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Music Grammys Make Major Change To Country Category After Beyoncé's Historic Win Beyoncé became the first Black artist ever to win Best Country Album with her project, "Cowboy Carter." earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 12, 2025
Music Drake Flaunts Absurd T-Shirt Collection That Can Fill A Basketball Court After recently opening up his Instagram comments to the public again, Drake wants to show all his followers the extent of his flexes. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 09, 2025
Music 50 Cent Has Diabolical Response To Cam'ron's Interview With Diddy's Escort The Punisher Cam'ron interviewed Diddy's escort on his "Talk With Flee" platform yesterday and it was highly unfiltered, to say the least. By Zachary Horvath June 04, 2025
Music Spotify Fires Back At Payola Allegations Over Its Discovery Mode Spotify is also facing another lawsuit accusing the company of turning "blind eye” to “mass-scale fraudulent streaming.” By Cole Blake November 05, 2025
Music Gucci Mane's Wife Offered Him $1 Million To Turn Down "Verzuz" Battle With Jeezy Gucci Mane famously squared off with his long-time rival, Jeezy, during an episode of "Verzuz," back in 2020. By Cole Blake October 20, 2025
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 Boosie Badazz Hires Lobbyists As He Pushes For Donald Trump Pardon Boosie Badazz has been pleading Donald Trump for a presidential pardon for several months, and now, his sentencing is just weeks away. By Caroline Fisher October 08, 2025
Music Where Will Diddy Be Serving His Prison Sentence? Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his criminal trial, earlier this year. By Cole Blake October 06, 2025
Music Brian Steel Reportedly Cries While Defending Diddy At Sentencing Diddy's sentencing hearing today (Friday, October 3) has heard from his staunchest supporters and his most critical colleagues. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 03, 2025
Music Cardi B Accuses Nicki Minaj Of Being Diagnosed With Bipolar And Schizophrenia Nicki Minaj and Cardi B have been trading tons of explosive shots at one another on social media throughout the week. By Cole Blake October 01, 2025
Music Young Thug Claims Drake’s Impact Tops Kendrick Lamar’s According to Young Thug, Kendrick Lamar is the "GOAT of the whole West Coast," but Drake still has him beat. By Caroline Fisher October 01, 2025
Music Sada Baby Arrested On Felony Drug Charge Stemming From Traffic Stop Last month, Sada Baby pleaded guilty to failure to display a valid license, and was ordered to pay $200 in fines. By Caroline Fisher April 09, 2025