Hip-Hop: Last News

Lil Baby has released his new album ‘WHAM’, featuring Young Thug‘s first verse since being released from prison.Released today (January 3), ‘WHAM’ – which is short for “Who Hard As Me” – is comprised of 15 tracks and sees the Atlanta rapper team up with the likes of GloRilla on ‘Readbone’, Rod Wave and Rylo Rodriguez on ‘Be Myself’, Travis Scott on ‘Stuff’ and 21 Savage on ‘Outfit’.Most notably, Lil Baby is joined by Future and Young Thug on ‘Dum, Dumb, and Dumber’, which also marks the latter’s first verse since being released from jail last year. The rapper takes a moment to address his situation in the interlude prior to his verse, rapping: “I don’t even believe I was locked up, for real, for real / I was havin’ my way the whole time, fool, you know what I’m sayin’?.”When I said these U.S bitches kinda bad I meant “bad girls” not ugly girls..

Master P has reacted to the recent truck attack on Bourbon Street, sending a message of hope to his hometown of New Orleans.In the early morning of January 1 – during New Year’s Day celebrations – a man drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd of bystanders on the famous street in the french Quarter, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 30.The street re-opened on January 2 with the new safety measures in place. In a video uploaded to Master P’s Instagram page, the rap mogul – who is the ambassador of entertainment for New Orleans – can be seen walking down Bourbon Street with Mayor Cantrell, showing that it is now safe to return to the area.“We out here, standing up for our people out here on Bourbon Street.

Doechii has dropped a Nineties-themed video for her song “Denial Is A River.” The visual features cameo appearances from Zack Fox, ScHoolboy Q, SiR, Earl Sweatshirt (or Brad Pitt, as he is billed in a nod to Loiter Squad fans), Rickey Thompson, Baby Tate, and Teezo Touchdown. Scroll down to watch the visual now.

Late December is generally accepted as a period for reflection and relaxation for most in the music industry, but 03 Greedo isn't like most. While almost everyone (present company included) was enjoying time off, the beloved Los Angeles creep rapper was dropping full-length projects to his SoundCloud page.

Joe Budden has been charged with Lewdness after his neighbour accused him of being naked in the hallway.According to TMZ, the American podcaster and rapper was charged on December 4 in Edgewater, NJ. The Edgewater Police Department shared a statement about the charges on December 30 after news about the incident surfaced online.The statement shared that the authorities were dispatched to the apartment complex around 7:21am after Budden’s neighbour claimed that he was standing naked in front of their apartment door.

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Tyler, The Creator has shared his top songs from 2024, check out the full list below.The rapper shared the list on New Year’s Eve, taking to X/Twitter to reveal to fans what he considers to be the best songs released across the year. In total, he named 15 songs, including Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’, GloRilla’s ‘Hollon’, Mk.gee’s ‘Alesis’ and SahBabii’s ‘Viking’.His list incorporated tracks from across rap, rock, pop and R&B genres, and also included songs like ‘Through The Rain’ by Tanya Blount, ‘Dominican Barber’ by Lupe Fiasco, and ‘Change My Wayz’ by Luh Tyler.“Thank you all for these songs.

SZA has hit back at body-shaming comments from fans on social media and recalled the mental toll the COVID-19 pandemic had on her.The comments from the 2024 Glastonbury headliner came after she shared a now-deleted video on social media, reflecting on her time living at her mother’s house during the pandemic in 2020.While numerous fans shared supportive messages following her discussion of mental health, some made remarks about her changing appearance over the years. One in particular compared the throwback video to the singer now, writing: “aka before she got big and bbl culture like.”SZA soon replied to the comment on X (formerly Twitter), explaining that it was remarks like that that pushed her to create distance between herself and her fans over the years.

Jack Harlow has released his last single of 2024 with the reflective track ‘Tranquility’. Check it out below.Produced by Hollywood Cole and mixed by Nickie Jon Pabon, the song sees the Kentucky artist rap: “I ain’t lookin for no hip hop credibility / Give a fuck who feelin me, I’m feelin me,” over a simple and minimalistic beat, addressing his current place within the industry.

TMZ reports.The rapper had been in hospital for several weeks due to an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His family confirmed on December 16 that he was in a “critical but stable condition” after allegedly attempting suicide.Sources have told TMZ that Maco, real name Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., was in a coma and his condition then took a turn for the worse. Doctors had reportedly also been struggling to get a proper brain scan in order to flush out the toxins in the rapper’s system.

Eminem has revealed that he thinks a joint album with 50 Cent “would be great”.After featuring on Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s new album ‘Missionary’ with 50 Cent on the track ‘Gunz N Smoke’, Eminem recently spoke to Shade 45’s DJ Whoo Kidd.

Tyler, The Creator has released ‘That Guy’, a freestyle over Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Hey Now’, for Christmas day. Check it out below.The rapper shared the track in response to a fan’s post on Twitter/X on November 24, reading: “I want @tylerthecreator to freestyle on Hey Now so bad.”“Merry christmas. had fun with it,” he wrote today (December 25) alongside a link to the new music video, directed by Tyler and featuring cameos from Odd Future’s Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett, and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce.“300k in four days Chromakopia/12 days gold I ain’t even drop deluxe one/Sold a million tickets first day for that new stage,” Tyler raps over the instrumental from Lamar’s recent surprise-released album ‘GNX‘.Check it out below.merry christmas.

named in a lawsuit which alleges the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2000 by the rapper and Diddy, real name Sean Combs.In a statement issued via Roc Nation, Carter called the allegations “heinous in nature” and dismissed them as a “blackmail attempt”. He implored lawyer Tony Buzbee to file the lawsuit as a “criminal complaint, not a civil one”.The rapper then filed a court letter seeking the dismissal of the lawsuit and the identity reveal of the accuser, while maintaining his innocence.Now, Carter’s legal team has turned their attention to Buzbee, a national trial attorney who claims to represent more than 120 alleged victims.

Gunna surprised fans at his first show in Nigeria by inviting Tyla on stage to perform their single ‘Jump’. Check it out below.The Atlanta rapper was headlining Lagos Flytime Fest, a four-day festival that celebrates music from the African Diaspora.

Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten joined Kneecap on stage to perform ‘Better Way To Live’ in Belfast last night (December 21).

Joe Biden has officially pardoned Terry ‘Southwest T’ Flenory, the co-founder of the organisation Black Mafia Family (BMF).Flenory was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 after prosecutors argued that he and his brother Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory had made over $270million (£215million) from BMF’s nationwide crime ring that involved money laundering and drug trafficking.The Flenory brother pleaded guilty to running a continuing criminal enterprise, with Demetrius serving out his sentence and being released to a halfway house in October this year. Terry was released to home confinement in May 2020 after being granted compassionate release due to ill health and to limit the spread of COVID-19 in prisons.Now, Terry has confirmed that he has been granted official notice of his pardon in a post on his Instagram page that also showed him having his ankle monitor removed.A post shared by Terry Flenory (@southwest263)“Now It’s official!” he wrote in the caption.

Kneecap’s Móglái Bap has passed away just ahead of the band’s biggest ever headline show in Belfast, with the band vowing to play the gig “for him”.As confirmed by a post on the hip-hop trio’s social media, Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, 67, died on Friday (December 20), with the band writing: “He was an Irish language revolutionary, community activist, loving father, husband and an inspiration to many. We are heartbroken.”Kneecap play a headline show at Belfast’s SSE Arena tonight (December 21), which has been described as the largest Irish language gig in the city’s history.

Aftonbladet.Police have also appealed for witnesses who have seen a silver station wagon “that may be relevant to the case”. They went on to say that officers are working “very intensively” on the investigation.Over the past two decades, Sweden has gone from having one of the lowest rates of gun crimes in Europe to having one of the highest, CNN reports.In 2021, another Swedish rapper, Einar, real name Nils Kurt Erik Einar Grönberg, was fatally shot in what is believed to be a gang violence-related attack.

Drake’s claims that Spotify “artificially inflated” the streaming figures for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, the streaming platform has responded with an official statement.Last month, Drake accused Spotify and his label, Universal Music Group, of inflating the numbers for the track, in which Lamar takes aim at the rapper as part of their ongoing feud. He also accused UMG – who distribute Lamar’s music too – of defamation.As a result, Spotify has filed opposition papers, and a spokesperson said: “Spotify has no economic incentive for users to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks.

Lil Wayne seemingly called out Kendrick Lamar on a diss track that started to circulate online recently.Tensions between Wayne and Lamar recently heightened after it was revealed that Lamar would headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show in New Orleans: Lil Wayne’s hometown. Wayne has long expressed his hopes to perform at the prestigious sports event so, when it was revealed that next year’s slot was given to the Compton star, controversy sparked – with Nicki Minaj, Birdman and more slamming the NFL for its decision.Lamar recently namechecked Wayne on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from his latest album ‘GNX’, released last month via his own pgLang label. “Used to bump ‘Tha Carter III’, I held my Rollie chain proud/ Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down,” Lamar rapped.

Doechii has revealed how Paramore impacted her life, sharing that the band had “made a huge impression” on her and her style.In a new interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, the avant-garde rapper opened up about the influence Hayley Williams and co had on her while growing up an how the frontwoman served as an inspiration to her as an art-school teenager.“Paramore was my first introduction to rock music,” Doechii said. “I know that rock music is popular but where I grew up in the South, in my culture and my radius, it wasn’t so popular.