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 Young Thug Slammed For Hard R's With White Cover On New Album "UY SCUTI" Young Thug already drew mixed reactions with a "whiteface" cover art for the new album "UY SCUTI," but its opening track deepened the divide. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 26, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Sells Out Massive Mexico City Stadium On “Grand National” Tour Earlier this week, Kendrick Lamar kicked off the South American leg of his "Grand National" tour alongside CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso. By Caroline Fisher September 25, 2025
Pop Culture Drake Gifts Adin Ross 2,000 Subs Following Ross's Twitch Return Adin Ross returned to Twitch on Monday and Drake was right there to welcome him back after two years off the platform. By Devin Morton September 24, 2025
Music NBA YoungBoy Fan Ruthlessly Attacks Elderly Worker During His Kansas City Concert NBA YoungBoy was performing in Kansas City on Sunday for his ongoing "MASA (Make America Slime Again)" tour. By Cole Blake September 24, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Confirms The Release Date For "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky has given us release dates for "Don't Be Dumb" before. But with the recent details we've received it sounds like all systems go. By Zachary Horvath December 19, 2025
Music Former Escort Claims Lawyers Exploited His Cassie Allegations Against Diddy Clayton Howard's lawsuit against Cassie alleges prosecutors in Diddy's trial used his story to arrest him and then ignored his other claims. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Gavin Newsom Makes Nicki Minaj Rant Again By Cosigning Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj hates California governor Gavin Newsom, recently trashing his defense of transgender children and his political aspirations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2025
Music Waka Flocka Flame Says He Won't Trust Celebrities After 50 Cent Diddy Doc Waka Flocka Flame's comments on the 50 Cent-executive-produced Diddy docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" are ironic given his Trump views. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025
Music Designer Reveals What Allegedly Triggered Solange And Jay-Z’s Elevator Confrontation A fashion designer claims Jay-Z’s Met Gala compliment sparked the infamous Solange elevator incident, revealing new details 11 years later. By Tallie Spencer December 04, 2025
Music Yak Gotti Issues A Heartfelt Apology To Lil Duke And Shouts Out Gunna Yak Gotti labeled Lil Duke his "broski" while apologizing to his former collaborator for ever having wronged him. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music Drake's "What Did I Miss?" Tops Both US Spotify And Apple Music Charts Following Release A new Drake song is almost always a big event, and "What Did I Miss?" has become the latest to experience streaming success. By Devin Morton July 06, 2025
Music Suge Knight Reveals What 2Pac Told Afeni Shakur In The Final Moments Of His Life In The Hospital Suge Knight's comments come as Duane “Keffe D” Davis will finally be heading to trial for his alleged role in the killing of 2Pac, next year. By Cole Blake July 01, 2025