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Music Is Drake Tarnishing His Legacy By Streaming On Kick? On the new HNHH livestream, we discussed Drake's Stake stream, Kanye West's concerts, Meg and YB's interviews, and hip-hop's 53rd birthday. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2026
Original Content The Dissolution Of Jay-Z And Dame Dash: A Complete History Following a fresh round of disparaging remarks, we thoroughly reexamine when and why Jay-Z and Dame Dash's relationship imploded. By Robert Blair September 03, 2019
Music "I Will Take A Death Row Chain": Nas' Brother Retells MTV Awards Altercation With Tupac When he was a teenager, Nas' brother Jungle attempted to snatch a chain from Tupac and the Outlawz. By Kyesha Jennings August 27, 2021
Music China Mac & Jin Reconcile Years After Violent Shooting Incident Years after a violent altercation left a man shot, Jin and China Mac move to put the past behind them. By Mitch Findlay June 20, 2019
Original Content A Brief History Of The Chipmunk Vocal Sample Tracing the roots of the high-pitched, sped-up sample. By Sanibel Chai November 26, 2018
Original Content The 10 Most Stacked Rap Album Release Dates In Hip-Hop History So Far We look at some of the stacked rap album release battles of the past and present. By Jibril Yassin November 23, 2018
Original Content Cash Money's "Bling Bling" & The Beginning Of An Era From a Lil Wayne chorus to an inescapable cultural phenomenon, we reflect on the "Bling Bling" era. By Luke Hinz January 02, 2019
Original Content Why August 11 Is Considered Hip-Hop's Birthday? We're looking back on DJ Kool Herc's block party on August 11, 1973 which catapulted hip-hop into the cultural revolution it is today. By Caleb Hardy May 26, 2023
Original Content Kings Of Rock: A Brief History Of Rap-Rock We continue down memory lane, looking at the history of the interaction between rap and rock. By Gus Fisher August 07, 2018
Music Nelly Gets Brutally Honest About Beefing With Eminem Early In His Career Nelly and Eminem have long since squashed any beef remaining between them, but that wasn't always the case. By Cole Blake March 25, 2025
Reviews How "Rapper's Delight" Helped Solidify Hip Hop In 1979, the Sugarhill Gang's song "Rapper's Delight" became an instant hit that has influenced hip hop artists for decades. By Marvin J October 19, 2023
Music 50 Cent Hilariously Recalls His First Time Meeting Eminem The G-Unit mogul thought it was all a prank. By Gabriel Bras Nevares September 02, 2024
Original Content How Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Sets The Standard For Diss Tracks Nearly 30 years on since its release, we take a look at why Ice Cube's retort to his former NWA collaborators is still heralded as the greatest diss track of all time. By Robert Blair October 29, 2019
Original Content 10 Iconic Black-Founded Hip-Hop Labels Whether for their commercial success, artistic significance, or indelible influence and image, these labels change the face of hip-hop. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 23, 2023
Original Content The Life & Legacy Of Death Row Records How a cutting-edge record label would come to define an entire era. By Luke Hinz April 10, 2019
Original Content How Bow Wow Paved The Way For Drake's Career We're examining the shared DNA between Drake and Bow Wow. By Robert Blair March 19, 2021

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