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Music Lil Wayne Emerges Victorious From Hefty Legal Battle With Former Lawyer Lil Wayne and his former lawyer Ron Sweeney went back in forth in court over legal fees that Weezy allegedly owed him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 1130 Views
Music Sauce Walka Pleads Guilty To Evading Police In High-Speed Chase Sauce Walka must now complete 50 hours of community service and faces two years of probation for this evasion charge. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 1050 Views
Music Lil Wayne Loses Fans Over Meme-Worthy Verse On Ty Dolla $ign's "TYCOON" Lil Wayne has not been having the best 2025 music wise with "Tha Carter VI" and now this Ty Dolla $ign guest verse. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025 3.9K Views
Music Billy Ado Claims Kodak Black Is Banned From Brooklyn For 6ix9ine Collab Billy Ado's warning to Kodak Black mirrors his comments on Wack 100 for interviewing 6ix9ine, which Brooklyn is apparently not happy with. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 1186 Views
Streetwear Drake Flexes $1 Million Barbie Watch While Asking For His "Staci Doll" Drake just added another Rolex to the collection amid the fallout from his UMG lawsuit's dismissal, which he's not breaking a sweat over. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 2.4K Views
Music 6ix9ine Mocks Young Thug And Lil Baby In Visual For "FAX" Diss 6ix9ine officially dropped his Young Thug diss track titled "FAX (Call Me Wham)" after teasing it in early September. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025 1446 Views
Music Bronx Rapper Suave Drilly Murdered Outside Of Parole Office 27-year-old rapper Suave Drilly was reportedly shot and killed in the South Bronx earlier this week. Police still haven't made any arrests. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 2.1K Views
Music Drake's Latest T-Shirt Reads Like A Subliminal Dig At Kendrick Lamar Fans With the Kendrick Lamar beef, UMG suit, and a majority of listeners not messing with his recent output, Drake has faced a great deal of hate. By Zachary Horvath October 17, 2025 12.8K Views
Music Brian McKnight Drops Unhinged Monologue After Winning $9 Million Lawsuit Brian McKnight apparently just won a huge judgement against his ex wife Julie. The defamation case followed a lot of other family drama. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 17, 2025 6.3K Views
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 1.9K Views
Music NBA YoungBoy's Second Show In Atlanta Canceled After Performing Lil Durk & Lil Baby Diss Track NBA YoungBoy's second show in Atlanta will no longer be happened after he performed his notorious diss track "I Hate YoungBoy." By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025 9.5K Views
Music G Herbo Shares Thoughts On NBA YoungBoy's Chicago Show Being Canceled NBA YoungBoy has been tied to the death of King Von, but G Herbo feels like the former should have been able to perform in Chicago. By Zachary Horvath October 16, 2025 8.6K Views