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Music Lil Durk Speaks On Praise From Jay-Z Smurk recalled when Hov told him he motivated him, and what that means to him as an artist, during an interview with XXL. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 20, 2023
Original Content Rick Ross Explains What It Means To Sell Your Catalog Several veteran artists, from RZA to No I.D., have sold huge percentages of their musical catalogs in recent years, and in HNHH's cover story with Rick Ross, the Boss breaks down what that actually means. By Joshua Robinson May 24, 2022
Music Willow Smith Faced "Pushback" As Black Rock Singer, Says Jada Pinkett Smith Received Death Threats Both Willow and her mother pursued Rock music and according to the Pop Punk star, Jada's Metal pursuits caused the genre's fans to act unhinged. By Erika Marie September 02, 2022
Pop Culture Eminem Surprise Drops Shady Con Action Figures & Mom's Spaghetti Merch Eminem brings three of his Shady Con NFTs to life with a surprise merch drop. By Joshua Robinson November 25, 2021
TV Twitter Wonders If Snoop Dogg & Martha Stewart Have Ever Hooked Up Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart's chemistry has caused fans to wonder if they have ever been romantically involved. By Joshua Robinson September 30, 2021
Music Tooka’s Mother Wants Rappers To Stop Name-Dropping Her Late Son The mother of Tooka wants artists to stop using her late son's name in their music. By Cole Blake July 02, 2022
Music Jada Pinkett Smith & Tupac Shakur Dance To Fresh Prince Classic In 1988 Video A clip of Jada and Pac dancing and singing to "Parents Just Don't Understand" has gone viral amid Will Smith's Oscars drama. By Erika Marie April 11, 2022
Music Dvsn's Daniel Daley Recalls Waking Up To Woman Holding A Knife To His Back Apparently, it was all over a misunderstanding about a text message that read, "Hey baby." By Erika Marie August 18, 2022
Music Rod Wave Confirms He Is Safe After Dropping Troubling Song About Suicide Rod Wave posted and deleted his new song "Nirvana." By Thomas Galindo December 11, 2021
Music Kanye West’s Deal With Def Jam Is Over Kanye's 17-year deal with Def Jam has come to an end. By Thomas Galindo November 05, 2021
Original Content King Louie Elaborates On What "Drill" Music Is & Explains Its Origins King Louie sits down for an in-depth conversation with HNHH, detailing "Drilluminati," the origin of drill music and the biggest misconceptions about it, and why he loves Canada so much. By Aron A. October 01, 2021
Music ScHoolboy Q, A$AP Rocky & Others Speak On Kid Cudi’s Influence In New Amazon Prime Documentary “A Man Named Scott” arrived on the streamer earlier this weekend. By Hayley Hynes November 06, 2021