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Music Spotify Cracks Down On Botted Streams But Won't Reveal Which Artists They Punished The main narrative hip-hop fans associate with Spotify botting these days is the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef and its discourse offshoots. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Ken Carson Confirms Release Date For New Album "More Chaos" Kai Cenat had previously drummed up excitement for Ken Carson's upcoming "A Great Chaos" follow-up album during a livestream. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Doesn’t Drop “WW3” And Nobody Is Surprised Kanye West's new album was supposed to drop yesterday, but this is far from the first time he's failed to deliver on a promise. By Caroline Fisher April 04, 2025
Music Quavo Is Considering A "Huncho Jack" Sequel If Travis Scott Wants To Do It Quavo and Travis Scott have collaborated on 20 songs with the first being 2016's "Pick Up The Phone," from Birds In The Trap album By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Warns ASAP Rocky That Playboi Carti Could Treat Him The Same Way He Did Ye Kanye West blasted Playboi Carti for leaving him off "MUSIC" and reaching out to Kim Kardashian, drawing parallels to ASAP Rocky and Rihanna. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music 2Pac’s Estate Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad Speech Sample Aside from 2Pac's estate, Suge Knight, Interscope Records, Death Row Records, and more also also named in the lawsuit. By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music Future Delivers Emotional Message About Young Scooter’s Tragic Death Future's latest post about Young Scooter's death comes shortly after a woman was arrested for making a fake 911 call beforehand. By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music Hottest Rap Albums & Songs Of March 2025 Last month was a great one for rap and today, we are looking at the hottest rap albums and songs of March 2025. By HNHH Staff April 03, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims Drake Brutally Turned Down "Bully" Intro But Hopes They Make An Album Kanye West's last collaboration with Drake in any capacity was their "Free Larry Hoover" benefit concert in 2021. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 03, 2025
Music Young Thug Breaks Silence As Prosecutors Try To Get His Probation Revoked Recently, Young Thug allegedly shared a tweet calling Fulton County Investigator Marissa Viverito the "biggest liar in the DA office." By Caroline Fisher April 03, 2025
Music Travis Scott Says He's Got Some "Wild" Music Coming Amid "JACKBOYS 2" Hype Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack crew are fairly close to giving us "JACKBOYS 2" and it sounds like it's going to be worth the wait. By Zachary Horvath April 02, 2025
Music Drake Allowed To Seek Access To Kendrick Lamar's Record Deal In UMG Lawsuit Drake has been suing Universal Music Group for defamation and the case centers around Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake April 02, 2025