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Music SZA Shuts Down Questions About Drake Pulling Up To Kendrick Lamar's Toronto Concert SZA and Kendrick Lamar will be bringing the "Grand National" tour to Drake's hometown of Toronto on June 12 and 13. By Cole Blake March 12, 2025
Music 2 Chainz Reveals Stellar Features For Statik Selektah Joint Album 2 Chainz is calling upon some of his famous friends for his upcoming Statik Selektah album, and we cannot wait to hear it. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Tupac Shakur's Early Songs & Lyrics Up For Sale With A Staggering $250K Price Tag This follows other stories and discoveries concerning Tupac's career, such as an A&R's story about how 2Pac's album led to Eminem's rise. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 09, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Blasts Journalist For Suggesting Many Drake Fans Have “Outgrown” His Music Recently, music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy shared her thoughts on Drake and PartyNextDoor's album, "$ome $exy $ongs 4 U." By Caroline Fisher March 08, 2025
Music Hottest Rap Albums & Songs Of February 2025 HotNewHipHop's staff is back to delivers its favorite releases of the last month and there is a little something for everyone. By HNHH Staff March 07, 2025
Pop Culture NYPD Detective Melissa Mercado Condemned For Pole Dancing In Rap Video New York listeners were shocked to discover a police officer was the love interest in an S-Quire music video. By Elias Andrews March 06, 2025
Music Ray J Reveals Reasoning Behind His Infamous Fight With Diddy's Children Ray J discussed Diddy's highly-publicized upcoming criminal trial during an appearance on VladTV, earlier this week. By Cole Blake March 05, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Projected To Reclaim Number One Spot From Drake Kendrick Lamar's latest album has gotten second and third winds thanks to the rapper's Grammy wins and Super Bowl performance. By Elias Andrews March 04, 2025
Music Kanye West Mocks "Positivity" While Defending Swastika Shirt Design Kanye West wore a Swastika shirt out in public, and now he is defending his decision with a series of threats and taunts. By Elias Andrews February 28, 2025
Music Drake Throws Shade At Fake Friends During Last "Anita Max Win Tour" Stop Drake shared a fiery message for his former collaborators during the latest stop on his since-postponed tour of Australia. By Cole Blake February 27, 2025
Music PartyNextDoor Admits Scathing Tory Lanez Diss Track Was A Mistake Last night, PartyNextDoor previewed a fiery diss track directed at Tory Lanez, but he quickly took it back. By Caroline Fisher February 27, 2025
Music Young Thug Reportedly Has Jewelry Returned After Requesting Back Luxury Items Seized In YSL Raid Young Thug has reportedly scored a minor but still important victory after filing this demand over the weekend. By Zachary Horvath February 26, 2025