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Original Content Knockout: Hip Hop's Love of Boxing Whether referencing boxing in their lyrics, or literally contemplating stepping into the ring (50 Cent, Cassidy, Drake vs Chris Brown?), lyrical ferocity and physical ferocity seem to be highly compatible. Here's a look at over a dozen rap songs, highlighting Hip Hop's love of boxing. By Nairi November 15, 2012
Original Content TMI: When Rappers Overshare On Social Media When rappers' personal lives spill out onto their social media accounts, things can get ugly. By Patrick Lyons January 11, 2016
Original Content Rap Industry Recap: March Your monthly recap of what went down in the hip-hop industry. By Chris Tart April 01, 2015
Original Content HNHH Awards: Trinidad James, Jeremih, Yo Gotti, Problem & More Choose "Rapper Most Likely to Be..." Just for fun, HNHH asked hip-hop artists in attendance at the 2013 BET Awards they're pick for "Most likely to be..." By Rose Lilah July 04, 2013
Original Content 28 Grams: Hip-Hop Instagram Recap (Jan. 17) HNHH brings you the most dope, weird, interesting, shocking and funny photos posted by hip hop artists on Instagram. By Glennisha Morgan January 18, 2015
Original Content Remix Fix: G E N I U S Hip-Hop Remix of 90s House Hit "Gypsy Woman" This G E N I U S remix of 90s house hit "Gypsy Woman" by Crystal Waters is...genius! By Kayla Lee November 11, 2014
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: August 10 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah August 10, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: November 28 - December 4 A pair of big collabs top our charts this week. By Patrick Lyons December 05, 2016
Original Content Wins & Losses: A Look At Meek Mill's Resiliency Over The Years No matter the "L" thrown his way, Meek Mill always perseveres onwards. By Oliver W. Colbert July 26, 2017
Original Content 3 New Artists You Should Hear Three new artists for you to discover. By Rose Lilah July 11, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: September 19 - September 25 Meek Mill and The Game's beef reigns supreme in this week's edition of Top Tracks. By Patrick Lyons September 26, 2016
Original Content For Better Or Worse: Vol. 1 Discussing the 'good and bad', the 'highs and lows', the 'love and hate': the things that come with, and are a part of... loving Hip Hop. By Jon Godfrey May 30, 2012