Music

Get the latest hip-hop and rap music news as it happens! Browse recently published articles covering artist updates, album drops, collaborations and trending stories on HotNewHipHop.

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Music Joe Budden Finally Addresses Melyssa Ford's Departure With Jim Jones Mona Love has been appearing as a co-host on "The Joe Budden Podcast" in the wake of Melyssa Ford leaving the show. By Cole Blake November 24, 2025
Music Young Thug Takes A Direct Shot At Gunna On New Lil Baby Album It looks like Young Thug is ready to address his rumored beef with Gunna head-on in an upcoming Lil Baby collab. By Caroline Fisher August 12, 2025
Music Rick Ross Has Internet Cackling For This Image That Trolls Drake's Suspicious Abs Ever since Drake responded to Rick Ross's IG unfollow with "Push Ups" last year, the latter has taunted the former to no end on social media. By Zachary Horvath July 01, 2025
Music Kanye West Breaks 2026 Spotify Streaming Record With "Bully" Following the release of "Bully," Kanye West has lined up concerts in Los Angeles, Italy, and more locations. By Cole Blake March 30, 2026
Music Young Thug Officially Announces "UY SCUTI" Album With New Merch Drop Young Thug has been hyping up "UY SCUTI" for weeks now and we finally get confirmation of it with bundles and physical copies. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar & Drake Are In A Tight Race For The Best Selling Album Of 2025 The update comes as Drake is still gearing up to release his highly-anticipated solo album, "Iceman," at some point this year. By Cole Blake August 25, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Exposes SZA With Resurfaced Tweets About Beyonce, Rihanna, & More Nicki Minaj and SZA have been feuding with one another through fiery posts on social media since Tuesday afternoon. By Cole Blake July 16, 2025
Music Joey Bada$$' "Dark Aura Tour" Abruptly Canceled Less Than Two Weeks Before Kickoff Joey Bada$$ has canceled his Dark Aura Tour just two weeks before it was set to begin. By Tallie Spencer October 02, 2025
Music 50 Cent Drops Untitled Track While Trolling T.I., Papoose & Fabolous It seems like 50 Cent might be teasing something big with his talk about "the algorithm" against T.I., Papoose, Fabolous, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 13, 2026
Music The Game Drops Surprising Review Of J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" After Past Criticism We wonder what would happen if more rappers like The Game and J. Cole would review each other's projects as publicly and directly as this. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 07, 2026
Music Lil Wayne Silences The Haters At The BET Awards With Stunning "Welcome To Tha Carter" & "A Milli" Performance Lil Wayne is one of hip-hop's most beloved legends and last night, he received his flowers at the 25th Anniversary BET Awards. By Alexander Cole June 10, 2025
Reviews Lil Wayne "Tha Carter VI" Review Lil Wayne is trying to keep up when both the industry and the genre are moving on without him—and the result is a confusing album caught between eras, audiences, and expectations. By Aron A. June 11, 2025