Lil Baby wants us to know he cares and provides for his kids regardless of what his critics say about him. The My Turn rapper took to Instagram Saturday (August 8) to flex a recent purchase he made for his two sons. The clip comes a day after Ayesha Little, the mother of his oldest child Jason […]
Count Nick Cannon among those who is supporting Kanye West’s run for the White House. After he was spotted at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday (August 7), Cannon told TMZ that the White House needed another Black man in, so he’s voting for Ye. “I love it!” Cannon said of Ye’s run. “Yeah. We […]
Reclusive Newark, New Jersey rapper Mach-Hommy has just unleashed his new album Mach’s Hard Lemonade exclusively on JAY-Z’s TIDAL streaming service for members and non-subscribers alike. The mutually beneficial partnership was first sparked in November 2019 when the two were photographed for a captionless photo. View this post on Instagram A post shared by THA […]
Rick Ross debuted “Pinned To The Cross” during his Verzuz Instagram Live battle with 2 Chainz on Thursday (August 6) and many immediately gravitated towards Ross’ venomous diss towards actor Terry Crews. “Terry Crews is another coon who was basically bought,” Ross sneers on the track. Crews has made headlines in recent weeks for his […]
GZA is notoriously known as “The Genius,” so when he appeared to suggest he was a flat-earther in a recent Instagram post, Wu-Tang Clan fans were understandably confused. But as the comment section continued to light up, the Hip Hop luminary finally stepped in and made it perfectly clear he knows, yes, the world is […]
Compton, CA – As South Los Angeles mourned the death of a local teenage basketball prodigy on Friday (August 7), Master P joined hundreds at a community vigil honoring the teen’s life. “We gotta stop this senseless killing,” P said at the vigil for slain 14-year-old Semaj Miller, who has no relation to the New […]
Kanye West has been stirring the pot lately with his controversial antics. His alleged 2020 presidential run is struggling to get off the ground and he aired out his family’s dirty laundry during his first campaign rally in South Carolina. Rick Ross, who’s collaborated with Kanye several times over the years, is casting his doubt […]
Los Angeles, CA – Lil Baby’s personal family dealings are now the topic of conversation and it appears the discourse stems from the rapper’s decision to buy his new girlfriend a luxury purse instead of paying off his son’s school fees. On Friday (August 8), “The Bigger Picture” rapper’s babby mama Ayesha Little, jumped on […]
In this day and age of Hip Hop culture if you’re a rapper and don’t share, comment, or even like a post or tweet of your peers’ new material, it’s automatically seen as beef. City Girls caught heat for exactly that when several Cardi B stans noticed the duo didn’t put any tweet or post […]
Editorial – As 2020 keeps throwing a barrage of stuff at us, Logic has decided that he’s going to retire from music — following the release of his new album No Pressure — to focus on parenting and (judging by the seven-figure deal he signed with Twitch) gaming. “It’s been a great decade. Now it’s time […]
Cardi B made her grand return with a video for “WAP” featuring Megan Thee Stallion on Friday (August 7). With all eyes on her, Beats 1 snagged the Grammy Award-winning rapper for an interview about the making of the song, what it feels like to drop a song after nine months of radio silence and […]
1491 – Wu-Tang Clan royalty GZA’s recent social media activity has been making fans do a double-take as of late, even with some calling for him to delete the posts. On Friday (August 7), the 53-year old punny lyricist shared a short video clip to his Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts from an undisclosed oceanside […]
Famed boxer Floyd Mayweather recently spoke to The Sun for an article called “Gloves Are Off” where he dove into his long yet complicated relationship with 50 Cent. During the interview, Mayweather claimed their friendship took a hit after Mayweather refused to the television mogul 50 percent of his company. Evidently, that didn’t sit right […]
It appears the YBN Crew has dissolved. The collective (short for Young Boss Niggas) was previously comprised of founder YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay and YBN Cordae as well as YBN Carl, Dayday, Glizzy, Malik, Manny, NickyBaandz, Walker and Coop. But on Thursday night (August 6), Nahmir claimed via Twitter the other members have abandoned the […]
Rick Ross and 2 Chainz went head-to-head in a shenanigan-filled Verzuz battle on Thursday (August 6), but Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz already has his eyes set on the next one. On Thursday night, Swizz hollered at fellow co-founder Timbaland via Twitter with a very ambitious idea. “Ayo Tim Drake VS YE,” he tweeted. “#verzuz.” He […]
Cardi B has been laying relatively low over the past nine months. The coronavirus pandemic and inability to tour have made an artist’s visibility that much more scarce. But that changed on Friday (August 7) when Cardi made her triumphant return with “WAP” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, her first new single and video since May […]
As Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B fans continue to celebrate their new “WAP” collaboration, Megan is getting some things off her chest. During a recent Instagram Live session, the statuesque rapper spoke about the aftermath of last month’s shooting incident involving Tory Lanez. At one point, she confessed she felt blindsided by the lack […]
As promised, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion delivered a video for their “WAP” collaboration at midnight EST on Friday (August 7). The salacious visual also had a surprise guest — Kylie Jenner of Keeping Up With The Kardashians fame. Despite Jenner’s star power, fans of the rap femme fatales were outraged the 22-year-old billionaire had […]
New York, NY – If there’s one thing New York rappers are good at, it’s jumping on a posse cut with their peers. Before melodic rap became the wave, New York artists would buddy up with some of their peers and drop a banger where each person got a chance to violate the microphone. We […]
At that start of his career, UnoTheActivist frequently collaborated with fellow Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti on tracks like “What,” “Whole Thang” and “Vlone Thug.” It made sense for the two to collaborate as much as they did since they grew up together and were in a rap group called TFZ in high school. Unfortunately, things […]
A resurfaced FBG Duck interview shows he knew his untimely demise could be a reality, but he appeared to be attempting to protect himself. Vlad TV shared the 2017 interview on Thursday (August 6) when at one point in the sit-down, the late rapper confessed he constantly thinks about how people want to kill him. […]
Los Angeles, CA – New Music Friday kicks off the month of August with several back-to-back dynamic duo collaborations from the likes of Amine and Vince Staples, Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion and 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, among others. Check the highlighted releases below. Cardi B f. Megan Thee Stallion — “WAP” Cardi […]
Cardi B is back with a new collaboration featuring Megan Thee Stallion called “WAP” that comes with a colorful, eye-popping visual starring Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kylie Jenner. The track marks Cardi’s first new music since “Press” arrived in May 2019 and the inaugural pre-release single from her upcoming sophomore effort, which is expected […]
The first New Music Friday of August starts the month off with a bang as NLE Choppa delivers his first studio album. The lineup is also highlighted by new projects from Young Thug’s protégé Lil Keed and Republic Records artist Aminé. Other albums arriving this week include GASHI’s 1984, the return of Felt and a […]
Editorial – On Wednesday (August 5), Dipset founding member and one-time Cam’ron protégé Juelz Santana was officially released from prison — where he’d been serving a 27-month sentence related to a 2018 incident at Newark Liberty International Airport. To celebrate what we hope will be a lifetime of freedom for the rapper, we at HipHopDX […]
Less than a week after dropping a cool $600,000 on two matching Tupac chains, Drake is back at it again. Like his prior pieces, Drizzy teamed up with celebrity jeweler Jason of Beverly Hills for his new ice. Setting him back $300,000, this one features a diamond-encrusted Cupid wearing a ski mask and consists of […]
If there was a competition for Throwback Thursday, N.O.R.E. won by a landslide this week. The Drink Champs host shared a rare photo featuring himself and the late Big Pun for TBT, with Pun dressed in a silk shirt and top hat as Noreaga puffs on a cigar. In his caption, he spoke directly to […]
Boosie Badazz is never afraid to express his opinion — no matter how controversial the subject matter might be. In another interview with VladTV, the outspoken Baton Rouge rapper weighed in on Nicki Minaj’s decision to collaborate with post-prison Tekashi 6ix9ne on the song “TROLLZ.” Simply put, Boosie didn’t think it was a smart move […]
600Breezy didn’t hold back his diss of FBG Duck, who was shot and killed in Chicago on Tuesday (August 4). 600Breezy dropped a video for his song “Stop Playin,” which was recorded prior to Duck’s death, and defended its release via Twitter on Wednesday (August 5). “I’m suppose to not drop my song cause he […]
Cardi B has pressed up a variety of physical copies of her Megan Thee Stallion collaboration “WAP.” While the single is scheduled to drop at midnight, a limited edition vinyl featuring NSFW cover art is only available for purchase on Thursday (August 6). “New VINYL OUT NOW ON MY WEBSITE !!!” she wrote on Instagram, […]