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Wrestling Here Comes The Pain: Hip-Hop's Biggest Wrestling Fans We're taking a look at the rappers who harbour a fanatical love of the world of professional wrestling. By Robert Blair October 06, 2019
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Wiz Khalifa Vs. Curren$y After throwing Fabolous and Lloyd Banks in the Octagon of bars, we veer in a different direction this week and pit frequent collaborators Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y against each other. By Carl Lamarre May 11, 2015
Songs Sheedts & G Herbo Throw A Rockstar Party On "Remember" Sheedts is the next one up from Philly. By Aron A. October 19, 2023
Original Content Best Hip-Hop Late Night Performances Of The Past Decade The late night circuit has yielded some genuinely magnificent hip-hop performances. By Gus Fisher March 23, 2019
Society Because The Internet: How The Consumption Of Hip-Hop Has Changed We use the internet all day every day, but how has our need for instant and constant media consumption affected the music industry, and hip hop in particular? By hnhh August 12, 2014
Original Content Cardi B’s Sophomore Album: Everything We Know Everything there is to know about the "Bodak Yellow" rapper's upcoming album. By Madusa S. August 12, 2020
Reviews Tory Lanez's "I Told You" (Review) After a long grind, Tory Lanez finally gets to realize his dreams on his debut album. Does his vision match up with reality? By Maxwell Cavaseno August 23, 2016
Reviews Review: 2 Chainz' "Based on a T.R.U. Story" A tale of 2: Chainz, and Tity Boi. The enjoyable album's primary focus is the feature-heavy "trapper turned rapper", 2 Chainz, but promise is shown for the artist's ability to transform from into 2 Chainz a "rapper former trapper". By Jon Godfrey August 15, 2012
Music Gang Starr's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Turns 34 Gang Starr's debut album 'No More Mr. Nice Guy' kicked an off an illustrious hip-hop career, blending hip-hop and jazz like never before. By Caleb Hardy June 09, 2023
Original Content A Tale Of 2 Black Fridays: Comparing & Contrasting J. Cole & Kendrick Lamar's Remixes We take a closer look at Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole's twin "Black Friday" remixes. By Patrick Lyons December 01, 2015
Original Content 10 Essential Popcaan Tracks An introduction to the dancehall sensation. By Chris Tart April 24, 2016
Sneakers NBA All Star Sneakers: Top 10 Kicks Releasing This Weekend A rundown of the best basketball sneakers releasing for All Star weekend. By Kyle Rooney February 15, 2019