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Music Keyshia Cole & Ashanti Confirmed For "Verzuz" Face-Off Next Week After much speculation, it's going down. Who you got? By Erika Marie December 04, 2020
Original Content DJ Scheme Is All About FAMILY: Producer Talks XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD & Making Generational Wealth EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DJ Scheme speaks about his vision behind his debut album "FAMILY", switching directions from DJ/producer to artist, his friendships with XXXTentacion and Juice WRLD, and more. By Alex Zidel December 04, 2020
Music Chance The Rapper's Ex-Manager Sues Him For Millions, Disses "The Big Day" Chance The Rapper's ex-manager Pat Corcoran, who previously managed him since 2013, hits him with a multi-million dollar lawsuit while slamming "The Big Day." By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Kurupt Recalls High-Stakes Death Row Audition For Dr. Dre & Suge Knight Kurupt goes into detail about his first audition for Death Row Records, which found him forced to drop a high-stakes freestyle for Dr. Dre and Suge Knight. By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Teyana Taylor Announces Her Retirement Teyana Taylor seemingly announces her retirement from music in a new post. By Alex Zidel December 04, 2020
Music Elton John Gives Tech N9ne His Flowers Today, Tech N9ne receives his flowers from Elton John, who is quick to deem the Kansas City rapper as one of "the greats." By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music KXNG Crooked & Dr. Dre Throwback Sparks "What-If" Theories In an alternate universe, KXNG Crooked would have signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath imprint in the late nineties and changed the game in unexpected ways. By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Jay-Z Celebrates His 51st Birthday Happy birthday to one of, if not the, greatest rappers of all time -- Jay-Z -- who officially celebrates fifty-one years of a life well lived. By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Videos Lazarus, Doctor-Turned-Rapper, Spits Rhymes About COVID Vaccine In "Trap City" Lazarus, AKA Dr. Khan, comes through with a new music video for "Trap City", which is all about COVID-19. By HNHH Staff December 04, 2020
Music Saweetie Calls Out Record Label For Releasing Her Music Early: "I Feel Disrespected" Saweetie's record label, Warner Records, released her music against her wishes yesterday and she did not hesitate to call them out for it. By Ellie Spina December 04, 2020
Music Jim Jones Explains Why Dipset Will Never Battle G-Unit Jim Jones reflects on the unlikeliness of a G-Unit vs Dipset Verzuz battle, citing a lack of camaraderie as one of the many reasons. By Mitch Findlay December 04, 2020
Music Lil Baby's New Songs Prove To Fans That He Can't Miss Lil Baby's new songs "Errbody" and "On Me" are hard as hell. By Alex Zidel December 04, 2020