News

HotNewHipHop is always bringing you the latest Hip Hop and Rap News, as well as the latest Hip Hop song and album updates and gossip.

Today | Week | Month | Year | All Time

Music Lizzo Says The Body Positivity Movement Is Leaving Plus-Size Women Behind Lizzo is advocating for plus-sized women in a new Substack essay. By Tallie Spencer November 27, 2025
Music Kanye West’s Latest Move Suggests Either An Album Or Meltdown Is Coming Although many people are excited about Kanye West's next album "BULLY," its constant delays had others feeling skeptical about this new move. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 27, 2025
Music Nicki Minaj Scores Huge Win Amid Court Battle With Ex-Superfan Nicki Minaj is currently being sued by Tameer Peak, a former superfan who accuses her of publicly humiliating him. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Judge Intends To Order Sale Of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Mansion Over Unpaid Assault Judgment In 2021, Nicki Minaj was sued by a German security guard over an alleged assault that took place backstage at a concert. By Caroline Fisher November 25, 2025
Music Drake & UMG Have Scheduled Mediation Coming Up For Defamation Appeal Drake had his defamation lawsuit against his parent label, UMG, dismissed in early October. The Toronto rapper filed an appeal weeks later. By Zachary Horvath November 17, 2025
Music Ice Spice's New Song "Pretty Privilege" Makes Fans Debate Cardi B Beef Rumor While Ice Spice's original snippet coincided with a Cardi B beef flare-up, its official release has fans doubting this narrative. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Sports Arian Foster Claims Drake Has The Weakest Handshake He's Ever Experienced Arian Foster was on his Barstool Sports podcast, "Macrodosing," where he offered up some interesting information about Drake. By Alexander Cole August 12, 2026
Music Spotify Fires Back At Lawsuit Over Alleged Fake Streams The lawsuit alleges that Drake and other artists have been profiting from artificial streams on Spotify for years. By Cole Blake November 03, 2025
Music Juvenile Reveals He Helped 50 Cent Sign With Eminem 50 Cent ended up releasing his iconic debut studio album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin‘," through Eminem's Shady Records. By Cole Blake October 29, 2025
Politics Luigi Mangione Reveals He's Been Listening To Lil Durk In Jail Lil Durk is also currently residing behind bars as he continues to await trial in his alleged murder-for-hire case. By Cole Blake October 28, 2025
Music 50 Cent Teases Tony Yayo For Taking So Long To Respond To Jim Jones 50 Cent joked that he wants more urgency from Tony Yayo after Jim Jones called him out during a recent interview. By Cole Blake October 27, 2025
Music Kendrick Lamar Falls Off The Hot 100 Chart For The 1st Time Since Drake Beef Kendrick Lamar has put out a number of hits that have landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart over the last year. By Cole Blake October 21, 2025