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Music A Guide Through Houston’s Rap Scene With Paul Wall: On “The Great Wall," That Mexican O.T & Metro Boomin Collaboration From Rap-A-Lot and Street Military to Megan Thee Stallion and Don Toliver, Paul Wall traces the roots of Houston’s vibrant sound and looks forward to its evolution. The People’s Champ tells HotNewHipHop why Trump’s presidency impeded the release of “The Great Wall,” how That Mexican O.T. made him rerecord his verse, and why working with Metro Boomin reminds him of his days on Swishahouse. By Aron A. January 18, 2024
Music Noname And J. Cole Squashed Their Beef Earlier This Year, "Sundial" Rapper Claims Noname claims they cleared things up and they "do not have beef." By Ben Mock October 28, 2023
Music Q-Tip's 7 Hottest Hip Hop Collabs Q-Tip often brings the best out of the artists he works with. By Wyatt Westlake November 21, 2023
Original Content 50 Cent Vs Young Buck: Who Had The Better Verse? Before the Instagram mudslinging, 50 Cent and Young Bucked waged war over who could outdo the other on wax. With countless classics to pick from, it's time to determine which of the two G-Unit stalwarts came out on top with a brand new edition of "Who Had the Better Verse?" By Robert Blair May 23, 2019
Original Content 12 Essential Kenny Beats Productions A starter kit to get you familiar with the production of Kenny Beats. By Gus Fisher March 15, 2020
Original Content Drake’s “So Far Gone” Birthed A Rap Superstar 10 years later, the OVO rapper's breakthrough mixtape is one of hip-hop's great blueprints. By Trevor Smith February 13, 2019
Music Layzie Bone Confirmed To Be The Father In Paternity Case: Report The results of the DNA have come in. By Aron A. May 07, 2019
Music Trina Says "Scammer" Business Partner Stole Money Meant For Her Album Her latest release, "The One," was taken off streaming services. By Erika Marie January 06, 2020
Original Content Rubi Rose Details How COVID-19 Diagnosis Switched Her From Blunts To Joints Rubi Rose explains her smoking process on "How To Roll", revealing that COVID-19 switched her from blunts to joints. By Alex Zidel November 20, 2020
Original Content Is Tech N9ne In Top 10 Territory? It's becoming all too common that Tech N9ne gets snubbed from the "best rappers" conversation, but perhaps it's time to change the narrative. By Mitch Findlay July 31, 2020
Music Willie D Shares Why He Wouldn't Attend Bushwick Bill's Funeral He said that they didn't like each other. By Erika Marie July 13, 2019
Music Lil Dicky Explains Why Kanye West Wasn't Able To Partake In His "Earth" Video Lil Dicky explains why he chose Kevin Hart as Kanye's voice in "Earth" video. By Chantilly Post April 22, 2019