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Songs Top 10 Songs To Turn Up To For New Year's Eve There are plenty of turn-up songs to put on the playlist heading into the new year. Here, we present you a short list of the musts. By Brian Josephs December 30, 2014
Original Content Gucci Mane's "Trap House" Essentials The best songs from Gucci Mane's "Trap House" series. By Patrick Lyons April 07, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Talib Kweli Talib gets the TBT treatment this week. By Chris Tart February 19, 2015
Original Content #TBT: Mixtape Khalifa Khalifa-man's mixtapes, revisited for our #TBT series. By Chris Tart April 09, 2015
Original Content The Best Possible Acronyms For Kanye West's "SWISH" With no more "So Help Me God," our users created some "SWISH" acronyms, and our staff proceeded to do the same. Can you see any of these on the cover of Kanye's next album? By Angus Walker May 04, 2015
Original Content Best Album Covers Of 2014 As we near the end of the year, #HOTNEW14 continues with a roundup of the best album artwork of 2014. By Angus Walker December 26, 2014
Original Content Artists With A Dope Aesthetic We highlight a few artists that make sure that not only their music is on fleek, but their artwork too. By Chris Tart February 18, 2015
Original Content 10 HNHH Pitches For 2015 XXL Freshman We've put together 10 of our own pitches for the 2015 XXL Freshman Issue. By Angus Walker March 12, 2015
Original Content Game Changers: Kanye West Edition Game Changers is a new HNHH feature that highlights artists that have left a strong mark on hip hop. Whether it be through creativity, influence, exposure, or just plain good timing, a game changer is someone who has brought something to rap where the game just wouldn't be the same without them. By Trevor Smith February 06, 2013
Original Content Chris Lighty, CEO Of Violator Records & Management, Passes Away The CEO of Violator Records & Management has passed away suddenly, although not many details are available on his death as of yet. By Rose Lilah August 30, 2012
Original Content HNHH's Sexiest Videos of 2012 Join us at HotNewHipHop as we countdown the Top 25 Sexiest Videos of 2012. Watch all the videos below the in the gallery. By Jason Pollak December 14, 2012
Sports BTS Photos: Lil Wayne & Snoop Dogg Face Off In Celebrity Beach Bowl Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg participated in the 7th annual Celebrity Beach Bowl in New Orleans, playing on opposing teams. By Trevor Smith February 02, 2013