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Music Nas Receives Key To Queens & Honorary Day It's always nice when a legend receives the flowers they deserve, as Nas was officially given the key to Queens. By Mitch Findlay September 24, 2021
Pop Culture Freddie Gibbs Thinks Rap Is "All For The Bag" Says "I'm Going Back To R&B" Freddie Gibbs can't decide if he wants to save the rap game or leave it alone. By Taylor McCloud September 24, 2021
Pop Culture Big Sean Details How Ye Reached Out To Him To “Begin Healing” Following “Drink Champs” Diss Big Sean gave N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN the answers we’ve been waiting for. By Hayley Hynes December 18, 2021
Pop Culture Lil Nas X Announces "Montero Deluxe" Featuring Rihanna & NBA YoungBoy On April Fools' Day The king of Twitter trolling strikes again. By Hayley Hynes April 01, 2022
Music Pi'erre Bourne Says Drake Was Meant To Be On Kanye West's "Yikes" Drake was ultimately credited as a co-writer. By Thomas Galindo December 18, 2021
Music The Weeknd Wrote “Moth To A Flame” On The Spot, Swedish House Mafia Says Things are looking bright for The Weeknd. By Hayley Hynes October 23, 2021
Music Roddy Ricch Calls Nipsey Hussle The "L.A. Jay-Z" The Los Angeles rapper reflects on his fallen friend's influence in the City of Angels and how Nip had the ability to bring people together. By Erika Marie December 18, 2021
Music Silkk The Shocker Reveals That Jay-Z Gave Him A Last-Minute Feature For Free Jay-Z was always a real one. By Karlton Jahmal August 29, 2021
Music Kanye West Fans Bask In The Glory That Is "DONDA" Twitter woke up to a new Kanye West album and they have some thoughts about it. By Alexander Cole August 29, 2021
Relationships Kodak Black "Can Cheat No Problem," Won't' Stand For His GF Doing The Same The rapper laid down a rule for what he will and won't allow in his relationship. By Erika Marie October 22, 2021
Original Content A Brief History Of Nudity & Sexually Explicit Imagery In Hip-Hop Album Artwork In light of Meek Mill's controversial "Expensive Pain" artwork, we revisit some of Hip-Hop's most sexually explicit album covers. By Joshua Robinson October 25, 2021
Original Content Joe Avianne Details Designing Chains For Bobby Shmurda, Lil Pump, Cam'ron & More In a brand new exclusive interview for HNHH's "12 Days of Christmas," we talk with Joe Avianne of Avianne & Co. about his come-up and success, some of his most iconic and memorable pieces, as well as Bobby Shmurda's post-prison-release chain, and more. By Angela Savage December 23, 2021