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Music Submit Your Music For The "Heat Seekers" Contest: Week Six Artist Spotlights Week 6 of our "Heat Seekers" contest highlights Bino Rideaux, Marlo Smith & Joey Purp. By Kyle Rooney May 02, 2019
Music Jay-Z Commends Nas For "Belly," Claims He Never Had The Desire To Act Jay-Z says that he "hated" acting when he was younger. By Caroline Fisher October 19, 2023
Music Diddy Was Never A Suspect In 2Pac’s Murder Investigation, Authorities Confirm Amid Keefe D Hit Allegations It seems as though authorities didn't take Keefe D's claims too seriously. By Caroline Fisher July 24, 2024
Sports Antonio Brown Clowns Meek Mill With Disgusting NSFW Joke Meek Mill gets put on blast by Antonio Brown. By Jamil David May 13, 2024
Music Tory Lanez Retrial Hearing Postponed Another Week The Canadian rapper's attorneys asked for a continuance to respond to the prosecution's dismissal of a new trial, and said deliberations will now take place on Monday, April 17. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2023
Music Rihanna Reveals That She's "Back In The STU" With The Neptunes Rihanna has been teasing fans about the arrival of her next album and she's confirmed she's back in the studio with Pharrell Williams. By Erika Marie February 13, 2020
Relationships Beyonce Gets Crowd To Wish Solange A Happy Birthday In Frankfurt Happy birthday Solange! By Ben Mock June 24, 2023
Music Tory Lanez Seemingly Takes Shot At Reporter Meghann Cuniff In New Video, She Responds Many felt like Tory was going too far. By Alexander Cole November 08, 2023
Pop Culture Chloe Bailey Finally Addresses The Rampant Burna Boy Dating Rumors Fans are going to be disappointed with her answers. By Zachary Horvath January 08, 2025
Music Gunna Subtly Calls For Young Thug’s Release Amid RICO Trial Gunna continues to show love to Young Thug, despite what critics have to say. By Caroline Fisher May 31, 2024
Music Diddy Reportedly Looked Sad During His Trial's Explosive Closing Arguments Prosecutors in the Diddy trial laid out their allegations for four long hours, whereas the defense will have their turn today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Original Content Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Was Doomed From The Start In our first HotNewHipHop Video Essay, we look at Drake's lawsuit against UMG, and why it was always doomed to fail. By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025