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Original Content Why Comedy Rap Is Always Considered "Less Than" Can comedic rap ever escape the asterisk beside its name? By Sanibel Chai November 16, 2018
Original Content 10 Iconic Desus & Mero Moments Celebrating the most brolic brand in comedy. By Danny Schwartz June 29, 2018
Original Content A$AP Rocky Covers Complex, Says He Has Influenced Kanye West A$AP Rocky is featured on the cover of Complex's upcoming issue. By Rose Lilah November 12, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks: Playboi Carti & Lil Uzi Vert's New Collab Debuts At #1 Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti continue their fruitful partnership with the chart-topping "Squad (Firearm)." By Patrick Lyons December 11, 2017
Reviews Metro Boomin "Not All Heroes Wear Capes" Review Metro Boomin's solo debut is a high school reunion where all the invited guests are devilishly inebriated. By Devin Ch November 08, 2018
Original Content 0 To 100 Moments In Hip-Hop As much as we've enjoyed the growth of hip hop music last year, we must also reflect on the sporadic moments that caught us by surprise. Peep HNHH's list of artists that flipped out, balled out, and owned the year of 2014 by going 0 to 100, real quick. By Asia Burris February 04, 2015
Reviews Reason "There You Have It" Review Focusing on both his own personal tragedies as well as those facing the Black community at large, Reason has delivered a body of work that entertains while also examining his vulnerabilities. By Richard Bryan October 04, 2018
Original Content Fetty Luciano Is GS9's Hidden Gem: Updates On Bobby Shmurda & Rowdy Rebel Fetty Luciano weighs in on who the "King of New York" really is and how he got started. By Alex Zidel September 21, 2018
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 14-20) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz November 21, 2015
Profiles Meet Little Simz: UK's Fast-Rising Female Voice The UK's Little Simz discusses her debut album and her rapidly increasing popularity stateside. By Patrick Lyons September 02, 2015
Original Content Old Head Vs. New: Understanding Hip Hop's Generation Gap What is at the root of the schism between older artists and the next generation? By Luke Hinz April 03, 2018
Original Content Meet K$ace: Model, Budding Rapper, & The Face Of YouTube Music INTERVIEW: K$ace explains how his face became plastered on YouTube billboards across the country. By Danny Schwartz February 21, 2017