Music

Get the latest hip-hop and rap music news as it happens! Browse recently published articles covering artist updates, album drops, collaborations and trending stories on HotNewHipHop.

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Music Eminem Vs Royce Da 5'9: Who Raps Better In 2020? With both Royce Da 5'9" and Eminem having dropped new albums in 2020, fans have debated whether Bad has surpassed Evil on the mic. By Mitch Findlay February 27, 2020
Music Baby Keem Speaks On Family & More In His XXL Freshman Freestyle Baby Keem, one of the most underrated rappers among this year's XXL Freshman Class, releases his freestyle. By Alex Zidel August 20, 2020
Music Ari Lennox Explains Love For Ja Rule & Why He's Never Canceled Ari Lennox revealed that she's a stan for Ja Rule as she reveals she thinks he a "good person" and an enormous talent. By Erika Marie February 27, 2020
Music Big Pun's "Capital Punishment" Turns 22 Happy twenty-second birthday to Big Pun's classic debut "Capital Punishment," an album that cemented him among hip-hop's deadliest lyricists. By Mitch Findlay April 28, 2020
Music Bad Boy Records's B5 Singer Says He's "Never Seen A Penny" From Album Sales Bryan Breeding from B5 spoke about the "snakes" in the industry in an Instagram post celebrating By Erika Marie July 22, 2020
Music Omerettà The Great Refuses To Beef With Latto To Better Their Careers After someone told the rapper that she could benefit from a Rap beef with Latto, Omerettà shut it down. By Erika Marie March 29, 2022
Music Boosie Badazz's Memoir Available For Pre-Order The book is set to release on September 20 of this year. By Lawrencia Grose August 07, 2022
Relationships Britney Spears Calls Out Justin Timberlake For Using Her Name To Sell Records She accused him of seeking "fame and attention" by making claims that she "did him dirty!" By Erika Marie March 28, 2022
Music G Herbo Fans Left Irate After Rapper Cancels Concert Via Video Played Inside Venue The Chicago native disappointed fans when the venue aired a video update from Herbo where he claimed he was stuck at the airport. By Erika Marie April 16, 2022
TV "Yo! MTV Raps" To Return This Month, Battle Rapper Conceited & DJ Diamond Kuts Will Host The series initially debuted in the summer of 1988. By Hayley Hynes May 02, 2022
Pop Culture Lil Wayne & T.I. Reunite At Dreamville Festival For First Time After Feud For the first time since their 2016 feud, Lil Wayne and T.I. reunited on stage during the Dreamville Festival this past weekend. By Vay Laine April 04, 2022
Music Missy Elliott, DJ Kool Herc, & More Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Missy Elliott and DJ Kool Herc are among the artists included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. By Cole Blake May 03, 2023