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Music T-Pain Ditches The Autotune For "On Top Of The Covers" Album The singer is covering classics from Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Journey, Black Sabbath, and more. By Erika Marie March 17, 2023
Music Ice Spice Admits She Had A Crush On SpongeBob Ice Spice says that she has a crush on SpongeBob SquarePants. By Cole Blake March 15, 2023
Music Kendrick Lamar's "GNX" Gets Hit With Premature First Week Sales Projections "GNX" has the whole world talking. By Alexander Cole November 25, 2024
Music Akon Provides An Update On The Highly-Anticipated "Akon City" The singer admitted that "Akon City" is still a ways away. By Devin Morton November 22, 2024
Music Lira Galore & Kaylar Will Both Give Birth To Pierre "Pee" Thomas' Babies The births were just one month apart. By Erika Marie April 26, 2019
Music Lil Tecca Hospitalized After Allegedly Saving His Manager From A Group Of Robbers Lil Tecca was in France to attend Paris Fashion Week, having recently been spotted by fans at an event for Rick Owens. By Cole Blake January 27, 2026
Music Jaden Smith Clowned By Social Media Over Grammy Outfit Social media rips Jaden a part. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 02, 2025
Music Ken Carson & Don Toliver Trade Scathing Disses Over Yeat Collab Ken Carson and the Opium crew have been rumored to be in beef with Yeat for a while, and Don Toliver doesn't approve of the shade. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025
Music Drake Teases OVO Noel About Not "Dropping The Album" Amid PARTYNEXTDOOR Collab Hype Is Drizzy waiting on himself to drop or is Noel cooking something up himself? By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 12, 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
Original Content 5 Things We've Learned From Lil Wayne & Birdman's Beef Lil Wayne and Birdman gave us five major takeaways from their years-long money struggle. By Karlton Jahmal March 16, 2018
Pop Culture Is Tierra Whack Related To Will Smith? Tierra and Willow Smith shared some serious synergy during their 2021 collab. By Demi Phillips April 08, 2024