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Original Content Yes Yes: Slum Village Talks New Music, Doughnuts & J. Dilla T3 and Young RJ of Slum Village discuss their upcoming album, food, wrestling, J. Dilla, and more exclusively with HotNewHipHop. By Layne Weiss March 14, 2014
Original Content Chiraq: The Female Perspective In The Drill Movement Katie Got Bandz and Sasha Go Hard's careers flourish amongst the Chicago drill scene and women rappers. By Glennisha Morgan February 24, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (Jan. 3-9) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith January 09, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 1 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 01, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: June 13 to June 26 Welcome to this week’s ‘140 Bars Or Less’ post where we look at the “best-in tweet” in the world of Hip Hop. This week Big K.R.I.T. looks for ass on ‘discount’, Eminem lives ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’, and Rihanna and Nicki ‘go together’. By Rose Lilah June 27, 2012
Original Content Underrated Audio: May 21- May 27 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 28, 2012
Original Content Word Up: Hip-Hop Through The Wire Listen to some hip-hop music that references "The Wire." By Rose Lilah April 03, 2012
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (September 30) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden October 01, 2016
Original Content Top 10 G-Unit Tracks Revisit one of hip-hop's dopest crews. By Mitch Findlay August 09, 2017
Original Content Ladies First: Big Jade Talks Texas Come Up From Hairstylist To Rapper Big Jade catches up with us to talk about achieving her rap dreams "late" in life, receiving co-signs from Lil Baby and Offset, and her roots as a hairstylist in Beaumont, Texas. By Erika Marie March 17, 2022
Original Content 50 Cent: The Ultimate Quiz Curtis Jackson Stans unite. By Mitch Findlay August 29, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: Chris Brown & Drake Dominate With "No Guidance" Chris Brown and Drake's new collab, "No Guidance," easily grabs our #1 spot this week. By Patrick Lyons June 10, 2019