Cole Blake
Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball. Music Kai Cenat famously did not recognize Wale when they ran into each other at the BET Awards, earlier this year.
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Music Authorities are still investigating the death of Celeste Rivas after she was found in the trunk of a Tesla belonging to D4vd.
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Music Young Thug has been at odds with Gunna ever since he accepted a plea deal to get out of jail in the YSL RICO case.
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Music 50 Cent served as an executive producer on Netflix's new documentary about Diddy, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning."
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Music Bobby Shmurda was involved in a massive brawl in Minnesota over the weekend while performing at a nightclub.
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Music Hot 97 shockingly confirmed the end of the station's long-running talk show, "Ebro in the Morning," last week.
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Music Kodak Black also showed off several opened prescription bottles during the concerning video on social media.
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Relationships Blueface begun dating Nevaeh Akira, earlier this month, after ending his brief relationship with Hazel-E.
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Music The change will take effect on the charts for January 17, which track listening habits from January 2 to 8.
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Music The final episode of "Ebro In The Morning" on Hot 97 aired, last week, after the station put an end to the iconic show.
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Music DJ Akademiks and Maino have been trading shots over the last week following Ak's jokes about Fabolous' fashion choices.
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Relationships NLE Choppa has dissed NBA YoungBoy multiple times in recent months, most recently on his track, "Hello Revenge."
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Music Diddy is currently residing behind bars after being found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution.
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Music 50 Cent has been targeting Jim Jones and Maino since they criticized his Netflix documentary, "Sean Combs: The Reckoning."
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TV Netflix previously inked a deal with Spotify Studios and The Ringer to bring several other popular shows to the platform.
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Music Megan Thee Stallion sued Milagro Gramz back in 2024 for allegedly spreading numerous falsehoods about her and Tory Lanez's shooting.
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Music 21 Savage recently criticized 6ix9ine for infamously working with the authorities in the Nine Trey Gangsters trial.
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