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Music Travis Scott Accused Of Sampling A Chicago Band's Song Without Permission Pixel Grip originally released their song, "Pursuit," back in 2021, but had been working on it for several years before that. By Cole Blake July 17, 2025
Music Drake Flexes Iced-Out "Beauty And The Beast" Chain To Pay Dazzling Tribute To Virgil Abloh Drake seems to have found a stunning piece to celebrate his recent Wireless Festival takeover in London and honor Virgil Abloh. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 14, 2025
Music Destroy Lonely Catches Heat For Allegedly Pressuring Fan To Jump Off Stage And Get Injured A 15-year-old fan suffered a lung contusion, liver damage, and a kidney injury from the Destroy Lonely set at the Beach, Please! festival. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 13, 2025
Music Drake Shows Love To The UK, Brings Out Skepta, Central Cee, & Dave At Wireless Festival Day 2 Drake attended Central Cee's Toronto show in May. Drizzy informed concert goers he was bringing back OVO Fest. By Bryson "Boom" Paul July 12, 2025
Music Tyler The Creator Shows Clipse Love During Baltimore "CHROMAKOPIA" Tour Stop Tyler performed in Baltimore recently, where he took time out of his set to shout Clipse out and tell his fans to listen to their comeback album. By Devin Morton July 12, 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 T.I. Seemingly Responds To Sex Trafficking Allegations Involving Tiny And King Harris Sabrina Peterson, a former friend of T.I. and Tiny Harris', has made a lot of allegations against the couple over the years. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 06, 2025
Music Justin Bieber Posts Up In The Studio With His "Friend Till Da End" Sexyy Red Justin Bieber has shown his support for Sexyy Red in the past as he most recently backed her following Ray J's uncomfortable comments. By Zachary Horvath July 05, 2025
Music Young Thug Brings His Sons Out For Wholesome Concert Moment Young Thug's performance alongside his sons at Germany's Splash! festival this Friday preludes his highly anticipated "UY SCUTI" album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 05, 2025
Music Dawn Richard’s Attorney Lisa Bloom Slams Diddy Verdict As The Worst Since OJ Simpson Earlier this week, Diddy's federal trial came to an end, and he was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. By Caroline Fisher July 04, 2025
Music Mello Buckzz's Boyfriend Shot-&-Killed During Her Mixtape Release Party Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the drive-by shooting at the Artis Lounge in Chicago. By Cole Blake July 03, 2025
Music Cardo Claims Baby Keem Is Dropping His Next Album Soon On "Some Batman S**t" Baby Keem's last album was 2021's "The Melodic Blue," on which Cardo partially boasted the "family ties" and "gorgeous" beats. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 03, 2025