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Trippie Redd Confirms Chris King’s Tragic Passing: “I’m So Hurt”

April 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Trippie Redd confirmed the passing of his longtime collaborator, Chris King, in an emotional post on Instagram, on Saturday. In doing so, he shared several photos of him from over the years. Details regarding his cause of death remain unconfirmed.

“I am so hurt rn I can’t even think I love you bro come back!!!!! @whoischrisking,” Trippie wrote. “I can’t catch a break.” He added several crying and heartbroken emojis. Fans joined in mourning King in the comments section. “Bro his verse on can you rap like me pt2 will forever be legendary. RIP to Chris man,” one user wrote. Another added: “He was with you from the start, sorry to hear this trip. Rest in peace Chris.”

Chris King Attends Trippie Redd’s Toy Drive Meet & Greet

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 18: Chris King attends the Trippie Redd Toy Drive and meet & greet on December 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Trippie Redd/10K Projects)

Trippie wasn’t the only artist to speak on King’s passing, Saturday. Taking to Twitter, DJ Scheme also confirmed the rapper’s death. “It’s so sad this community of artist/friends has gotten this small,” he wrote “All because of gun violence or drugs. I know we were just a wave in hip-hop but man this really the life we live. I hate to see someone I’ve known since the beginning days be gone… Everyone make sure u send ur love to Trippie and everyone at 1400 today please.” From there, he told fans to show love to their friends and family while they’re still around.

Trippie Redd & DJ Scheme React To Chris King’s Passing

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Damn dawg wtf. RIP Chris King

— SCHEME (@DJSCHEME_) April 20, 2024

Check out the posts from Scheme and Trippie above. Be on the lookout for further updates on Chris King’s passing on HotNewHipHop.

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Killer Mike Shares Heartfelt Message For Rico Wade’s Passing

April 13, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Killer Mike announced the passing of the iconic Atlanta rapper, Rico Wade, on Instagram, on Saturday. The 52-year-old was a key figure in southern hip-hop and a member of The Dungeon Family and Organized Noize. Further details on his death remain unavailable at the time of publishing.

“I don’t have the words to express my deep and profound sense of loss. I am Praying for your wife and Children, I am praying for the Wade family, I am praying for us all, I deeply appreciate your acceptance into The Dungeon Family, mentorship, Friendship and Brotherhood. Idk where I would be without ya’ll. This is a part of the journey. You told me ‘It ain’t been hard throughout the journey, it’s been a Journey.’ The journey ain’t gonna be the Same Journey without U. Like U say tho Umma ‘Stay Down on it’……we all are.” Other artists, including CeeLo Green and Pete Rock, shared messages in the comments section

Killer Mike & Big Boi Pose With Rico Wade

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – FEBRUARY 25: Big Boi, Killer Mike and Rico Wade attend Killer Mike Grammy Celebration at Knife Modern Mediterranean on February 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage)

Other fans also shared supportive responses in the comments section. “Damn…Rico will always be one of the best things that happened to Atlanta music,” one user wrote. Another added: “Never met him and I’m gutted. I absolutely adored him. One of my dreams in life was to work with him. Absolutely BRILLIANT. A titan. Man this REALLY HURTS to read. I don’t even know what to say. My condolences. Such a HUGE LOSS.” Check out Mike’s post on Instagram below.

Killer Mike Mourns Rico Wade

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Wade was also a cousin of fellow Atlanta rapper, Future, who has yet to react to the news publically. Be on the lookout for further updates on Rico Wade’s passing on HotNewHipHop.

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DMX Death Anniversary: Ruff Ryders Honour Late Rapper At His Gravesite

April 9, 2024 by newhiphopnews

One of the hardest parts about being a hip-hop head is the number of casualties listeners witness in comparison to other genres of music. Gun violence has taken far too many talented lyricists before their time, and the same is true of drug overdoses. The latter is what caused DMX to pass away when he was only 50 years old on April 9, 2021. Though it’s now been three years since his departure, those closest to the multi-talent continue to celebrate him, particularly when the anniversary of his passing comes around.

As HipHopDX reports, in 2024 the crew at Ruff Ryders Entertainment are doing their part to remember DMX. On Tuesday afternoon they shared content from their trip to the fallen star’s gravesite in Yonkers’ Oakland Cemetery where they reflected on some of the New York native’s best moments. “Let’s give it to X because he stayed true to himself and he never sold out,” one person says in the video below.

DMX’s Legacy Lives On Past His Untimely Death

“He kept it real till the casket dropped, y’know what I’m saying? You don’t get real cats like that, that represent from the beginning to the end,” they further praised the “Where The Hood At” hitmaker. In 2023, the same group of Ruff Ryders hosted a “Ryde Out” event to commemorate their friend, and we’re curious to see what other creative ways they’ll find to keep his torch lit going forward. Thankfully, X had a large family who can help them brainstorm ideas for years to come.

DMX may no longer be with us in body, but his spirit certainly lives on through his seventeen children. One of them, Exodus, recently took part in the “of course” TikTok trend, letting the world know just how similar he and his late father are. Check that wholesome moment out at the link below, and tap back in with HNHH later for more pop culture/music news updates.

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Nipsey Hussle’s Death Anniversary Sparks Heartfelt Lauren London Tribute: “Energy Never Dies”

March 31, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Lauren London’s life was radically changed forever on this day (March 31), five years ago. Hip-hop heads know all too well that the start of spring is followed by the sadness of Nipsey Hussle’s untimely death, though his powerful legacy lives on far beyond his time on Earth. This is largely thanks to London, who shares heartfelt tributes to him on social media regularly, reminding us how impactful her partner’s energy was on the countless lives he touched.

On Sunday morning, the 39-year-old posted a handsome photo of Kross’ father. He poses with a stark white Puma tracksuit and an abundance of chains around his next. “If you know me, you know March is always tough for me,” London’s emotional post says. “31 days of holding my breath. This day decided to fall on Easter Sunday this 2024, interesting… Considering your name #GodWillRise,” the mother of two added. “Energy never dies… I love you. Eternal Eternal.
,” she concluded her annual memorium.

Lauren London Honours Her Late Partner Five Years After His Passing

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In the comments, several fans are sharing stories of their interactions with Hussle that are surely putting a smile on London’s face. “My husband was so excited as he had been a long-time fan. He was so kind, he waited for my husband to go back to the car to get his phone so that I could take a picture of them. I’m not going to lie, I was star-struck, but I told him that I loved you Lauren and that made him ,” one Instagram user recalled a chance meeting in St. Louis. “My husband took his passing very hard but tried to stand for the same things Nip stood for… community. Unfortunately, my husband was gunned down on Slauson last summer as well. I pray that their spirits are at .”

Losing her life partner has been hard on Lauren London, not only as a lover but also as a mother. Thankfully, in late 2023 it was confirmed that the black-haired beauty will receive half of Nipsey Hussle’s $11M assets on behalf of their son, Kross. Read all about that at the link below, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Snoop Dogg Pays Tribute To Dr. Dre At Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Labels Him A “Teacher, Mentor, Brother, Guardian,” & More

March 20, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Snoop Dogg spoke in honor of Dr. Dre at the legendary producer’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday. In doing so, he reflected on meeting Dre early in his career and even performed a freestyle tribute to him.

“I wanna thank me,” he joked to begin the speech. “For taking the call from Warren and Dr. Dre in ’91, even though I hung up on Warren a few times ’cause I thought the n***a was lying. I wanna thank me for listening to Dre over the years and letting him be my teacher, mentor, brother, guardian, protector, and most importantly a good friend.” From there, he discussed Dre bringing him along to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre Perform At Super Bowl Halftime Show

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 13: (L-R) Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg perform during the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

At that point, he broke into a freestyle performance: “Dr. Dre, my brother from another mother, a rock in the sands on the beach he’d soon discover/Now we deep cover, blood brothers on a mission, Dre’s edition. House with no furniture, studio in the back with a little bit of food in the kitchen/Long Beach to Compton to Calabasas, compositions; pay attention/Quincy had Michael, they rewrote the cycle/So if Dre is Q and Mike is Snoop, we bang G thang, muthafuckin supergroup.” Check out Snoop’s full tribute to Dre below.

Snoop Dogg Speaks At Dr. Dre’s Walk Of Fame Ceremony

Later in the day, Snoop joined Dre for an interview on Live! With Jimmy Kimmel. On the show, he starred alongside Dre, Eminem, and 50 Cent in a “Dre’s Anatomy” sketch. Be on the lookout for further updates on Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre on HotNewHipHop.

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Bo$$ Passes Away, Hip-Hop Pays Tribute

March 12, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Detroit rapper Bo$$, who was the first female rapper to sign with Def Jam West, has passed away. UGK legend Bun B confirmed the news in a post on Instagram, Monday night. A cause of death was not mentioned.

“Rest in peace to my big sis Lichelle Laws AKA Boss. One of the best female MCs and a dear friend. Give Rick Royal a hug for me. Long Live The Org!” he wrote. Many artists joined in on paying their respects in the comments section. Jermaine Dupri, The D.O.C., DJ Premier, as well as Monica, and more all left behind remarks. Willie D wrote: “She fought a good fight for a long time. May she rest in eternal love and peace.” Premier commented: “Damn! Worked with her on the Deeper Remix at D & D. She was Raw even in person.”

Bun B Pays Respect To Bo$$

While further details on her passing seem to remain private, Bo$$’s family set up a GoFundMe for her in 2021 to get help paying medical bills. They explained at the time that she suffered from a renal disease and needed a kidney transplant. She had previously suffered a major stroke and seizure in 2017. “We are now trying to see if the family can get a specialized procedure for her,” the GoFundMe description read. “The procedure is costly and we wanted to reach out to her extended family, her friends and fans, to ask for assistance with helping her to be blessed with this procedure to help her to get back to her health. The funds are needed as soon as possible to set her up for the procedure. After this procedure she will be on the kidney list for a transplant from a donor, once we receive one.”

The GoFundMe ended up hitting its goal of $17,000. Check out Bun B’s post above and be on the lookout for further updates on Bo$$’s passing on HotNewHipHop.

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Teezo Touchdown Cover Talking Heads’ “Making Flippy Floppy” For A24

February 28, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Teezo Touchdown has quickly become one of the most sought after multi-hyphenates in the music industry. We primarly cover him when it pertains to hip-hop crossovers. However, this instance is for something totally different. After nabbing a big time placement on Lyrical Lemonade and Cole Bennett’s debut tape All is Yellow, the Texan is now assisting an indie film company with a soundtrack. That brand is A24, who in the latter half of last year got the chance to re-release the Talking Heads’ independent 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense. Teezo Touchdown is one of the artists that is going to be featured on the soundtrack as he covers Talking Heads’ “Making Flippy Floppy.”

According to Uproxx, alt rock band Paramore were the first to cover a track from the 1983 record Speaking In Tongues. They remade “Burning Down the House,” and now Teezo is the second artist to make the cut. The 40th anniversary remaster of the film hit theaters on September 22. However, the accompanying project of covers is still awaiting a release date.

Listen To “Making Flippy Floppy” By Teezo Touchdown

However, we do have the name of the project, which is Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Stop Making Sense Tribute Album. The Talking Heads and Teezo Touchdown are honestly a mirroring image of each other. Both are extremely unconventional artists which makes things conventional in that sense. Teezo’s wild and entertaining voice steal the show and it would making Talking Heads proud.

What are your thoughts on this brand-new single, “Making Flippy Floppy,” by Teezo Touchdown? Is he the best genre-bending hip-hop adjacent artist out right now, why or why not? What was your favorite element of the song and why? Should he do more Talking Heads covers? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Teezo Touchdown. Finally, stay with us for the most informative song posts throughout the week.

Quotable Lyrics:

Set someone free, break someone’s heart
Stand up, help us out
Everything is divided
Nothing is complete
Everything looks impressive
Do not be deceived

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Who Is Lil Kim Dating? Tayy Brown Birthday Tribute Suggests Love Is In The Air

February 27, 2024 by newhiphopnews

To this day, Lil Kim remains one of the most well-respected figures in the world of female rap. Of course, the men she was involved with throughout her career didn’t always treat her the way she deserved. She famously spent time with Biggie Smalls throughout the 90s and has been linked to names like Ray J, Scott Storch, Benzino, and Sean Combs. It’s clear that Kim has a preference for fellow creative types. However, it seems she’s making changes in her dating life these days, notably stepping out of her age group.

As Vibe reports, it seems the blonde beauty might be shacking up with her signee, Tayy Brown. Hip-hop heads began speculating after seeing their chemistry in the “Love For Ya” visual, but now that she’s wished her man a belated happy birthday with an extra sappy post, there’s even more reason to believe Kim is being romanced by a younger gentleman.

Lil Kim and Tayy Brown Collaborate on “Love For Ya”

“I know this post is a little late, but I was blessed enough to spend [your] whole birthday with [you] and we’re still celebrating ,” Kim wrote to her recent collaborator on Instagram this week. “Our bond is so perfectly matched in the most organic way. I know it was God that brought us [together]. If [people] only knew how big of a role [you] play in my life and in my career,” she continued to gush under a few videos of their cute moments together.

Queen Bee Celebrates Her Rumoured Beau After His Birthday

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Lil Kim then praised Tayy Brown for encouraging her to deliver new music to her Beehive. “[You] are my motivation and that voice that is always cheering me on. [You’re] so intelligent and such a boss. If they only knew the things we figure out [together], how we can talk with our eyes and be on the same page,” her birthday tribute reads. Though her alleged lover “gets on [her] nerves sometimes,” she takes great pleasure in annoying him back. Do you think Kim has found a solid companion in TB? Let us know in the comments, and check back later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.

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Quavo Poses Alongside Superfan With His Face Tattooed On Their Back

February 25, 2024 by newhiphopnews

It’s no secret that some fans can take their dedication pretty far. Recently, however, Quavo ran into a man who took his commitment to the extreme. Last week, the hitmaker was roaming around Italy when he met the superfan, who promptly took off his shirt to unveil a huge tattoo of his face. The massive piece is situated on the man’s back, right beside another tribute tattoo of Post Malone.

It’s unclear exactly when the lucky fan got to snap a photo with Quavo, but it’s likely to have been at Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures listening event. It took place last week at Milan’s Mediolanum Forum. The detailed portrait shows Quavo looking off to the side, flashing a big smile in a pair of sunglasses.

Quavo Meets Lucky Fan In Italy

Quavo meets Italian fan with full-back tattoo tribute pic.twitter.com/HPlivtrG3O

— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) February 25, 2024

While the fan’s ink is pretty impressive, he’s far from the first person to honor someone they care about with a tribute tattoo. After the passing of Quavo’s former Migos groupmate Takeoff, for example, the third member of the group Offset got a tattoo in his honor. The massive piece takes up the performer’s full back, and appears to show Takeoff in space. While it’s unclear whether or not Quavo is sporting any tattoos in honor of the late artist, he did share a post shortly after, reminding fans that rocket power “is in you” and “not on you.”

Quavo does have several other tattoos, however, and even used to tattoo others when he was younger. In an October interview, he revealed that he used a “kind of stolen” tattoo gun to give Takeoff his first and only tattoo, which was also the first he gave to anybody. What do you think of Quavo meeting a fan in Italy with a massive tattoo of his face on their back? Are you impressed by the fan’s ink? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Royce Da 5’9″ Honors Kendrick Lamar On New “Monsters” Series

December 6, 2023 by newhiphopnews

Royce Da 5’9″ recently launched his new Monsters series, which sees the Detroit native pay tribute weekly to different hip-hop greats. He kicked off the Monster Energy-sponsored series with a compilation of the highs of Kendrick Lamar’s career, featuring a remix of “Backseat Freestyle.” According to the post, he’ll be “paying homage to a different monster in the culture” every week.

“I know, I know fanfare is fun, it’s fun to compare, but some people are different,” he says in a voiceover. “Who else in culture would you say has superhuman skill or ability and if that made the world better for your own unique experience — somehow better.” He continued, sharing that Kendrick Lamar would be his first “Monster.”

Royce Da 5’9″ Calls Kendrick Lamar A “Monster”

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“With that being said, this week I chose Kendrick Lamar. Why? Because as a[n] artist, he checks every single box. The man is a monster. A monster,” he said. Fans are flooding his comments section with their requests for which “monster” he should highlight next. Clearly, Royce Da 5’9″ has nothing but nice things to say about Kendrick Lamar. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case for Lupe Fiasco. He threw some shade at his former podcast co-host on a verse in “Never The Same” last month. He alluded to the falling out he had with the rapper back in 2021.

“I’m not here to bury the hatch, it’s just I don’t care to relax,” Royce Da 5’9″ raps on the song. “I don’t think that Lupe’s who I should spit my disparity at, I don’t think Mickey Factz is who I should give a charity match.” What do you think of Royce Da 5’9″ paying homage to Kendrick Lamar on his new Monsters series? How do you think he did? What “monster” would you like to see him honor next? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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