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Music DJ Akademiks Predicts Kanye West's Surprising First Week Sales Numbers For "DONDA 2" DJ Akademiks has platformed Kanye West's chaos a lot in recent months, whether that's their interview or Ak's recent Kardashians rant. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025 10.6K Views
Music Disturbing Surveillance Footage Of Tory Lanez's Stabbing Leaks Online A few weeks ago, Tory Lanez was stabbed in prison by a fellow inmate, Santino Casio, and now, images are being shown online. By Alexander Cole May 28, 2025 15.2K Views
Streetwear Kanye West Thanks Anna Wintour For Her Support After Vogue Exit Vogue terminated its relationship with Kanye West after him antisemitic comments, but Anna Wintour has usually given Ye grace in these cases. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 28, 2025 1488 Views
Music Ja Rule Puts His Foot Down On Rumors That 50 Cent Bought All His Show Tickets This is one of rap beef's most petty myths, but is it even true? By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 30, 2024 1.8K Views
Original Content Trauma Tone Reflects On His First Beat Placement, Cites M.I.A. As A Dream Collaborator, & More For "On The Come Up" Trauma Tone formally introduces himself on HotNewHipHop’s “On The Come Up.” By Joshua Robinson January 11, 2023 2.1K Views
Music Mase & Cam'ron Debate Who Has More Pause-Worthy Lyrics Mase trolled Cam'ron for his resurfaced pause-worthy lyrics on the latest episode of "It Is What It Is." By Cole Blake October 21, 2023 1.5K Views
Music Lil Baby Confirms He Has A New Song With Drake He said that he paid extra attention to his lyrics instead of freestyling, which he normally does. By Alex Zidel August 10, 2021 13.9K Views
Music Queen Naija Responds To Backlash: "I Don't Want Nor Need Y'all's Validation" After announcing her forthcoming single with Ari Lennox, people brought up her old video where she spoke about "lil Black nappy-headed" girls. By Erika Marie April 05, 2021 13.6K Views
Music Travis Scott Tapped J. Cole For A Surprise Feature On “MAFIA” Scott also dropped off the updated version of “ESCAPE PLAN.” By Hayley Hynes November 05, 2021 5.0K Views
Music DJ Akademiks Speaks On Rappers' Reactions To Rich Homie Quan's Death RIP Rich Homie Quan. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 07, 2024 2.9K Views
Music Quavo And Offset Squash Their Beef Following Rich Homie Quan's Death The Migos rappers had a good talk. By Elias Andrews September 05, 2024 18.0K Views
Music Irv Gotti Updates Fans On His Health Following Stroke, Says He's Working On DMX Biopic There are no off days for Irv Gotti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 30, 2024 1.7K Views