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Music Harvey Levin Slams Diddy For Allegedly Betraying His Lawyer With Secret Video Netflix's new 50-Cent produced Diddy docuseries features a heated phone call between the mogul and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo. By Caroline Fisher December 10, 2025
Music "The Life Of Pablo" Marked The Old Kanye In His Final Form In the decade since The Life of Pablo, the gap between the artist fans once loved and the provocateur Ye has become has grown increasingly clear. By Aron A. March 05, 2026
Music Chris Brown Passionately Kisses Fan During "Breezy Bowl" Tour Stop Chris Brown already drives fans wild with his viral meet and greets, although this onstage kiss probably has more context to it. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 12, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims Playboi Carti Didn't Want Kanye West's Bigotries To Drag Down "MUSIC" DJ Swamp Izzo previously explained Kanye West still produced on Playboi Carti's album "MUSIC," but his separate feature was just trimmed out. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Timbaland Issues Apology For Stealing Producer's Beat To Avoid Potential Lawsuit Timbaland's AI venture continues to ruffle feathers as he was forced to apologize for stealing a beat or face some legal consequences. By Zachary Horvath June 21, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Disses Ab-Soul For Being Legally Blind Ab-Soul referenced wanting to slap DJ Akademiks in a diss track aimed at Joey Bada$$ amid his feud with the West Coast. By Cole Blake May 29, 2025
Music How Many Kids Does Blueface Have? Explore rapper Blueface's life as a father of three, delving into his relationships and journey in parenthood. A look at his family. By Jake Skudder November 17, 2023
Music 50 Cent Slams Jim Jones And Clowns Tony Yayo In AI-Generated Song Jim Jones recently dissed Tony Yayo on his "Artist 2 Artist" podcast, but Yayo has yet to issue a response. By Caroline Fisher October 28, 2025
Politics Donald Trump Attacks Charlamagne Tha God On Social Media Following Epstein Comments Charlamagne Tha God’s comments about the Epstein files did not go over well with President Trump, who took to Truth Social to issue a scathing rebuttal. By Devin Morton August 03, 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
Music Lil Yachty Calls For Lil Durk's Freedom Amid Recent Case Developments Lil Durk and Lil Yachty have a couple of different collaborations together, and fans hope they won't be the only ones they will ever drop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 18, 2026
Sports LeBron James Flamed For Walking Around With J. Cole's "The Fall-Off" Vinyl LeBron James faces a lot of criticism even off the basketball court and many folks are making a joke of his support of J. Cole. By Zachary Horvath March 20, 2026