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Original Content From Couch-Surfing To Roc Nation: BOOTS Comes Into His Own With the release of his debut album, "AQUΛRIA," we talk to singer/producer BOOTS about his past. By Rose Lilah November 13, 2015
Original Content A Conversation With Freddie Gibbs: Rap's "Silent Killer" On Embracing Melody & Honoring Gucci Mane Freddie Gibbs isn't even at his peak yet: "that's the scary part." By Trevor Smith November 27, 2015
Original Content Crew Love: Awful Records Meet the fifteen members of Atlanta's most idiosyncratic crew, Awful Records. By Patrick Lyons February 09, 2015
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014
Original Content 8 Hilariously Awful Rap Battles For every "8 Mile" moment, there's about 239 God-awful YouTube battle rap videos that we love to crack up while watching. By Chris Tart October 17, 2014
Original Content Top 5 Most Expensive Videos Of The 90s Who were the real big ballers of the 90s. By Jonathan Carey May 10, 2017
Songs Talking To Boldy James & Big Duke On "Chirps" Giving you the direct perspective from Boldy James and his producer Big Duke, "Track Breakdown" is an HNHH series that highlights a specific cut by speaking to both the artist and producer about the song's creation. By Rose Lilah June 27, 2013
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 27 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 27, 2013
Original Content HNHH Presents Seagram Gin's 2015 Calendar Model Search Allow us to present the Seagram's Gin 2015 Calendar Model Search. View the gallery of last year's calendar models above. By hnhh April 21, 2014
Original Content Hip-Hop Reacts To The Death Of Freddie Gray & Baltimore Riots Hip-hop reacts on social media to the death of Freddie Gray and the ensuing protests in Baltimore. By Angus Walker April 28, 2015
Original Content Classic Rotation: Mobb Deep's "The Infamous" We revisit Mobb Deep's classic as it turns 20. By Chris Tart April 25, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: April 11 A look at hip-hop sales and chart placements this week. By Trevor Smith April 11, 2015