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Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (March 22-28) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith March 28, 2014
Original Content How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture From what was initially a neighbourhood-based cultural practice, Hip-Hop has permeated societal culture in an unprecedented way. Hip-Hop extended it's boundaries before breaking them down entirely to accept any and everyone; gender, economic class and race extinguished as the genre's influence washed over society and in a way, unified a diverse group of people. By Dhruva Balram deleted March 22, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Aug. 1-7) <p>Dissecting the foibles of the hip hop community as expressed in under 140 characters on Twitter. Not just used as a device to flood people's timelines with your new track, album, video, or clothing line, sometimes rappers truly channel the unfiltered interaction with fans. This week features Mac Miller, Chief Keef, 2 Chainz and more!</p> By Trevor Smith August 08, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week Oct. 12 To Oct. 18 Dissecting the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in rap who are on Twitter. Twitter is intriguing to fans because it offers an un-buffered forum into the minds of some of your favorite artists. The material is often raw and unfiltered, and lucky for us, most of these guys have no filter. By Rose Lilah October 18, 2012
Sports LaMelo Ball And The Rookie Season That Could Have Been LaMelo Ball was having an all-time exciting rookie season prior to his injury. By Alexander Cole April 17, 2021
Original Content Rise & Grind: CJ On His Top 5 D.O.A., Working With 6ix9ine, New EP & More Buzzing Staten Island rapper CJ discusses his upcoming project, "Loyalty Over Royalty," French Montana's guidance, "Whoopty" & his unexpected connection to Method Man in the inaugural instalment of HNHH's "Rise & Grind." By Aron A. February 15, 2021
Original Content Cardi B's "Up": Mir Fontane Details Plagiarism Accusations EXCLUSIVE: Mir Fontane & Mir Pesos detail the history behind their single "Stuck" after accusing Cardi B of biting the song's hook for "Up." By Aron A. February 06, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, & Lil Uzi Vert Get Us Hyped This week's TIDAL Wave playlist features new music from Juice WRLD, Lil Baby, Fivio Foreign, Lil Gotit, Lil Durk, and more. By Alex Zidel April 29, 2020
Reviews Vince Staples Is A Visionary: Examining His Boldest Step Yet Taking a closer look at the first episode of "The Vince Staples Show" and the accompanying music. By Sanibel Chai August 27, 2019
Original Content Love & Hip Hop ATL Episode 16 Recap: Kendra Meets Young Joc's Baby Mamas In this week's "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" episode, Young Joc faces several ultimatums after Kendra meets his baby mothers, Erica Dixon hosts a baby shower, Karlie gets in trouble and more in this week's juicy episode... By Aida C. July 02, 2019
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Mustard & Migos' "Pure Water" Climbs To #1 DJ Mustard's new single "Pure Water," which features Migos, debuts at #1 on our chart this week. By Patrick Lyons January 21, 2019