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Original Content Heat In These Streets: Atlanta's New School Atlanta has long been home to some of the game's most talented acts. Nowadays, Rae Sremmurd, Migos, and Rich Gang's Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan are representing their city on a major scale as the leaders of ATL's new school. By Mike Philson November 17, 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 "What's Beef" In 2014? Is beef corny now? A look at 2014's big disputes. By Dharmic X May 07, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: February 1 - February 7 Here are the most viewed tracks in HNHH's Hot 100 for the week of February 1 - February 7. By Angus Walker February 08, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: June 20 - June 26 Some powerful collabs break into our Top Tracks list this week. By Patrick Lyons June 27, 2016
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: November 10 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah November 10, 2013
Original Content 10 Essential FKi Tracks An introduction to the Atlanta production duo. By Chris Tart February 28, 2016
Original Content Hip-Hop Vs. Everybody: 10 Rap/Non-Rap Feuds We take a look at 10 incidents when rappers beefed with those outside of the game. By Jake Rohn September 17, 2014
Profiles Reese LaFlare Says Atlanta's Rap Scene Is Not As Tight-Knit As It May Look In "On The Come Up" Reese LaFlare talks skateboarding, getting into rap and more on the latest episode of "On The Come Up." By Aron A. December 19, 2018
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 Crew Love: Awful Records Meet the fifteen members of Atlanta's most idiosyncratic crew, Awful Records. By Patrick Lyons February 09, 2015
Original Content The "Hot Nigga" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Bobby Shmurda's breakout hit, "Hot Nigga," now has attracted freestyles from a number of high-profile artists, making it time to choose your favorite. By Patrick Lyons August 07, 2014