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Music Drake Posts Threatening New Picture To Celebrate The Holidays If this is Drake's idea of warning the industry before his new album "ICEMAN" comes out, then it's a very merry Christmas for OVO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 25, 2025
Music The Joe Budden Podcast Predicts What Will Happen After Listening To Young Buck's Fat Joe Diss Young Buck dropped "CAPpuccino," a diss track/response to Fat Joe's claims that him and his crew beat him up years ago. By Zachary Horvath December 26, 2025
Music Doechii & Adin Ross Beef, Explained Adin Ross fired back at Doechii in his verse on 6ix9ine’s “Bacon” after the TDE rapper threw shade at him on “girl, get up” ft. SZA. By Aron A. January 07, 2026
Music Drake's New Album Gets A Huge Update From DJ Akademiks: "The IceMan Is Coming" DJ Akademiks has dropped yet another hint about Drake's highly anticipated ninth studio album, "ICEMAN," following months of teasing. By Caroline Fisher January 07, 2026
Music Lil Durk Claims He's Spent Four Months In Solitary Confinement, Friends Have Left Him Behind Lil Durk has been behind bars since 2024, when he was arrested for allegedly orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot. By Cole Blake January 07, 2026
Music Wale Admits His Run-In With Kai Cenat Affected His Mental Health Kai Cenat famously did not recognize Wale when they ran into each other at the BET Awards, earlier this year. By Cole Blake December 17, 2025
Music Kay Flock Sentenced To Three Decades In Prison In March of this year, New York rapper Kay Flock was convicted of racketeering and attempted murder charges. By Caroline Fisher December 16, 2025
Original Content Top 40 Hip-Hop Albums of 2022 HotNewHipHop's annual rankings are here, beginning with the top 40 albums of 2022. By HNHH Staff December 15, 2022
Music Nas Reveals Eminem Shot Down His Feature Request For "Daughters" Nas' interview with Joe Budden comes after he and DJ Premier released their new album, "Light-Years," last week. By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Everyone Who Appears in "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" From former employees to accusers, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" provides deeper insight into Diddy's career. By Aron A. December 06, 2025
Music Lil Durk Suffers Big Loss In Court Due To Death Threat Motion Falling Through Lil Durk's legal team had hoped to get his murder-for-hire case dismissed over death threats that prosecutors reportedly failed to disclose. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 09, 2026
Music Drake Subs Kendrick Lamar & His Enemies With Petty Dig At Spotify Drake and Kendrick Lamar remain at odds, while Drizzy clearly still feels some type of way about Spotify after his beef. By Alexander Cole December 22, 2025