The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

BTS frontman RM nearly soars to No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Digital Song Sales chart, but "Nuts" is forced to settle for second ...

Killer Mike at One Music Festival in Atlanta (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) At a landmark Grammy Museum event, Killer Mike made a definitive statement about rap’s future, declaring ...

From afar, it may seem ShrapKnel is a new name in the East Coast underground. But the duo of PremRock and Curly Castro released their self-titled debut in 2020 on Backwoodz Studioz, the New York rap ...

A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in becoming stars and more in becoming myths — and dismantling the status quo. A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in ...

No one really thought Clipse would get back together. The duo, composed of brothers Pusha T and Malice, is well known for setting a new precedent for rap throughout the aughts. If you wipe the dust ...

Hip Hop was born in the Bronx, and from that moment on, New York City has been at the heart of the culture. From the early pioneers who laid the foundation to modern-day legends redefining the genre, ...

“For Mature Audiences Only” – Scribe Shad Reed Discusses Aging Gracefully in Hip-Hop And Where We Are Now. Despite it being more than a decade ago, I still vividly remember speaking with DJ Jazzy Jeff ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Roddy Ricch, and Smino. Actually, this week in hip-hop is actually going to be two weeks, due to the holiday that just ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...