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News Lil Wayne Says Skateboarding Has Put "Rap On The Backburner" Weezy says his skateboarding lifestyle keeps him pre-occupied and rap has taken a back seat. By Rose Lilah August 02, 2012
News Machine Gun Kelly Explains Interscope Beef Over "Invincible" Machine Gun Kelly was recently in the news for dissing Interscope over what he deemed to be a commercial song he was forced to do, now the rapper explains the story and how he feels about the song. By Rose Lilah July 06, 2012
News Pharrell Speaks On "Pink Slime" With Mac Miller Pharrell Williams talks about linking up with Mac Miller for a joint project titled "Pink Slime" and he speaks on the first single off it "Onaroll." By Rose Lilah June 08, 2012
Original Content Exclusive Interview: Yelawolf Talks On International Recognition, Joint Project With Big K.R.I.T. & More Yelawolf took a few minutes to talk to HNHH before his show and tells us about his EP with Travis Barker, what's going on with the joint project with Big K.R.I.T. and more. By Daniel Koren June 03, 2012
News President Obama Chooses Between Jay-Z & Kanye West President Obama speaks on rappers Jay-Z & Kanye West. By Rose Lilah April 12, 2012
News Big Sean Talks On G.O.O.D Music, "Mercy," His Album, Kanye & Kim K, Justin Bieber Collab & More! Big Sean talks on a lot of topics in this recent interview with Yesi Ortiz. By Rose Lilah April 07, 2012
News Watch Common's "Sweet" Video <p>Common's latest music video, "Sweet", was premiered last night via Ustream <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.ustream.tv/thinkcommonlive" target="_blank">here</a>. To view this video you are asked to donate 1$, and all proceeds go to<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> J/P HRO.</span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">About J/P HRO:</span></p> By Rose Lilah November 15, 2011
News 2 Chainz, Tyga & Mac Miller Cover The Source <p>For <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.thesource.com/articles/200634/2-Chainz%2C-Tyga-And-Mac-Miller-Cover-The-Source!?thesource-prod=emt8bunjq3gv82dq5t6kp3vpi1" target="_blank">The Source's</a> February/March 2012 issue they probably have at least one of your favourite rappers featured: 2 Chainz, Mac Miller, Tyga grace the cover, and although Kendrick Lamar isn't on the cover he is featured on the inside photo and is part of the cover story. Peep the photos below, and here's what The Source has to say on it:</p> By Rose Lilah February 14, 2012
News BREAKING NEWS: Heavy D Dead at 44 <p> <p class="MsoNormal">We just received news of the tragic death of Heavy D. Details surrounding the Jamaican-born legendary rapper’s death remain sketchy at this time, but the news spread quickly after a tweet from Grandmaster Flash.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A 911 call was placed from Heavy D’s Beverly Hills home around 11:25 AM to report an unconscious male on the walkway. When help arrived, he was conscious and speaking and was transported to a nearby LA hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1 pm. He was 44-years-old.</p> By Rose Lilah November 08, 2011
News LoLa Monroe Signs With Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang Label, Preps Debut Album <p>The D.C. rapstress plans to drop the LP's first single in November.<br /> <br /> LoLa Monroe has revealed that she signed to Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang imprint, breaking the news in an interview with Atlanta’s V-103 (via Rap-Up). During the chat, she said that the decision to link with the “Black and Yellow” rapper was based on the fact that their visions aligned.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 29, 2011
News B.o.B.Talks About Potential Album with T.I. <p>HipHopDX recently caught up with B.o.B. to talk about the rumours of him and T.I. working on a collaborative album entitled <em>The Man and The Martian</em>.</p> <p>Check out what B.o.B. has to say on it:</p> <p>HipHopDX: Talk a bit about <em>The Man and The Martian</em> album that you and T.I. are reportedly working on...</p> <p>B.o.B.: <em>The Man and The Martian </em>is something we’re talking about, an idea that we’re playing with. We just kinda wanna let it happen and record as we see fit.</p> <p>DX: That idea’s kind of crazy though.</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News Lil Wayne Lists His Miami Mansion for $12.9M <p>Rapper Lil Wayne wants to, or maybe just needs to, unload his Miami mansion on La Gorce Island, Fla., that he purchased early last year for $14 million. He is asking $12.9 million for a possible quick sale given he has an Internal Revenue Service tax lien hanging over his head.<br /> <br /> The IRS says the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., owes the government a total of $5.6 million, which breaks down to $3,351,078 owed for 2008 and $2,258,956 for 2009. Last year, he had liens against him for more than $1 million for the tax years 2004, 2005 and 2007.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah April 13, 2011