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Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (August 15-21) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz August 22, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 7-13) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week. By Danny Schwartz November 14, 2015
Original Content Tweet Beef: 5 Chris Brown Social Media Feuds Chris Brown is known to go off on social media. Here's a brief history of a few recent instances. By Nicholas DG July 15, 2015
Original Content Promise That You Will Sing About Me: How Tupac Has Influenced Kendrick Lamar Examining the ways in which Kendrick Lamar draws inspiration from Tupac Shakur. By Danny Schwartz September 14, 2015
Original Content Young Thug Goes To The Zoo: The Best Animal Metaphors On "Barter 6" Young Thug shows love to all sorts of animals on "Barter 6." By Angus Walker April 22, 2015
Original Content 5 Beats 1 Radio Shows For Hip-Hop Fans Did the big names make the cut, or did some unexpected names conquer hip-hop in the first few weeks of Beats 1? By Nicholas DG July 14, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Amir Obe Tracks An introduction to Detroit rapper, Amir Obè . By Chris Tart August 16, 2015
Original Content Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums Of 2015 (So Far) Looking back at the year that's spoiled us thus far. By Nicholas DG June 17, 2015
Original Content Top 5 "Shook Ones" Freestyles Check out the top five freestyles to Mobb Deep's legendary "Shook Ones (Pt. II)". By Angus Walker March 30, 2015
Original Content 15 Times Money Was Worth More Than Dreams On Meek Mill's Album Are Meek Mill's dreams really worth more than his money on his new album? By Patrick Lyons July 09, 2015
Pop Culture We Need To Let Go Of Respectability Politics In The Fight For Black Liberation To the Black community. By Madusa S. June 05, 2020
Sports Nick Diaz & The Return Of The UFC's Biggest Anti-Hero As a bout against the surging Jorge Masvidal becomes more and more plausible, we take a look at what Stockton's own Nick Diaz represents to the world of MMA. By Robert Blair December 01, 2019