TMZ Hip Hop - Page 50

NLE Choppa is taking exception to the notion he's baiting the gay community for clicks and giggles ... the community supports him and he supports the community -- it's simple math!!!

The "Shotta Flow" rapper caught up with TMZ Hip Hop at the Beverly Hilton for the 2025 Truth Awards on Saturday where he expressed his love for all colors, creeds, lifestyles and origins ... if you're a fan, it's all love!!!

NLE also pointed out his rap career was wildly successful before he incorporated the LGBTQ+ into his scope and became an ally ... hell, "Shotta Flow" was already 3x platinum!!!

Kim Kardashian is mulling over a big decision ... whether to go to court and ask a judge to strip Kanye West of joint legal custody of their 4 kids, because her ex-husband has flagrantly ignored their custody agreement.

The latest legal war was set off after Kanye agreed in a mediation Friday not to release a previously recorded song in which their daughter North raps. The track -- "Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine" -- also includes a phone convo between Diddy and Kanye.

Thing is ... Kim was vehemently opposed to letting North participate in any way ... and according to their divorce settlement, they both have equal say in making decisions for their kids.

Lil Nas X helped get his fans all liquored up during his album release party over the weekend, pouring booze straight into mouths as he performed for a packed crowd!

Nas took the stage at West Hollywood's Beaches Tropicana on Saturday night, where he was celebrating his new music. Nas was seen taking a shot from a bottle of Casamigos Cristalino tequila, and he didn't keep it just for himself ... he poured shots for his fans who joined in on the celebration.

We're told by people at the shindig Nas also spent $75,000 on a custom pink Porsche-shaped cake!

11:58 AM PT -- Drake's lead attorney Mike Gottlieb tells TMZ ... “UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a simple truth: a greedy company is finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation that has already resulted in multiple acts of violence. This motion is a desperate ploy by UMG to avoid accountability, but we have every confidence that this case will proceed and continue to uncover UMG’s long history of endangering, abusing and taking advantage of its artists.”

Drake's trying to have his cake and eat it too ... according to his music label UMG, which says his whole lawsuit over "Not Like Us" is really just sour grapes because Kendrick Lamar buried him in their rap beef.

Universal Music Group filed docs Monday in federal court, calling out Drake for his part in the diss track battle that surrounded the release of "Not Like Us." According to the label, "Drake encouraged the feud. For example, when he felt that Lamar was taking too long to respond, Drake released a second recording in which he goaded Lamar to continue the public rap battle."

Remember, Drake is suing his label for releasing the track, claiming it did so knowing its "certified pedophile" line was false and defamatory.

Kanye West has just released a new song apparently featuring Diddy, Diddy's son, Christian "King" Combs and Ye's daughter North ... this after Kim Kardashian tried to get a judge to stop him.

The rapper just dropped the track on his X account minutes ago ... saying the song's titled "LONELY ROADS STILL GO TO SUNSHINE" -- before saying the producer who is currently in prison is featured on it.

'LONELY ROADS' kicks off with a voice that certainly sounds like Diddy's ... telling Ye he appreciates him taking care of his kids and reaching out -- 'cause no one else has in recent months.

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie walked away uninjured after a car accident Sunday ...  and, it's something of a miracle because video shows the car was completely totaled.

TMZ has obtained several videos from the accident's aftermath ... capturing a white sportscar smashed to bits. The hood if off to the side of the car, revealing it's frame beneath.

The top has seemingly been removed during the accident as well. The car was eventually put on the back of a tow truck and driven away.

A$AP Rocky took his headlining set to new heights -- literally -- by performing from a helicopter hovering above the music venue.

The rapper stunned the massive crowd as he arrived in dramatic fashion to Rolling Loud Los Angeles on Saturday night. He was perched on a chopper as it was suspended high above the festival grounds at Hollywood Park.

A$AP performed his unreleased song, "Stole Ya Flow" from his upcoming album, "Don't Be Dumb."

Ray J and Princess Love got into a heated fight ... and we're told things were so bad, police got involved and detained Ray in the back of a squad car.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Ray J came home from a tour Thursday afternoon and he and Princess Love started fighting about their pending divorce.

We're told Princess called LAPD, claiming Ray J was being aggressive, yelling, and possibly under the influence.

Will Smith announced Friday his new album was finally ready after "working on it for a grip" ... and he ain't lying because the last time he dropped was 20 years ago!!!

Last July, Big Will signed a distribution deal with independent record label SLANG, and his upcoming "Based On A True Story" is the first finished product of the deal.

He excitedly says he's going into auto-bio mode, even going so far as to label the tracks "episodes" and draping himself in Phillies gear for the album photo shoot.

Federal prosecutors just revealed in court they have two videos of Diddy beating Cassie in a hotel hallway in L.A. ... including a recording of the original hotel surveillance footage.

Diddy was in court Friday for a pretrial hearing in his federal criminal case when his lawyers started sparring with the feds over the Cassie beating video.

The judge asked the prosecution if they had the original security video and the Assistant United States Attorneys revealed the feds have the CNN version ... and a recording of the original footage.

Lizzo says her new weight loss is gonna have people asking if she got a Brazilian Butt Lift ... and, she's says TMZ had better investigate to put the rumors to bed.

The singer-songwriter posted a clip to Instagram yesterday ... stunning in a red lingerie top and a pair of matching see-through pants -- which did little to hide the underwear underneath.

Lizzo shakes her booty a bit ... and, says the whole look is "giving BBL" -- meaning she's looking like she went under the knife to get a backside like that.

Offset and his entourage's plans to enjoy the legal California cannabis went up in smoke last night ... a security guard is accusing the former Migos rapper of assaulting him -- and sending him to the hospital!!!

Multiple sources tell TMZ Hip Hop that Offset and several other guys popped up at a popular dispensary, MedMen LAX, around 9:30 PM ... and a dispute arose over whether Offset presented ID, prohibiting him by law from buying or even touching any marijuana products.

Reps for Offset call the claims ridiculous ... he had just gotten off a flight at the nearby airport, and identification is an obvious requirement to hop on a commercial plane, and they say ID was in his possession at the shop.

Shamon Jones, the mother of the 5-year-old girl murdered alongside her rapper father, G$ Lil Ronnie, is standing her ground in choosing to mourn her family how she pleases ... by flexing tons of cash out in the streets!!!

After being criticized for boasting about her daughter R'Mani's designer burial outfit, Jones doubled down at a block party-style balloon release memorial in her late child's honor.

Jones posed for the phones that were streaming for IG Live ... with a tall stack of cash you'd typically see someone holding at a strip club.

Jay Rock has been arrested for felony gun possession ... and, the whole interaction with cops was apparently caught on video.

The rapper was arrested Thursday evening in Los Angeles ... after the rapper was allegedly trespassing at the Nickerson Gardens housing project in Watts.

Watch the clip ... Jay Rock's got his hands behind his back as multiple cops mill around the scene. He's clearly upset -- yelling at officers as they drag him away.

Luka Doncic really is an L.A. guy now -- the Lakers' newest superstar was name-dropped in  Kendrick Lamar's song with Playboi Carti!!

The Compton rapper -- currently riding high after his beef with Drake -- mentioned the Slovenian guard during his verse on "GOOD CREDIT," a track from Carti's new album, "I AM MUSIC."

In the song, K. Dot says, "The numbers is nothing, the money is nothing, I’ve really been him I promise, see Kenny been heavy out west and I carry the weight n****, I’m Luka Doncic."

Kendrick Lamar's big Drake diss on Playboi Carti's "Music" album didn't materialize like DJ Akademiks predicted ... but A$AP Relli can pick a bone with the "Not Like Us" rapper.

If losing his assault trial wasn't bad enough, Relli's now being crucified by Kendrick on the track "Good Credit" for taking the stand and testifying against A$AP Rocky!!!

Kendrick slickly raps ... "Belly on chain go big, white gold link fall on the belly / The emerald cuff for hers and his, that bitch on point like A$AP Relli" -- a clear reference to the moment former A$AP Mob member claimed Rocky shot him.