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Original Content Kid Cudi's Timeless Influence Kid Cudi's ever-evolving discography has objectively shaped the current soundscape of hip-hop. By EJ Panaligan July 21, 2021
Original Content KXNG Crooked Debates Verse Of The Year, Death Row's Legacy, & A Hypothetical 4-Way Slaughterhouse Verzuz Battle Kicking off our brand new "12 Days Of Christmas" interview series is a conversation with the legendary KXNG Crooked, who opens up about the pandemic's impact on the rap game, the verse of the year, and which Slaughterhouse member would win a four-man Verzuz battle. Expect a brand new interview with a different figure in the hip-hop and pop culture landscape the next twelve days leading up to Christmas. By Mitch Findlay December 13, 2020
Original Content Kanye West's "God's Country": 5 Things We Want Following the announcement of Kanye West's tenth studio album "God's Country," here are five things we'd like to see whenever the project drops. By Mitch Findlay June 30, 2020
Original Content Instagram Gallery: Lil Nax X's Most Troll-Worthy Moments The best of the best from pop-rap's master sh*tposter. By Nancy Jiang October 10, 2021
Original Content 5 New Artists You Should Hear We highlight five relatively new artists following a new round of music submissions. Get familiar with Mike Shabb, Shanuka, Bairi, Eldric Laron and Tyler Loyal. Paraíso By Rose Lilah February 27, 2022
Reviews Lil Wayne's UPROAR Fest Stuns Crowd With Surprise Guests: Big Sean, The Game & More Lil Wayne brought out The Game, Wiz Khalifa, and Big Sean during his "UPROAR" Festival this past weekend. By Karlton Jahmal August 16, 2021
Sports Tacko Fall Talks Celtics Fans, His Friendship With Jayson Tatum & Wanting To Be An All-Star Tacko Fall was in Cleveland this past weekend as part of MTN Dew's "The Block" activation at the NBA All-Star Game. By Alexander Cole February 21, 2022
Original Content Saucy Santana Discusses Linking Up With Nicki Minaj & Rumors That "Walk" Is A Diss Saucy Santana joins us for HNHH's "12 Days of Christmas" kick-off! We discuss his rapid ascension since "Walk Em Like A Dog" in 2019, the rumors surrounding "Walk," his relationship with Nicki Minaj, the importance of TikTok and much more. By Joshua Robinson December 13, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, & Lil Keed Get Us Bouncing This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Keed, 2 Chainz, IDK, Rick Ross, Mach-Hommy, Aminé, NLE Choppa, and more. By Alex Zidel August 13, 2020
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: DaBaby, Playboi Carti, & 21 Savage This week's TIDAL-exclusive staff-curated playlist includes Wiz Khalifa, Summer Walker, Roddy Ricch, Westside Gunn, Ab-Soul, and more. By Alex Zidel April 23, 2020
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: February 22 "I Decided." slides to #3; "Culture" slides to #4. By Chris Tart February 22, 2017
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (February 11) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week. By Angus Walker February 11, 2017