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Original Content Top 10 Most Prolific Rapper-Actor Crossovers Of All Time HotNewHipHop takes a look at some of the most prolific rappers turned actors in Hollywood. By Carl Lamarre February 26, 2017
Original Content Top Tracks: June 27 - July 3 DJ Khaled, Joe Budden, and Rae Sremmurd crack the top five in this week's Top Tracks list. By Patrick Lyons July 04, 2016
Original Content On The Come Up: Nikko Lafre Our latest edition of On The Come Up features Nikko Lafre, one of Minneapolis, Minnesota's most promising young voices. By hnhh September 10, 2014
Original Content 10 Essential Vince Staples Tracks Vince Staples' necessary cuts. By Chris Tart May 17, 2015
Original Content The 5 Best Moments From Chance The Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day Festival Check out some of the more memorable moments from Chance The Rapper's hometown festival. By Trevor Smith September 26, 2016
Original Content Charts Don’t Lie: September 22 Weekly review of the Hip-Hop and R&B sales/charts. By Rose Lilah September 22, 2013
Original Content By The Numbers: Kendrick Lamar's "Section.80" 5 Years Later We celebrate five years since the release of Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed "Section.80" with an infographic. By Rose Lilah July 02, 2016
Original Content 3 New Artists You Should Hear Today we're bringing you newly-discovered sounds from Tatted Tez, Cadillac Freeze and Noah & Shagabond. By Rose Lilah December 20, 2018
Original Content Hip-Hop Needs More Unifying Moments In the wake of Nicki vs Cardi B and MGK vs Eminem, it's important that hip-hop aspires for more than beef. By Joseph Coffey-Slattery September 17, 2018
Sports NFL Draft: Biggest Busts In The Last 20 Years The biggest busts selected Top-5 in the last 20 years. By Kyle Rooney April 26, 2018
Original Content The Best Hip-Hop Songs Of October (On Spotify) With October turning into November, we look back at the month's best additions to our Fire Emoji playlist. By Matt F November 05, 2017
Original Content 50 Cent's Targets Of The Week: "Fofty" Baits A Sleazer Into Submission 50 Cent becomes fixated on his "weekly targets" until they lie helpless like a wingless bird twitching on the ground. By Devin Ch May 05, 2019