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Original Content What Is Hyphy Hip-Hop? A new feature showcasing a distinct subgenre of hip-hop. This week: Hyphy. By Alex Galbraith January 21, 2015
Original Content 10 Frequently Sampled Records In Hip-Hop A break down of records that have been sampled quite often through out hip-hop. By Shirley Ju November 25, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: November 6 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons November 06, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Oct.4) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan October 04, 2014
Original Content Ten Rappers Reimagined as Superheroes We imagine what superpowers Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Master P, Jay Z and more rappers would have. By Jake Rohn September 23, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (September 12) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs September 12, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Aug. 15) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs August 15, 2014
Original Content SportsCenter Anchors Who Love Hip-Hop Urban entertainment at its finest. By Matt Aceto August 09, 2014
Original Content The "Hot Nigga" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Bobby Shmurda's breakout hit, "Hot Nigga," now has attracted freestyles from a number of high-profile artists, making it time to choose your favorite. By Patrick Lyons August 07, 2014
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (January 29) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah January 29, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: DJ Spinz DJ Spinz on working with Future, creating Ty Dolla $ign's "Blasé," and the collaborative approach of Atlanta producers. By Trevor Smith January 13, 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