New Hip Hop News

With his controversy behind him, Nick Cannon is back into the swing of things. The media mogul’s Wild ‘N Out is set to return sometime this month and Cannon is back with his “Top 5” lists, this time about Hip Hop’s greatest diss tracks. He previously shared his Top 5 Rappers Who Can Fight, but this time around, Cannon is naming artists who have delivered some of the most vicious bars in the history of Hip Hop. We’re sure you already have a few in mind before you even check out Cannon’s choices, so compare your picks to his.

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“At number five it’s me versus Eminem! Nah, just joking,” Cannon began. Instead, he chose Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s “Dre Day.” Cannon added, “They was gettin’ at everybody.” Next came Ice Cube’s “No Vaseline,” a single that some believed should have been higher on the list. At No. 3 came Jay-Z’s Kanye West-produced Nas diss track “Takeover.” 

Drake held down the No. 2 spot with “Back to Back,” his Grammy-nominated diss track that was aimed at Meek Mill. Cannon believes the No. 1 diss track of all time belongs to Tupac and The Outlawz for their infamous single “Hit ‘Em Up,” a track that was poised against The Notorious B.I.G., Bad Boy, and any Bad Boy friend or affiliate. 

Check out Cannon speaking about his choices below and let us know if you agree with his picks.

Plenty of R&B fans are excited about the upcoming collaboration between Queen Naija and Ari Lennox, but a select few continue to bring up Queen’s previous controversy. The singer and YouTube star hasn’t been able to shake her years-old video where she complained about the “lil’ Black nappy-headed” girls would bully her in school. “They be jealous of something,” she said in the old clip. “It seemed like always ugly people bullied me… It ain’t had nothin’ to do with color, but they were always the ones that bullied me. It was always some lil’ Black little girls bullying me with some terrible hairstyles.”

It’s the video that resurfaces every time Queen Naija has a new release on the horizon and her joint effort with Lennox has caused a stir. Because Ari Lennox is an artist who celebrates her skin tone, some of her fans took to social media to speak out against the collaboration. Queen Naija has been pelted with colorism accusations once again, prompting her to respond publicly.

“Lol the fact that people think they can get ‘rid’ of me or take me off my own song is ridiculous [crying laughing emoji],” Queen tweeted. “I don’t want nor need y’all’s validation to continue to win! whatever y’all say about or to me cannot stop my blessings. The ratio of people who love me outweighs the hate! [purple heart emoji].”

This isn’t the first time that Queen Naija has addressed the old YouTube clip; the singer has repeatedly apologized for her remarks. Check out her tweet below.

Renni Rucci is lighting up the South right now with singles like “Can’t Be” and the Kevin Gates-assisted “Hands On Ya Knees” but it’s her relationship with Foogiano that’s made them a fixture across Instagram pages. The couple hasn’t shied away from publicly claiming each other and in the wake of Foogiano’s arrest, Renni has made sure to keep his name alive while he’s away.

Renni sat down with HNHH earlier this year for our Rise & Grind series where she discussed her relationship with Foogiano, both personally and professionally. Apparently, fans can expect to hear a collaboration from them in the future, though she said she’s unclear whether it’ll make her forthcoming album, Real Bitch Radio.

The relationship began as most do in 2021: in the DMs. She said that she was the one who sent the first DM but it was strictly business-related. “Okay, so first, I DM’d him about getting on ‘Molly,'” she explained. “That was just me wanting to get on the song, like, I want to work with you. Then, we didn’t talk for a while and he started commenting under my pictures… He was lettin’ it be known, like, I’m trying to f*** with you.”

Eventually, her manager reached out to his management for a studio session. “He hit me, he’s like, ‘You don’t have to have nobody reach out to me,’ and we just started talking from there and we never stopped. We went from talking in the DM’s about a studio session to being on the phone every day,” she said. 

Check out the latest edition of HNHH’s Rise & Grind series. 

Social media has a way to build someone up only to tear them down just as quickly, which is what happened to relationship guru Derrick Jaxn. Last month, Jaxn was exposed for cheating on his wife and Twitter had a meltdown. He later shared a video confessing to his actions with his wife by his side but even still, his reputation was hit. 

Cam’ron took to Instagram last week where he seemingly addressed Jaxn who supposedly left some iffy comments under the rapper’s page. Now, if you know even the slightest bit about Cam’ron, he rarely ever holds back his thoughts. “Where this cornball at? You low now huh n***a. Tried to come in my comments one day talking shit,” Cam wrote before unleashing a scathing roast on Jaxn, beginning with a comparison to Waldo from Family Matters. 

“He wasn’t getting any females growing up. See social media allows you to be whoever you want and y’all be going for it. Now he’s hiding,” he continued before masterfully circling back to the root of the issue. 

“See if you was cool wit some of the homies they woulda helped ya dumb ass out and told you what to do after you got caught. Instead you held ya girl hostage and made her do that dumb ass video, then when people told you it was dumb you erased it,” he added with the hashtag #WheresWaldo.

Check out Cam’s post below. 

It was the Instagram Live that had the internet talking and it may be the reason Paul Pierce is now out of a job. The famed NBA icon became a trending topic days ago after his Live went viral. In the clip, viewers watched on as Pierce received a backrub from a woman in a two-piece bikini as an exotic dancer is in the background twerking on the ground. It seems that he was attending a private party at someone’s home in Los Angeles and after the clip with viral, the public taunted the sports commentator. Even Los Angeles Lakers baller Kyle Kuzma called Pierce a “sicko.”

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According to various sources, ESPN and Pierce have decided to “part ways” in lieu of the controversy. Some expected the hammer to come down on Pierce, especially because of the Disney affiliation. “BREAKING: ESPN and NBA Legend Paul Pierce have parted ways, according to sources,” tweeted sportswriter Michael McCarthy. “Pierce posted videos of himself with exotic dancers on Instagram Live Friday night. Pierce has played a key role on ‘NBA Countdown’ + other ESPN basketball programming. ESPN declined to comment.”

After news of Pierce’s departure from ESPN began to circulate, he issued a laughing response on his Instagram Story. Check it out below.