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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...
Hot 107.9 Staff May 24, 2026
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...
Tron Snow May 24, 2026
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...
Alvin aqua Blanco May 22, 2026
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...
Christopher Smith May 22, 2026
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...
Tron Snow May 22, 2026
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...
paige.boyd May 22, 2026
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...
Davonta Herring May 22, 2026
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...
Tron Snow May 22, 2026
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...
Weso May 22, 2026
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...
Weso May 22, 2026