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Young Chop Issues Strange Response To Kevin Gates

Young Chop oddly responds to Kevin Gates’ shout-out from his new music, interpreting the empathy as a dig. Somebody needs to check on Young Chop. The producer has been acting erratically on social media for weeks, starting beef with about half of the industry and leaking his own sex tape. After earning support from Kevin Gates, who empathized with the beatmaker in a preview to a new song, Chop seemingly went against the big fella for mentioning his name on wax. The Big Speaker was simply commenting on the situation that has been playing out on social media, wishing Young...
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Brooklyn Man Arrested After Coughing On FBI Agents

A New York man has been arrested after coughing on FBI agents, claiming to have Coronavirus, and giving the FBI false statements. Coughing on a FBI agent during a time of pandemic apparently equates to jail time. The 43-year old Brooklyn man, Baruch Feldheim, had an incident with the FBI that took place Monday where he claimed to have the coronavirus.  FBI agents reportedly went to Feldheim’s property to discuss his alleged business of selling much-needed medical equipment such as disinfectants, surgical masks, and medical gowns to healthcare workers at extremely inflated prices. The FBI informed Feldheim about an alleged...
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Kevin Durant Recovers From Coronavirus

Kevin Durant and the three other Brooklyn Nets players that tested positive for COVID-19 are now symptom-free. According to Alex Schiffer, a beat writer for the Brooklyn Nets, all four of the Nets players that previously tested positive for COVID-19 have fully recovered and are no longer showing symptoms of the virus. The general manager of the Brooklyn Nets organization, Sean Marks, announced that all team personnel, including the four players that tested positive for the coronavirus, are all symptom-free on a conference call.  Kevin Durant was among the players named in the initial report, which then led the entertainment...
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Netflix "Pandemic" Doc Says He Found Potential COVID-19 Cure

A scientist from Netflix “Pandemic” claims that he’s found a potential cure for Coronavirus. The Coronavirus pandemic has led to a worldwide lockdown while everyone anticipates a cure to be found. Though some health officials have stated that a vaccine will only come out in the fall of 2021, a scientist from Netflix’s Pandemic series has suggested that he may have found a potential cure for the virus.  San Francisco doctor Jacob Glanville took to Twitter where he revealed a possible COVID-19 therapeutic antidote. The biotech company Distributed Bio owned by Glanville said that they found a potential antibody therapy that can...
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How Artists Can Survive Coronavirus Quarantine & Emerge Stronger

Wendy Day provides HotNewHipHop with resources and information for struggling artists during the Coronavirus pandemic. Wendy Day is an entrepreneur, author, and artist career builder with nearly three decades of experience in the music industry. As Founder of Rap Coalition, she has helped pull countless hip-hop artists out of unfair deals while educating them on the music industry. Day also runs the for-profit music consulting company PowerMoves, music incubator Artist-Centric, and is the author of the book How to Get a Record Deal: The Knowledge to Succeed, which was updated and re-published in March 2016 with audiobook narration from Slick Rick....
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Luka Doncic Apologizes For Racist Video

Luka Doncic accidentally shared a video that contained racist remarks against Albanians, and he has since apologized. Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has apologized after posting a video to his social media pages that contained a racist statement against Albanian people, which he initially did not understand. The guard landed himself in hot water after posting the video, which he removed immediately after realizing he had made a mistake. “Sorry about the video i posted!! didn’t see the bad world !! i would never share something like that,” said the 21-year-old basketball player on Twitter. He also reached out to Albanian...
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DJ Khaled Provides Medical Supplies For Miami & New York Hospitals

DJ Khaled and his wife, Nicole Tuck, teamed up with Direct Relief to provide protective equipment to healthcare workers in New York and Miami. DJ Khaled and his wife Nicole Tuck’s We The Best Foundation has provided tons of crucial protective equipment to healthcare workers in New York and Miami hospitals. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a major shortage in tons of critical supplies for doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, and many celebrities are taking action in order to make up for the lack of these items. One such celebrity is DJ Khaled, who, through he and his wife’s We The Best...
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DMX Has A Lot To Say On His New Album

Though it’s been a minute since his last album, the legendary DMX has been putting in some serious work in the studio. There’s no denying that DMX is one of the greatest rappers in hip-hop history. Look no further than his epic 1998 run that included both It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot and Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood, two classics released back-to-back. Not to mention his “Damien” trilogy, some of the best hip-hop horror penmanship of all time. A legacy act that has no doubt influenced a vast crop of modern-day rappers to some degree, fans have been eagerly...
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Ronnie 2K Disses DeMarcus Cousins On Live; Boogie Responds

Ronnie 2K accidentally called DeMarcus Cousins a “dick” during a live-stream, which he has since apologized for. The NBA season may have been stopped because of the current global health pandemic but that doesn’t mean that the league is exempt from the usual drama. Things have just shifted over to the virtual world. Without the opportunity to compete on the hardwood, NBA players will be going head-to-head in a Players-Only League on NBA 2K20. The game’s social media head, Ronnie 2K, is well-known in the basketball community and, although he usually remains diplomatic, he forgot that he was on a...
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The Discovery Channel Playlist Episode 5: User Submissions

A new edition of our Soundcloud playlist, “The Discovery Channel,” has arrived. It’s been awhile since we last scoured Soundcloud and brought you an edition of The Discovery Channel playlist. Since last summer, actually. Since it’s inevitable everyone is at home working on their next musical masterpiece, or perhaps just beginning to dabble and experiment (because nothing else to do), we’ve decided it’s an opportune moment to bring the playlist back. For this particular edition, we really relied on YOU. We put out a call for submissions on both Instagram and Twitter, and we received a shit ton of submissions...
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