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

News Maya Angelou Upset With Common's Use Of The N-word <p>Common's newest album, "The Dreamer/The Believer" drops tomorrow, December 20th. However, it seems one of the features is not happy with Common's use of the N-word throughout the album. </p> <p>The famed author Maya Angelou reads a poem she wrote on one of Common's tracks, and says she was unaware that Common used the N-word and that it would be used in this song particular song, called "The Dreamer." Angelou called the word "vulgar and dangerous" to the black community.</p> By Rose Lilah December 19, 2011
News Usher's Ex-Wife: You Don't DESERVE Our Kids <p><strong>Usher</strong>'s ex-wife wants to take away his kids ... claiming the singer has repeatedly blown off his legal obligations as a co-parent ... and even worse -- he CLOSED her Saks 5th Avenue credit card ... this according to court docs obtained by TMZ. <br /> <br /> <strong>Tameka Raymond</strong> -- who had 2 kids with Usher during their brief 2 year marriage -- filed court papers in Georgia ... asking a judge to strip Usher of joint physical custody of their children ASAP. <br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah November 30, 2011
News Nas and Tyler, the Creator Talk About God, Drugs, Bruno Mars <p>For the most recent cover story of XXL featuring Nas, he was interviewed by Tyler, the Creator. The result is not your typical interview, and XXL gives us some of the highlights from their conversation (which ranged from talk of God, drugs, and Bruno Mars). Check it out below!</p> <p>On Bruno Mars:</p> <p>Nas: "Are we gonna see you and Bruno gunning after eachother with AKs? What's going on with that?"</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News 2 Chainz Says That He Has Been Working With Kanye West <p>2 Chainz, formally Tity Boi, confirmed that he signed with Def Jam in a recent interview with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/category/rapfix-live/">RapFixLive</a>, and in addition he announced that he has been working with Kanye West for the past year.</p> <p>On working with Kanye he said the following:</p> By Rose Lilah February 02, 2012
News Big Sean Takes Plea in Sexual Misconduct Case <p>Big Sean is off the hook in the sexual abuse case he picked up last August in New York. The G.O.O.D. Music artist plead guilty to a lesser charge in court today (October 26) and was sentenced to a mere $750 fine.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 26, 2011
News Pill Says He Was Never Signed to MMG <p>Recently there have been rumours circulating the internet that Pill was dropped from MMG, but now Pill has opened up to MTV and he revealed that he couldn't be dropped from MMG because he was never actually signed to Rick Rozay's label.</p> <p>Pill said the following on the matter:</p> <p>“I never signed any paperwork with Ross. It was just my deal was over at Warner already.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News Big Sean Responds to Ludacris Diss <p>Earlier this week, Ludacris surprised everyone when he aired out Drake and Big Sean on a mixtape record titled, ‘Bada Boom’ and ‘History Lesson’. The records were in response to Drake and Big Sean’s past interviews were they alluded to him using their flows. In a recent interview with a Seattle Radio Station KUBE 93, Big Sean responded to Luda’s diss by saying that he has no issues with Ludacris:<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah November 18, 2011
Reviews Review: Ludacris' "1.21 Gigawatts" <p>Ludacris is back in the game and reminding us who thafuck he is with his new mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts (Back To The First Time).”</p> <p>Ludacris goes in on this mixtape with the flow we've expected to hear from him ever since “Phat Rabbit”. I'm sure this mixtape will please his fans as a far as flow goes. The content is nothing we haven't heard before, that is to say, it's pretty typical. But this entire mixtape isn't Ludacris doing anything drastically different-- I mean, the title alone is a pretty good indication that he's trying to get back to his roots.</p> By Rose Lilah November 17, 2011
News J. Cole Speaks On Jay-Z's Input, Creative Control & Production <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Cole talks about how much creative control he had, how involved Jigga man was with his debut and why he didn't chase down Swizz Beatz or Timbo for beats.</p> By Rose Lilah September 30, 2011
News Young Jeezy Opens Up About Rick Ross Beef <p>Young Jeezy made his way to MTV’s RapFix show earlier today and joined Sway to speak on his upcoming album “TM 103″. During their conversation, Jeezy opened up about his relationship and rumored beef with Rick Ross, explaining where things stand at this point. Young Jeezy feels that Rick Ross and himself should sit down and talk about their situation.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 01, 2011
News Common Finally Speaks on Erykah Badu Breaking his Heart <p>Common Says Erykah Badu Broke His Heart<br /> <br /> Rapper Common is dishing on personal parts of his life including details of his two year relationship with Erykah Badu.<br /> <br /> The Chi-town emcee recently taped an episode of The Wendy Williams show where he revealed that the seductive songstress broke his heart when she ended their relationship.<br /> <br /> The rapper who recently released his "One Day, It'll All Make Sense" autobiography, tells Williams that he got a phone call from the woman he dated from 2000-2002 saying it was over.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah September 14, 2011
News J. Cole: ‘Any Given Sunday #3′ (Ustream Session) <p>This week’s Any Given Sunday consisted of a Ustream session from J. Cole. He chatted with fans, played snippets of songs that didn’t make the album cut, talked about the the leaked ‘Work Out’ video and more. Parts 1 to 3 are below. Here are some highlights:<br /> <br /> - The ‘Work Out’ video was an unauthorized leak. The video was re-shot and will premiere on Monday, August 15th on 106 & Park.<br /> - Will most probably release a new track sometime next week.<br /> By Rose Lilah August 15, 2011