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Numbers Distributor Was Considering "Pay-For-Play" Streams For G-Eazy & More: Report In an explosive and thoroughly-researched piece from Rolling Stone, the inner workings of third-party stream-manipulation services -- and the labels that consider them -- are revealed. By Mitch Findlay March 11, 2021
Music Future Co-Signs Bold Michael Jackson Comparison The rapper suggested if 'HNDRXX' had dropped in the 80s, he would've given MJ a run for his money. By Madusa S. March 14, 2021
Original Content Hottest Songs Of 2017 Counting down the year in Rap and R&B songs. By HNHH Staff December 11, 2017
Music Kanye West Reveals He Became Addicted To Opioids After Having Liposuction Kanye West delivers an impassioned speech where he reveals an opioid addiction. By Alex Zidel May 01, 2018
Original Content 30 Unconventional Marketing Methods Used By Hip-Hop Artists Sometimes in order to win the game, you have to switch up how you play. We take a look at artists who have found success playing by their own marketing rules over the years. By KC Orcutt June 24, 2017
Music UMG CEO Lucian Grainge Jokes That Drake's Budget Is Unlimited Money is no issue for Drake. By Cole Blake February 02, 2020
Music Birdman Talks "Messy" Interviews & Explains Why His Nickname Is "Baby" The rapper-CEO caught up with Nick Cannon on "Nick Cannon in the Mornings." By Erika Marie June 28, 2019
Music Joe Jonas Reacts To Jay-Z's "Virgin" Lyric On "The Blueprint 3" Joe Jonas had actually given up his purity ring before the song came out. By Alex Zidel May 31, 2019
Music Dave East Reflects On Finessing Rich University Girls For Pizza & Weed On "How To Roll" Dave East did what he had to do. By Mitch Findlay November 28, 2019
Music Tinashe Gushes About Boyfriend Ben Simmons; Says "It's A Learning Process" Tinashe & Ben are the next couple goals. By Chantilly Post March 27, 2018
Music Germ Has Officially "Sold His Soul" To Sign With G59 Records Germ has officially signed to G59 Records. By Alex Zidel June 12, 2018
Music Diddy Caught Cutting French Montana & Fabolous Out Of Star-Studded Photo Diddy comes through with another photo-related curve. By Mitch Findlay January 30, 2018