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Music Drake Kicks Off Triple-Headlining Wireless Festival Appearance By Showing Love To The UK Drake is set to become the first artist in history to headline all three days of Wireless Festival in London. 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
Music Drake’s “What Did I Miss?” Targets Strong Billboard Hot 100 Debut Drake's latest single is expected to appear on his highly anticipated upcoming ninth studio album, "Iceman." By Caroline Fisher July 10, 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 Essence Festival Organizers Take Blame For Lauryn Hill's Late Set While serving as a headliner for Essence Festival over the weekend, Lauryn Hill didn't take the stage until late into the night. By Cole Blake July 08, 2025
Music Chrisean Rock Claims Diddy Was "Always Innocent" During Ray J Stream Chrisean Rock recently pulled up to stream with Ray J, who has been one of Diddy's most staunch defenders as of late. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 06, 2025
Music Diddy's Lawyer Reportedly Saved A Man's Life In Courtroom Before Judge's Bond Denial While defense attorney Marc Agnifilo was disappointed in the judge's bond decision, he's happy with the Diddy trial's verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Travis Scott Reveals GloRilla & 21 Savage Will Be Featured On "JACKBOYS 2" Some are questioning the inclusion of Big Glo on a Travis Scott project, but he is a master curator, so we will let him cook. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Drake Divulges On His Current Mental State On Another "ICEMAN" Snippet Drake teased "What Did I Miss?" as well, which he dropped on streaming platforms just moments after his YouTube stream ended. By Zachary Horvath 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
Original Content "The Fall Off": Is J. Cole Setting The Stage For His Masterpiece? J. Cole has created a grand vision for "The Fall Off." By Robert Blair November 18, 2019
Music Jay Z To Host Tidal Listening Party For New Prince LP "Originals" The album features 14 previously unreleased recordings from the late musician’s “vault.” By hnhh May 29, 2019