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Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: April 12-18 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh April 19, 2013
Original Content HNHH Awards: Trinidad James, Jeremih, Yo Gotti, Problem & More Choose "Rapper Most Likely to Be..." Just for fun, HNHH asked hip-hop artists in attendance at the 2013 BET Awards they're pick for "Most likely to be..." By Rose Lilah July 04, 2013
Original Content Catching Cases: Rappers Locked Up Too Early In Their Career When rap careers get derailed by jail time. By Alex Galbraith December 21, 2014
Original Content Remix Fix: Introducing Gardiner Express & Their Version Of A$AP Rocky's "Pretty Flacko 2" Gardiner Express takes on A$AP Rocky's "Pretty Flacko 2." By Mike De Leon January 20, 2015
Original Content Waka Flocka Flame's Top 10 Turn Up Anthems Practice your gun sound ad-libs, dread shaking and yelling: these are Waka Flocka Flame's 10 best turn up anthems. By Patrick Lyons March 03, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: January 5-13 A summary of the top tracks from January 5 to January 13. By Alex Galbraith January 13, 2015
Original Content 8 Female Artists Rappers Love We take a look at a few of the female artists outside of hip-hop that rappers love to sample, remix and generally work with. By Nick Sella October 06, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: SykSense HNHH's new series "Behind The Beat" profiles unique producers that are looking to change the soundscape. By Angus Walker January 12, 2015
Music Nas, The Last Great Purist: How "Legend Has It" Extends His Ongoing Love Letter To Hip-Hop From the projects that birthed "Illmatic" to the boardrooms shaping "Legend Has It," Nas has proven that hip-hop’s soul can evolve without losing its roots. By Aron A. October 23, 2025
Original Content Top Tracks: June 12 - June 18 Post Malone tops a week otherwise dominated by ASAP Ferg. By Patrick Lyons June 19, 2017
Original Content Every Drake Song To Chart On The Hot 100 Drake's run on the charts is just stupid at this point. By hnhh January 23, 2017
Original Content Nardwuar's 5 Most Memorable Interviews Five times the Human Serviette achieved YouTube gold with rappers. By Patrick Lyons March 24, 2015