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Music Man Sparks Outrage By Filming Himself Sneak Into GloRilla's Dressing Room In the viral clip, the man steals food out of GloRilla's dressing room and jokes that she'll be angry about him doing so. By Cole Blake October 15, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Alleges His Associates Are Being Stalked, Sends Warning Shot At Hip-Hop Media DJ Akademiks went on stream last night and leveled some disturbing allegations at those who oppose him and his success. By Alexander Cole May 27, 2026
Music Young Thug's Sister Shades Interviewers For Not Asking About His Family Grief Young Thug's sister Angela Grier died while he was in jail, whereas LaKevia Jackson, his son's mother, was killed right before his arrest. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 14, 2025
Music Drake Beats Out Kendrick Lamar On Top Spotify Artists List Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been going back and forth since 2024, and the Spotify Wrapped numbers tell an interesting story. By Alexander Cole December 03, 2025
Music Benzino Gets Emotional Reflecting On His Relationship With Coi Leray Benzino explained during the interview that he isn't sure what went wrong in his relationship with Coi Leray. By Cole Blake November 25, 2025
Music Yak Gotti Issues A Heartfelt Apology To Lil Duke And Shouts Out Gunna Yak Gotti labeled Lil Duke his "broski" while apologizing to his former collaborator for ever having wronged him. By Cole Blake December 01, 2025
Music Diddy Sued For Allegedly Sodomizing Man Without His Consent At House Party This is Diddy's latest sexual assault lawsuit, which arrived as his trial's defense team is getting ready to give their closing arguments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Music J. Cole Takes His "Trunk Sale" Tour To Queens Deli And His Alma Mater J. Cole is selling his new album "The Fall-Off" directly to fans on his "Trunk Sale" tour, which has created a lot of wholesome moments. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 14, 2026
Music N.O.R.E. Addresses Kodak Black's "Drink Champs" Appearance In New Interview With Joe Budden N.O.R.E. recently sat down with Joe Budden to address a variety of topics, including Kodak Black's October 2023 appearance on Drink Champs. By Devin Morton July 06, 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 Talay Riley, Songwriter For H.E.R. & Khalid, Tragically Killed At 35 Talay Riley was a famous songwriter, who wrote for some of the biggest artists in the world, including Dua Lipa and Khalid. By Alexander Cole June 08, 2026
Music Ice Spice's Manager Denies Leaking Cardi B's Intense Phone Call Cardi B has had a wild day today, with the catalyst of the craziness being a leaked phone call where she threatens to beat up Ice Spice. By Zachary Horvath September 30, 2025