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Original Content 5 Things We Want From Tinashe's "Joyride" Some things we're looking for in Tinashe's upcoming sophomore album. By Trevor Smith January 12, 2016
Original Content 10 Other Rappers Who've Visited The White House Kendrick Lamar's not the only rapper who's been a guest at the White House. By Patrick Lyons January 12, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: January 4 - January 10 Here are the most viewed tracks in HNHH's Hot 100 for the week of January 4 - January 10. By Angus Walker January 11, 2016
Original Content Drake & Rihanna: A Brief History Tracing Drake and Rihanna's tumultuous relationship back to 2009. By Danny Schwartz January 11, 2016
Original Content TMI: When Rappers Overshare On Social Media When rappers' personal lives spill out onto their social media accounts, things can get ugly. By Patrick Lyons January 11, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Rockie Fresh Tracks An introduction to Rockie Fresh. By Chris Tart January 10, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Jan 2-8) Looking back at the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz January 09, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (January 8) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah January 08, 2016
Original Content Top 5 Songs From Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Friday Series We run down the five best releases from the 2010 G.O.O.D. Friday series. By Rose Lilah January 08, 2016
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (January 8) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden January 08, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: London On Da Track For the latest installment of Behind the Beat, we talk to London on da Track about growing up in church, the breakup of Rich Gang, and the rare chemistry he has with Young Thug. By Angus Walker January 07, 2016
Original Content #TBT: DJ Premier's 1990s Productions Today we're taking it back to the '90s with some of DJ Premier's classic production. By Chris Tart January 07, 2016