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Original Content JoJo Opens Up About Dealing With Anxiety, The R&B Renaissance & Her Fave Music Of The Year For our "12 Days of Christmas" interviews, we speak with JoJo to discuss just how far she's come since her initial rise to fame in the early 2000s. By Hayley Hynes December 15, 2021
Original Content A Brief History Of Chopping: The Fastest Flows Ever Sound barrier in shambles. By Mitch Findlay January 28, 2020
Original Content What Happened To Rakim's Aftermath Album With Dr. Dre? In one of hip-hop's greatest cases of "what could've been," we revisit Rakim's brief spell on Dr. Dre's Aftermath label and why the "Oh My God" album never surfaced. By Robert Blair March 24, 2020
Original Content D Smoke After "Rhythm + Flow": A Conversation On Gang Culture, "Black Habits," Rapping Techniques & More D Smoke opens up about "Black Habits," his victory on Netflix's "Rhythm + Flow," and the importance of creative songwriting in the season premiere of "On The Come Up." By Mitch Findlay October 01, 2020
Original Content Who Had The Better Verse: Wiz Khalifa Vs. Curren$y After throwing Fabolous and Lloyd Banks in the Octagon of bars, we veer in a different direction this week and pit frequent collaborators Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y against each other. By Carl Lamarre May 11, 2015
Original Content A History Of Drake Showing Love On Tour Drake's attempts to put on for each and every city he visits. By Angus Walker June 01, 2015
Original Content The Evolution Of Wale Tracing Wale's career progression from hipster favorite to MMG signee to "The Album About Nothing." By Patrick Lyons March 05, 2015
Original Content Crew Love: A$AP Mob Get familiar with A$AP Mob's many members in this new feature, "Crew Love", where we will break down a different crew every other week. By Patrick Lyons February 03, 2014
Profiles Behind The Beat: Rising Producer Sango HNHH's new series "Behind The Beat" profiles unique producers that are looking to change the soundscape. By Angus Walker October 24, 2014
Original Content #TBT: Young Nipsey Hussle Revisit Nipsey Hussle circa 2005-2011. By Danny Schwartz September 01, 2016
Original Content 40 Drake "So Far Gone" Lyrics To Text Your Ex On Valentine's Day In celebration of the breakthrough mixtape's 8th anniversary. By HNHH Staff February 13, 2017
Original Content 5 Most Outrageous Hip-Hop Concert Moments Here are 5 outrageous incidents that have transpired during hip-hop shows. By Angus Walker April 19, 2016