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Music Orlando Brown Receives Apologies From Fans For His Old Comments Following Diddy Arrest Many fans feel like Orlando Brown's thoughts on Diddy might not be as wild and unfounded as they initially thought. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 23, 2024
Music Freddie Gibbs Slams Drake & PartyNextDoor For Allegedly Copying His Album Imagery Drake and PartyNextDoor are dropping "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" on Friday. By Cole Blake February 13, 2025
Music Drake Allegedly Told Akademiks The Cops Are Parked On His Street Amid Kendrick Lamar’s Arrival In Toronto Between Drake postponing his Kai Cenat stream and Kendrick Lamar fans in Toronto demanding a "Not Like Us" encore, last night was big. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 13, 2025
Music Drake & Central Cee’s “Which One” Makes Disappointing Billboard Hot 100 Debut Last month, Drake teamed up with Central Cee to drop the second single from his upcoming ninth studio album, "ICEMAN." By Caroline Fisher August 05, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Is All Smiles In New Prison Photos As Fans Call For His Release Fetty Wap is currently serving a six-year prison sentence at a low-security facility in Sandstone, Minnesota. By Caroline Fisher July 10, 2025
Music Young Thug Removes Gunna Diss From Lil Baby Collab In August, a leaked snippet of a Lil Baby song featuring Young Thug surfaced online, which contained a shot at Gunna. By Caroline Fisher December 03, 2025
Music Lil Durk’s Lawyers Call Out Prosecutors In New Motion To Dismiss Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk remains behind bars after being arrested for an alleged murder-for-hire plot back in October 2024. By Caroline Fisher October 07, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Breaks Usher's Super Bowl Record In A Single Day Kendrick Lamar breaks Super Bowl record. By Bryson "Boom" Paul February 11, 2025
Music Scru Face Jean Talks Coming Up In Nebraska, Balancing Rap & YouTube, And Becoming A Focal Point Of The Drake & Kendrick Lamar Beef HotNewHipHop spoke with Scru Face Jean about his love of battle rap, his YouTube career, and his future music plans in this exclusive interview. By Alexander Cole January 31, 2025
Music "Don't Worry I'm Lawyered Up": Conan O'Brien Throws Jabs At Drake Being Called A "Pedophile" By Kendrick Lamar At Oscars Conan O'Brien may have picked a side in the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar as he jokes about "Not Like Us" calling Drizzy a "Pedo." By Bryson "Boom" Paul March 02, 2025
Relationships A$AP Rocky Says He & Rihanna Are Naming Their Next Child After Denzel Washington A$AP Rocky and Denzel Washington recently acted together in Spike Lee's latest film, "Highest 2 Lowest." By Cole Blake September 23, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” Dethrones Travis Scott's "UTOPIA" With Impressive Streaming Record Recently, Kendrick Lamar broke a new streaming record with "GNX," which was previously held by Travis Scott. By Caroline Fisher February 26, 2025