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Music Sexyy Red & GloRilla Address Criticism Of Female Rap As "Too Sexual" With Firm Response Sexyy Red says the criticism is hypocritical. By Cole Blake December 17, 2024
Music Drake Celebrates His Birthday By Handing Out Stacks Of Cash At Houston Strip Club Drake turned 38 today. By Caroline Fisher October 24, 2024
Original Content Rick Ross Explains What It Means To Sell Your Catalog Several veteran artists, from RZA to No I.D., have sold huge percentages of their musical catalogs in recent years, and in HNHH's cover story with Rick Ross, the Boss breaks down what that actually means. By Joshua Robinson May 24, 2022
Music Lil Durk Teases Deluxe Version Of "Almost Healed" Lil Durk says he's got a deluxe version of "Almost Healed" on the way. By Cole Blake May 31, 2023
Music Bossman Dlow Hit With Song Theft Allegations In New Lawsuit Louisiana music executive Ivory “Mobo Joe” Paynes accuses Bossman Dlow of stealing key elements from a 1994 Dog House Posse track. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music Drake Paid For "ICEMAN" Rollout Himself, Says DJ Akademiks Akademiks was able to meet Drake for the first time after the rapper flew him out to Toronto on a private jet. By Erika Marie May 21, 2026
Music 21 Savage's Mugshot For Felony Theft In Concert Case Surfaces 21 Savage was released from ICE's custody only to turn himself in to police over a 2016 concert he missed. By Aron A. February 19, 2019
Music Jay-Z Earns His 10th Double-Platinum Album Jay-Z earned a milestone that no other rapper has ever achieved. By Lavender Alexandria July 18, 2023
Pop Culture Nas Confirms "Magic 2" Release Date, 50 Cent Will Appear On New Album Nas has been coming with nothing but consistency, following April's "KD3" with yet another LP this Friday. By Hayley Hynes July 18, 2023
Music J.I.D Thinks J. Cole Had A Better Verse Than Drake On "First Person Shooter" The Atlanta lyricist initially and jokingly said Yeat when asked who came out on top on "FPS," hinting that he didn't want to answer. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 13, 2023
Music Fetty Wap Reveals 85-Pound Weight Gain Fetty Wap spent the last three years behind bars are pleading guilty to federal drug charges back in 2023. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026
Music Kanye West Plans To Flood The Market With New Music Every Month But Fans Aren't Buying It Kanye West is no stranger to dropping multiple times a year, but he claims he's going to be on a new type of energy in 2025. By Zachary Horvath April 30, 2025