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Industry HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week.
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Industry HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week.
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News Legends" is an editorial initiative that will feature trailblazers and icons in hip hop culture. Our goal is to not only pay homage to artists who have impacted rap and rap culture, but to reconnect them to the HNHH community. In this edition, MC Lyte spoke to HNHH about how she got her first start, the challenges she faced while on the come up and fills viewers in on what she's got coming up. This is our first instalment, but keep checking out HNHH for more to come.
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Original Content HNHH caught up with Mindless Behavior and Jacob Latimore during MB's #1 Girl tour. Mindless Behavior has been working tirelessly, having toured with Justin Bieber and Janet Jackson, they now headline their own tour. Jacob Latimore, at a very young age, already has acting credits in addition to his music career with Tyler Perry's "House of Payne", "One Tree Hill" and BET's "Reed Between the Lines".
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News <p>Though music industry vet Steve Stoute and Recording Academy president Neil Portnow vowed to work together to increase diversity at the Grammy awards -- as a result of Stoute's claim that the awards were "losing touch," it looks hip-hop and R&B artists are losing again.<br />
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The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences made more than 30 modifications to the awards on Wednesday, April 7, a move which Stoute has referred to as "a step in the right direction, but still a Band-Aid on the problem."<br />
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News <p>Rumors that longtime New York DJ Mister Cee, real name Calvin Lebrun, was busted for public indecency last week have been largely unfounded until today (April 5). While his fellow Hot 97-associate Funkmaster Flex has been aggressive and staunch in Cee's defense, official police documents confirm that he was indeed exposed in a homosexual act when arrested.<br />
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News <p>After putting his rap career on hold for a short period of time, DXnext alum and Philadelphia emcee Trel Mack is putting together his latest project, Return of the Hustle EP.<br />
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With his last piece of work, The New Dynasty, released in 2008, Mack explained his absence and subsequent plans for 2010. I took a break for a minute due to personal issues, but now I'm back to kill the game. It’s the return of the hustle, because I'm coming back stronger than ever and my music has grown so much since the release of The New Dynasty.<br />
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News HotNewHipHop releases it's very first installment of HNHH HEATSEEKERS. We're featuring some of the top submissions that have come in from artists in the last few weeks. Also, there's a completely redesigned Mixtape Player that you can embed on your blog or website.
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News Canibus explains why he pulled out a notepad at a recent live rap battle at the KOTD Vendetta event.
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Industry HNHH's "Underrated Audio" puts you on not-too-mainstream music you might have missed from the past week.
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Industry HNHH looks at today's female rap scene. Names like Iggy Azalea, Azealia Banks and Kreayshawn are on the rise. Do any of these femcees have what it takes to dethrone Queen Nicki?
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Original Content <p>Some new tunes for this week's <strong>Underrated Audio</strong>.</p>
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<p><strong>Buddy- Staircases Feat. Kendrick Lamar (Prod. Pharrell)</strong></p>
<p>Buddy premiered this track while out at SXSW, and the CDQ version kind of slipped under the radar. It's a chill song, all about getting high. With a feature from Kendrick and production by Pharrell you can't really go wrong.</p>
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