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Music Chance The Rapper Is "Thinking A Lot" About Changing His Name Chance The Rapper reflected on what his stage name means to him, and why he's been seriously considering a different, albeit similar, moniker. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky's New Merch Suggests "Don't Be Dumb" Deluxe Is Coming Soon A$AP Rocky has been promising Disc 2 for "Don't Be Dumb" for a while now, and it turns out it is finally on the way. By Alexander Cole September 30, 2026
Music Don Toliver Kicks Off Rollout For New Album "Nitrous" After "Octane's" Success "Octane" remains one of the biggest hip-hop albums of 2026, and Don Toliver still has a lot of shows left on his tour to drop "Nitrous." By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 02, 2026
Music Blueface Detained During Live Stream After Being Swatted Blueface was on a live stream with the mother of his child, Nevaeh, and it ended with him being swatted with police and CPS. By Alexander Cole July 22, 2026
Music 50 Cent Weighs In As Lil Meech Claps Back At Michael Rainey Jr.'s Sympathy Comments 50 Cent is usually in the thick of his feuds, but in this case, he's sitting back and watching Michael Rainey Jr. do his work for him. By Zachary Horvath March 25, 2025
Music Top 50 Best Rap Albums Of The Decade So Far HotNewHipHop is taking a deep dive into the Top 50 best rap albums of the decade so far as determined by our staff. By HNHH Staff April 04, 2025
Music Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case And Subjected To Possible Life Sentence Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for the murder of Hwascar Hernandez. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 21, 2025
Music Kanye West Addresses Nitrous Relapse Allegations Amid Latest Twitter Rant Kanye West recently took to Twitter to comment on the new allegations that he's abusing nitrous gas again. By Caroline Fisher February 21, 2025
Music Lil Baby Poses With His Lil Baby In Givenchy & Balenciaga Daddy duties with Lil Baby. By Aida C. May 18, 2019
Music Jim Jones Escalates Wack 100 Beef With Scathing Instagram Takedown Jim Jones is taunting Wack 100. By Cole Blake February 13, 2025
Sneakers Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Sneakers Surge A Huge Resale Lamar’s influence on culture keeps growing. By Ben Atkinson February 11, 2025
Music Kanye West Claims His Billionaire Status Makes Rap Worthless To Him A not unexpected development from a self-professed "out of touch billionaire." By Devin Morton February 07, 2025