Hip Hop News

Rapper NBA YoungBoy was taken into FBI custody yesterday after an LAPD police chase. The rapper, real name Kentrell Gaulden, was in a car that was stopped yesterday by police. The rapper reportedly has an ou... Read More...

Hasbro is reportedly exploring a possible sale of Entertainment One Music, which encompasses Dualtone Records (the label behind The Lumineers’ first three albums), legendary gangsta rap label Death Row Record... Read More...

Federal authorities have arrested Gucci Mane-repped rapper Foogiano some three months after he allegedly violated court orders, ditched his ankle monitor, and went on the run. Local outlets including Georgia... Read More...

An Alabama rapper was arrested in connection with the shooting at a Roddy Ricch music video set last week. OMB Peezy was arrested on Monday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was al... Read More...

An Airbnb rental owner is suing rapper DaBaby for assault after shutting down an unauthorized music video shoot. The lawsuit says DaBaby, real name Jonathan Kirk, rented the Runyon Canyon vacation home. One ... Read More...

Bobby Shmurda is out of prison after serving six years for illegal firearm and conspiracy charges. He's still signed to Sony through Epic Records. Shmurda is now 26 and has been incarcerated since he was 19,... Read More...

Rappers Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg are safe after a shooting broke out during a rap video shoot. Atlanta police say two people were shot, and a third person was injured by debris. The set of a rap music video t... Read More...

Global Media & Entertainment-owned radio station Capital Xtra has fired a hip-hop DJ for selling radio plays in exchange for $272.82-per-track (£200) payments. The payola play surfaced on Twitter. Capita... Read More...

Atlanta rapper Silento is accused of murder after his cousin was found shot to death last month. Silento is best known for his one-hit-wonder 'Watch Me,' better known as the Whip Nae/Nae song. Silento's real... Read More...

The final music video featuring Juice WRLD, whose full name was Jarad Anthony Higgins, has officially released. “Bad Boy,” one of the 2,000 tracks that Juice WRLD reportedly left behind, just recently became... Read More...