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Sports NCAA Basketball Tournament: 6 Cinderella Teams To Watch For Six potential upset picks for your March Madness bracket. By Kyle Rooney March 14, 2018
Original Content Ticket Giveaway: Smokers Club Tour HotNewHipHop will have 10 pairs of tickets to give away for the upcoming "Smokers Club Tour." By Rose Lilah October 06, 2014
Original Content Kash Doll Reveals She's Spent $2K On Portable Chargers & Always Keeps Rihanna's Lip Gloss On Her Kash Doll empties out her Chanel purse on the new episode of "In My Bag." By Alex Zidel January 02, 2020
Original Content The Ethics Of Posthumous Listening Should we listen to music against a dead artist’s wishes? Determining how to appropriately immortalize deceased artists is a tall order, and one of the hardest questions in 21st-century pop music. By Luke Hinz October 11, 2018
Original Content The Biggest R&B Singers Who Are Geminis The biggest R&B Geminis each have their distinct, signature sound. By Demi Phillips May 25, 2023
Sneakers The Top 8 "Chicago" Air Jordans Of All-Time We took a look back at the greatest Air Jordans to ever be released in the iconic and classic "Chicago" colorway. By Ben Atkinson November 25, 2025
Original Content #TBT: Ja Rule Revisiting Ja Rule 2000-2004. By Danny Schwartz January 26, 2017
Original Content DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks "Making Beats" Program, "Fresh Prince" Days, & Reminiscing With Will Smith Hip Hop icon DJ Jazzy Jeff is helping aspiring producers learn the game. He chatted with us about breaking Hip Hop's rules, admiring this generation of beatmakers, & being the same Jeff from Philly (who apparently makes great Kool-Aid!). By Erika Marie April 17, 2023
Original Content T.I. & Tiny: Friends And Family Hustle Episode 4 Recap: Reginae Carter & YFN Lucci On The Rocks Our weekly catch-up on last night's "T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle" episode. By E Gadsby May 07, 2019
Streetwear Gabriella Karefa-Johnson’s Fashion Philosophy Outweighs Kanye’s Criticism The 30-year-old became the first Black woman to style a Vogue cover in January of 2021. By Hayley Hynes October 04, 2022
Original Content 10 Rappers To Follow On TikTok Right Now Tierra Whack, JT, and Bobby Shmurda are just a few of the rappers that you should definitely be following on TikTok right now. By Joshua Robinson September 08, 2022
Pop Culture Why Did SZA Pick Her Name? See how the award-winning hitmaker came up with her unforgettable—and Wu-inspired—moniker. By Victoria Ifeolu April 24, 2023