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Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Tweets Of The Week (October 24) A look at the funniest, most entertaining, and outrageous tweets from some of the biggest names in hip hop. By Brian Josephs October 24, 2014
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Oct.25) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan October 25, 2014
Original Content Let The Beat Drop: Hottest BET Hip-Hop Awards Cyphers With the BET Hip-Hop Awards airing tomorrow, we list the illest cyphers since the show's beginning. By Eboni M. October 13, 2014
Original Content Top 10 Chicago Drill Songs While we await new albums from Lil Durk and Chief Keef respectively, we break down the most essential drill records. By Matt Aceto October 07, 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 High Off Hip-Hop: Rap's History Of Drug Use We take a look at how different drugs have had varying effects on hip-hop music throughout the years, whether on artists themselves or musical trends genre-wide. By hnhh September 15, 2014
Original Content Samples Of The Week: September 4 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons September 04, 2014
Original Content Best Friends 4 Life: Frequent Collaborators We take a look at some of the BFFs in the rap game. By hnhh September 05, 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 Charts Don’t Lie: August 10 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 10, 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 Samples Of the Week: July 24 A breakdown of the week's hottest tracks by their samples. By Patrick Lyons July 24, 2014