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Music Cardi B Addresses Bizarre Rumor That Stefon Diggs Left Her Over BBL Smell Recently, fans noticed that Cardi B removed any posts featuring Stefon Diggs from her Instagram page, sparking all kinds of theories. By Caroline Fisher July 11, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Wanted To Be On Clipse's "So Be It" Off Of New Album "Let God Sort Em Out" Pusha T and No Malice spoke on Kendrick Lamar's materialized and mythical Clipse collaborations on "The Joe Budden Podcast." By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 11, 2025
Original Content HotNewHipHop Has Officially Brought Back Song And Mixtape Ratings HotNewHipHop's rating system was popular with our readers, and today, we are officially bringing back the feature with some robust changes. By Alexander Cole July 10, 2025
Music L.A. Rapper 4Xtra Allegedly Loses Fingers In Gruesome Firework Accident On 4th Of July Aaron The Plumber reacted to 4Xtra firework accident on social media, calling the rapper “4 Nubs” in latest post. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 05, 2025
Music Ray J Claims He Smoked Weed With Biggie When He Was 14 The Internet has previously speculated about wild rumors that Ray J inadvertently influenced Biggie's beef with Tupac. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 04, 2025
Music Armon Wiggins Apologizes For Baby Oil Antics Outside Of Diddy's Trial Armon Wiggins was among a crowd of supporters as the jury found Diddy not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Mello Buckzz's Boyfriend Shot-&-Killed During Her Mixtape Release Party Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the drive-by shooting at the Artis Lounge in Chicago. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Benny The Butcher Disses Freddie Gibbs With Fiery New Song "Position Of Power" Benny the Butcher's new song comes after Freddie Gibbs called him out on his own track, "The Big 2," back in March. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Makes History On The Top Rap Albums Chart With "GNX" Despite "GNX" only being a seven-month-old album, Kendrick Lamar has been setting numerous records and reaching impressive milestones. By Zachary Horvath June 30, 2025
Music Cardi B Rocks The LadyLand Stage After "Am I The Drama?" Announcement The one and only Scarlet Envy of "Ru Paul's Drag Race" fame introduced Cardi B at the LGBTQIA+ Brooklyn festival this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2025
Music Doodie Lo Shows Off Physical Therapy Recovery After Harrowing Atlanta Shooting The OTF rapper seems to be doing much better now, although rumors of an alleged robbery against Doodie Lo are still up in the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Expands "Grand National" Tour With South American Leg This Fall CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso will open for Kendrick Lamar in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in September and October. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025