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News Shooting During Kafani's Videoshoot Resulted In His Little Cousin Getting Shot in The Head <p><iframe height="315" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PATqBYV7eJQ"></iframe></p> <p>Yesterday, during a videoshoot for Bay Area rapper Kafani, a one-year old boy was shot in the head and remains in a coma. Kafani denies having any part in the shooting, which took place just after 6 pm,  in a liquor store parking lot. Supposedly over fifty gun shots were fired into a large crowd of people, leaving eight people hit and a body that resembled Kafani in a van, riddeled with bullets.</p> By Rose Lilah November 30, 2011
News Lil Wayne's Twitter Account Hacked and Reclaimed <p>Lil Wayne has been Twitter hacked. The Young Money leader, who typically keeps his presence on the social networking site to a minimum, suddenly started posting dozens of bizarre and uncharacteristic messages Sunday afternoon (Jan. 16) to more than a million followers. It quickly became clear that Weezy wasn't behind the errant tweets, but that didn't stop the hacker from doing some damage.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 17, 2011
News Mobb Deep, Juicy J, Trinidad Jame$ Added To Paid Dues Festival Lineup The full lineup for the 2013 Paid Dues festival has been announced. The Black Hippy headlined affair now sports new additions, including Mobb Deep, Trinidad Jame$, Talib Kweli, Juicy J, Nipsey Hussle and more. By Trevor Smith January 24, 2013
Music Al Sharpton Reportedly Flattered By Jay-Z's "4:44" Mention The Reverend is taking it in stride. By Matt F July 06, 2017
Music Russ' Crew Member Punches Fan In The Face A member of Russ' crew punches a fan in the face after he threw ice at the "There's Really A Wolf" artist. By Q. K. W. June 21, 2017
Sports NBA Twitter Reacts To Kristaps Porzingis Trade Rumors Phil Jackson isn't ruling out possibility of trading Kristaps Porzingis... By Kyle Rooney June 20, 2017
Music Dr. Dre Puts $10M Towards New Compton High School Performing Arts Centre Dr. Dre gives back. By Matt F June 15, 2017
Music Jidenna Annonces "Long Live The Chief Tour" Check out Jidenna's summer tour dates. By Jonathan Carey May 17, 2017
Sneakers Jordan Brand Might Drop A "Kobe Pack" This Year Jordan digs deep into its vault for a rumored commemorative "Kobe Pack." By hnhh January 22, 2016
News B.o.B. Says Atlantic Records Is "Suppressing" Him B.o.B. thanks T.I. and his fans for being the only ones who have his back. By Danny Schwartz December 07, 2015
Original Content Lyrics Of The Week: May 10-16 HNHH's Lyrics of the Week breaks down the most noteworthy bars of the past seven days into ten categories that will rotate according to the type of content that drops. By hnhh May 17, 2013
Original Content Underrated Audio: March 5- 11 <p>A day late, but here's three tracks from last week that were lacking in views but good ish nonetheless.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Trouble- Let Them Tell it</strong></p> <p><iframe src="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/trouble-atl-let-them-tell-it-produced-by-fly-boy-embedsong.730738.html" style="width:442px;height:52px;border-width:0;" width="442" height="52"></iframe></p> <p>I not only love this beat but the lyrics are on point. If you let them tell it...everybody's fake as fuck. True words from DTE's Trouble.</p> <p><strong>Johnny Polygon- My Shit ></strong></p> By Rose Lilah March 13, 2012