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Original Content Stormzy Vs. Wiley Clash: A Brief Guide To The Grime Beef A brief breakdown of the root of Stormzy & Wiley's beef. By Aron A. January 12, 2020
Music Doechii & Adin Ross Beef, Explained Adin Ross fired back at Doechii in his verse on 6ix9ine’s “Bacon” after the TDE rapper threw shade at him on “girl, get up” ft. SZA. By Aron A. January 07, 2026
Music Drake Plans To Fly Out Streamers For His Triple-Headlining Wireless Festival Appearance This weekend, Drake will perform at Wireless Festival in London, along with PartyNextDoor, Burna Boy, Vybz Kartel, and more. By Caroline Fisher July 08, 2025
Music UMG Could Subpoena Drake & Kendrick Lamar To Testify In "Not Like Us" Defamation Case UMG's potential witness list in Drake's lawsuit against them over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" looks very different to the OVO mogul's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 18, 2025
Music Ash Riser’s Mom & Manager Call Out "No Jumper" For Allegations That Doja Cat & Drugs "Derailed" His Career Ash Riser's mom and manager both called "BS" on the claims made by "No Jumper" podcast host Housephone, and admonished him for claiming he was friends with Ash Riser in the first place. By Lawrencia Grose March 01, 2022
Original Content 13 Times Nicki Minaj Dropped Bars About Sports Nicki loves shouting out ballers, so here are a few of her best bars about sports! By Brandon Simmons May 09, 2023
Pop Culture DMX Has Forgiven His Mother For Physically Abusing Him As A Child: "I Love My Mama" DMX is in a new issue of GQ magazine. By Erika Marie September 24, 2019
Music Doechii's "Anxiety" Has Reportedly Led To A Major Pay Day For Gotye Doechii's popular single, "Anxiety," famously samples Gotye's iconic 2011 song, "Somebody That I Used to Know." By Cole Blake June 10, 2025
Music Tinashe: The Evolution Of A Musical Chameleon Tinashe has established herself as a true musical chameleon that can conquer any genre. By Wyatt Westlake July 21, 2023
Music King Von Owned His Masters, Royalties Go To His Family King Von's manager reveals that there are two albums worth of material already recorded. By Aron A. November 10, 2020
Original Content Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Was Doomed From The Start In our first HotNewHipHop Video Essay, we look at Drake's lawsuit against UMG, and why it was always doomed to fail. By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025
Music Boldy James Explains How He's Related To Snoop Dogg The art of the MC runs thick in Boldy's blood. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 31, 2023