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Original Content Win Kid Ink Tickets, Follow HotNewHipHop On Instagram! [Update: Winner Announced] HotNewHipHop is doing monthly giveaways on our site, giving away headphones, kicks, concert tickets, electronics and more. Keep up by following us on Instagram and enter to win by following the instructions below. By Trevor Smith April 01, 2014
Original Content Rappers With Unique Hobbies A list of rappers and their unique hobbies, some creative and some a bit strange. By Vanessa Oswald June 21, 2014
Reviews Review: King Los' "Zero Gravity II" King Los definitely holds his own on "Zero Gravity II," offering up some dope rhymes that shows he's matured as an artist, but still has room to grow into an even better rapper. By Vanessa Oswald March 28, 2014
Reviews Review: Slaughterhouse's "House Rules" Slaughterhouse returns to the basics on "House Rules" mixtape. By Lloyd Jaffe May 25, 2014
Reviews Review: Waka Flocka Flame's "Re-Up" Mixtape Waka Flocka Flame's newest mixtape "Re-Up" is one more step closer to his much-anticipated album release for "Flockaveli 2," set to come out later this year. By Rula Al-Nasrawi March 26, 2014
Reviews Review: Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" Iggy Azalea's "The New Classic" is a flat LP that fails to utilize what that makes Iggy unique. By Lloyd Jaffe April 24, 2014
Original Content 10 Hip-Hop Artists Who Blew Up Off A Mixtape We peep ten hip-hop artists who got famous thanks to one dope mixtape. By Newton Stern September 08, 2014
Reviews Review: B.o.B.'s "No Genre 2" Three years, two albums and two mixtapes after dropping his first “No Genre” mixtape, B.o.B. returns with a worthy sequel. Can B.o.B be contained in one genre? By Chris Richburg July 14, 2014
Reviews Review: DJ Mustard "10 Summers" On "10 Summers", DJ Mustard finds himself going down the same road, with very few detours. At least those short detours are interesting. By Kahron Spearman August 14, 2014
Reviews Review: Kid Cudi's "Satellite Flight: The Journey To Mother Moon" Kid Cudi's worst habits are more prescient on "Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon." By Brian Josephs February 27, 2014
Original Content A Look At The Life Of Tupac Shakur We take a look back at the life of Tupac Shakur on his birthday. By Nikita Rathod June 16, 2014
Original Content A Look At The Life Of Notorious B.I.G. Today we take a look back on the life of Christopher George Latore Wallace aka Biggie Smalls, on what would have been his 42nd birthday. By Nikita Rathod May 21, 2014