Internationally-acclaimed hip hop artiste, Snoop Dogg will become the latest foreign act of note to visit Jamaica to record new material.

In this Jan. 21, 2012 file photo, Ice-T, from the film "The Art of Rap," pose for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Eminem, Nas and Kanye West are coming to a theater near you.

It is alleged at the trial of Lamar Skeete that he was the mastermind of a crew whose members, in the infamous words of the singer Snoop Dogg, travelled in packs and did it from the back.

Music has always had a great influence on the latest fashion trends, and arguably hip-hop has been one of the most influential genres.

One of the hottest rappers out of Pittsburgh has arrived - Mac Miller delivers an album with a mixtape feel, the "Blue Slide Park." It seems like a trend in the past few years, because before Wiz Khalifa there hadn't been many prominent rap stars from Pittsburgh in a long time.

World Famous VIP Records, a landmark in Long Beach, has downsized, moving from the Pacific Coast Highway space it occupied for 33 years to a store half the size.

Snoop Dogg loves porn so much, he decided to express his feelings through song - and TMZ has obtained the XXX hip hop homage even though we had to bleep about 96% of it.

Snoop Dogg is well known for his rap skills, but the music icon showed a side seldom seen at the DIRECTV Celebrity Beach Bowl.

U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg exhales cigar smoke as he poses before the "Isle of MTV Malta Special" concert in Floriana, outside Valletta, in this June 30, 2011 file photo.