Drake and Future dropped a bomb over the weekend in 'What a Time To Be Alive,' and the shrapnel is unavoidable. As the citizens of New York City let us know in a new edition of "Word on the Street," people are bumping it at maximum volume on public transportation. So even if you didn't mean to listen to WATTBA, you heard it.
We headed to NYC's bustling Union Square to see what people thought of the project. Reactions ranged from "fucking lit" to "meh" and nobody agreed on which song from the tape was the hottest.
Despite lukewarm reviews, early number projections suggest that WATTBA is a lock to go platinum.
Dave East is attempting to put all of Harlem on his back with his new mixtape Hate Me Now. In the fourth installment of our "Between the Lines" series (Tory Lanez, Hopsin, Emilio Rojas), we invite ...
After premiering Tory Lanez' latest Fargo Friday release "B.L.O.W," we invited him to break down his bars from the explosive track in the latest installment of our "Between the Lines" series.
Funk Volume rapper Hopsin is gearing up to drop his new album, Pound Syndrome, tomorrow. As we anticipate the new release, we're giving you a closer look at one of his singles leading up to the alb...
In this installment of Between The Lines, Emilio Rojas analyzes his bars from the first verse of his new single "Imagine That," in which he stages an inquisition of the various private institutions...
After checking in with King Los on his dense "Black Blood" record, our second installment of Between The Lines brings us to Obie Trice's feel-good party track, "Good Girls," which despite being bui...
In the first installment of new HNHH series "Between the Lines," King Los sits down with us to analyze his lyrics from "Black Blood" off of his new project, "God, Money, War".
Lil Yachty is one of those rappers who has seemingly come out of nowhere. We haven’t gotten to see the usual progress from early mixtape to a well-rounded artist, instead encountering a fully-forme...
Cozz has done nothing but impress since signing to J Cole's Dreamville imprint in 2014. With two rock-solid projects under his belt in Cozz & Effect and Nothing Personal, the budding Los Angeles ra...
HNHH was so impressed by Montana of 300's lyrical tenacity that we decided to bring him up to our office to spotlight him for our On The Come Up series.
Kembe X has been making appearances on HotNewHipHop for a while now, and has always been well received. He’s been heating up in recent months as he continues to hone his already sharp wordplay and ...
Lil Uzi Vert found some overnight success with his mixtape-turned-album (now available on iTunes thanks to a deal with Atlantic) Luv Is Rage. He hasn't stopped there, building on his momentum with ...
Your Old Droog has been putting on for the NYC rap scene, which is, if we're being honest, lacking these days. He hearkens back to a more old school New York sound, and with a voice that can at tim...
We've been keeping tabs on Wara from the NBHD for a minute now. You'll recall that back when he was first introduced to the hip-hop world, right bef...
We're making our way through the Pro Era members for our On The Come Up video series, catching each rapper as they are on their way up. After enlisting Kirk Knight, next up we have CJ Fly.
Donmonique sees herself as a regular girl from Brooklyn, but her rise to prominence in the last 6 months has been anything but ordinary. In the newest episode of #OTCU, she reflects on her journey ...
From the traffic to the heat to the constant turn up, returning from SXSW alive is no certainty. We enlisted rappers Cozz, K Camp, Tate Kobang, Joey Purp of Savemoney...
While most of the world had to make a do with a shitty-ass TIDAL stream of Kanye West's Yeezy Season 3/The Life of Pablo debut, there were a lot of fans who managed to cop tickets to Madison Square...
Watch the Best Of "Word On The Street" for 2015. Over the course of 2015, HNHH's Word on the Street segment has given the universe the gift of such colorful New York characters as Only Sidechicks G...
At last, The Game has agreed to fight Stitches. Stitches first has to defeat one of Game's cronies #WhiteboyVsWhiteboy, but should he vanquish the other whiteboy, The Game v. Stitches has the makin...
This week, Michelle Obama showed off her most ferocious bars in a rap video called "Go to College" We took to the streets of New York City to show locals the video and gauge their reaction. Some we...
When Metro Boomin went on an extended Twitter rant discouraging rappers from attempting to keep up with Future, he probably did not see what was coming next. Young Thug took the comments personally...
The NBA season officially tipped off last night and we went out to get some hard-hitting predictions from New Yorkers including, which team they think is going to win it all and which player is mos...
Off his "The Golden Age" mixtape, Dizzy Wright releases the official visuals for his music video "Fashion" featuring Kid Ink & Honey Cocaine. This is a HotNewHipHop exclusive with Funk Volume.
HotNewHipHop (HNHH) sits down with Chris Brown and Tank while on the set of their video for "Shots Fired." Watch the hilarious video where Chris Brown takes over and interviews Tank about the track...
Another huge internet craze, the trend of YEET! Here's the complete compilation of the biggest trend since Lil Terio, Planking, Whaling, Clocking and Lebroning. Youtube, Vine & Instagram went insan...
The DAB or Dabbing is a popular dance move, originating in Atlanta. There's been some debate as to who was the first person to start the dab craze, although Migos and PeeWee Longway have definitely...
HotNewHipHop is proud to present you with the official music video for "Miley". Atlanta's very own DJ Holiday teamed up with rappers Waka Flocka & Wiz Khalifa to give you a stunning visual.
"Quick5" is our new mini-interview series, during which we'll be asking artists whatever five (quick) questions happen to be on our minds at the time, ...
Raven Sorvino is on her come up grind these days, and she's about to drop off her fourth project. We recently had the California native (by way of Houston) visit the HNHH offices and sit down for a...
Casey Veggies says there's a "possibility" Drake will be featured on his upcoming single, and discusses the concept of his debut album, among other things on the latest edition of our Quick5 series...