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Music Suge Knight Goes Scorched Earth On Snoop Dogg Over Death Row "Flops" Suge Knight and Snoop Dogg are in radically different positions of power, but the former claims Snoop is ruining Death Row. By Elias Andrews March 11, 2025
Music Lil Tjay's Lawyer Confirms The Rapper Beat Both His Gun Cases It's unclear which gun cases Lil Tjay's attorney is referring to, or if they have anything to do with a debunked gang indictment. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 04, 2025
Music 7 No. 1 Rap Songs From 2012 Drake's reign as Billboard's Artist Of The Decade began to really take shape in 2012. By Demi Phillips September 11, 2023
Music Why Yasiin Bey Is Considered A Hip Hop Legend Covering Yasiin Bey's legendary career in music and film, as well as his early origins in Brooklyn. By TeeJay Small January 22, 2024
Pop Culture Crip Mac Reacts To Island Boys Kissing: "That's Custer Activity" Crip Mac is not a fan of the clip. By Caroline Fisher July 14, 2023
Music Drake Reveals The Personal Reason Why He Had Beef With Ludacris The rappers are now on good terms. By Elias Andrews October 25, 2024
Music Ja Rule Pays Tribute To Irv Gotti During Summer Jam Set Ja Rule and Irv Gotti made some truly classic hip-hop in the 2000s and beyond, and Ja didn't experience this bittersweet moment alone. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025
Music Lil Durk Leaves DJ Akademiks Stunned With Unforeseen Phone Call From Behind Bars DJ Akademiks has previously interviewed Lil Durk and extensively covered the rapper's murder-for-hire allegations. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 28, 2025
Music The Weeknd Explains Dark Meaning Of "Blinding Lights" The Weeknd explains that his hit single "Blinding Lights" is actually about drunk driving and being blinded by the traffic lights, clarifying that he does not promote driving under the influence. By Alex Zidel August 25, 2020
Music Drake "The Heart Part 6": What Is Kendrick Lamar's "Mother I Sober" Actually About? Now that the rap beef has become a "facts" crusade, there's an irony to how each MC has no proof, and as for Drake, no comprehension skills. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 06, 2024
TV Safaree Samuels Net Worth 2023: What Is The "LHHATL" Star Worth? With his dynamic contributions to music, entrepreneurship, and reality TV, Safaree Samuels has achieved remarkable success, evident in his substantial net worth. By HNHH Staff June 08, 2023
Music DJ Akademiks Viciously Replies To Freddie Gibbs' "B*tch" Tweet By Taunting Him Over Ex Ak shamelessly unloaded a whole clip and then some into Gibbs. By Zachary Horvath January 27, 2025