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Politics Barack Obama's Favorite 2019 Songs: DaBaby, Summer Walker, J. Cole, & More Did your favorite make Obama's cut? By Alex Zidel December 30, 2019
Music Pop Smoke Dead At Age 20 Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was reportedly murdered in a home invasion robbery early this morning. By Alex Zidel February 19, 2020
Music Playboi Carti Fans React To New Song "@ MEH" Is Playboi Carti's new song just "MEH" or is it "VERY HOTTTTT?" By Alex Zidel April 16, 2020
Music The Weeknd Debuting "After Hours" On "Memento Mori" Next Week The Weeknd's Beats1 show Memento Mori will debut the new album on Thursday, March 19th at 9 p.m PT/ Friday, March 20th at 12 a.m. ET. By Aron A. March 13, 2020
Music Lil Tecca Announces "Virgo World" Album Release Date Lil Tecca announces that his debut studio album "Virgo World" will be out next week. By Alex Zidel September 11, 2020
Music Bow Wow Declares Film & TV As His "Life": "Music Was Just The Start Up" Bow Wow may have started out in the music industry, but the rapper said it's no longer his first love. By Erika Marie July 25, 2020
Music Dreamville's "ROTD3" Goes Platinum J. Cole's Dreamville compilation album "Return Of The Dreamers 3" is officially platinum. By Aron A. April 28, 2020
Music Nas Unveils "King's Disease" Tracklist With Big Sean, Lil Durk, Don Toliver, & More Nas drops the tracklist for his upcoming album "King's Disease," executive-produced by Hit-Boy, featuring Big Sean, Lil Durk, Fivio Foreign, Don Toliver, A$AP Ferg, and more. By Alex Zidel August 18, 2020
Music dvsn & D Smoke Hold Down This Week's R&B Season Playlist A few new R&B songs to get your mind right this week. By Aron A. December 20, 2020
Music Rowdy Rebel's "First Day Out" Freestyle Debuted On Funk Flex With some words from Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel readies his takeover with a "First Day Out" freestyle in the cut. By Aron A. December 20, 2020
Music Young Thug Is Clearly Up To Something Young Thug's Instagram purge has fans speculating that "Slime Language 2" is about to arrive, in keeping with the Black Friday release date. By Mitch Findlay November 19, 2020
Original Content HNHH Staff Picks Playlist: Juice WRLD, DaBaby, Playboi Carti, Flo Milli, & More The latest update of our Staff Picks playlist features new music from Juice WRLD & Young Thug, DaBaby, Playboi Carti, Flo Milli, Saweetie, Fredo Bang, and many more. By Alex Zidel January 18, 2021