Cop Your XXL Merch Now With the weekend fast approaching, there are plenty of new releases for hip-hop fans to dive into.

WBLS celebrates its 50th anniversary at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Friday with DJ Cassidy’s “Pass the Mic Live!” — a ...

Songs like “Straight Out of The Jungle” and “Black ... Critically, however, this album was highly regarded as a new beginning for Hip Hop. Publications across the board hailed this album as a fresh ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of music, sampling plays a significant role in shaping contemporary sounds. As we dive into ...

Between the Election Day (Nov. 5) and the 2025 Grammy nominations reveal (Nov. 8), the week ahead promises to be one of the ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Tyler The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, and IDK. Okay, now I am mad at all the rappers. It’s not that there hasn’t been a slew ...

Late last month, Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion released “Megan: Act II.” The album sounds like a homecoming release of ...

Tang Clan District” sign on Staten Island, where the group was formed in 1992, were gone in less than two hours.

From the Bronx to the world, hip-hop's evolved beyond music to a tool for healing. Could hip-hop be the therapy we need to ...

Michael Jordan entered the NBA and rap legend Kurtis Blow released his timely classic 'Basketball'. However, Jordan was ...

A 1973 back-to-school party organized by a 15-year-old girl from the Bronx named Cindy Campbell is often credited with birthing hip-hop. Grand Wizzard Theodore was just 12 years old when he invented ...

The collective is also opening for Nappy Roots at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox on Friday, November 1.