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Music Diddy Defense Labels Him An Alleged Abuser, Not A Sex Trafficker, In Closing Argument In court today, Marc Agnifilo claimed that if Diddy were being charged with domestic violence, he would have allegedly pleaded guilty. By Caroline Fisher June 27, 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 "BodyPartz" Rapper Luci4 Passes Away At 23 Luci4 was found dead at a friend's house in Los Angeles and police are continuing to investigate the situation. By Cole Blake February 23, 2026
Music Jay-Z Supposedly Congratulated Kendrick Lamar On Breaking His Grammys Record While Fat Joe shared this piece of news, he also appeared to give Kendrick Lamar a backhanded compliment in the process. By Zachary Horvath February 05, 2026
Music Kanye West Appears To Finally Confirm “Bully” Release Date Kanye West's long-awaited twelfth album is said to contain themes of "remorse, memory, ego, faith, and consequence." By Caroline Fisher March 10, 2026
Music Multiple New Politicians Join Tory Lanez’s Fight For Freedom Ex-New Jersey Assemblyman Jamel Holley and White House appointee Jack Brewer are petitioning Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon Tory Lanez. By Caroline Fisher July 23, 2025
Music Playboi Carti's "Antagonist 2.0" Tour Setlist Is Beyond Parody Playboi Carti is currently on tour with Destroy Lonely, Ken Carson, and Homixide Gang, and as you will see, his setlist is quite something. By Alexander Cole October 06, 2025
Music Spotify Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Billions Of Drake's Streams Came From Bots The lawsuit alleges there to be “voluminous information” proving Drake is benefiting from fake streams on Spotify. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Argument At Chris Brown's NOLA Show Turns Into Nasty Brawl It's unclear what led to these ladies to throw down, but seeing a fight at Chris Brown concert is not what we expected. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025
Sports Caitlin Clark Condemned For Tone Deaf Morgan Wallen Walkout Like many other celebrities and sports stars, Caitlin Clark was seen alongside Wallen at his Indianapolis show, but for her, the backlash was swift. By Erika Marie May 11, 2026
Music Jayda Cheaves’ Ex-Friend Emily Huff Alleges She Backdoored Her For Lil Baby Supa Peach recently accused Jayda Cheaves of pursuing Lil Baby despite his alleged fling with her former friend, Emily Huff. By Caroline Fisher January 21, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Thinks Young Thug Should Admit He Ruined Lives DJ Akademiks spoke harshly but directly to Young Thug ahead of his upcoming interview amid a slew of scandals. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 05, 2025