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Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (January 2) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs January 02, 2015
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 28 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 28, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 21 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 21, 2014
Original Content Bad Bitches: 10 Women Who Rep Hip-Hop HotNewHipHop looks at the women who remind us that rap is just a very, very small part of hip-hop culture. By Layne Weiss October 23, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: June 7- June 13 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah June 14, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (May 17) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan May 17, 2014
Original Content Hip-Hop Ink: Gang Tattoos Explained HNHH examines gang tattoos and their relationship with hip-hop’s ever growing culture of ink. By Nikita Rathod March 20, 2014
Original Content Top 5 Country/Rap Collaborations From The Past Decade The country and rap worlds have been colliding over the past decades with artists from both genres interested in collaboration. Just like any experimentation, it can result in a mess or may produce a desirable outcome. The question is, have these collaborations produced any worthy tracks or have they all been failed attempts? By Vanessa Oswald April 05, 2014
Original Content Stalking SXSW: Instagram Photo Recap (Part 1) A look at SXSW through the eyes of Instagram. By Mike De Leon March 12, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: March 13 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons March 13, 2014
Sports Dissecting Donald Sterling's Racist Tendencies While we waited yesterday for the NBA conference, specifically, Adam Silver, to announce what would be Donald Sterling's punishment for his reprehensible racist remarks, we decided to examine just how deep-rooted his hatred is. This may not come as a surprise. By hnhh April 30, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: April 5 - April 11 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah April 12, 2014