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• Latest ‘GTA 6’ Leak Features Plenty of Nudity

  24-08-2026 23:52 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Rockstar Games / GTA 6
  Cyberleek’s mission to make Rockstar Games suffer, while ruining GTA 6 for us gamers, continues with his drip of leaked game footage.
  Sunday we took a trip to the strip club, and saw the game’s impressive “jiggle mechanics.” Now, for this latest round of leaks, a new video shows Jason, one of the game’s protagonists, hanging out at a “nudist town” at night.
  Now, a lot of folks were wondering if there was going to be plenty of skin
  
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• Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Columnist Karen Attiah

  24-08-2026 23:29 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: ISABEL INFANTES / GettyKaren Attiah, a longtime columnist for The Washington Post and the lone Black staffer for the publication’s opinion desk, was fired after social media posts regarding Charlie Kirk. A private arbitrator examined the matter and found that the Post had no grounds to fire Karen Attiah and has been ordered to reinstate not only her former position but lost back pay and benefits.As reported by the Associated Press, an arbitrator determined that Karen Attiah’s
  
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• White Mediocrity: Donald Trump Considering To Promote His Binky, Natalie Harp, To Press Secretary

  24-08-2026 22:52 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Tasos Katopodis / Natalie Harp / Donald TrumpDonald Trump’s administration continues to put on a masterclass in white mediocrity. The latest example on talentless Natalie Harp rising through the ranks.
  Natalie Harp’s name has been in the headlines a lot lately after Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff brilliantly mentioned the woman who is known as Trump’s “human binky” and the “human printer” during a speech, and then The Daily Beast shared the unhinged letters
  
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• 50 Cent Doubles Down On Hip-Hop Youth Culture Angle

  24-08-2026 22:41 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson found fame as a mixtape rapper en route to becoming one of the most successful artists in Hip-Hop history. Depsite his overwhelming success and talent, 50 Cent once more doubles down on stating that Hip-Hop is youth culture and that he has no intentions of releasing a new project due to his age.50 Cent was a guest on a special episode of Ebro and Nadeska Alexis’ Rap Life Review show, recapping the VERZUZ contest between R&B titans Joe and Donnell Jo
  
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• BigXthaPlug Faces DWI, Marijuana & Gun Charges After Texas Arrest

  24-08-2026 22:38 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: Courtesy of Billboard / Courtesy of BillboardBigXthaPlug has been arrested for the third time in less than a year, following an arrest in Texas this past Friday.The Dallas rapper is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession and unlawful possession. According to CBS News Texas, officer Sam Rippamonti confirmed the arrest, but said authorities were unable to provide additional details.“At this time, we can confirm that an arrest has been made. However, we are
  
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• Don Toliver Brings Justin Timberlake On Stage During Miami Show

  24-08-2026 21:29 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: Paras Griffin / GettyDon Toliver set the bar high during his Miami stop on the OCTANE World Tour.The Houston star has been setting the bar high throughout the tour, but his Miami show came with a special surprise. One of the concertgoers happened to be one of the biggest R&B stars of the 2000s.Justin Timberlake was posted up in VIP before unexpectedly joining Toliver on stage. The two artists shared a special full-circle moment, as Toliver sampled Timberlake’s “Rock Your
  
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• Missing Epstein Files Found On Popular File-Sharing Site

  24-08-2026 21:20 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: ALEX WROBLEWSKI / GettyAccording to reports, a cache of files that were believed to be missing from FBI files related to Jeffrey Epstein were found on a well-known file-sharing website. Those files are reported to contain allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a victim aged 13 to 15 years old.The situation dates back to February, when the Department of Justice was accused of withholding a number of files related to the disgraced financier. That packet consisted of 37 pag
  
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• Rick Ross Refuses To Let 50 Cent’s “Too Old For Rap” Talk Slide, Fires Back With Mom Jokes

  24-08-2026 21:15 via hiphopwired.com
  
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  Rick Ross and 50 Cent are back at it, and this time Rozay is not holding anything back — not even 50’s mother. The two have been trading shots for years, but this latest round shows the beef is nowhere near cooling off.According to Hot New Hip Hop, Ross took to his Instagram Story to respond after 50 Cent made comments suggesting he was done dropping albums. Ross said he understood 50’s decision, but pointed to rappers like Bun B as proof that age should never determine
  
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• Mark Ruffalo Hulks Out On Paramount After After Calling His Merger Comments “Antisemetic”

  24-08-2026 20:55 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Getty Images / Mark Ruffalo / Paramount
  Mark Ruffalo, aka Bruce Banner, had time for Paramount after the studio slammed his comments about the merger.Spotted on Variety, Ruffalo is best known for his roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe fired back at Paramount after the studio called his statements about the divisive merger “antisemitic,” afrer he said David and Larry Ellison were “powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.”“The accusat
  
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• Negros De La Raza: No Translation Necessary (Interview)

  24-08-2026 20:00 via rapindustry.com
  By: Todd “DG” DavisRapindustry.com
  Photo Credit: Memo Ortega
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  Before hip-hop became a global commodity, it was a local conversation.
  It traveled through neighborhoods long before it traveled through fiber-optic cables. It lived in swap meets, corner liquor stores, backyard barbecues, lowrider cruises, and family gatherings where James Brown, Vicente Fernández, Parliament, War, Curtis Mayfield, and Cypress Hill all belonged in the same afternoon. Nobody called it multicultur
  
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• Drake Spotted “Fanning Out” At An Ella Langley Concert

  24-08-2026 18:24 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Getty Images / Drake / Ella LangleyIs Drake about to co-opt country music? Is he trying to bag Ella Langley, or was he just a fan at Langley’s concert? Those are the many scenarios playing out right now on the internet.
  Drizzy was spotted fanning out at a Ella Langley concert in North Little Rock, Arkansas over the weekend.
  Videos of the Canadian musician singing and dancing to Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” on the concert venue’s jumbotron immediately went viral
  
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• Tupac Murder Trial – Day 6 (Live Updates)

  24-08-2026 18:13 via rapindustry.com
  Today is day six of the trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996.
  On Friday, Davis told the judge he had concerns while on trial, adding he believed police and prosecutors were putting his family in danger by releasing the details of his home address and other family members’ addresses. He also told the judge his home was vandalized and broken into, as well as his wife’s car.
  Davis’s son was seen
  
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• Dallas Murder-For-Hire Trial Begins in Shooting of Rapper MO3.

  24-08-2026 18:11 via rapindustry.com
  Jury selection began on Monday for the high-profile Dallas murder case involving a deadly feud between rival rappers.
  MO3 was shot to death on Interstate 35 back in 2020. Prosecutors allege the shooting was part of a murder-for-hire plot organized by Yella Beezy.
  MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble, was gunned down in the middle of the busy interstate. The deadly shooting shocked the local hip-hop community.
  But prosecutors allege it wasn’t random. They believe Noble was targeted as part
  
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• Rapsody’s God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops Examines Being Black As A Celebratory Act

  24-08-2026 17:51 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Rapsody has covered significant ground in the last two decades, emerging first as a talented upstart to garnering well-deserved attention from the industry overall. Rapsody’s latest body of work, God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops, is not only a culmination of her years of focused evolution, but also a vivid reminder that being Black is and should be seen as a celebratory act.Rapsody, affectionately called Rap by both her peers and fans alike, won her first Grammy Award last year for Best Mel
  
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• The Neighborhood Kids – ‘Livegood’ ft Rocky G

  24-08-2026 17:50 via rapindustry.com
   
  Shot and Edited: Big K Film LabelDirected by: The Neighborhood Kids & Big K Film Label
   The post The Neighborhood Kids – ‘Livegood’ ft Rocky G first appeared on Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, & more..
  
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• Smif-N-Wessun & M.O.P – ‘MEDINA’ (SNDTRAK REMIX)

  24-08-2026 17:38 via rapindustry.com
  Duck Down Music · Smif-N-Wessun & M.O.P. “Medina” SNDTRAK Remix
  The post Smif-N-Wessun & M.O.P – ‘MEDINA’ (SNDTRAK REMIX) first appeared on Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, & more..
  
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• A-F-R-O – ‘Play on Wordz’ ft. Bishop Lamont, Wordsworth, Terror Van Poo

  24-08-2026 17:33 via rapindustry.com
   
  Produced, mixed, mastered, edited by A-F-R-O
   The post A-F-R-O – ‘Play on Wordz’ ft. Bishop Lamont, Wordsworth, Terror Van Poo first appeared on Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, & more..
  
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• GELO – C’MON

  24-08-2026 17:22 via rapindustry.com
  The post GELO – C’MON first appeared on Rap Industry: New Hip Hop, Rap Videos, Music, News, & more..
  
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• Trump Reunites With Michael Cohen, Critics See Pardon Jig

  24-08-2026 16:13 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: MARK PETERSON / GettyIn a surprising twist, former lawyer Michael Cohen’s next podcast guest was someone who he once worked for and publicly feuded with – President Donald Trump.According to reports, Trump sat down for an interview with Cohen for his When You Know, You Know podcast on Thursday (Aug. 20). The interview was first confirmed by a White House official and then Cohen himself confirmed that it would air on Thursday, with additional excerpts to be broadcast on his sh
  
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• Quality Control’s Pierre “P” Thomas’ Mother Speaks Out Following Heart Attack

  24-08-2026 16:12 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: Johnny Nunez / GettyQuality Control’s co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas’ suffered a heart attack last week, and now his mother is speaking out about his condition.Several false reports began circulating about P’s current health status. Following the initial reports, Quality Control released a statement confirming that P is alive and asked the public to respect his family’s privacy during this difficult time.“We want to clarify that Pierre “P&rdq
  
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• Yahya Abdul-Mateen Calls Out Marvel Over ‘Wonder Man,’ ‘Blade’

  24-08-2026 15:42 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Source: Marvel / Walt Disney StudiosYahya Abdul-Mateen II has some questions about Marvel’s recent decisions. He thinks the media giant’s recent moves are all business driven.
  
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• Cyberleek Takes Us Inside The Strip Club In Latest ‘GTA 6’ Leak

  24-08-2026 06:56 via hiphopwired.com
  
  Rockstar Games / GTA 6
  The GTA 6 leaks are still coming, and in this round, “Cyberleek” took folks to the strip club and showed off more gameplay from the upcoming game from Rockstar Games.
  Despite having a five-star wanted level, and GTA 6’s publisher, Take-Two Interactive, ramping up efforts to figure out who Cyberleek is and stop him from leaking any more footage from the game ahead of the extended look coming to Netflix.
  Hilariously, Cyberleek was also charging admission to
  
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