Music

Get the latest hip-hop and rap music news as it happens! Browse recently published articles covering artist updates, album drops, collaborations and trending stories on HotNewHipHop.

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Music Sexyy Red Turns Back Into A Fan At Chris Brown's Meet And Greet Chris Brown and Sexyy Red only have one official collab together, but it's clear their appreciation for one another runs much deeper. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2025
Music Kodak Black Shares A Touching Moment With His Old Babysitter Kodak Black made headlines this week after reportedly paying the rent of a Florida Housing Project for several months. By Bryson "Boom" Paul April 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks & Wack 100 Refuse To Stop Fighting Over Big U & Bricc Baby RICO Case DJ Akademiks said Wack 100 was being hypocritical about his criticism of "police" behavior on podcasts, whereas Wack defended his content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 19, 2025
Music TDE's Punch Shares His Perspective On How Kendrick Lamar & Drake Beef Began While TDE president Punch could've mentioned other inflection points, the tension between Drake and Kendrick Lamar comes down to a few bars. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Goes Off On Indianapolis Promoters For Allegedly Stiffing His Daughter According to Boosie Badazz, he's never performing in Indianapolis again after what was done to his daughter. By Caroline Fisher April 18, 2025
Music Lil Wayne Admits He Didn't Know Lil Durk Was In Prison Lil Wayne and Lil Durk do not have any collabs together, but even if Wayne doesn't know Durk's situation, he's in support of him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Joins Forces With Gatorade For Massive Marketing Campaign One of the new Gatorade ads featuring Kendrick Lamar is now on YouTube, and the campaign will debut during the NBA playoffs this weekend. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music 50 Cent Turns Joe Budden's Own Words Against Him In Latest Instagram Troll This recent flare-up of the 50 Cent and Joe Budden beef stems from the latter's comments about the former's disrespect of Irv Gotti. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit Amendment Attempts To Use "The Joe Budden Podcast" As Evidence Against Kendrick Lamar Drake updated his UMG lawsuit to claim Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl and Grammys appearances also defamed his character. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Top5 Reveals He Reportedly Signed A Deal With Stake Fellow Canadian rapper Drake is also connected to Stake, so it makes sense his friend Top5 would also work his way in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2025
Music Boosie Badazz Admits He Can "Barely Breathe" As Chest Pains Linger From Recent Car Crash Boosie Badazz says the doctors he's seen have downplayed the seriousness of his medical concerns after the accident. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music MIKE Announces North American Leg Of "aotc" Tour Alongside New Album Reveal MIKE has been a busy man to start 2025, but things are going to be really jam-packed thanks to more tour dates and another project. By Zachary Horvath April 16, 2025