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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Nov. 24- Dec. 2 A selection of the biggest tracks from November 24th to December 2nd. By Alex Galbraith December 02, 2014
Original Content Crew Love: OVO Sound HNHH gives you the lowdown on the OVO crew. By Nikita Rathod November 11, 2014
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 On The Come Up: Vinny Cha$e For this week's On The Come Up, we head to Harlem to learn about Vinny Cha$e, the former cameraman who climbed his way to a multimillion dollar rap deal. By hnhh October 15, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: Jitta On The Track For this week's On The Come Up, we catch up with Jitta On The Track, a talented rapper from Connecticut who's about to pop off in a major way. By hnhh September 24, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Sept. 20) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan September 20, 2014
Original Content On The Come Up: A$AP Ant In this week's edition of On The Come Up, we talk to one of the illest young rappers to come out of the DMV in a minute, A$AP Ant. By hnhh September 03, 2014
Original Content Top 10: Hottest Songs Of 2014 So Far There's been a ton of dope tracks so far in 2k14, and for today's Top 10 we're running through the best of the best! By hnhh August 20, 2014
Original Content The Value Of Rap Music Rap music, specifically its lyrics, have been given numerous labels, but not necessarily the positive labels bestowed upon other forms of creative expression. No matter the divisiveness or repulsion, other forms and disciplines are usually accepted whole. Here, we explore some of the reasoning behind the subtle, and overt, rejections of rap lyrics as true art form. By Kahron Spearman August 05, 2014
Original Content The G-Unit Freestyles: Vote For Your Favorite Of the 8 G-Unit freestyles released thus far, which is the strongest? Vote. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2014
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (July 11) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs July 11, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: July 13 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah July 13, 2014