TMZ Hip Hop - Page 18

India Love has been running the internet for a long time and according to her calculations, streamers are creeping on rapper's cool points!!!

The "Westbrooks" reality TV star tells TMZ Hip Hop her recent time spent at Kai Cenat's 'Streamer University' was well worth it ... she's been exposed to an entirely new audience of adoring fans -- and colleagues. 😉

India's amassed millions of followers across several platforms -- Tumblr, IG, OnlyFans -- but she says Twitch is her new baby and she's excited on what the future will bring.

Coi Leray announced the birth of her and Trippie Redd's daughter on Tuesday -- a joyous occasion for Benzino ... who is now a grandfather for the first time!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Benzino fresh off the announcement, and he's already daydreaming up the spoils he'll have for his granddaughter Miyoco, which means "beautiful child" or "blessed descendant" in Japanese.

Benzino named Coi after the elegant Japanese fish, but with a "C," and he loves how she's carrying on the tradition and is feeling the blessings ... his son will make him a 2x grandfather in August with a baby boy!!!

Pusha T isn't only venting his frustrations at Kanye West in interviews -- he's unloading on Travis Scott on the upcoming Clipse album!!!

"The Breakfast Club"'s Loren LoRosa attended the "Let God Sort 'Em Out" album listening at Roc Nation's office last night ... ahead of the track's "So Be It" audio mysteriously appearing on the internet shortly after.

Pusha painted Travis as a tender-hearted simp on the track ... "You cried in front of me, you died in front of me, Calabasas took ya b**** and ya pride in front of me."

Drake has always credited Lil Wayne for breaking his career, but according to Weezy F. Baby's son, he should get ALL the credit because he wrote ALL the lyrics!!!

Lil Wayne's son Lil Novi was hanging out on a live stream and was asked the "either or" question of selecting his dad vs. Drake ... understandably picking his pops but took things further, claiming, "My dad wrote most of [Drake's] sh*t, if it wasn't for my pops there wouldn't be no Drake."

Meek Mill infamously gave Drake crap for letting Quentin Miller write on a couple of records but Novi's claiming all those pensive moments from "Take Care" and "Views" came courtesy of Lil Wayne's brain.

Diddy's defense team isn't backing away from the jury seeing the alleged "freak-off" videos  ... because Diddy's lawyers are now showing jurors even more footage from them.

The viewing went down Tuesday in Day 25 of Diddy's federal trial in Manhattan ... as defense attorney Teny Geragos was cross-examining a Department of Justice special agent.

Geragos cued up a few videos ... and jurors put on headphones and watched the freak-off footage on screens not viewable by lawyers, prosecutors, or those in the gallery.

R. Kelly is doubling down on his claim that his life is in grave danger in prison ... now alleging Bureau of Prisons staff at his federal center in North Carolina purposefully gave him too much medication -- causing an overdose that left him in the hospital.

A court filing submitted by his attorney, Beau B. Brindley, Monday claims R. Kelly was left bedridden in a hospital after a solitary confinement staff member instructed him to take additional medication the night of June 12.

The next morning, the Pied Piper allegedly awakened feeling faint and dizzy, and when he attempted to get up, he fell on the floor, "crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness."

Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial resumed Tuesday in NYC for the 25th day ... and a federal special agent testified about travel and hotel expenses involving alleged male escorts that Diddy paid for.

DeLeassa Penland, a special agent with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York -- the agency prosecuting the case against Diddy -- testified Diddy's American Express account was charged nearly $47,000 for damages at a single hotel in New York in one instance.

Penland told the jury Diddy, Cassie Ventura and Jules Theodore -- an alleged male escort -- stayed at the London Hotel on a particular date, which was paid for on Diddy's AmEx, as well as Virgin America plane tickets for Jules.

The jury in Diddy's trial got a spicy break from the usual testimony Monday with prosecutors playing portions of some alleged "freak-off" videos -- but for the jurors' eyes only.

The viewing went down during the afternoon session of day 24 in the trial ... as a federal prosecutor was questioning a Department of Justice special agent on the witness stand.

The prosecutor asked the special agent to verify a list of hotels where Diddy allegedly hosted his freak-offs with Cassie and male escorts. The agent went down the list, describing the hotels and the freak-off videos pertaining to the corresponding locations.

Prosecutors are getting closer to resting their case in Diddy's criminal trial and on the 24th day of witness testimony they finally showed jurors what they've been waiting for ... videos from the alleged freak-offs with Diddy and Cassie.

After some drama with the jury -- one juror was dismissed and another was on the hot seat after seemingly blabbing about the cases -- prosecutors showed members of the jury snippets of some sexual encounters between Diddy, Cassie and a hired male escort.

The jury had seen still images earlier in the trial, but prosecutors waited until they got towards the end of their case to break out the actual video footage ... presumably for dramatic effect.

Cardi B popped the lid off her third child's name in a fit of anger ... but now, the rapper is unveiling her recent baby in a bundle of joy!!!

On Monday, Cardi posted an IG photo dump of her kids swimming in pools -- and Louis Vuitton -- including the 8-month-old Blossom Belle, the daughter she shares with her estranged husband Offset.

The little tyke was all smiles rummaging through her mommy's things, and Cardi even hinted on her IG stories that BB likes causing mischief amongst her siblings.

Diddy once had a sick, twisted Christmas gift idea for his then-girlfriend Cassie when they were dating ... a "freak-off."

The jury in Diddy's federal criminal trial was shown text messages in court Monday from January 2013, including one in which Diddy asked Cassie if she wanted to belatedly celebrate Christmas by having a freak-off ... which numerous witnesses in the case have described as essentially sex marathons in hotels with a hired male escort.

The conversation began with Diddy texting Cassie, "You horny" ... to which Cassie responded, "Lol yeah".

Nicki Minaj's stinging lyrics for Jay-Z's NFL decisions are running up the wrong side of the field, so says Memphis Bleek.

According to Jay's first musical protégé, Nicki and Lil Wayne should embrace the positioning Roc Nation has with the league -- and maybe good things will happen!!!

TMZ Hip Hop recently linked with Bleek in the NYC streets and the Brooklyn rapper rattled off plenty of soundbites, including Damon Dash's latest jab at his artistry.

Ice Spice's father, Joseph Gaston, patted himself on the back for birthing a platinum-selling rapper on Father's Day ... only for the internet to inform him he resembles one himself -- LL Cool J!!!

Joe posted a pic of himself and the "Princess Diana" rapper together Sunday, captioning the photo ... "I became a father on Jan. 1st, 2000 ... God blessed me with a Princess, proud pops."

Fans and lurkers showed how unserious they could be, bombarding Joe with LL Cool J jokes ... even adding comparisons to "That's So Raven" actor Rondell Sheridan and rogue killer cop Christopher Dorner for good measure!!!

GloRilla's "Rain On Me" track is the best gospel song of the year, according to the BET Awards ... darn near blasphemy if you ask Christian music vet, Deitrick Haddon.

The gospel singer tells TMZ Hip Hop Glo is a go for his household  ... let the Bible verse Psalm 150:6 be his guide.

But he's adamant he had to draw the line -- even if the commentary came off as hating when it comes to receiving a "Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award."

Drake was none too happy after Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh was spotted at Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 2nd Toronto tour date, and Drake blasted him with a diss ... whose side are you on, you "goof"???

The diss came via Instagram DM and was made public after Drake posted it to his stories ... the two Canucks followed each other back in 2019, but had limited interactions over the years.

Singh, the city's former New Democratic Party leader, quickly apologized -- and threw the Compton visitor under the bus ... "I went for SZA, not Kendrick. I was born in this city. I love this city. But real talk, I get it, I shouldn’t have gone at all. OVO and Drake have lifted up this city ... For me, it’ll always be Drake over Kendrick.”

Diddy's trial is on the verge of another jury shakeup due to one of them getting a strange text message that's left the judge with concerns this juror is talking about the case outside of court.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the juror alerted the court on Friday about the text message, from a phone number he didn't recognize, asking him if HE was Juror No. 6 -- who'd already been in the news as someone Judge Arun Subramanian might dismiss.

We're told this other juror wanted the judge to know about the mystery text and, indeed, Judge Subramanian did have lots of questions for him about the message and the phone number from which it came.