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Original Content Promise That You Will Sing About Me: How Tupac Has Influenced Kendrick Lamar Examining the ways in which Kendrick Lamar draws inspiration from Tupac Shakur. By Danny Schwartz September 14, 2015
Original Content A Tale Of 2 Black Fridays: Comparing & Contrasting J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar's Remixes We take a closer look at Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole's twin "Black Friday" remixes. By Patrick Lyons December 01, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Nas' Deep Cuts For today's #TBT, go deep into the far-reaching catalog of one of the best to ever do it: Nasir Jones. By Chris Tart March 17, 2016
Original Content #TBT: Mixtape J. Cole Throwback to J. Cole's come up, and the mixtapes that propelled him. By Chris Tart January 21, 2016
Original Content 10 Essential Mick Jenkins Tracks Mick Jenkins debut album comes out later this year. Here are 10 of his best songs dating back to 2012. By Danny Schwartz May 01, 2016
Original Content Bernie Sanders' Most Hip-Hop Moments A look at Bernie's hip-hop cred. By Chris Tart March 06, 2016
Original Content 19 Rappers Rapping Before The Fame Watch unearthed footage of artists like Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, & Chance the Rapper rapping before they blew up. By Danny Schwartz October 07, 2016
Sports The 6 Best NBA Finals Game 6s Of All Time The greatest Game 6s in NBA Finals history. By Kyle Rooney June 16, 2016
Original Content On The Come Up: Joey Fatts For today's On The Come Up, we're rolling through the LBC to give you the low down on Joey Fatts, one of the illest dual threats in rap right now. By hnhh October 08, 2014
Original Content Classic Rotation: Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" 20 Years Later HNHH re-visits and reminisces about classic albums upon the anniversary of their release with the new series "Classic Rotation." To kick things off, we take a look at Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" which dropped on this day in 1993. By TWL November 23, 2013
Reviews Review: Trae Tha Truth's "I Am King" With his third mixtape of 2013, Trae brings a hard-hitting dose of the truth on "I Am King". By Nikita Rathod December 01, 2013
Original Content HNHH's TIDAL Wave Playlist: Nav, Rich The Kid, Yelawolf & More HNHH "TIDAL Wave" playlist highlights the heat you need for the week. By Aron A. March 26, 2019