Hip-Hop History

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Original Content 10 Classic Mixtapes That Still Haven't Hit Streaming Platforms Some of the best Hip-Hop and R&B projects of the late 2000s and early 2010s were free mixtapes, but many of those classics are still not available to stream on DSPs to this day. By Joshua Robinson September 28, 2022
Pop Culture DJ Drama Reflects On His 2007 Mixtape Raid: "I Really Got Hit Wit The RICO (And Won)" At the time of Drama and Don Cannon's arrest, law enforcement confiscated over 80K CDs. By Hayley Hynes July 13, 2022
Original Content What Happened To Backpack Rap? We document the rise and fall of the subgenre known as backpack rap. By Robert Blair June 22, 2022
Music DJ Clark Kent Recalls Introducing Jay-Z To Biggie In Resurfaced Clip As Fans Mourn The Producer Rodolfo Franklin's impact cannot be overstated. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 27, 2024
Original Content HNHH's Women's History Month Playlist: Hip Hop And R&B Queens All hail the queens! We're celebrating Women's History Month by paying respect to the ladies who keep our playlists lit. By Erika Marie March 19, 2025
Hip-Hop History Clipse's Ex-Manager Claims 95% Of Their Coke Raps Were Based On His Life Anthony "Geezy" Gonzalez, the former manager of the Clipse, said he was really living the raps they were writing. By Aron A. February 27, 2020
Hip-Hop History Lil Wayne Wanted To Axe His Famous "F Is For Phenomenal" Lyric Lil Wayne wanted to change his iconic "Weezy F Baby and the F is for Phenomenal" lyric, says his longtime associate Cortez Bryant. By Alex Zidel September 10, 2020
Numbers Lil Uzi Vert Makes Chart History & Matches Lil Wayne Lil Uzi Vert charts every single song from "LUV Vs. The World 2" on the Billboard Hot 100 after doing the same thing with "Eternal Atake" the previous week. By Alex Zidel March 24, 2020
Original Content Eminem's Top 25 Best Beats Of All Time Revisit the greatest hits of Eminem's extensive and unique production discography. By Mitch Findlay January 08, 2020
Original Content 50 Cent Vs. Ja Rule Beef: How It Started One of hip-hop's most legendary wars began with chain-snatchings, thrown punches, diss tracks, and studio stabbings. By Mitch Findlay July 26, 2019
Original Content Dr. Dre's Top 10 Best Deep Cuts Expand your horizons. By Mitch Findlay January 01, 2020
Hip-Hop History Snoop Dogg's Ex-Bodyguard Recounts Fatal Shooting To Protect Rapper Snoop Dogg's former bodyguard explains the fatal shooting that led to the rapper's 1993 murder charge. By Aron A. March 17, 2021