A$AP Rocky has joined forces with Nas for a new Ray-Ban campaign that looks back to Belly, the 1998 film directed by Hype Williams that became a touchstone of late-1990s hip-hop style. The campaign,...

President Donald Trump’s love for Nicki Minaj continued this week at the White House. On Wednesday, (Feb 18), Donald Trump showered the “Anaconda” rapper with compliments during his speech for a Black History Month event. Trump...

Lil Poppa reportedly passed away at 25 years old. View this post on Instagram

Shyne stopped by HOT 97 to talk to Nessa about his upcoming headlining show on May 2, 2026 at Kings Theatre — his first ever as a solo headliner since the release of his...

A private family dispute involving GloRilla has unfolded in public over the past several weeks, with the artist and her sister Victoria leveling painful accusations at one another. The latest exchange came during an...

Diamond Brown, who shares a daughter, Lovely, with Chris Brown, has publicly accused the singer of attempting to disrupt her personal life and suggested he may be expecting another child. The exchange gained traction...

Rapper Soulja Boy says he has taken another step into emerging technology. He claims he is the first rapper to automate his voice using artificial intelligence. “I was the first rapper to automate his...

Drew Sidora and Chanel Nicole Scott stopped by HOT 97 to talk with Nessa about love, divorce, and rebuilding after heartbreak. Drew opened up about what she’s learned during her very public split, how...

Latto chose humor over clarification this weekend as pregnancy speculation continued to circulate online. In a brief Instagram Story, she appeared wearing a prosthetic baby bump, gently rubbing her stomach before laughing at the...

Cardi B is already thinking about life after the spotlight dims on her current tour. During a recent performance in Los Angeles, the Bronx-born rapper told the audience she intends to reduce her Brazilian...