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Original Content Unraveling Lil Wayne & Birdman's Lengthy Road To Reconciliation After reuniting on the Juvenile-assisted "Ride Dat," we survey Lil Wayne and Birdman's bitter feud to pinpoint what went wrong and how their bond was finally repaired. By Robert Blair September 19, 2019
Sports Rap Or Go To The League: How The NBA Embedded Itself In Hip-Hop's DNA A detailed exploration of NBA players becoming rappers. __________________________________________________________________________ By Alexander Cole October 21, 2019
Original Content Juice WRLD & Yellowcard's "Lucid Dreams" Legal Battle Explained & Debunked INTERVIEW: We talk with Jeff Peretz about a few recent legal cases in the music industry, including that of Juice WRLD and Yellowcard. By Kemet High January 03, 2020
Profiles Lil Tjay Updates Fans On Debut Album Status In "On The Come Up" Lil Tjay speaks on his career beginnings and his 10-year-plan. By Alex Zidel June 27, 2019
Original Content Analyzing The Frank Ocean Business Model A master of artistry and marketing, we take a closer look at how Frank Ocean continues to mystify and remould the music industry. By Robert Blair July 01, 2019
Original Content Who Is Clever? The Music Industry's Best-Kept Secret Is Working With Post Malone & Justin Bieber Clever is the Alabama rapper you need to hear. By Alex Zidel October 18, 2019
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Future Takes Command With "High Off Life" This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Future, Polo G, Lil Keed, Gunna, Joyner Lucas, slowthai, and more. By Alex Zidel May 21, 2020
Reviews Jay Electronica "A Written Testimony" Album Review While a fully-fledged solo debut continues to elude us, Jay Electronica and Jay Z have served up a fascinating collection of cerebral, forward-thinking hip-hop. By Robert Blair March 19, 2020
Relationships Who Is MLMA? Everything We Know About Post Malone's Rumored Girlfriend Everything there is to know about the rapper's rumored new girl. By Madusa S. August 16, 2020
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Protest Anthems From Lil Baby, DaBaby, & More This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Lil Baby, J. Cole, DaBaby, RMR, Tyla Yaweh, iann dior, Pop Smoke, and more. By Alex Zidel June 17, 2020
Original Content HNHH & TuneCore Present "Heat Seekers" Artist Spotlight: Chino The Nobody Our latest HNHH x TuneCore "Heat Seekers" contest winner is New York artist, Chino The Nobody. By HNHH Staff October 13, 2020
Original Content Is Tech N9ne In Top 10 Territory? It's becoming all too common that Tech N9ne gets snubbed from the "best rappers" conversation, but perhaps it's time to change the narrative. By Mitch Findlay July 31, 2020