- D.O. SEES "THE LIGHT" - LIVE VIDEO FREESTYLES AT WWW.423ENTERTAINMENT.COM
- LEADERS OF THE NEXT SCHOOL 423 Entertainment introduces STAY DRIVEN
- INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CULTURAL AWARENESS DAY D.O. RETURNS TO HIS OLD HIGH-SCHOOL TO PERFORM
April
- Ex-music executive shot to death
- Dr. Dre's Final Album Will Be Hip-Hop Musical
- Nate Dogg Busted For Possession Of Pot, Stolen Gun
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Get Bobby Brown For LP, Claim He's 'Like Tupac'
- New Book, 'LAbyrinth' Digs Into Pac, Big Murders
- Faith & Voletta File Wrongful Death Suit in Biggie Murder
- TLC Singer Killed in Car Crash
May
- C-Murder Bond Revoked after Witness Threats
- JD Responds To Dr. Dre
- Eminem Album Preview
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony discuss Thug World Order and group unity
- Eminem is portrayed as a homosexual in a new song by the Pet Shop Boys.
- Eminem threatens fans who upload his music onto Internet
- DOZENS HURT AT EMINEM SHOW
June
- WHAT'S LOVE? EVERYTHING!
- DJ Quik to produce for Mariah Carey
- South Park Mexican sentenced to 45 years
- A documentary about free creativity
- Dame Dash claims responsibility for Nas's absence from Summer Jam
- Nas walks out on Hot 97 Summer Jam
- Nas Explains His Absence At Hot 97's Summer Jam
July
- Hot 97 Comments on Nas No-Show
- Ghostface Signs With Def Jam
- Prosecutors Use Project Pat's Songs As Evidence; Pat Seeks New Trial
- KRS-One Rants and Raves About Nelly On Hot 97
- Eminem vs. Canibus
- SUGE COMMENTS ON BET AWARDS INCIDENT
- Real Talk with Kam: Is West Coast Rap Obsolete?
- Rap Mogul Knight Gets $6M Tax Bill
- KRS-One On Nelly: 'I Can Slap Him Around For Days'
- Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena was charged with assault
- Mystikal Charged With Rape & Extortion
- Kam To Drop New LP On September 11th
- KAM Takes it to Hollywood
August
- Why Rappers Aren't Millionaires
- The Real Deal
- CD Liner notes from the forthcoming compilation The Real Deal
- Nas Announces New Album God's Son
September
- The Thug Life and Death
- B.I.G. Linked to 2Pac's Death
- Hip Hop Is Scared of Revolution
- Dr. Dre To Produce New Ice Cube Album!
- Times article on John Walker (American Taliban)
October
- Jay-Z, Nas, Rakim, And Macy Gray To Appear On Eminem's '8 Mile' Soundtrack
- Nas Fulfilling Prophecy
- Roc-A-Fella Responds to Toni Braxton's Claims of Song Theft
- RZA discusses forthcoming international album W.A.R.: The World According To RZA
- Fan Stabbed To Death At Nelly Concert
- Ancient Chinese Rap
- Dear SOHH Friends & Family
- Large Professor 1st Class Review
- Large Professor 1st Class Review
- Newly Signed Ruff Ryder, Jin, Joins The Fast And The Furious Sequel
November
- Run-DMC calls it quits
- Police Raid Los Angeles Rap Label in Murder Probe
- hiphop tries to break image of violence
- Anticon and middle class rap
- Nas: Apologies All Around
- Queen Latifah Arrested in Alleged DUI
- It's popular, profitable and black.
- Kool Keith & Crew Allegedly Rob SF Nightclub
- talib kweli interview
- glorification of rapper shakur degrades african-americans
- Nas Kills The Speculation: 'It's Murder!'
- Kool Keith Returns Stolen Money
- HIP HOP WRITER CHALLENGES RUSS PARR MORNING SHOW...
- Jay-Z's next and last album - "The Black Album"
- South Bronx of L.A? South Bay
- MC Paul Barman: Paullelujah!
- The Top 10 Most Controversial Albums of All Time
December
- Hip Hop Thanksgiving
- Clipse - Exclusive Audio Footage
- Scratching Without Vinyl: A Hip-Hop Revolution
- Statement from Mandy Aragones regarding Slick Rick's deportation
- Even DJ's in hip gotta act up!!
- Moby battered by Eminem fans
- TO THE SOURCE FAM
- Interview with Daz Dillinger
- Snoop Dogg Disses Suge Knight And Xzibit
- Benzino interview transcript
- Rap Mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight Arrested on Parole Violation in Los Angeles
- Rap's Suge Knight Jailed on Parole Violation
- Suge Knight's offices pranked
- Eve Responds To Foxy Brown
- Slick Rick Prepares for Deportation
- Steve Tyler (Aerosmith) Thoughts On JMJ