George Floyd’s family and attorney Ben Crump release details and information about the upcoming memorials and public viewings. Official details for the upcoming memorials and public viewings have been announced by the family of George Floyd and renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. There...
We demand justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the countless others who have lost their lives to racism and police brutality. The recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and countless others continue to resonate throughout the...
A Las Vegas police officer is on life support after a protest-related shooting. Another man was also pronounced dead in a separate incident. Protests have been taking place in major cities across the country and, last night, things turned fatal in Las Vegas. One...
A police officer in Richmond, Virginia is seen on video spitting on and around a detained protestor multiple times during the coronavirus pandemic. Across the nation, we are all fighting for the basic human rights of black people. Nobody should be afraid to do something as...
Protestors were doused in tear gas and hit with flash-bang explosions as Donald Trump made his way to a photo op at St. John’s Church. It is clear where the country’s leaders stand right now. As the nation is in severe pain, grieving the...
HotNewHipHop stands in solidarity with the music industry’s #BlackOutTuesday HotNewHipHop will be standing in solidarity with our black friends, black colleagues, black music creators, black family to pause our typical news cycle on today, June 2nd. In observance of #BlackOutTuesday we will be refraining from our...
A woman of color was placed in handcuffs after screaming for the police’s attention when looters threatened to break into a nearby shop. In one of the craziest things to ever play out on live television, several good samaritan shop owners in Van Nuys...
RIP Juan Grant. The murder of Freddie Gray at the hands of Baltimore police rocketed across the nation. As you may recall, the Maryland-native was arrested in 2015 after he began running away from police upon seeing them. The latter resulted in a chase, within which...
No one will be held criminally accountable for the death of Freddie Gray. All three remaining Baltimore police officers facing charges in the high-profile case involving the death of Freddie Gray have been acquitted. In a hearing this morning that was supposed to commence...
Five other officers are awaiting trial for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in 2015. Just over one year ago, Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore, ostensibly for the illegal possession of a switchblade, although the cause for arrest has been disputed for...