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The nominations for the 69th Grammy Awards land Monday, November 16 — and for once, the rap field has no runaway favorite. Rolling Stone predicts Cardi B takes Best Rap Album in a wide-open race, Ye has swung big with his submissions, and HipHopStories will publish the real list the moment it drops.

Eight Mile Style, the Ferndale publisher behind Eminem’s catalog, says Suno trained its AI on 269 of his compositions — “Lose Yourself,” “Stan” and “The Real Slim Shady” among them — and wants more than $41 million. Eminem himself isn’t a plaintiff. His publisher is leading the fight.

Drake hopped on Trainwreckstv’s Kick stream, sang along to “Take Care” — then told fans it’s probably the only performance of the Rihanna classic they’re getting. With a 2027 tour run expected, one of his defining records looks done on stage.

For nearly 30 years, Angie Martinez has held onto the most sought-after tapes in hip hop — the unreleased parts of her 1996 interview with Tupac Shakur, recorded just three months before his death. On November 27, Netflix opens the vault: The Tupac Tapes with Angie Martinez, a four-part video podcast event built around the conversation the world never got to hear in full.

Goldenvoice pulled the curtain back on Coachella 2027: Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA headline two weekends in Indio next April, Madonna takes over the dance tent, and Daddy Yankee gets a billboard all his own. For hip hop and R&B fans, SZA closing both Sundays leads a lineup that runs from Don Toliver and Kehlani all the way down to Freddie Gibbs in the fine print — and passes go on sale this Friday.

Dr. Dre says the first real break of his adult life is coming. On Ice Cube and Mike Epps’ Listen & Laugh podcast, the producer said that after finishing two projects he plans to go off the grid for a year or two — after 41 years in the studio.

Blueface is denying rumors that his crew took boxer Adrien Broner’s bag — reportedly worth up to $100,000 — at a Skilla Baby show in Los Angeles. The theft claim itself remains unverified; what is on record is Broner being taken away by paramedics and Blueface’s on-stream denial.

A federal judge has dismissed the copyright lawsuit over Flo Milli’s hit “Never Lose Me” with prejudice. The ruling found the plaintiff never held exclusive rights to the beat — because the producer never signed his $200 license.

The state has rested its case in Yella Beezy’s Dallas capital murder trial over the 2020 killing of MO3. Jurors heard that convicted shooter Kewon White searched “yella beezy net worth” days before the murder, and the judge denied a defense motion to dismiss.

Future has turned “Ya Hit” into a full on-camera moment. The official video — with Drake, Travis Scott and Loe Shimmy together — dropped today, Tuesday, November 10, 2026, and it is already moving fast in its first hour. Watch it here.