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Original Content HNHH's Best Album Covers of 2012 HNHH presents the best album covers of 2012. By Nairi December 26, 2012
Original Content It's Yo Birthday: Remembering Aaliyah (Special Edition) On what would have been her 34th birthday, we look back at some of Aaliyah's best tracks from her time at the top. By Dhruva Balram deleted January 16, 2013
Songs It's Yo Birthday: Big Boi's Top Solo Tracks Big Boi, one half of the legendary Outkast duo, turns 38 today, and HNHH takes a look at his best solo work. By Dhruva Balram deleted February 01, 2013
Original Content Tony Parker Suing W.i.P. Night Club For $20 Million Over Drake & Chris Brown Brawl NBA player Tony Parker has filed a $20 million lawsuit in New York over the brawl that took place at W.i.P. night club, when both Drake & Chris Brown were present. By Rose Lilah June 22, 2012
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (September 19) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs September 20, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: February 27 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons February 27, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week For Oct. 26 To Nov. 01 Dissecting the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in rap who are on Twitter. Twitter is intriguing to fans because it offers an un-buffered forum into the minds of some of your favorite artists. The material is often raw and unfiltered, and lucky for us, most of these guys have no filter. By Rose Lilah November 02, 2012
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 26) Young Thug and Elton John shut Instagram down this week. By Mike De Leon March 26, 2016
Original Content On The Come Up: Lucki Eck$ On The Come Up gives you a look at a rising rapper in the game, this week we peep Chicago's own Lucki Eck$. By hnhh August 13, 2014
Original Content HotNewHipHop Presents Summer Jam's Festival Village: Meet The Artists, Win Tickets Marking our first venture into event sponsorship, HNHH and Hot 97 link up this year for Summer Jam's 20th Anniversary. Meet Action Bronson, A$AP Ferg and Kid Ink - hang out with some Hotties and win tickets to the main event. By hnhh April 30, 2013
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: May Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart June 01, 2015
Original Content 15 Unexpected Yet Dope Collaborations HotNewHipHop takes a look at the hip-hop collaborations you never expected, but actually turned out to be pretty dope. By Layne Weiss October 03, 2014