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Music Confidential Witness Alleges Lil Durk Ordered Hits On Six People Lil Durk is currently in prison on charges related to alleged murder-for-hire, and his trial is expected to begin next year. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 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
Music Lil Nas X Given Opportunity To Get His Battery Case Dropped Lil Nas X received a huge update in his battery case on Monday, following his high-profile arrest, last August. By Cole Blake April 06, 2026
Pop Culture Crip Mac Reacts To Island Boys Kissing: "That's Custer Activity" Crip Mac is not a fan of the clip. By Caroline Fisher July 14, 2023
Music Kanye West Drops "DONDA:" Features & Production Credits Revealed Kanye West's "DONDA" features contributions from a plethora of talented rappers and producers. By Alexander Cole August 29, 2021
Music Latto Seemingly Picks Sides In Nicki Minaj & Megan Thee Stallion Beef Fans were not shocked by who she chose. By Alexander Cole February 01, 2024
Pop Culture Ice Cube Finally Gets His New "Friday" Movie Approved Ice Cube has been trying to get his fourth "Friday" film off the ground for years at this point. By Cole Blake April 03, 2025
Music Diddy’s Mother Janice Combs Fires Back Amid Lawsuit Over Alleged Fraud Former Bad Boy executive Kirk Burrowes alleges that he was swindled out of his 25% stake and 15% profit cut of the label. By Caroline Fisher November 04, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Says He’s Suing Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl For $10M Over Pardon Scandal Boosie Badazz is taking action against the two people who he allegedly paid to help him get a pardon. By Aron A. July 16, 2026
Music Kanye West Reference Tracks For Travis Scott's "UTOPIA" Surface Online On Saturday, fifteen reference tracks by Kanye West for Travis Scott became public, including songs from "UTOPIA." By Devin Morton September 28, 2025
Music Iggy Azalea Defended By Porn Company Who Says They've Reached Out To Help Her A rep for xHamster says they may be a porn site, but they don't believe in violating anyone's rights. By Erika Marie May 29, 2019
Pop Culture Lil Uzi Vert & Kai Cenat Team Up For New Marc Jacobs Campaign Fans are here for this unexpected collab. By Caroline Fisher August 01, 2024