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1 day ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
On Monday, May 12, the Diddy trial officially began. Opening statements from the prosecution and the defense team followed a short but complex jury selection process in Manhattan court, where a horde of hopeful audience members are forming lines to get a sneak peek. As such, we are still in the very early stages of the trial. We don't expect everything to be immediately clear, whether that's the evidence used in court or the witnesses the jury will hear from.
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2 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
Meek Mill may often get into some viral Internet antics here and there, but above all, he is committed to his community and to his city. He led many tributes from Philadelphia pouring in for local rapper LGP QUA, who tragically passed away on Mother's Day (Sunday, May 11). QUA lost his life in an afternoon shooting in Philly's Juniata Park, per AllHipHop and ABC 6 Action News.
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2 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
BY Gabriel Bras Nevares Published 1 min ago Link Copied to Clipboard! Jan 04, 2005; Miami, FL, USA; Sean P. Diddy Combs on the sidelines during the 2005 Orange Bowl between the USC Trojans and the Oklahoma Sooners at Pro Player Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports (©) Copyright 2005 by Matthew Emmons Link Copied to Clipboard! This allegation emerged during the opening statements of the Diddy trial, which began today following jury selection.
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2 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
The Diddy trial is supposed to wrap up its jury selection process today (Monday, May 12), followed immediately by opening statements. Ahead of this official kick-off to the federal criminal trial for alleged sex trafficking, Sean Combs' family is standing right behind him. As reported by TMZ, his loved ones made their way to Manhattan court on Monday. Specifically, his children got most of the attention.
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2 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
50 Cent is a business mogul in many different areas at this point, so he has to keep a pretty clean image to get his deals to move along. But he's also still hip-hop through and through, which makes some of his past G-Unit affiliations difficult to handle. For example, on Sunday (May 11), the Queens MC had to address a situation involving one of his collective's former colleagues, Bang Em Smurf.
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3 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
Kanye West previewed his next album in quite an abhorrent fashion with his "H.H." single, which itself followed other bigotries. We expect the rest of the full-length to follow suit, and it seems like the nation of Russia is not even giving it a shot. According to Kurrco on Twitter, a formal request emerged to the country's media regulator asking them to ban the release of Kanye West's new album CUCK. Or WW3, or whatever it's called if it actually comes out.
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3 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
While Diddy has not been able to make many statements about his federal trial, his legal team and prosecutors certainly have. In fact, one of his supposed lawyers' comments about the government's legal reps might just land the attorney in hot water... Although he doesn't seem to care. The presumed lawyer in question is attorney Mark Geragos, who isn't actually confirmed to be a part of Sean Combs' legal team.
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3 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
SZA has been having a spectacular time on the "Grand National" tour, which are incredibly draining stadium shows alongside Kendrick Lamar and Mustard. But somehow, she still has enough energy to host a Brooklyn afterparty this weekend with KAYTRANADA, Lizzo, Justin Skye, and more. Solána shared some clips from the event, including a Twitter post of her singing along to the Beyoncé cut "Deja Vu" next to the Haitian-Canadian DJ.
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3 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
BY Gabriel Bras Nevares Published 3 mins ago Link Copied to Clipboard! March 15, 2002; Hackensack, NJ, USA; Rapper DMX also known as Earl Simmons, center, and his wife Tashera Simmons, right, sit with his attorney Brian Neary Friday, March 15, 2002, in Hackensack, N.J., during the sentencing phase of DMX's plea bargin on animal cruelty, disorderly conduct and drug paraphernalia charges.
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3 days ago | 
hotnewhiphop.com | Gabriel Bras Nevares
Key Glock feels quite satisfied with his killer new album Glockaveli, and he has a lot of material in the vault which could be next up. However, there is one part of his unreleased catalog he is reluctant to put out there, and that's his now posthumous material with his mentor Young Dolph. Per Complex, the Memphis MC spoke about his late collaborator during an appearance on the Funky Friday podcast with Cam Newton.
