Hip Hop

Eminem made sure to shame Diddy on his new album, "Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)" -- he brings up Diddy's sexual assault allegations on multiple tracks!!!

On Friday, Em made good on his promise to push boundaries with his 12th album on the song "Antichrist," which mockingly paints himself as the world's bad guy.

"But who else is as pitiless, actually witty and crass, hideous, ghastly, and insidious as me ... or spitting as nasty? Next idiot ask me is getting his ass beat worse than Diddy did ..." stopping short of saying Cassie's name.

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" video brought big business to his hometown fast-food spot and its owner says the Compton rapper has his pick of the menu -- for life!!!

TMZ Hip Hop spoke with Spiro Vovos, owner of Tam's Burgers this week and he tells us the first few days following the premiere of "Not Like Us" on July 4 were exciting, to say the least.

Kendrick and Mustard shot several scenes in front and inside the Compton Tam's ... Spiro says the euphoria has died down a bit but their managers tallied upwards of 40% increases at one point!!!

Run-DMC legend Darryl McDaniels isn't endorsing President Biden or Donald Trump this November, instead the king from Queens says he just might be the best candidate going forward!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with DMC in NYC, where the 60-year-old hip-hopper told us age isn't a hindrance in the race of life, but in politics ... well, he's still trying to determine how it's impacting POTUS' capability of running the country for another 4 years!!!

We know he's not going for Trump either ... he instructed us to revisit his 2021 patriotic track "America," and joked Tom Morello will be his vice president and Bumpy Knuckles AKA Freddie Foxxx his head of security!!!

DaBaby's taking a plea deal in his 2020 felony battery case ... and we’ve learned the "Rockstar" rapper won't have to do any time for allegedly sucker punching Gary Pagar, the homeowner of a music video shoot location.

DaBaby wasn't in the L.A. County court Thursday, but pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery through his lawyer, Blair Berk, and was sentenced to one-year probation, in addition to time served.

DaBaby was also ordered to pay $10k restitution, to stay 100 yards from Pagar, and is forbidden from possessing firearms and deadly weapons during the probation period.

Diddy's mother is hospitalized in South Florida after experiencing chest pains ... TMZ has learned.

Janice Combs was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after she complained about discomfort in her chest ... according to sources close to Diddy. It's still unclear exactly what caused the pain, but we're told she's going to remain in the hospital for at least another day.

Our sources say Diddy was in Miami at the time, and at his mom's request, went to the hospital to be by her side. We're told Janice believes the pain is related to stress over her son's legal woes ... including the federal investigation and multiple civil lawsuits.

Common and Pete Rock brought their Fat Joe-endorsed album to the spotlight last night on 'The Tonight Show' ... bringing classic hip hop to the forefront!!!

The 2 hip hop vets performed their new track “When The Sun Shines Again” and were joined by their Soulquarian and Native Tongue brothers The Roots, Bilal and Posdnuos of De La Soul ... a throwback to the good ol' days when J Dilla was a living legend!!!

We just spoke to Fat Joe this week and he gave Comm and Pete’s “The Auditorium Vol. 1.” a glowing review and fans will be able to hear for themselves when it drops Friday!!!

Beastie Boys are accusing Chili's of committing the ultimate party foul on their legacy ... using one of their songs without permission -- and it happens to be their classic hit "Sabotage" at that!!!

According to court docs obtained by TMZ Hip Hop ... surviving Beastie Boys members Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz and the late member Adam "MCA" Yauch's widow claim Brinker, the parent company of Chili's, jacked the band's iconic, 1994 music video for a commercial.

The lawsuit alleges Chili's ran an ad on social media in November 2022, synchronizing the famous track and styling it after the Spike Jonze-directed video. The video featured three characters wearing the same conspicuous '70s-style disguises as the Beasties ... where they comically rob a Chili's restaurant of its secret ingredients.

Barack Obama's living in a 'Key & Peele' skit ... the former President reenacted one of their most hilarious bits as #44 showed love to LeBron James and Team USA!

If you haven't seen it (shame on you!), Jordan Peele, portraying Obama in the 2014 skit, is met by fans after delivering a speech. Peele, as BO, greets supporters with handshakes -- but the style of shake differed depending on race.

Formal with white people ... Black supporters were dapped up.

5:50 PM PT -- A source close to Daphne Joy is providing some clarity, telling TMZ ... she deleted the rape allegation post in an attempt to smooth things over with 50 Cent, for the sake of their son. It appears 50 has also taken down his posts about Daphne.

We've learned Daphne's hired attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan, and reached out to him for comment ... but no word back.

Interesting development between Daphne Joy and 50 Cent ... she's scrubbed her social media post accusing him of rape amid the rapper's ongoing lawsuit over that very post.

Here's the deal ... Daphne, the mother to 50 Cent's son Sire, publicly accused the rapper of raping and physically abusing her in a March 28 Instagram post. 50 immediately denied the claim, and then in May he sued her for defamation.

Now, Daphne's post has been deleted from her official IG account. It's unclear exactly when she took it down, or why ... but it's gone.

A fan-favorite 'Simpsons' gag from nearly 30 years ago is about to become a real life event -- courtesy of Cypress Hill -- and the writer who came up with the joke tells TMZ, he's freaking out ... in a good way.

The west coast rap legends -- B-Real, Sen Dog and DJ Muggs -- just announced plans to perform with the London Symphony Orchestra ... a concert idea born from the 1996 'Simpsons' episode, “Homerpalooza.”

On the show, Cypress Hill forgets all about the gig, because, well ... the "Insane in the Membrane" crew got high, of course.

Philadelphia cops, and Meek Mill, are searching for a man who allegedly masturbated on a woman's leg in a Dollar Tree store, and new footage captures the shocking aftermath.

The video posted on X was apparently recorded by the alleged victim ... and in it, see her chasing a man out of the store while yelling to everyone that he had ejaculated onto her leg while she was shopping -- before turning tail and making a speedy exit.

Check out the clip ... as the alleged suspect flees the store, the woman is yelling, "He f***ing nutted on my f***ing leg!!! You go to hell, bitch!"

Megan Thee Stallion was such a good sport participating on "Celebrity Family Feud," and even made it to the bonus round, but some of her fans think one of Steve Harvey's questions crossed a line!

Steve tossed up the question to Megan and Ne-Yo, asking, "Name something you've done to your mate's feet?" Megan immediately nailed the No. 1 answer, which was "massage," and opted to have her team to play through the question.

Some viewers didn't see the question as part of the fun -- Megan was infamously shot in her foot back in 2022 by Tory Lanez, and they deemed the question to be hella insensitive for the H-Town Hottie!!!

Don't think for a second Fat Joe's social media and political ambassador career is making him forget his roots as an MC ... he's returning to music with a new album in August!!!

Joe was feeling all the way up and spilled the tea Tuesday in Bev. Hills. It's been nearly 2 years since his last project, and he should have a lot to rap about!!!

Hip Hop music has been experiencing a renaissance lately ... Nas + DJ Premier and Common + Pete Rock are both releasing collaborative albums and like Joe, Rakim and LL Cool J are also returning to the solo front.

Diddy is going to be indicted any day now ... at least according to an attorney representing one of his alleged sex trafficking victims.

Adria English's attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday and told us a possible criminal indictment against the Bad Boy founder is coming sooner than later, and perhaps even "very shortly."

Mitchell-Kidd is definitely in the know here ... her client is the former porn star who recently filed a bombshell lawsuit accusing Diddy of sexual assault and sex trafficking.

Flau'jae Johnson is advising women to wear their fake lashes no matter what Aries Spears or anyone else is saying to the contrary ... do you, boo!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the LSU hoops star in Hollywood on Tuesday and she hit a fast break on Aries' recent comments slamming the current fashion trend of oversized eyelash extensions.

Women of all nationalities and races are gluing the bristle brushes to their eyelids but Aries primarily targeted his "beautiful Black queens" in his viral PSA ... before calling the lashes ridiculous wastes of time.

Nicki Minaj fans are pissed off -- this after they paid big bucks for tickets, only for her to show up over 90 minutes late for her Dublin gig ... leaving them stranded in the rain.

The rapper was supposed to rock Malahide Castle at 8 PM Saturday as part of the European leg of her "Pink Friday 2" world tour. Instead, she waltzed onstage just before 10 PM and played for less than an hour.

Not even that ... during her brief set, Nicki kept vanishing for ages thanks to endless costume changes, all while fans shivered away in the rain.