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Original Content Top 10 J. Cole Story-Telling Tracks We highlight instances of J. Cole's story-telling prowess in celebration of "4 Your Eyez Only." By Seymoure December 09, 2016
Music Diddy Allegedly Made An Escort Pee In Cassie's Mouth During A Freak-Off Diddy's trial finally began opening statements in the courtroom in New York City on Monday after a week of jury selection. By Cole Blake May 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Takes A Surprising Turn On New Snippet Amid Possible "Bully" Delay A lot of Kanye West fans are not surprised that his new album "Bully" has not come out as expected on June 15... At least, not yet. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 15, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Disses A$AP Relli With A Direct Shot On Playboi Carti's "GOOD CREDIT" A$AP Relli has been in the news thanks to his testimony in the A$AP Rocky case and now he is getting dissed by the biggest rappers. By Alexander Cole March 14, 2025
Music Ferg Comes Clean On The Current State Of The A$AP Mob Ferg's ties to the Mob have been pretty inconsistent for nearly five years. By Zachary Horvath January 10, 2025
Music XXL Freshman Class Catches Flack For "Not Like Us" Slogan With No West Coast Artists Included Kendrick Lamar's smash hit has clearly impacted all of hip-hop, but many thought that the publication misunderstood its meaning. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 25, 2024
Music Cam'ron Explains Dame Dash's Key Financial Mistake Cam'ron has weighed in on Dame Dash's financial drama. By Cole Blake February 18, 2025
Music Drake Shows Love To J Cole After Being Referenced In New Song A possible mending of fences. By Elias Andrews October 10, 2024
Music Playboi Carti's Diss Track Has Benji Blue Bills Dipping From The Studio, "Whole Lotta Red" Rapper Seems Unbothered In New Selfie Carti has been glowing while Benji Blue Bills is fuming. By Ben Mock December 24, 2023
Original Content Eminem & Proof, One Of Hip-Hop's Great Friendships There was something undeniably wholesome about Eminem and Proof's brotherhood, a friendship built on mutual respect, trust, and unapologetic antics. By Mitch Findlay April 17, 2020
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
Sports Kodak Black Shows Love To Lamar Jackson: "I’m F*cked Up About You" Kodak Black is picking the Ravens to win the Super Bowl. By Cole Blake January 20, 2024