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Music Driven By The Beat: 10 Hip-Hop Songs That Were Made To Be Played Loud On The Road In honor of Black Music Month, here are 10 songs that deserve to be on our hip hop road trip playlist this summer from Migos to Kendrick Lamar. By HNHH Staff June 09, 2025
Music Kanye West Accuses Shopify Of Allegedly Owing Him $4 Million Kanye West has been feuding with Shopify since the company took down his Yeezy merchandise store, earlier this year. By Cole Blake June 01, 2025
Music Pressa Accuses Top5 Of Being A Rat And Paying Blogs To Delete Robbery Details These two Toronto rappers used to be cool with each other, but something happened along the way that drove Pressa and Top5 apart. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Ice Of "The Joe Budden Podcast" Eviscerates Hitta J3 For Dissing Him Hitta J3 and Ice were beefing way before the former decided to shoot at the latter on his Joey Bada$$ diss, "The Last Supper." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2025
Music Wiz Khalifa Loses Appeal Over Romanian Drug Possession Sentence Wiz Khalifa was believed to be appealing this decision in December 2025 and sure enough, him and his legal team did, but to no avail. By Zachary Horvath February 27, 2026
Politics Donald Trump Calls Nicki Minaj A "Fantastic Winner" At "Melania" Premiere While some of United States President Donald Trump's supporters aren't fans of Nicki Minaj, he's as supportive of her as she is of him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2026
Music Akon Plans To Re-Record His Whole Catalog As Country Music With Star-Studded Collaborators Akon says fans will be able to hear the ambitious country music remix idea much sooner than they may think. By Cole Blake April 17, 2025
Music Reginae Carter Explains How Lil Wayne's Lyrics Kept Her Out Of Private School Reginae Carter wanted to attend private school growing up, but as it turns out, that wasn't always a realistic option for her. By Alexander Cole May 04, 2026
Music Fredo Bang Shoots His Shot At Cardi B One Last Time This is apparently his last attempt to get her attention. By Tallie Spencer April 30, 2026
Music Meek Mill Can’t Escape His Own Digital Footprint Meek Mill suggests there’s a campaign to damage his reputation, but his own online behavior continues to shape the narrative around him. By Aron A. April 28, 2026
Original Content The 40 Best Rap Albums Of 2025 Today, we are taking a look at the 40 best rap albums of 2025, from underground darlings, to rap's biggest superstars. By HNHH Staff December 09, 2025
Music Tory Lanez Reveals Surprising Regret In New Verse Aimed At Megan Thee Stallion & Kylie Jenner His thoughts on his conviction land on wax once again. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 13, 2024