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Original Content In The A: The Changing Faces Of Atlanta Hip-Hop We take a brief look at Atlanta's affinity with hip-hop, and how the music has evolved over the years. By Matt Aceto October 21, 2013
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: June 2 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah June 02, 2013
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week From Nov. 09 To Nov. 15 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 16, 2012
Original Content Top Tracks: July 10 - July 16 Ty Dolla Sign's star-studded "Beach House 3" cut tops the chart this week. By Patrick Lyons July 17, 2017
Original Content Tracking Jay Z's Movements Since "Magna Carta, Holy Grail" It's been nearly four years since Jay Z's last album. Here's what he's been up to. By Danny Schwartz May 03, 2017
TV Lakeith Stanfield's "The Changeling": What We Know “Would you even know if you crossed into a fairy tale?” By Demi Phillips August 24, 2023
Original Content Kanye West's "DONDA 2": Everything We Know As Kanye's self-imposed deadline for the project approaches, here's everything we know about the sequel to DONDA. By Robert Blair February 09, 2022
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Tory Lanez, DaBaby & Lil Baby Run It This Week Get ready for a "Chixtape 5" heavy version of the TIDAL Wave playlist. By Alex Zidel November 21, 2019
Original Content Rise & Grind: Lakeyah On Quality Control Labelmates, 42 Dugg Collab & Nicki Minaj As A GOAT Wisconsin’s slam poet-turned-rapper Lakeyah is still riding high off of the release of her Quality Control debut, “Time’s Up.” She joins us for this week’s edition of Rise & Grind where she details a night out with the City Girls, Pee’s guidance, and manifesting a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. By Aron A. February 22, 2021
Sports Klay Thompson's Bad Luck And What's Next For The Warriors Klay Thompson's injuries have been devastating for the Warriors although there is certainly light at the end of the tunnel. By Alexander Cole May 09, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Young Thug Takes Over With 10 Inclusions This week's TIDAL Wave playlist is "So Much Fun." By Alex Zidel August 22, 2019
Original Content #TBT: Talib Kweli Talib gets the TBT treatment this week. By Chris Tart February 19, 2015