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 Kanye West's Nazism Gets Him Banned From Brazil This is actually not the first time that Kanye West has been prohibited from performing in Brazil within the last year and change. By Zachary Horvath December 04, 2025
Music Lil Durk Trial Derailed By Leaked Courtroom Photo Of His Codefendants This viral picture will likely have a huge impact on Lil Durk's attempts to secure an anonymous jury in his murder-for-hire case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 21, 2025
Music Rod Wave's Lawyers Claim He Was "Profiled" In Gun Charge Arrest In Atlanta Rod Wave has since posted bail, but it's clear that his legal team is not happy that their client was still arrested, and unjustly so. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Kanye West Reportedly Apologizing To Jewish Collaborators For Past Antisemitism Recently, Kanye West decided to turn over a new leaf, meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto and expressing remorse for his behavior. By Caroline Fisher November 13, 2025
Music KARRAHBOOO Blasts DJ Akademiks For Saweetie & Rubi Rose Escort Claims KARRAHBOOO called out one of the DJ Akademiks-affiliated social media pages for claiming Saweetie and Rubi Rose performed escort services. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2025
Music Ja Rule & Hitmaka Join Forces For Studio Session Amid recent news that the New York MC is gearing up another album coming soon, it's no surprise that the prolific producer joined the party. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 22, 2024
Music Playboi Carti Continues Teasing, "I Am Music," On IG Playboi Carti's next album is nearly here. By Cole Blake January 21, 2024
Music Soulja Boy Wants Blueface Beef Squashed, Offers To Put $1K On His Books Soulja realized when he expressed joy at the fact that the California rapper is in jail that he let things go too far in a petty disagreement. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 21, 2024
Relationships Ja Rule Isn't Surprised By Nelly & Ashanti's Reunion According to Ja Rule, Nelly and Ashanti have always had great "chemistry." By Caroline Fisher January 19, 2024
Relationships DDG Proves He's "Super Dad," Makes Baby Halo A Bottle In Seconds DDG is clearly adjusting well to fatherhood. By Caroline Fisher January 19, 2024
Music Jess Hilarious & Loren LoRosa Settle Their "Breakfast Club" Differences In Gut-Busting Skit Loren LoRosa got a new gig with iHeartMedia, whereas Jess Hilarious is working out a solution to her grievances with "The Breakfast Club." By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 28, 2025
Music Latto Borrows Classic Aaliyah Hook On Catchy New Song Snippet Latto has been overshadowed by other female rappers in recent months, but she's back with a new banger on deck. By Elias Andrews March 12, 2025