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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 10 Essential Flume Tracks One of the most exciting and unlikely successes of the recent dance music boom is Flume, a 23 year old Australian producer. With an arsenal of boom-bap beats and mindful remixes, he is poised to take over in 2015. By Chris Tart November 21, 2014
Original Content Rap Elect: If Rappers Ran The Government With election day upon us, HNHH wanted to ponder a comical view of a world where Hip Hop ran things. By Iva Anthony November 06, 2012
Original Content The Most Anticipated TV Shows Returning This Summer Ghost and Luke Cage will rule this Summer. By Karlton Jahmal June 12, 2018
Original Content Hip-Hop Olympics Bracket Week 5: "Florida Boy" Is Florida the strongest region in hip-hop history? Draft your own team in our new Bracket Competition! By Alex Zidel June 06, 2018
Profiles Behind The Beat: DJ Swish For the latest edition of Behind The Beat, 23-year-old producer DJ Swish tells us how he ended up playing a vital role in the making of YG's "Still Brazy." By Angus Walker August 12, 2016
Original Content Top 5 Verses On 2 Chainz & Lil Wayne's "ColleGrove" 5 bursts of lyrical brilliance exhibited on "ColleGrove," the new joint album from 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. By Angus Walker March 04, 2016
Original Content Top 5 Sensitive 21 Savage Tracks 21 Savage has layers. By Mitch Findlay July 12, 2017
Original Content How Modern Hip-Hop's Disrespect Reflects The Spirit Of Punk Music Rather than following hip-hop's treasured code of conduct, today's rappers are echoing the early days of punk rock. By Robert Blair April 12, 2019
Original Content "FACTS" Or Fiction? Breaking Down Kanye West's New Track Kanye West's latest release claimed to be "FACTS" only, but we investigate if that's really the case. By Patrick Lyons January 04, 2016
Original Content The Rap Yearbook: 2015 In Instagram Photos A look back at the best that rap Instagram had to offer in 2015. By Danny Schwartz January 04, 2016
Original Content 6 Artists Who Cut Ties With Their (Former) Crews A few artists who severed ties with the crew they were once repping, whether amicably or not. By Ayara Pommells October 05, 2015