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Politics Don Lemon Fires Back At Nicki Minaj's "Disgusting" Homophobic Rant Nicki Minaj was furious with Don Lemon for covering a controversial anti-ICE protest at Cities Church in Minneapolis. By Cole Blake January 19, 2026
Music These Holiday Classics From J. Cole, Ye, DMX, OutKast & More Will Save Your Christmas Playlist Set it off this Christmas with HotNewHipHop's Holiday playlist. By Aron A. December 24, 2025
Original Content Kevin McCall & Chris Brown's Most Memorable Collaborations The nostalgic mixtape era of R&B featured a sound Kevin McCall helped build with Chris Brown. These tracks still hold the weight, despite their scandals and tense relationship. By Erika Marie October 23, 2025
Music A$AP Rocky Rug Pulls His Fans With "Punk Rocky" Video Release: "Shut The F*ck Up" A$AP Rocky was supposed to drop the music video for "Punk Rocky" on Monday, but in the end, fans got completely rugpulled. By Alexander Cole January 05, 2026
Music Nicki Minaj Calls For A Boycott Of All Brands In Business With Cardi B Nicki Minaj reignited her beef with Cardi B by trolling her for her relationship with Stefon Diggs, earlier this week. By Cole Blake October 02, 2025
Pop Culture Ray J Reveals He's Having Mental Health Issues In Concerning Video Prayers go out to Ray J as it's unclear as to what led him to this point. We are wishing him the best going forward. By Zachary Horvath July 01, 2025
Original Content All Of Drake & The Weeknd's Collaborations For a small stretch of time, Drake and The Weeknd proved themselves to be a powerful songwriting team. By Trevor Smith January 11, 2017
Music Tory Lanez Accuses Megan Thee Stallion Of Committing $118K Insurance Fraud Tory Lanez says there were many issues with the evidence presented at his trial for the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. By Cole Blake December 23, 2025
Music Fans Are Giving Up On A$AP Rocky Following His Latest Comments On "DON'T BE DUMB" Fans have been feeling this way about A$AP Rocky for the last year, so this now begs the question, "Will he scrap the album?" By Zachary Horvath October 30, 2025
Music NLE Choppa Channels Tupac To Reveal Shocking New Look NLE Choppa not only debuted a new look seemingly inspired by Tupac, but he also announced a diss track coming out later today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 07, 2025
Music Uncle Murda Goes Off On Rick Ross For Allegedly Sending Cease-And-Desist Over Remy Ma’s “The Biggest Boss” Movie Rick Ross reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to Remy Ma over "The Biggest Boss." By Aron A. May 07, 2026
Music Waka Flocka Flame Says He Won't Trust Celebrities After 50 Cent Diddy Doc Waka Flocka Flame's comments on the 50 Cent-executive-produced Diddy docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" are ironic given his Trump views. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 07, 2025