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Original Content Vince Staples Reflects On Learning From Mac Miller & ScHoolboy Q's Feedback In an excerpt from our upcoming digital cover story with Vince Staples, the Long Beach, CA native reflects on his friendship with Mac Miller and ScHoolboy Q’s feedback ahead of each album. By Aron A. April 13, 2022
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear We're back with another round of new music discovery. Check out these six artists. By Rose Lilah October 30, 2021
Reviews Review: Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment's "SURF" Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment dropped the much-anticipated "SURF" for free. Did it live up to the hype? By Chris Tart June 01, 2015
Original Content Exclusive: Slug Of Atmosphere Gives Insight On Life's Lemons HNHH caught up with Slug, 1/2 of Atmosphere, to get his take on life's lemons and find out what he really wants for his birthday. By Rose Lilah September 24, 2012
Original Content Smoove'L Praises Roddy Ricch's Sound & Album, Talks Mending Things With Pop Smoke For Day 11 of our 12 Days Of Christmas series, we caught up with Smoove’L to discuss his latest project "Ice Cups & Shootouts," reaching out to Pop Smoke on the night of his death, and meeting A$AP Rocky. By Aron A. December 23, 2020
Original Content Top 10: Albums We Can't Wait To Hear This week, we run through the 10 most anticipated albums the rest of the year, not including "Detox". We'll save that for the 2025 version of this list. By hnhh August 11, 2014
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 "0 To 100" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite A lot of rappers went "0 To 100" this year, but whose bars are really on that real shit? By Patrick Lyons July 10, 2014
Original Content Shooting The Shit With Jarren Benton We speak to Funk Volume's Jarren Benton about his grandma, drugs, the XXL Freshmen list and other randomness. By Rose Lilah May 26, 2014
Original Content 15 Inspirational Quotes From Martin Luther King As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, we've made a gallery of 15 of MLK's best quotes. By Rose Lilah January 20, 2014
Original Content 25 Random Photos Of Rappers With Other Celebrities A comprehensive list of 25 random moments between rappers and other celebrities. By Rose Lilah November 24, 2013
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: October 13 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah October 13, 2013