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

Tech What Is Shadow Banning? How The Instagram Practice Can Affect An Artist In an era where social media is one of an artist's most pivotal tools, we look at how Instagram's penchant for "shadow banning" rappers may have a detrimental effect on their livelihoods. By Robert Blair October 02, 2019
Music Mac Miller & Madlib's "MacLib" Project Has "No Officials Plans" For Release It might be a while until we get the collab project between Madlib and Mac Miller. By Aron A. March 19, 2019
Music Tyler, The Creator Supports A$AP Rocky With Sweden Boycott Tyler, The Creator will not stand for the nonsense. By Mitch Findlay July 08, 2019
Music Nicki Minaj Teases Juice Wrld Collaboration During Instagram Live Session Out of the vault. By Erika Marie August 07, 2019
Music R. Kelly Sex Abuse Case: DNA Evidence Found By Legal Authorities The prosecutors say his bodily fluids were left on clothing worn by two alleged victims. By Zaynab February 24, 2019
Music PnB Rock Makes First Top 10 Debut On Billboard 200 With "TrapStar Turnt PopStar" PnB Rock cracks the Billboard 200 top 10. By Milca P. May 12, 2019
Music Lil Wayne Cancels Rolling Loud Set; Refuses To Be Checked By Security Lil Wayne decides not to perform his headlining Rolling Loud set. By Milca P. May 11, 2019
Music Soulja Boy's Instagram Page Hacked As He Spends Time In Jail The hacker is asking for $1,000 to give him back the page. By Alex Zidel April 16, 2019
Music Anderson .Paak Teases Unreleased "Album" With Dr. Dre Anderson .Paak is sitting on some heat, courtesy of the good Doctor. By Mitch Findlay February 22, 2019
Music Travis Barker Was Visiting 03 Greedo In Prison While Blink 182 Was In Hotel Locked Down The band was in El Paso for a show during the time of the Walmart shooting. By Erika Marie August 06, 2019
Music 6ix9ine Associate Kooda B's Legal Documents Released Tekashi 6ix9ine previously ratted out his friend in hopes for a lighter sentence. By Alex Zidel March 18, 2019
Music Roddy Ricch Gets Nipsey Hussle Face Tattoo & Says Rapper Was His Only Co-Sign "He's the reason why I'm here today." By Alex Zidel April 15, 2019