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Original Content When Beefs Go Too Far Did Troy Ave, Spaceghost Purrp, and Kanye cross the line in their recent beefs? By Patrick Lyons March 03, 2016
Original Content Lil Nas X Mastered Viral Success We take a look at how Lil Nas X has turned the social media frenzy into an exact science. By Robert Blair April 13, 2021
Original Content Havoc Details Origins Of His Dark Production, Signing With 50 Cent & His Favorite Mobb Deep Album Havoc, one half-of Mobb Deep and a pioneer of dark production, opens up about his creativity, why he loves his time with G-Unit, and some of his favorite moments in the studio. By Mitch Findlay February 10, 2021
Original Content HNHH TIDAL Wave: Benny The Butcher & T.I. Provide This Week's Soundtrack This week's TIDAL Wave playlist update includes new music from Benny The Butcher, T.I., Black Thought, Money Man, Lil Keed, and more. By Alex Zidel October 22, 2020
Original Content 10 Hip-Hop Songs Parodied By Weird Al Take a look at 10 of Weird Al's most memorable hip-hop parodies. By Jake Rohn August 14, 2014
Original Content Debate: Was Total Slaughter Bad For Battle Rap? Many fans seem to think so, but this isn’t the first time the mainstream and underground mixed, and it won’t be the last. By Perry Simpson July 29, 2014
Original Content The Five Percent Nation: A Brief History Lesson The Five Percent Nation medallion worn by hip hop moguls such as Jay Z and Jay Electronica tends to raise a bit of controversy. We unravel the history behind this piece and what it exactly means to be a part of this Five Percent Nation. By Shirley Ju July 21, 2014
Original Content Can Hip-Hop Stop The Violence In Chicago? Over Memorial Day weekend Chance The Rapper started the #SaveChicago campaign to curb violence in the "Windy City." With more meaningful new artists coming from that region than ever before, can there be a unified movement for peace in the streets of "Chiraq?" By Jake Rohn July 16, 2014
Original Content "0 To 100" Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite A lot of rappers went "0 To 100" this year, but whose bars are really on that real shit? By Patrick Lyons July 10, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: May 11 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah May 11, 2014
Original Content Blurred Lines: The Integration Of R&B In Hip-Hop As the evolution of Hip-Hop continues to ascend into higher heights in the music industry, it seems that R&B is slowly but surely losing its soulful edge and assimilating more into the Hip-Hop genre. These days the rappers are "singing", and the singers are trying to rap. The question is, what happened along the way? We do some digging to answer that question. By Audrey N. April 02, 2014
Original Content Stalking SXSW: Instagram Photo Recap (Part 3) A look at SXSW through the eyes of Instagram. By Mike De Leon March 14, 2014