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Pop Culture Video Game Characters That Deserve Their Own Movies While superhero movies may be slowing down, video game movies and adaptations appear to be heating up. What could be next? By Zachary Roberts April 12, 2023
Original Content Top Tracks: November 7 - November 13 J. Cole's Dreamville/Spillage Village posse cut crowns our Top Tracks this week. By Patrick Lyons November 14, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: October 24 - October 30 It's all Drake this week on Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons October 31, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (October 21) HNHH's weekly round-up of our favorite tracks of the week. By Angus Walker October 21, 2016
Original Content Peter Rosenberg Talks New Album, The Idea Of "Real Hip-Hop" & Jay-Z's G-Check Ahead of the release of "Real Late," we caught up with Peter Rosenberg for an in-depth conversation on his new album, his role in New York hip-hop, the return of Summer Jam, and more. By Aron A. June 04, 2021
Original Content 21 Savage & Metro Boomin's "Savage Mode" Revels In Its Sin Four Years Later 21 Savage and Metro Boomin's "Savage Mode" dropped on this day, in 2016. We look back on its initial impact. By Rose Lilah July 15, 2020
Society Kanye West: The Beautiful Dark Twisted Philosopher Kanye West started with what appeared to be good-intentioned, self-improvement musings in his return to Twitter, before veering into narcissistic and political territory. What's the impact of this on the people that he wants to break out of the "simulation"? By Vince Rick April 25, 2018
Original Content Black Atlass: From Bedroom Records To Signing With The Weeknd INTERVIEW: The Weeknd's latest signee to XO, Black Atlass, chops it up about his latest project, "Pain & Pleasure," creative evolution and more. By Aron A. July 12, 2018
Reviews "Avengers: Infinity War" Movie Review Epic doesn't even begin to describe it. By Karlton Jahmal April 26, 2018
Original Content Is Drake Losing His Clout? Drake's "Scorpion" is as successful as any album he's ever released, but is the Canadian megastar losing his grasp on the zeitgeist? By Patrick Lyons July 18, 2018
Original Content Why The Performances Were The Most Important Part Of The 2018 Grammys Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Dave Chappelle, and Childish Gambino showed the world why hip-hop culture reigns supreme. By Karlton Jahmal January 29, 2018
Original Content What Is Young Thug Up To? An Argument For "Hear No Evil" EP Series We have a hypothesis concerning Young Thug's surprise EP, "Hear No Evil." By Narsimha Chintaluri April 16, 2018