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Music Lil Baby, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, & More To Welcome Big Meech Home With Massive Concert Tons of stars will be performing at the event. By Cole Blake January 16, 2025
Music Tsu Surf Delivers Moving Update Amid Five-Year Prison Sentence Tsu Surf recently launched a new website. By Caroline Fisher January 16, 2025
Music Drake's Lawsuit Against UMG Shines A Light On How YouTubers & Content Creators Set The Tone For Hip-Hop's Biggest Beef HotNewHipHop spoke with Scru Face Jean, Jeremy Hecht, The Company Man, and Anthony Fantano about the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and how YouTubers somehow found themselves named in a lawsuit against the biggest record label on the planet. By Alexander Cole February 05, 2025
Music Snoop Dogg Teases Benefit Concert For Victims Of L.A. Wildfires He also praised firefighters. By Elias Andrews January 16, 2025
Music Drake Alleges UMG Granted Several Content Creators Permission To Monetize Off Of Reactions To "Not Like Us" It wasn't just the bots that were aiding the diss track's reach. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2025
Music 50 Cent Celebrates His New Movie’s Massive Box Office Debut "Den Of Thieves 2" had an impressive opening day. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2025
Music Atlanta Rapper Rocko Roasted For Wild Hairstyle As New Mugshot Goes Viral Social media users are brutal. By Caroline Fisher January 15, 2025
Music PlaqueBoyMax Reflects On NBA YoungBoy Calling Out His "Slime Cry" Criticism PlaqueBoyMax is generally a big fan of NBA YoungBoy's music, but he drew YB's ire for not liking a particular "Slime Cry" album cut. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2026
Music Saweetie Hit With $3M Lawsuit For Alleged Fraud After Cancelling Japan Shows A concert promoter alleges that Saweetie and her touring company ran off with a $100K deposit. By Aron A. May 19, 2026
Music Chad Hugo Risks Dismissal Of Pharrell Lawsuit Over Failure To Serve Chad Hugo accused the other half of The Neptunes, Pharrell, of withholding royalties from him connected to N.E.R.D., touring, and more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2026
Sneakers 50 Cent Isn't Happy With Tony Yayo For Spoiling G-Unit Reebok Sneaker Reveal The sneaker collaboration between G-Unit and Reebok was iconic in the early 2000s, and 50 Cent wanted Tony Yayo to delay its return's reveal. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Chris Rock Claims He Dated The Same Women As Tupac According to Chris Rock, Tupac "didn't like" him because they were regularly involved with the same ladies. By Erika Marie May 15, 2026