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Original Content The Best Hip Hop Songs Of May (On Spotify) May in hip hop and R&B: Bryson Tiller, Gucci Mane, Snoop Dogg, SZA, and much more. By Danny Schwartz June 02, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: May 22 - May 28 21 Savage, Drake, and Young Thug's long-awaited "Issa" tops our chart this week. By Patrick Lyons May 29, 2017
Original Content 10 Best Rappers Who Act HNHH finds the ten best rappers-turned-actors. By Jon Godfrey September 28, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks: May 30 - June 5 A huge week for new tracks from Drake, Gucci Mane, Kanye West, Pusha T, Travi$ Scott, and more. By Patrick Lyons June 06, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: Desiigner & Murda Beatz Debut At #1 Desiigner gets himself another chart-topper this week on our TOP 100 chart. By Patrick Lyons August 28, 2017
Original Content Hip-Hop Vs. Everybody: 10 Rap/Non-Rap Feuds We take a look at 10 incidents when rappers beefed with those outside of the game. By Jake Rohn September 17, 2014
Original Content Quiz: Whose Baby Mama? Can you guess who these ladies had a child with? By Rose Lilah May 10, 2015
Music Free Guitar Samples: The Best For Hip Hop Production Discover top free guitar samples for hip hop production and learn how to integrate them effectively into your beats with our guide. By Jake Skudder November 09, 2023
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 27, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks: November 23 - November 29 Check out the Top 10 tracks on HNHH's Top 100 for the week of November 23 - 29. By Angus Walker November 30, 2015
Songs Talking To Boldy James & Big Duke On "Chirps" Giving you the direct perspective from Boldy James and his producer Big Duke, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation. By Rose Lilah June 27, 2013
Original Content Why Rap Songs Are Going #1 Again Rae Sremmurd and Migos got back-to-back #1s without making any pop concessions. Here's how they did it. By Patrick Lyons February 07, 2017