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Original Content Top 40 Hip-Hop Albums of 2022 HotNewHipHop's annual rankings are here, beginning with the top 40 albums of 2022. By HNHH Staff December 15, 2022
Music Jim Jones Basks In Free Promo After 50 Cent Allegedly Links Up With His Landlord Recently, 50 Cent shared footage of Jim Jones after learning he'd allegedly been evicted from his podcast studio. By Caroline Fisher February 20, 2026
Music King Von Associate O-Block Louie Reportedly Passes Away The details around this are still unclear. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 02, 2025
Music Doctor Claims Eazy-E Gave Two Of His Patients HIV/AIDS The doctor was featured on "The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E" and said the rapper's wife, who was pregnant when he died, is lucky she was negative. By Erika Marie September 09, 2021
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Deshae Frost Tried To Mess With Kai Cenat's Ex When She Was 17 DJ Akademiks was drunk on stream last night, and it led to a tense moment with Deshae Frost regarding Kai Cenat and his ex. By Alexander Cole March 12, 2026
Music YNW Melly Requests Prison Release Yet Again Over Alleged New Evidence YNW Melly has allegedly suffered "dehumanizing" conditions behind bars for seven years as he awaits his retrial for double murder. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 27, 2026
Music Rihanna's Shooter Hit With Over A Dozen Charges On Top Of Attempted Murder L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman spoke about the shooting at Rihanna's house outside of the court house on Tuesday. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026
Music Iggy Azalea Appears To Address Bizarre Rumor That She Slept With N3on Earlier this week, Iggy Azalea posted a mysterious tweet, leading fans to speculate that it had something to do with N3on. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2025
Music DJ Vlad Defends Satirical Jay-Z Conspiracy Tweet Amid Pushback From DJ Akademiks Recently, DJ Vlad took to Twitter to mock some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Jay-Z, Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. By Caroline Fisher February 16, 2026
Sports Megan Thee Stallion Hints At Wanting To Marry Klay Thompson Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson first confirmed their relationship by attending a gala in New York City together, last year. By Cole Blake February 24, 2026
Music Lil Uzi Vert Drops Wavy New Snippet And All But Confirms A New Album Is Imminent Lil Uzi Vert has been coming through with some dope singles and snippets as of late, and as it turns out, and album should be on the way. By Alexander Cole March 25, 2026
Music Questlove To Reunite The Soulquarians In Honor Of D'Angelo D'Angelo passed away back in October 2025 at the age of 51, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. By Cole Blake March 11, 2026