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Original Content Top Tracks: April 11 - April 17 Another week dominated by Drake (but also Mike Will Made It!). By Patrick Lyons April 18, 2016
Original Content A Hip-Hop Head Holiday Gift Guide HotNewHipHop makes your Christmas shopping a little easier, with a list of suggestions. By Rose Lilah December 09, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks: October 19 - October 25 Running down HNHH's top 10 tracks for the week of October 19 - 25. By Angus Walker October 26, 2015
Original Content HNHH & TuneCore Present "Heat Seekers" Artist Spotlight: 3Kxng For the fifth installment of HNHH's "Heat Seekers" contest with TuneCore, we are taking a look at Philly artist 3Kxng. By Alexander Cole June 16, 2020
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Ty Dolla $ign Takes Over The Week This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Ty Dolla $ign, Jack Harlow, Joyner Lucas, T.I., DeJ Loaf, Future, and more. By Alex Zidel October 28, 2020
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 14-20 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 21, 2013
Original Content HNHH Exclusive: Hot 97 Christmas Extravaganza at Webster Hall with Nicki Minaj Last night, Nicki Minaj graced all of her adoring fans at Webster Hall for her Christmas Extravaganza. The event was hosted by the New York Hip-Hop and R & B station Hot 97. It was packed out as fans from all over the five boroughs headed downtown in Manhattan to get their glimpse of the Young Money Princess in all her glory. Although previously at odds over the Summer Jam fiasco, it was a nice reunion for the two parties. By Jason Pollak December 27, 2012
TV Marvel's "Phase 4": Villains We Want To See Now that "Phase 4" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been mapped out, we took a look at what supervillains that we want to see make their way into the next batch of films and TV shows. By Robert Blair July 25, 2019
Original Content A Dope Collection Of Sneaker-Inspired Art Yeezy made of Yeezys, owls made of OVO Jordans, + more. By Kyle Rooney September 20, 2016
Original Content Should Today's Hip-Hop Artists Study The Past? In light of MC Ren's claims that rappers need to be aware of their past to qualify as "artists", we take a look at the validity of that statement and see if it holds weight in today's industry. By Robert Blair June 05, 2019
Original Content Top 15 Hottest Mixtapes Of Summer '14 It's been a great Summer for new music, and now that we've hit September it's time to look back and count down the best of the best. Today we run through the some of the hottest mixtapes that dropped this Summer. By hnhh September 02, 2014
Reviews G Perico "G Slim's Revenge" Review G Perico's latest outing is one of his finest lyrical showings yet, making "G Slim's Revenge" a certified underground hit. By TeeJay Small April 20, 2024