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Original Content 5 Recent Times Rappers Were Unfairly Targeted By Police Here are 5 incidents in the past year in which rappers have been targeted by police officers. By Angus Walker March 28, 2016
Original Content BET Hip Hop Awards 2015 Green Carpet Interviews: T-Pain, DeJ, Esco, & More We interviewed 16 rappers, producers, and industry power players at the BET Hip Hop Awards. By Danny Schwartz October 12, 2015
Original Content 6 Artists Who Cut Ties With Their (Former) Crews A few artists who severed ties with the crew they were once repping, whether amicably or not. By Ayara Pommells October 05, 2015
Original Content Charts Don't Lie: November 4 A look at the week's rap and R&B sales and chart placements. By Trevor Smith November 04, 2015
Reviews Fetty Wap's "Zoovier" (Review) Fetty Wap expands his sound on the uneven-but-enjoyable "Zoovier" tape. By Patrick Lyons November 25, 2016
Original Content 10 Sophomore Albums Compared To Debuts How did some of hip-hop’s biggest artists do on their second try? We compare sophomore albums to debut albums in this list. By Nick Sella September 24, 2014
Original Content The Internet Celebrates Drake's Dance Moves With #DrakeAlwaysOnBeat Drake's dance moves in "Hotline Bling" were... interesting. By Danny Schwartz October 20, 2015
Original Content Drake & Future's "What A Time To Be Alive": The Complete Name-Drop Guide Drake and Future's many name drops on "WATTBA," broken down. By Trevor Smith September 22, 2015
Reviews Review: 2 Chainz' "Trapavelli Tre" More of the same from 2 Chainz, and that's okay by us. By Alex Galbraith August 18, 2015
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: Chris Webby's "Chemically Imbalanced" NYC Show At S.O.B.'s Win a pair of tickets to Chris Webby's "New York album release party edition" of his "Chemically Imbalanced" tour. By Rose Lilah October 22, 2014
Reviews Does Netflix and Mass Appeal's "Rapture" Live Up To The Hype? Mass Appeal and Netflix give hip-hop fans an in-depth documentary for the culture. By Karlton Jahmal March 30, 2018
Original Content Hip-Hop Olympics Bracket Week 5: "Florida Boy" Is Florida the strongest region in hip-hop history? Draft your own team in our new Bracket Competition! By Alex Zidel June 06, 2018