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Sports Kyrie Irving Needs To Be Traded Before He Costs The Nets A Title Kyrie Irving has become a liability. By Alexander Cole October 16, 2021
Original Content Drakeo The Ruler Always Counted His Blessings: Our Final Interview With The West Coast Staple In one of the rapper's last interviews before his death, Drakeo the Ruler expressed his gratitude for being able to pursue a rap career, and was equally awestruck that he had managed to obtain such a position of power and influence within the west coast specifically. We conducted this interview with Drakeo for our "12 Days of Christmas" series on December 12, 2021, during Rolling Loud, California. By Angela Savage December 22, 2021
Relationships What Did Dreka Do? Her Role In Kevin Gates' Career In the early days of Kevin Gates' career, his girl was responsible for everything from DJing his shows to handing out his CDs to strangers. By Hayley Hynes June 15, 2022
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear This month we're highlighting six newcomers, with Ogi, Lil Bam and JELEEL! leading the way. By Rose Lilah April 03, 2022
Pop Culture Who Is Taylour Paige? When she's not rapping with Kendrick Lamar, you can find the 31-year-old with her two Pitbulls, perfecting her dance moves, or rehearsing her lines for one of her countless film projects. By Hayley Hynes May 27, 2022
Original Content Top Tracks: January 9 - January 15 New Yorkers dominate this week's Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons January 16, 2017
Original Content SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (January 6) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite SoundCloud tracks of the week. By Danny Schwartz January 06, 2017
Original Content Royce Da 5'9" Says Producing For Eminem Was "Stressful" Royce Da 5'9" opens up about bringing a new element to the Bad Meets Evil dynamic, sending Eminem beats, and producing "Darkness." By Mitch Findlay December 22, 2020
Original Content Conway The Machine Rejects Retirement: "I'm Just Getting Started" Conway The Machine opens up about his retirement plans, building his DrumWork label, creative chemistry with J.I.D, and whether he's ever used autotune in the booth. By Mitch Findlay May 26, 2021
Original Content Snoop Dogg On Mt. Westmore, Making Classics With Dr. Dre, & Hip-Hop's Best Business Minds Snoop Dogg opens up about reuniting with Dr. Dre, breaking new ground with Mt. Westmore, and his latest entrepreneurial endeavor with Martha Stewart. By Mitch Findlay May 12, 2021
Original Content VOTE: Which Music Streaming Platform Do You Use? Spotify, Apple Music... or something else? By Danny Schwartz March 08, 2017
Original Content Word On The Street: FUTURE Vs. HNDRXX HNHH takes to Hollywood Boulevard to get the verdict on Future's two new projects. By Trevor Smith February 27, 2017