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Original Content If "Control" Dropped In 2020, Who Would Get Challenged? Being called out has never felt so validating. By Mitch Findlay January 30, 2020
Pop Culture DJ Akademiks Speaks On BET Hip-Hop Awards Snub, 6ix9ine, & His New Podcast "Off The Record" DJ Akademiks speaks on why he decided to enter the podcasting world, his friendship with 6ix9ine, BET and MTV being "out of touch," and much more in our exclusive new interview. By Alex Zidel September 22, 2021
Original Content Which Kendrick Lamar Do You Want On His Next Album? With his upcoming studio album set to drop before the year's end, which version of Kendrick Lamar do you want to hear? By Mitch Findlay October 13, 2020
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: October Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart November 01, 2014
Original Content Underrated Audio: September 6 - September 12 HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week. By Rose Lilah September 13, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (July 12) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan July 12, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: September 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 22, 2013
Original Content Top Tracks: July 4 - July 10 Chris Brown, Gucci Mane, Joe Budden, Jazz Cartier, Tory, Jay Z, and ScHoolboy Q crash into our Top Tracks this week. By Patrick Lyons July 11, 2016
Original Content Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Diss Tracks? Can you name the rappers behind these iconic diss tracks based on a few bars? By Mike De Leon May 12, 2016
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: February 3 A look at how the week's top artists shook out on the Billboard charts. By hnhh February 03, 2016
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (October 30) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah October 30, 2015
Original Content Quiz: Which Snoop Are You? Take the quiz to find out which version of Snoop you are. By Rose Lilah May 05, 2015