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Streetwear Dapper Dan Talks Mike Tyson Fight In His Store, Getting Raided In The '90s Because Of Fendi & More Ahead of the launch of the limited edition Dapper Dan x Pepsi Football Watching Capsule Collection, we spoke to the father of logo-mania about the infamous Mike Tyson fight, Michael K. Williams, and so much more. By Aron A. September 14, 2021
Original Content Mulatto Reflects On Her Breakout Year, Picks Lil Baby As Top Trend-Setter & Continues To Debate A Name Change On the fourth day of HNHH's "12 Days of Christmas", Mulatto tells us about her possible name change, hobbies she picked up during quarantine, collaborations with legends like Gucci Mane, and more. By Alex Zidel December 16, 2020
Sports The Tom Brady Trap Tom Brady never loses and we all just need to come to terms with that. By Alexander Cole February 08, 2021
Original Content Havoc Details Origins Of His Dark Production, Signing With 50 Cent & His Favorite Mobb Deep Album Havoc, one half-of Mobb Deep and a pioneer of dark production, opens up about his creativity, why he loves his time with G-Unit, and some of his favorite moments in the studio. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Benny The Butcher & T.I. Provide This Week's Soundtrack This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Benny The Butcher, T.I., Black Thought, Money Man, Lil Keed, and more. By Alex Zidel October 22, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Cory Gunz? After Lil Wayne's "6 Foot 7 Foot" catapulted the Young Money artist onto the global stage, we take a look at what's happened during Cory Gunz's 15-plus year career. By Robert Blair June 03, 2021
Original Content Smoove'L Praises Roddy Ricch's Sound & Album, Talks Mending Things With Pop Smoke For Day 11 of our 12 Days Of Christmas series, we caught up with Smoove’L to discuss his latest project "Ice Cups & Shootouts," reaching out to Pop Smoke on the night of his death, and meeting A$AP Rocky. By Aron A. December 23, 2020
Original Content Lil Nas X Mastered Viral Success We take a look at how Lil Nas X has turned the social media frenzy into an exact science. By Robert Blair April 13, 2021
Politics Ice Cube's CWBA (Contract With Black America): Everything To Know The legendary rapper is now at the center of semi-partisan frustration over how to address racial inequity. By Isaiah Cane October 25, 2020
Sports Chiefs Vs. Buccaneers: Predicting Super Bowl LV Super Bowl LV will contain perhaps one of the most fascinating storylines we have seen in quite some time. By Alexander Cole February 06, 2021
Original Content Why Did Bobby Shmurda Opt Out Of "First Day Out" Freestyle Tradition? Although he's got the whole world waiting on his next move after seven years away, there's a case to be made for Bobby Shmurda to delay his return to the rap game. By Robert Blair March 05, 2021
Sports Why Kyle Lowry Is The Greatest Player In Raptors History After almost being traded at the deadline, it's important to remember just how much Kyle Lowry means to the city of Toronto. By Alexander Cole April 03, 2021