August is closing out strong on the music tip. This week, one of New York's dopest MCs comes through with his first album ...

Now it's time for the XXL Awards Board Members to vote. They will be selecting the winners for 11 categories while the fans vote for their favorite rapper of the year in the 12th category, The ...

Touring has been the lifeblood for many hip-hop artists over the years as it gives them the opportunity to get in front of their fan base, promote new music and stack some coin in the process.

Enjoy this week's list, featuring new songs from Drake and PartyNextDoor ("Somebody Loves Me Pt. 2" featuring Cash Cobain ), ...

Hip-Hop’s Biggest First-Week Sales for Projects in 2025 Drake’s UMG Lawsuit Dives Into Kendrick Lamar’s Alleged Domestic Violence Accusations X-Games Snowboarding Champ Zeb Powell on Blazing a Trail ...

Frazer Harrison / Taylor Hill// Ian Gavan / Johnny NunezGetty Images, Getty Images (4) In celebration of female excellence across decades, XXL shares 60 essential songs from the most influential and ...

In recent months, more and more rappers have been indicted for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Several artists, including Young Thug, Kay Flock, Casanova, ...

The last new music Friday of July is stacked. This week, one of hip-hop's biggest acts drops his second album in less than a year, a recently pardoned rapper delivers his first album since his release ...

2018 was a confounding year in hip-hop. Songs called "I Like It" and "I Love It" coexisted. As did "Lucid Dreams" and "Barbie Dreams"; "Sad!" and "Bad!"; and "Feefa," "Fefe," "Keke," "Bebe" and "Zeze.

On Wednesday (July 23), Fif reacted to a viral video of Rick Ross that is floating around the internet. In the clip, Rozay is seen on a yacht showing PDA with another person in a green shirt, who Fif ...

From at least 2009 and for years after, the indictment claims Diddy assaulted multiple women by "striking, punching dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them." One instance includes an incident ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. On a warm sunny day in early June, Lil Bibby wanders around Chicago’s Lacuna Lofts, a former ...