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Original Content Why Does Rap Idolize Pablo Escobar? The deceased Colombian drug kingpin continues to have a commanding presence in hip hop. By Luke Hinz October 29, 2018
Relationships Keyshia Cole's Dating History We break down Keyshia Cole's dating history, including entanglements with Birdman, Jeezy, and Bow Wow. By Hayley Hynes May 25, 2022
Original Content 21 Rappers That Were Influenced By Nas' "Illmatic" A peak into the endless influence of Nas' "Illmatic." By Chris Tart April 19, 2015
Original Content 5 Rappers Who Have Spoken Out Against Lean & Xanax Five rappers speak out about the dangers of hip-hop's most "trendy" drugs. By Mitch Findlay September 12, 2017
Original Content 5 BadAzz Moves Lil Boosie Has Made Since His Release Five bad ass moves Boosie Boo is making in the hip-hop game this year, and what more he has in store. By Netzayet Itzea October 10, 2014
Original Content Jay Z's 10 Best Guest Verses The best Hov features ever. By Danny Schwartz May 31, 2016
Reviews Review: Isaiah Rashad's "Cilvia Demo" TDE’s new blood delivers nothing but heat rocks on his debut EP. By Perry Simpson January 30, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks: Machine Gun Kelly Scores Massive Debut With "Rap Devil" Machine Gun Kelly's Eminem diss, "Rap Devil," gets over 10 time the views of any other song this week on its way to a #1 debut. By Patrick Lyons September 10, 2018
Reviews Isaiah Rashad's "The Sun's Tirade" (Review) Isaiah Rashad crosses generational boundaries and plumbs the depths of his psyche on the excellent "Sun's Tirade." By Patrick Lyons September 10, 2016
Original Content Highs & Lows Of The 2016 Grammy Awards Here's everything, both good and bad (painfully bad), that went down at the 2016 Grammy Awards. By Angus Walker February 16, 2016
Original Content I'm Different: Hip-Hop's Best Concept Albums HNHH presents the best concept albums that hip-hop has to offer. By Lloyd Jaffe October 18, 2014
Original Content 40 Vs. Boi-1da Who wins in a Boi-1da versus 40 beat match-off? By Chris Tart March 27, 2015