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✕ Backstage at Hot 107.9's sold-out Birthday Bash XXX, rising artist Hooper James is still soaking in the moment after being named this year's Athlete of the Mic winner. The Atlanta hip hop sta...

Ray J / Brand Risk 14 Ray J might want to stay off social media for a while after he was embarrassed in an amateur MMA fight at Brand Risk 14. The event is run by Adin Ross’s Brand Risk Promotio...

Source: Al Pereira / Getty Rob Base, who came to fame thanks to his massive early Hip-Hop smash hit “It Takes Two,” has passed away. He was 59. The rapper was born Robert Ginyard in 1...

Source: SOPA Images / Getty On Friday (May 22), Universal Music Group (UMG) and TikTok announced a new multiyear strategic licensing agreement which will benefit artists such as Drake, Lady Gaga and c...

Gilbert Flores / Lupita Nyong’o Lupita Nyong’o made it very clear that she will be paying racist comments about her casting in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with dust. In a new cov...

Source: R1 Digital / R1 As we wrap up our Birthday Bash XXX playlist series, we had to hit up Hot’s midday queen MiAsia Symone for a list of her favorites! With tunes from T.I., Future, Travis P...

Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Goodie Mob’s impact on Southern Hip-Hop can’t be measured by numbers alone, because what they gave the culture was bigger than a chart run or a few classic rec...

Getty Images/ Quinta Brunson / Betty Boop MAGA snowflakes are BIG MAD after news broke that Abbott Elementary creator Quinta Brunson will play the iconic cartoon character, Betty Boop. White folks are...

Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance at Elon Musk's Starbase facility in Texas this week as the company prepared for another massive rocket launch attempt. The facility w...

Source: Bill McCay / Getty Before JA-Z became a billionaire mogul, stadium-selling superstar, and one of the greatest MCs to ever touch a mic, he was a hungry artist trying to make people believe in h...