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Original Content What’s New In Battle Rap (May 29) We keep you up to date on everything going on in battle rap. By Dallas Darden May 29, 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 Samples Of The Week: November 27 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons November 29, 2014
Original Content 5 Confrontations Involving Wale A brief survey of Wale's run-ins with fans, trolls, and ne'er-do-wells. By Danny Schwartz October 06, 2016
Original Content Does Drake's "Omertá" Put Him Back In The "Best Bars" Discussion? Drake's "Omertá" reminded the masses what he's capable of, but is it enough? By Mitch Findlay June 18, 2019
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: December 7 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah December 07, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: April 24 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons April 24, 2014
Original Content Mixtape Corner: Makonnen, Fetty Wap, Gunplay & Mozzy Collecting the mixtapes and albums you may have missed over the last two weeks. By Trevor Smith June 14, 2017
Original Content Red Carpet Photos & Important GIFs From The MTV VMAs 2014 We give you the run-down on last night's MTV VMAs through photos and GIFs. By Rose Lilah August 25, 2014
Original Content HNHH's Most Anticipated Summer Albums The first quarter of the year passed with barely a recognizable album drop but with Kid Cudi and Ghostface Killah releasing albums on the same day, HNHH decided to look at the Most Anticipated Albums of the Summer. By Dhruva Balram deleted April 22, 2013
Original Content NBA's 10 Best Rappers A look at 10 NBA players who have shown talent off the court and on the mic. By Rose Lilah November 13, 2012
Original Content #TBT: Dipset Relive the glory days of Cam'ron and The Diplomats. By Danny Schwartz July 21, 2016