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Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Episode 4 Has Arrived: Watch Here After months of anticipation, Drake has finally arrived with "ICEMAN" Episode 4, just a couple of hours before the album drops. By Alexander Cole May 14, 2026
Music Hip-Hop Albums & Songs Dropping Tonight, August 21, 2026 Hip-hop albums will be in abundance tonight as Rapsody, Ken Carson, Denzel Curry, Thirteendegrees, and Mike Shabb are all dropping. By Alexander Cole August 20, 2026
Music Hit-Boy Says He Doesn’t See Himself Working With Nas Again Despite everything they accomplished together, Hit-Boy says there are deeper reasons he doesn’t see another Nas project happening. By Erika Marie August 25, 2026
Music Drake's Triple Album Release Gives J. Cole A New Sales Record Drake just came through with three new albums, and by virtue of too many options, J. Cole has quietly earned a new record. By Alexander Cole May 26, 2026
Original Content The 25 Best Rap Albums Of 2025 So Far We are officially halfway into 2025, which means HotNewHipHop is here with our Best Rap Albums of 2025 (so far) list. By HNHH Staff July 04, 2025
Music Drake's Alleged "FOMO" Album Appears To Have A Release Date Drake has been teasing some sort of project called FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), and the artist continues to drop some hints. By Alexander Cole September 01, 2026
Music Kanye West Shares Long, Heartbreaking List Of People Who "Betrayed" Him Kanye West is scrubbing away his legacy in real time, and this list of people is bound to hurt those close to him. By Elias Andrews March 19, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Receives A Warning From DJ Akademiks About Interfering With Drake's "ICEMAN" Release With Drake's "ICEMAN" on the way, DJ Akademiks is feeling passionate about the release, as well as Kendrick Lamar's role in it. By Alexander Cole May 07, 2026
Music Drake Barks At A Goth Girl In 20v1 While Courting Adam22’s Wife Lena The Plug Drake had a very eventful Kick stream last night giving away $1 million for Stake's ninth anniversary, including flirting with Lena The Plug. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2026
Music Diddy Makes Friends With Fellow Inmates In Cheery New Prison Photos We are getting even more new pictures of Diddy than we expected, considering that the public hadn't seen him in over a year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 02, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Affiliate Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Over Fatal Car Crash D Dawg pleaded no contest to charges of negligent homicide and illegal carrying of weapons with controlled dangerous substances. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Feds Release Photo Showing AllStar JR Standing Over NBA Ben 10 On top of this potentially incriminating photo, more details regarding AllStar JR's arrest have come to light. By Zachary Horvath April 23, 2026