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News Tracklist For "The Great Gatsby" Soundtrack Features New Music From Jay-Z, Beyonce, Andre 3000 & More [Update: Listen To Album Snippets] Check out the tracklist for the upcoming film, "The Great Gatsby," which features new music from Jay-Z, Beyonce & Andre 3000, Q-Tip, will.i.am, Florence & The Machine and more. By Rose Lilah April 16, 2013
News Hit-Boy Confirms No "Cruel Winter" & Talks Being A Rapper With lots of projects in the works, producer Hit-Boy talks about re-focusing on rapping, recording with Britney Spears, and confirms "Cruel Winter" is not coming. By Rose Lilah January 23, 2013
Lists HNHH's Hottest Singles Of 2012: Part 2 HNHH looks back at the hottest singles that have dropped over the past year, and after previously counting down from 50 to 25 we look at number 24, all the way to number 1, in the hottest tracks of 2012. By Rose Lilah December 30, 2012
News DJ Whoo Kid Recalls Big Pun Pulling An Uzi On Him <div>During the height of Hip Hop’s days of selling quasi-legal mixtapes in the streets, DJ Whoo Kid found himself on the wrong side of an industry beef. After a feud between the Terror Squad and Roc-a-fella camps that allegedly began at Club Carbon, a few overt and subliminal diss records were thrown back and forth. As was customary at the time, Whoo Kid put a Sauce Money diss track directed at Big Pun on one of his mixtapes.</div> <div> </div> By Rose Lilah February 08, 2012
News Frank Ocean Threatened With Lawsuit Over "American Wedding" & Rep Responds To Ocean About Suit Frank Ocean could be sued over his song "American Wedding." By Rose Lilah March 01, 2012
News Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" Ghostwriter Says He Hasn’t Received Royalties <p>Speak, a rapper-turned-ghostwriter from Moreno Valley, California, who co-wrote Kreayshawn’s hit single “Gucci Gucci,” among others, says he still hasn’t seen any royalties for his work.</p> By Rose Lilah November 02, 2011
News Common Drops New Diss Record Directed Towards Drake <p>Despite the fact that the Rick Ross’ <em>Rich Forever</em> was undoubtably the most downloaded mixtape last week, many hip-hop fans have paid closer attention to the Drake verse that was seemingly directed at Chicago rapper Common on the French Montana assisted, “Stay Schemin’” track.</p> <p>Although Drake didn’t say Common’s name, Common has already replied with a diss record over the same beat and has specifically called out Drake for his use of singing during his raps and the sensitive nature of some of his songs.</p> By Rose Lilah January 09, 2012
News Gucci Mane Denied Early Release, Served Civil Lawsuit <p>It looks like matters have gotten worse for Gucci LeFleur as he was denied an early release from prison and served with a civil lawsuit today.<br /> <br /> Last week, news broke that Gucci Mane had not been released from prison, contrary to 1017 Brick Squad rapper Waka Flocka Flame's claims. Now, it looks like the things get worse for Gucci LeFleur, as he was denied early release and hit with a civil suit earlier today.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 29, 2011
News Amber Rose To Release "Fame" Single Featuring Wiz Khalifa Wiz's wifey gears up for her first foray into music. By Rose Lilah January 07, 2012
News Maya Angelou Upset With Common's Use Of The N-word <p>Common's newest album, "The Dreamer/The Believer" drops tomorrow, December 20th. However, it seems one of the features is not happy with Common's use of the N-word throughout the album. </p> <p>The famed author Maya Angelou reads a poem she wrote on one of Common's tracks, and says she was unaware that Common used the N-word and that it would be used in this song particular song, called "The Dreamer." Angelou called the word "vulgar and dangerous" to the black community.</p> By Rose Lilah December 19, 2011
News Nas and Tyler, the Creator Talk About God, Drugs, Bruno Mars <p>For the most recent cover story of XXL featuring Nas, he was interviewed by Tyler, the Creator. The result is not your typical interview, and XXL gives us some of the highlights from their conversation (which ranged from talk of God, drugs, and Bruno Mars). Check it out below!</p> <p>On Bruno Mars:</p> <p>Nas: "Are we gonna see you and Bruno gunning after eachother with AKs? What's going on with that?"</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News Pill Says He Was Never Signed to MMG <p>Recently there have been rumours circulating the internet that Pill was dropped from MMG, but now Pill has opened up to MTV and he revealed that he couldn't be dropped from MMG because he was never actually signed to Rick Rozay's label.</p> <p>Pill said the following on the matter:</p> <p>“I never signed any paperwork with Ross. It was just my deal was over at Warner already.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012