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Original Content Charts Don't Lie: August 19th Weekly review of the top sales on the Hip Hop and R&B charts. By Jon Godfrey August 19, 2012
Original Content 140 Bars Or Less: Special Edition Game v. 40 Glocc Welcome to this week’s Special Edition of 140 Bars Or Less: Game v. 40 Glocc. The goal for this column is to bring the best tweets of the week in the world of hip hop, and this week Game and 40 Glocc were embroiled in real-life beef which transcended throwing jabs on twitter, verbal barbs on a diss track, or even throwing bottles. By Rose Lilah July 11, 2012
Original Content Dear Graduates: Life Lessons From Kanye West's "College Dropout" With graduation season in effect, we take a look at some life lessons brought to us by Kanye West's classic "College Dropout." By Eve Stern May 27, 2015
Original Content Staff Picks Playlist (May 22) Find out the HNHH staff's favorite songs from the past week. By Rose Lilah May 22, 2015
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Black Hippy (Group Edition) Vote for the man who has the best verse in each of the Black Hippy posse cuts. By Carl Lamarre May 18, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: May 16 A look at rap sales and chart placements this week. By Trevor Smith May 16, 2015
Sneakers Virgil Abloh's 10 Best Off-White x Nike Collaborations, Ranked Virgil Abloh's long-lasting legacy includes some incredible collaborations between Off-White and Nike. By Alexander Cole December 04, 2021
Original Content Coi Leray, Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign, & Juice WRLD Hold Us Down For New Music Friday Our New Music Friday round-up. This week's new releases include Coi Leray & Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign & Quavo, Juice WRLD, Lil Durk, NBA YoungBoy, Rosalía, Doechii, SSGKobe, T-Shyne, Smiley, and much more. By Alex Zidel March 18, 2022
Original Content JAY-Z & Kanye West’s “Murder To Excellence” Is Painfully Wise, A Decade Later Reflecting on the relevancy of the lyrical themes in “Murder To Excellence,” ten years later. By EJ Panaligan August 19, 2021
Pop Culture Instagram Gallery: Cardi B & Hennessy Carolina’s Sister Moments The sisters' best moments shared on IG throughout the years. By Lawrencia Grose April 02, 2022
Original Content Rise & Grind: Young Rog Breaks Down Why He Signed With Shelley FKA DRAM & LVRN Young Rog talks about his unqiue label situation with Shelley FKA DRAM's Waver and LVRN, his new project "Boy Next Door," and more in this new edition of "Rise & Grind." By Rose Lilah June 28, 2021
Original Content The Weeknd's "Dawn FM": Breaking Down The Features Spanning genres, eras and mediums, we take a look at the features on The Weeknd's upcoming record and break down how they all came about. By Robert Blair January 05, 2022