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Brandon Hill

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Brandon Hill

@HooplaHill

✍🏼 Boston Guardian @BostonGlobe @VinylMePlease @okayplayer Formerly @central_sauce. Co-host In Search of Sauce 🎙️. 👨🏻‍🎓 MU & Emerson he/him

Boston, MA

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Joined January 2012

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Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Jun 28, 2025
Miki Hellerbach is taking artists to parts known. I spoke with my good friend @mikimontebello about 'The Spot,' his soon-to-release food travel and hip-hop interview show. I got a sneak peek at the pilot featuring @AshaImuno and his "spot" Harry's Cafe in Moreno Valley CA 📖👇🏼
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Apr 28, 2020
Replying to @HipHopNumbers
Kendrick undoubtedly wins this but what about TDE vs Dreamville?
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Feb 19, 2022
Replying to @BenPurkert
I LOVE the way James Baldwin starts this chapter of Giovani's Room. This book also has some incredibly written dialogue
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Sep 13, 2022
I actually wrote about exactly this! Part of the surge in unionization is because workers feel that the government is failing to place appropriate checks and the workers need to take action to do it themselves.
07:16
More Perfect Union
@MorePerfectUS
Sep 13, 2022
NEW: Workers at Wells Fargo are organizing the first big bank union in the U.S. The company has been rocked by scandals for years — fake accounts, racism, misleading data, employee abuse. Politicians in D.C. haven't stopped it, so workers are doing it themselves.
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Jun 9, 2023
Replying to @charlie_savage and @ShaneGoldmacher
Might actually be one of the pieces he stole from the home of the US ambassador to France
Trump Took Art From Ambassador’s Home in Paris, But Pieces Were Fakes and Replicas
From slate.com
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Nov 9, 2023
I once wrote about how introducing rap lyrics in a court room is more likely to result in a conviction regardless of the relevance of the lyrics. This practice is cultural discrimination as a stand in for racial discrimination in our justice system. ✍🏼 okayplayer.com/news/what-is-t…
XXL Magazine
@XXL
Nov 9, 2023
JUST IN: The judge in the YSL RICO trial has ruled that 17 song lyrics can be used against Young Thug and his codefendants as evidence.
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Jun 25, 2021
Replying to @Xchrispatrick
Those drama ad libs and gangsta grillz tags took me back and I'm not even that old lmao. Gonna need the datpiff.com mix too
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Dec 19, 2023
If you're making music in Massachusetts, please DM me! I'm looking out for more ways to cover the Mass scene next year (especially hip-hop) and I would like you to have my email! Feel free to tag Mass artists you're listening to below too. Seems like I discover more every week
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Sep 29, 2023
A lot of firsts at Okayplayer. My first piece of paid writing. My first internship. My first job out of school. My first cover story. Now my first lay off. I've always said how blessed I've felt to have this opportunity and I'll treasure the people and stories I worked with there
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Mar 24, 2023
Replying to @SHREKRAP
Nobody?
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Oct 31, 2019
After over a month of compiling, you can now see every single interview @JIDsv has ever given all in one place! Categorized by format and fully annotated with overviews, details and key quotes, it's the ultimate resource for Jidiots everywhere #Dreamville centralsauce.com/jid-every-inte…
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
May 21, 2021
We got one song with Mac Miller and EARTHGANG and I'll treasure it forever
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Oct 31, 2019
Many long hours put in for the amazing music J.I.D puts out. See for yourself and learn something about the GOAT now. Act fast and you'll be able to say you were a Jidiot from the jump when he's on top of the game in a few years. Check it out and share!
CentralSauce
@central_sauce
Oct 31, 2019
Here it is: the ultimate resource for JID fans everywhere. Every interview that @JIDsv has ever given, all catalogued, analyzed, and in one easily scrollable feed. Happy 29th birthday, JID! centralsauce.com/jid-every-inte…
Brandon Hill
@HooplaHill
Jul 25, 2019
Didn't realize it's been so long since DAMN. That album still fresh
Hip Hop By The Numbers
@HipHopNumbers
Jul 25, 2019
Days Since Last Full-Length Release From TDE Artists 1,056: Isaiah Rashad 1,010: Lance Skiiwalker 958: Ab-Soul 832: Kendrick Lamar 797: Reason 776: SZA 552: SiR 405: Jay Rock 90: Schoolboy Q TDE averages 722 days (1.97 yrs) between solo albums Who drops next? Surprise album?