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Pop Culture Movie Soundtracks That Were Better Than The Films Some movie soundtracks are so good, they are better than the movies they exist in. By Zachary Roberts April 24, 2023
Original Content East Coast Vs. West Coast: Revisited Almost 20 years after the height of the East and West Coast rivalry, we take a look at where things stand now for the two pioneering sides of the culture. By hnhh August 27, 2014
Original Content Hip-Hop's Fashion Evolution Let's take a look back at the road to hip-hop's fashion evolution, from black leather and adidas to Tom Ford and Balmain Jeans. By Brian Josephs June 20, 2014
Original Content Crew Love: Dungeon Family Get familiar with the entire roster of the Dungeon Family. By Dharmic X May 12, 2014
Original Content KRS-One's "I Got Next" Turns 26 On the 26th anniversary of KRS-One's "I Got Next," we're looking back on its influence on New York's boom-bap scene. By Caleb Hardy May 24, 2023
Original Content Stop Saying "Conscious Rap" Why the term "conscious rap" should be eradicated from hip hop. By Patrick Lyons December 18, 2015
Original Content Exclusive: French Montana Talks On Success, Harry Fraud & "Excuse My French" French Montana sits down with HotNewHipHop.Com for an exclusive interview, where we talk to him about his success in the rap game and more. By Rose Lilah August 10, 2012
Pop Culture "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts"—What We Know "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is slated to be one of the biggest movies of the summer. Here's what we know so far. By Zachary Roberts May 08, 2023
Original Content Chiraq: The Female Perspective In The Drill Movement Katie Got Bandz and Sasha Go Hard's careers flourish amongst the Chicago drill scene and women rappers. By Glennisha Morgan February 24, 2014
Original Content Rappers' Wives That Have Been Arrested 12 rapper's wives who have had some trouble with the law. By William Cannon January 18, 2014
Original Content How Hip-Hop Has Permeated Pop Culture From what was initially a neighbourhood-based cultural practice, Hip-Hop has permeated societal culture in an unprecedented way. Hip-Hop extended it's boundaries before breaking them down entirely to accept any and everyone; gender, economic class and race extinguished as the genre's influence washed over society and in a way, unified a diverse group of people. By Dhruva Balram deleted March 22, 2014
Original Content The "Internet Rapper" Phenomenon The neon-haired bubblegum trap wave and its roots in online culture. By Patrick Lyons March 15, 2016