The Diplomats News

One of the original members of NYC based hip hop crew Diplomats Hell Rell is back with 'Live From Hell,' a 12 track official album, his first in a year.

With its proximity to the United Nations, Westchester County can claim to host something of a league of nations of its own.

Two of Harlem's most successful Rap acts, Diplomats ' present CEO Jim Jones [ click to read ] and "Chicken Noodle Soup" co-creator DJ Webstar are doing a collaborative album.

Don of respected hip-hop crew the Diplomats , New York MC Cam'ron dropped his sixth solo LP in May.

The beef between former Dipset members Hell Rell and Jim Jones has landed in court in a new lawsuit against Jim Jones and a number of record labels.

Bronx, New York rapper Hell Rell recently closed a deal with EMI to distribute his new album Live From Hell via his own flagship label, Money Maker Entertainment.

Juelz Santana was arrested Tuesday morning after an argument with police, but he is not in jail, according to the rapper's rep.

Santana and his son's mother had a dispute in front of his home in Teaneck, New Jersey, and neighbors called the police.

The Guea brass band festival expects close to 200,000 visitors on Saturday, according to festival organizers.

The Guea brass band festival expects close to 200,000 visitors on Saturday, according to festival organizers.

APPARENTLY The use of "no homo" by rappers to shrug off any notion their lyrics or behavior might be G-A-Y is actually doing more to free hip-hop from homophobia than it's encouraging it.

Cam'ron [ click to read ] dissed onetime protege and fellow Diplomats member Juelz Santana [ click to read ] on stage earlier this week.

Harlem rapper and multimedia mogul Cam'ron has been influencing the direction of East Coast hip hop for more than a decade, getting his start alongside fellow Uptown emcees Mase and Big L before breaking out on his own in 1998 with "Confessions of Fire" and later unleashing his own crew, the Diplomats.

Born LaRon James in Harlem, the energetic Juelz Santana cut his teeth as an MC with the duo Draft Pick.

Friday's release of the latest "Star Trek" movie may not be the franchise's final frontier, but it certainly marks several new ones for its cast and crew.

When news first leaked that erstwhile Harlem bard Cameron "Killa" Giles was returning from his mysterious three-year sabbatical to grace the world with new music, Internet rap nerds, particularly New York ones, seemed almost pathetically eager to welcome him back into the fold.

Cam disappeared for nearly two years. Now that he's back, will hip hop embrace Harlem's prodigal son? From the outside, it's nothing.

Crime Pays Cam'Ron Asylum Records Rating: 3 stars After an extended hiatus and the disbanding of his group The Diplomats, Cam'Ron might be the most intriguing figure in rap today.

Eminem isn't the only major artist leaking.A Other releases slipping this week, as discovered by data partner BigChampagne.... Cam'ron , Crime Pays .A Web leak 4/6, Official street 4/12. After two years and lots of beef with his former colleagues in The Diplomats , Cam'ron's new album has dropped.

Instead of a reunion, though, Cam held his own homecoming. "I came here to party," Cam said, decked out in dark denim jeans, a red T-shirt, red leather jacket and matching designer print sneakers and tennis hat.