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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
Original Content Top 10: Jay Z's Best Post-Retirement Verses Come get your Monday Top 10 list fix as we run through the best Jay Z verses since he came back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5 (it ain't to play games with you). By hnhh August 04, 2014
Original Content Quick5: Lil Bibby Talks XXL Freshmen & Upcoming Collaborations Lil Bibby is the first guest on our new Quick5 interview series. By Trevor Smith May 14, 2014
Reviews Review: Trae Tha Truth's "I Am King" With his third mixtape of 2013, Trae brings a hard-hitting dose of the truth on "I Am King". By Nikita Rathod December 01, 2013
Profiles Meet Easy Lantana: Rising Rapper From Cincinnati Lantana talks to HotNewHipHop about his come-up in Cincinnati and where his rap name came from. By Rose Lilah December 24, 2013
Original Content Classic Rotation: Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" 20 Years Later HNHH re-visits and reminisces about classic albums upon the anniversary of their release with the new series "Classic Rotation." To kick things off, we take a look at Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" which dropped on this day in 1993. By TWL November 23, 2013
Original Content Stay Sober: Rappers Who Don't Smoke Or Drink Find out which rappers abstain from drug usage of any sort. By Matt Aceto April 14, 2014
Original Content 30 Sexy Beyonce GIFs From Her New Music Videos We bring you 30 of the sexiest GIFs from Beyonce's collection of 17 new music videos. By Rose Lilah December 13, 2013
Original Content Origins: The Samples From Danny Brown's "OLD" "Origins" offers a breakdown of the samples used on Danny Brown's new album "OLD". By hnhh October 17, 2013
Original Content Most Creative Busta Rhymes Music Videos A tribute to the creativity in Busta Rhymes' many music videos. By Mike De Leon November 14, 2013
Original Content Kevin Gates Talks Prison, Depression & Choosing Music Over Street Life HNHH sits down with Kevin Gates for an impromptu exclusive interview that shows a side of the Baton Rouge rapper that you've never seen before. By Jen DeLeon September 19, 2013