Weekly Hip Hop Business News From ProHipHop

• Hip hop magazine The Source is losing employees and seems to be headed for further problems.
• A New York/Long Island Honda dealers promo featuring animated rapping Presidents takes off with a mention on The Drudge Report and YouTube availability.
• [adult swim] releases another progressive hip hop promo with a free mixtape from Definitive Jux called Definitive Swim.
• Bizzy Bone is back with plans for a new album and a unique spin on his relatively recent descent into chaos.
• The Hip Hop, Chess and Life Strategies Exhibition and Tournament recently brought together Bay Area rappers and chess enthusiasts for the first of many such events.
• Russell Simmons promoted his upcoming Green Initiative jewelry collection during Oscar festivities with a Diamond Tribute Tea.
• As the (White) Rapper show draws to a conclusion, it’s worth considering newer subgenres of hip hop that primarily involve white people like nerdcore and glam rap.
• M.O.P. signs up to promote Sizzurp with every possibility from product placements in lyrics to van wraps and "on-stage pours."

From ProHipHop