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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (April 15) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden April 15, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 26) Young Thug and Elton John shut Instagram down this week. By Mike De Leon March 26, 2016
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (March 12) Here's what your favorite rap and R&B stars were up to on Instagram this week. By Mike De Leon March 12, 2016
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (December 11) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden December 11, 2015
Original Content Heat In These Streets: Los Angeles Los Angeles is a big enough city to support a diverse and eclectic range of artists and styles. The past year has seen the rise of several up and coming superstars that are making their way into the national scene. By Mike Philson December 02, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (May 24) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan May 24, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (April 25) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Trevor Smith April 26, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: November 23- November 29 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah November 30, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week For Oct. 26 To Nov. 01 Dissecting the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in rap who are on Twitter. Twitter is intriguing to fans because it offers an un-buffered forum into the minds of some of your favorite artists. The material is often raw and unfiltered, and lucky for us, most of these guys have no filter. By Rose Lilah November 02, 2012
Original Content 23 Quotables From Drake's "More Life" Drizzy delivers some memorable lines throughout his new project. By HNHH Staff March 20, 2017
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Protest Anthems From Lil Baby, DaBaby, & More This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Lil Baby, J. Cole, DaBaby, RMR, Tyla Yaweh, iann dior, Pop Smoke, and more. By Alex Zidel June 17, 2020
Original Content 12 Essential Kenny Beats Productions A starter kit to get you familiar with the production of Kenny Beats. By Gus Fisher March 15, 2020