2006
88 stories reached the newsgroups in 2006.
January
- Wanna Be Hip-Hop Po Po Remains in Jail
- Police seek witnesses in rapper's shooting
- Rapper death list
- Amazon.com review of Common's Be
- THE PROMISED LAND
- 'Laffy Taffy': So Light, So Sugary, So Downloadable
- A Q&A with ... Fatlip
- Spike Lee, Al Sharpton and Paul Mooney Discuss Race In New Mini-Series
- THE YEAR IN BRANDSTAND
February
- And the Cheat Goes On
- Guard killed at Busta Rhymes video shooting
- RAP'S BODY COUNT
- Just What Hip-Hop Needs Another 'Black Eye'
- Lil' Flip and Sony BMG guilty of copyright infringement
- Busta move: Shuns wake, cops
- Producer J Dilla
- CASSIDY LOOKING TO RETEAM WITH SWIZZ BEATZ
- JumpBoxTV Signs Robert Evans, Ice-T and Mike Richards to Star in New Original Web Series
- When Rappers Keep Their Mouths Shut Tight
- Rapper: Blacks 'cheered when 9-11 happened'
- Busta is feeling heat
- Busta Rhymes' Silence in Bodyguard's Shooting May Spur CD Boycott
- How dare they try to copyright the N-word
March
- It's Hard out Here for a Pimp performance at the Oscars
- Sing along with the skanks
- Oscar Winner Hits Angry Chord
- 2006 Funkmaster Flex Custom Car and Bike Show Tour
- Lil Kim writes to fans from prison
- Back from Hiatus, Lt. Dan Eyes Mashup Crown, Readies New Project with Ecks.
- Brotha Lynch & MC Eiht - The New Season
- JASON FLADLIEN The rappin' monk
- Notorious B.I.G.'s Family to Get $1.1M
- Academy Award Winners to Receive Key to the City
April
- Calloway Blasts BET Music Videos
- Proof's Shooter Comes Forward, Cooperates With Police
- D12 Rapper Proof Fatally Shot
- Nerdcore HiphopRhyme Torrents is distributed via BitTorrent
- God Giveth, God Taketh Away
- Bang 'Em Smurf and Domination discuss their debut album
- Eminem mourns Proof at rapper's funeral
- Brooklyn Rapper Gravy in Stable Condition After Shooting
May
- Houston rapper 'Big Hawk' found shot to death
- Clear & present danger
- Facing the rap
- Two shot in dance-floor brawl
- Police fear rap death revenge
- Lil Troy Presents Paperwork Subject "Scarface"
- NYPD investigates hip-hop DJ's rants as possible hate crime
- Black Eyed Peas - Plagiarists!
- Alicia Keys backed out of a charity ball
- BUSTA RHYMES, JAMIE FOXX, MARY J. BLIGE, MISSY ELLIOTT TOP '06 BET AWARDS LIST WITH FOUR NOMINATIONS EACH
June
- Witness In Bat-Attack Trial Says Racial Epithet Has Lost 'Sting'
- THE GAME TO MARRY DAUGHTER OF CONGRESSMAN: Rapper proposes to actress Valeisha Butterfield; couple will wed March 22.
- Prince To Close Out BET Awards
July
- DJ Quik begins jail sentence
- BET Cancels 'Uncut' Television Program
- Suge Knight loses Death Row to bankruptcy
- Just shut up and rap
- Laws for an Outlaw Culture
- Is Hip Hop's Audience Really 80% White?
- Hip-hop Wives Respond to "Superhead"
- Aisha Atkins on Ja Rule and Karrine Steffans
- Tashera Simmons on DMX and Karrine Steffans
- 50 Cent To Executive Produce LL Cool J's Upcoming Album
- The Game: 'Everybody Knows I'm The Heir To The Aftermath Dynasty'
- IMPAC DEBUT WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM 'ALMOST FAMOUS'
- Roger Linn - Addresses The PROMINENCE of the MPC in Hip-Hop
- Ice-T to produce Hasselhoff rap album
August
September
- The ex-Denver Rocket sat under a tree at Sloan's Lake Park
- Sean Combs is Diddy no more - at least in Britain
- Extremely Sad Loss for the Simmons Family
- GIL-T SON OF LENGENDARY SONGWRITER/ VOCALIST LAURA NYRO RELEASES NEW CD "GHETTO POETRY"
October
- Lloyd Banks Gets Tatted On TLC
- Rapper Fabolous stable after NYC shooting
- Young Buck to Sign C-Bo
- RHYMEFEST TAKES THE UK BY STORM
November
- Jay chokes on Hot 97
- Rock-Ing the Vote
- New Ghostface: More Fish Unveiled
- Skip to the Lou: 305 to 314 - Q & A w Trick Daddy
- DJ CLUE? BACK IN ACTION WITH THE PROFESSIONAL, Part 3
December
- Daz Dillinger is making his feelings known about the treatment his cousin Snoop Dogg received from police
- Oakland rap group The Coup, Boots Riley, Mr. Lif and their crew, got into a devastating car accident
- Fan Asks Hard Questions About Rap Music
- DAME GREASE OF VACANT LOT RECORDS TO RELEASE THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED COMMERCIAL BEAT FOR DOWNLOAD ON MY SPACE