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Music Meek Mill Makes Unexpected Announcement After Diddy’s Arrest Meek Mill has been busy. By Caroline Fisher September 18, 2024
Music Kendrick Lamar Dethrones Drake Once Again With Impressive Spotify Feat Recently, it was revealed that Kendrick Lamar pulled off yet another boastworthy streaming feat, surpassing Drake. By Caroline Fisher March 02, 2025
Music 21 Savage Shares Heartbreaking THF Bayzoo Tribute Following His Death 21 Savage is one of the first rappers to speak about the passing of THF Bayzoo, a close affiliate of Lil Durk's who passed this weekend. By Zachary Horvath October 27, 2025
Original Content Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Was Doomed From The Start In our first HotNewHipHop Video Essay, we look at Drake's lawsuit against UMG, and why it was always doomed to fail. By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025
Music Rappers Like Boosie Badazz: Embracing The Southern Hip-Hop Influence Of Louisiana Explore the vibrant Southern hip-hop sounds through the musical stylings of rappers like Boosie Badazz By Jake Skudder July 13, 2023
Music Mariah Carey’s Albums, Ranked Mariah Carey is one of the most influential singers of all time. She has some amazing albums and here is the ranking By Barnell Anderson March 17, 2023
Relationships Blueface & Chrisean Rock's Relationship: A Complete History Take a dive into the tumultuous relationship of Blueface and Chrisean Rock. By Robert Blair February 14, 2023
Music 50 Cent Claims He's "Best Friends" With Fat Joe Despite Years Of Feuding They are both from NY, after all. By Elias Andrews September 02, 2024
Music Travis Scott Finally Releases Highly Sought After Playboi Carti Collab "Houdini" While Scott said these "Vault" tracks are from the DBR era, "Houdini (WHOUDINI)" is actually an "ASTROWORLD" throwaway. By Zachary Horvath August 30, 2024
Streetwear Bianca Censori Frees The Nipple In Practically Invisible Top On Kanye West Movie Date This "outfit" from Bianca may be the most overt one yet. By Zachary Horvath July 24, 2024
Music Freeway Ricky Ross Reveals He Allegedly Owes Rick Ross $1 Million Freeway Rick Ross and his hip-hop counterpart had a legal battle over a decade ago due to the rapper's name, and it might not be over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 14, 2024
Music Joe Budden Appears To Accidentally Leak His Patreon Earnings Joe Budden's leap from rap to podcasting has been a successful one, and thanks to his supposed slip-up we have an idea of what he's making. By Zachary Horvath June 24, 2025