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Music Loaded Lux Isn't Dead, T-Rex Confirms After Death Rumors Go Viral A misguided report on the Harlem battle rapper's murder made him a trending topic for a minute before his loved ones stepped in. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 19, 2024
Music Timbaland Compares Kanye West To A "Greek God" "I love that man," Timbaland says of Ye. By Caroline Fisher December 07, 2023
Music Kodak Black Disses Boosie Badazz On New Song, "11AM In Malibu" Kodak Black called out Boosie by name over a Drake beat. By Cole Blake February 05, 2024
Pop Culture Rihanna Floors Kai Cenat After Sending Him Sweet DM Mid-Stream Kai Cenat has become a very likable pop culture figure thanks to his acts of kindness, something that Rihanna wanted to shout him out for. By Zachary Horvath April 08, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Suspects UMG Is Allegedly Suppressing Drake’s Song “Nokia” Recently, DJ Akademiks theorized that if Drake's song "Nokia" drops out of the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, UMG is suppressing it. By Caroline Fisher February 26, 2025
Music Tony Buzbee Reportedly Barred From Practicing Law In New York City After Jay-Z & Diddy Lawsuit Apart from the dropped sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy, Tony Buzbee had filed over a dozen cases against Sean Combs in NYC. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Viral Rihanna Shouts Out RXKNephew In New TikTok Is this the craziest musical crossover of 2023 so far? If not, it might just be the coolest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2023
Music Lil Uzi Vert's Version Of Kanye West's "Fade" Surfaces Online Uzi was going to be on the original song. By Elias Andrews May 29, 2024
Music Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2" Already Highest-Selling Female Rap Album Of 2023 The Barbz didn't come to play. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2023
Original Content Back In The Day: Chingy Reflects On His Rise And Fall On the 14th Anniversary of "Jackpot," HNHH Catches up with Chingy. By Jake Lauer July 14, 2017
Music Bhad Bhabie Wants Young Thug Collab But Admits She's "Scared To Ask" The "Miss Understood" rapper is planning on dropping a project this year—maybe—and spoke about Thugger being one of her favorite artists. By Erika Marie October 22, 2021
Music Ari Lennox Is Tired Of People Criticizing Her Nose: "Y'all Are Disgusting" Ari said this is a "conversation that needs to be had." By Erika Marie December 10, 2019