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Original Content Top Tracks: January 23 - January 29 Once again, a Drake-related song sits at #1 on our Top Tracks list. By Patrick Lyons January 30, 2017
Pop Culture Instagram Gallery: Jada Pinkett-Smith’s Most Glowing Selfies Jada Pinkett-Smith's most stunning selfies. By E Gadsby December 21, 2019
Original Content The Pitfalls Of Positivity: On Chance The Rapper & The Marketing Of Joy When did the public start turning on Chance the Rapper? By Noah C September 24, 2019
Original Content The "BFM: Music That Moves The Culture" Playlist Hip Hop is how the culture fights back. Black Future Month is here to celebrate it. By Taiyo Coates February 15, 2022
Original Content 2KBABY Explains Why He Keeps His PS5 Controller On Him At All Times 2KBABY keeps it locked with bananas, a PS5 controller, weed, hand sanitizer, a Kobe Bryant jersey, and more in his bag. By Alex Zidel January 13, 2021
Sneakers The Adidas ZX 2K Boost Is The Perfect All-Purpose Shoe: HotNewUnboxings The Adidas ZX 2K is the perfect blend of running and lifestyle sneaker aesthetics. By Alexander Cole October 05, 2020
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: December 1 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 01, 2013
Original Content HNHH Exclusive: Hot 97 Christmas Extravaganza at Webster Hall with Nicki Minaj Last night, Nicki Minaj graced all of her adoring fans at Webster Hall for her Christmas Extravaganza. The event was hosted by the New York Hip-Hop and R & B station Hot 97. It was packed out as fans from all over the five boroughs headed downtown in Manhattan to get their glimpse of the Young Money Princess in all her glory. Although previously at odds over the Summer Jam fiasco, it was a nice reunion for the two parties. By Jason Pollak December 27, 2012
Original Content 5 Things To Expect On Post Malone's New Mixtape We attended the listening session for Post Malone's upcoming mixtape "August 26." Here's what we learned. By hnhh May 04, 2016
Original Content Regional Rankings 2015 Which regions of the country had the hottest scenes this year? By Patrick Lyons December 22, 2015
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip Hop Instagram Recap (Nov 28-Dec 4) Looking back at some of the best hip hop Instagram posts of the week By Danny Schwartz December 05, 2015
Original Content Top Tracks: DJ Kay Slay's Kendrick Lamar-Featured Posse Cut Hits #1 DJ Kay Slay's "Cold Summer" tops a week otherwise dominated by PartyNextDoor. By Patrick Lyons September 06, 2017