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Original Content Exclusive Interview: Chicago Rapper YP Talks On Meeting Nas & Q-Tip, Upcoming Projects YP tells HotNewHipHop about the time Nas called him dope, signing a deal with Universal Republic, and his upcoming projects. By Rose Lilah May 22, 2012
Original Content 6ix9ine & Lil Durk Beef: A Brief History Here’s everything we know about the beef between 6ix9ine and Lil Durk. By Jordan Schenkman May 10, 2022
Original Content Top 10 Hottest R&B Albums Of 2021 We count down the top 10 hottest R&B albums of 2021. By Rose Lilah December 08, 2021
Original Content Who Is Muni Long? Everything You Need to Know Everything you need to know about the "Hrs and Hrs" artist. By Lawrencia Grose January 26, 2022
Original Content 10 Classic Mixtapes That Still Haven't Hit Streaming Platforms Some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B projects of the late 2000s and early 2010s were free mixtapes, but many of those classics are still not available to stream on DSPs to this day. By Joshua Robinson September 28, 2022
Original Content Bots & Artificial Streams Are Killing Hip Hop Streaming bots and fake plays are shaking Hip Hop. Numbers have always mattered in music, but artificial streams are polluting the culture. By Erika Marie March 05, 2026
Original Content Akademiks Vs. TDE Punch: Breaking Down The Feud Akademiks and Punch once again got into it on X following the spat between Nicki Minaj and SZA, but why are they beefing? By Devin Morton July 19, 2025
Original Content Top 10 Famous Dex Tracks Based Entirely On Ad-Libs For Famous Dex, ad-libs are a way of life. By E Gadsby July 27, 2018
Original Content Eminem & Gucci Mane's Animosity: What Might Have Been In light of Gucci Mane's desire to "handle" Eminem back in 2009, one has to wonder what a beef might have looked like. By Mitch Findlay January 04, 2019
Original Content Juice WRLD: 13 Essential Songs Juice WRLD is the next big star. Here are some of his tracks that you need to hear. By Alex Zidel January 09, 2019
Original Content Eminem's Shady Records: A Complete History Part 2 A comprehensive examination of Eminem's Shady Records, spanning from 2003 to present day. By Mitch Findlay January 08, 2019
Original Content 10 Essential Birdman Tracks Peep Stunna's most essential tracks. By Devon Jefferson September 24, 2017