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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. Music DJ Akademiks is known for his commentary on hip hop current events. He has been very vocal during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef.
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Bryson "Boom" Paul May 25, 2025 Music TheARTI$T, Honey Bxby, and Leon Thomas are front and center on this week's edition of our "R&B Season" playlist.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025 Music These two Toronto rappers used to be cool with each other, but something happened along the way that drove Pressa and Top5 apart.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025 Viral It seems like DDG and the woman are fine, so this was something going out of proportion. Still, it was a risky and worrisome insinuation.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025 Music Hitta J3 and Ice were beefing way before the former decided to shoot at the latter on his Joey Bada$$ diss, "The Last Supper."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025 Sports Aaron Rodgers made a number of controversial comments during a new interview on Joe Rogan's iconic podcast.
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Cole Blake May 25, 2025 Music Lil Wayne's The Carter 3 sold over a million copies in it's first-week with hit songs "Lollipop," "A Milli," and "Got Money."
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Bryson "Boom" Paul May 24, 2025 Music 50 Cent and Lil Kim have been at odds ever since they collaborated in 2003, as it didn't take long for them to drift apart.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025 Music Social media users have been harsh on GloRilla this week after she seemingly confirmed she got a nose job.
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Caroline Fisher May 24, 2025 Music If you haven't heard Que's name before, he is part of the R&B group Day26. They rose to fame under Diddy on MTV's "Making The Band 4."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025 Music An inmate at the California Correctional Institution stabbed Tory Lanez 14 times behind bars, and the rapper is fortunately recovering well.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 24, 2025 Music REASON's former collaborators SwaVay and Ben Reilly claimed he stole their material for his Joey Bada$$ diss track, "The Dead Apple."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares May 23, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Analyzes Young Thug’s Comment To Kid Cudi Testifying Against Diddy DJ Akademiks is known for his commentary on hip hop current events. He has been very vocal during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef.
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Bryson "Boom" Paul 
Music TheARTI$T & Honey Bxby "Risk It All" On Our New "R&B Season" Playlist Update TheARTI$T, Honey Bxby, and Leon Thomas are front and center on this week's edition of our "R&B Season" playlist.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Pressa Accuses Top5 Of Being A Rat And Paying Blogs To Delete Robbery Details These two Toronto rappers used to be cool with each other, but something happened along the way that drove Pressa and Top5 apart.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Viral DDG's Friendly Interaction With A Woman On Stream Leads To Racial Slur Controversy It seems like DDG and the woman are fine, so this was something going out of proportion. Still, it was a risky and worrisome insinuation.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Ice Of "The Joe Budden Podcast" Eviscerates Hitta J3 For Dissing Him Hitta J3 and Ice were beefing way before the former decided to shoot at the latter on his Joey Bada$$ diss, "The Last Supper."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Sports Aaron Rodgers Slyly Links LeBron James To Diddy Parties During Controversial Talk With Joe Rogan Aaron Rodgers made a number of controversial comments during a new interview on Joe Rogan's iconic podcast.
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Cole Blake 
Music Lil Wayne's Producer Deezle Sues UMG Over Unpaid "The Carter 3" Royalties Lil Wayne's The Carter 3 sold over a million copies in it's first-week with hit songs "Lollipop," "A Milli," and "Got Money."
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Bryson "Boom" Paul 
Music 50 Cent Reportedly Tries To Use A.I. To Troll Lil Kim Over Her Recent Photo 50 Cent and Lil Kim have been at odds ever since they collaborated in 2003, as it didn't take long for them to drift apart.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music GloRilla Hilariously Leans Into Nose Job Jokes Amid Backlash Social media users have been harsh on GloRilla this week after she seemingly confirmed she got a nose job.
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Caroline Fisher 
Music Que From Day 26 Claims Diddy Allegedly Tried To Sacrifice Him If you haven't heard Que's name before, he is part of the R&B group Day26. They rose to fame under Diddy on MTV's "Making The Band 4."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music Tory Lanez's Alleged Stabber Claims He Thought The Rapper Wanted Him Dead An inmate at the California Correctional Institution stabbed Tory Lanez 14 times behind bars, and the rapper is fortunately recovering well.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares 
Music REASON Dismisses SwaVay & Ben Reilly's Biting Accusations After Joey Bada$$ Battle REASON's former collaborators SwaVay and Ben Reilly claimed he stole their material for his Joey Bada$$ diss track, "The Dead Apple."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares