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Original Content Ranking Fabolous' Friday Freestyles From Worst To Best Every Friday now belongs to Fabolous. Fabolous is returning to his roots and is dropping freestyle after freestyle every week. Which one outshines the rest? We ranked his Friday Freestyles from worst to best. By Carl Lamarre April 24, 2015
Original Content Happy Birthday Tupac: His 10 Most Influential Tracks In honor of Tupac's birthday we take a look at 10 of his influential records. By Chris Tart June 16, 2015
Original Content 13 Notable Writing Credits On Beyoncé's "Lemonade" A look at the writing credits for Bey's latest. By Trevor Smith April 27, 2016
Original Content The 11 Greatest O.J. Simpson References In Rap History Orenthal James Simpson has received some incredible hip hop shoutouts. By Danny Schwartz June 17, 2016
Profiles Behind The Beat: Goose For the latest edition of Behind The Beat, Goose explains his pop-minded approach to producing and how he complements the unique styles of both Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. By Angus Walker September 15, 2016
Sports Drake & Kentucky Basketball: A Love Story Drake's love affair with the University of Kentucky Wildcats dates back to 2010. By Danny Schwartz January 26, 2017
Original Content 20 Lyrical References To Nicki Minaj Check out the 20 best rap references to Nicki Minaj. By hnhh January 05, 2015
Original Content Breakout Artists Of 2014 Here are 15 artists who broke out in big ways this year. By Patrick Lyons December 15, 2014
Original Content Jahlil Beats Lists His Top 10 Producers Of All Time Jahlil Beats breaks down his Top 10 producers of all time for HotNewHipHop. By Rose Lilah October 14, 2014
Original Content A Look At The Healthiest People In Hip-Hop HotNewHipHop takes a look at how hip-hop's most valuable players are living, embracing, and promoting a healthier lifestyle to show people how to be their physical, mental, and spiritual best. By Layne Weiss November 11, 2014
Songs Top 10 Songs To Turn Up To For New Year's Eve There are plenty of turn-up songs to put on the playlist heading into the new year. Here, we present you a short list of the musts. By Brian Josephs December 30, 2014
Sneakers 5 Sleeper Air Jordans You Need Right Now These Air Jordans are criminally underrated. By Alexander Cole August 13, 2023