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Music Lil Wayne Angers Fans After Failing To Show Up For Maine Concert Lil Wayne was supposed to kick off his "Tha Carter" anniversary tour's extension with 2 Chainz and The Game last night. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 01, 2026
Music Tony Yayo Passionately Debates If 50 Cent's Career Was Better Than Jay-Z's Tony Yayo, Andrew Schulz, and the rest of the "Flagrant" podcast had some very hot takes about 50 Cent and Jay-Z's career trajectories. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2026
Music 7 Rappers Who Got Veneers Rappers are now swapping their grills and diamond teeth for some fresh pearly whites. By Wyatt Westlake March 14, 2024
Music Diddy's Attorney Claims The Mogul Will Be Released Early Diddy's attorneys have been persistent about getting their client out as soon as possible. But they also claim he will be a great in prison. By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Music Usher Has Nothing But Praise For Diddy Despite Everything That's Happened There's been plenty of speculation about Diddy and Usher's relationship over the years, and recently, the latter set the record straight. By Caroline Fisher March 24, 2026
Pop Culture Jussie Smollett Finally Addresses Viral Kendrick Lamar Deepfake Kendrick Lamar infamously morphed into the likes of Kobe Bryant and Jussie Smollett for his iconic "Heart Part 5" visual back in May 2022. By Zachary Horvath December 01, 2025
Politics Kanye’s Katrina, George Bush Criticism Hits Differently 21 Years Later The Katrina telethon captured a Kanye whose defiance often centered Black inequality, years before MAGA reshaped his politics. By Erika Marie September 02, 2026
Music Diddy Allegedly Recorded Conversation With Case Lawyer Without Permission A clip in "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" shows Diddy heatedly talking to Marc Agnifilo about his then-surging federal case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 06, 2025
Music Young Thug Finally Addresses Rich Homie Quan Relationship And How They Grew Apart During this new GQ interview, Young Thug addressed not just past collabs with Rich Homie Quan, but also the Gunna fallout and "UY SCUTI." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 26, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Leads 2026 Grammys Nominations Among All Artists Kendrick Lamar is the first solo artist in history to receive five consecutive Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Original Content The Top 50 Best Female Rap Albums Of All-Time HotNewHipHop has officially ranked the top 50 best female rap albums of all-time, with legendary names all throughout the list. By HNHH Staff September 03, 2025
Music Is Lil Wayne Mad That He Didn’t Get Invited To JAŸ-Z’s Yankee Stadium Show? It would’ve been cool to see them do “Hello Brooklyn” together. By Aron A. July 14, 2026