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Original Content What Does "Oklama" Mean? Unpacking Kendrick Lamar's New Alias With no shortage of theories online, we look at the potential rationales behind Kendrick Lamar's new "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers" era moniker. By Robert Blair April 21, 2022
Original Content Instagram Gallery: An Introduction To Coi Leray Rising star Coi Leray receives the Instagram Gallery treatment. By HNHH Staff July 12, 2020
Sneakers How Kanye West's Yeezy 700 "Wave Runner" Birthed The Dad Shoe Trend It took a while before the Adidas Yeezy Boost 700 eventually caught on. By Alexander Cole January 19, 2020
Streetwear Instagram Gallery: Gunna’s Most Outlandish Outfits Check out some of Gunna’s most riveting fashion choices as of late. By Jordan Schenkman April 09, 2022
Original Content SZA's New Album: Everything We Know The New Jersey-born singer has been teasing the release of a sophomore album for years now, but with the album originally expected to arrive before the year's end, we’ve rounded up everything we know about the unnamed project so far. By Angela Savage November 08, 2021
Original Content New Music Friday: Latto, Denzel Curry, & Chance The Rapper Snap With New Releases Our New Music Friday round-up. This week's new releases include Latto, Nicki Minaj, Denzel Curry, Chance The Rapper, Nigo, Key Glock, Buddy, 42 Dugg & EST Gee, Sheff G, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 25, 2022
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: February 24 The weekly run-down of r'n'b and hip-hop album sales and chart performance. By Chris Tart February 24, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: C-Sick Meek Mill & Lil Durk producer C-Sick filters Chicago's musical history through his knocking beats. By Trevor Smith February 03, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: November 18 A look at this week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith November 18, 2015
Original Content Worst Hip-Hop Tattoos Tattoos have become a pretty popular trend among adolescents and adults in today’s culture, especially within the rap and hip-hop community. However, not everyone is capable of picking an aesthetically pleasing tattoo. By Vanessa Oswald June 12, 2014
Original Content 25 Professional Wrestling References in Hip Hop HNHH gives you 25 mean professional wrestling references in hip hop! By Nikita Rathod March 30, 2014
Original Content Damn Son, Where'd You Find This: 10 Unexpected Samples In Hip-Hop Not all samples come from old funk and R&B records. Here are some peculiar sampling choices that have been made over the years. By Patrick Lyons March 26, 2014