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Original Content The Hip-Hop Kingdom: Can A Queen Take The Throne? A reminder of how far female MCs have come and what it will take for them to be acknowledged in today's Hip Hop Kingdom. By Corvaya Jefrries April 16, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: January 30 In this new feature, we break down some of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons January 30, 2014
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 15 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 15, 2013
Original Content Who Was Afeni Shakur? Remembering Tupac's Mother RIP Afeni Shakur (1947-2016). By Danny Schwartz May 03, 2016
Original Content 40 Oz Van's "Best Of Bankroll Fresh" Playlist 40 Oz Vans pays tribute to the late Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh. By Danny Schwartz March 14, 2016
Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (February 19) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden February 19, 2016
Original Content Top Tracks: July 17 - July 23 Chance The Rapper and Young Thug's recent collab rises to #1 in its second week out. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: September 12 - September 18 The Game, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and Future come up big in this week's edition of Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons September 19, 2016
Original Content Why Rap Songs Are Going #1 Again Rae Sremmurd and Migos got back-to-back #1s without making any pop concessions. Here's how they did it. By Patrick Lyons February 07, 2017
Original Content 8 Iconic Hip-Hop Tours Take a look at some of the most unforgettable hip hop tours of all time. By Matt Aceto October 18, 2013
Original Content 25 Hottest Singles Of The Summer HNHH features 25 of the hottest singles from this past summer, on its official last day. By Rose Lilah September 21, 2012
Sports Dwight Howard & Carmelo Anthony: 2020's Comeback Kids Prior to this season, no one thought Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard would have been as good as they were. By Alexander Cole October 24, 2020