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

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Tyler The Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, and IDK.

Shaboozey's "A Bar Song" has skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, marking a milestone for the artist who is known ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Hip-hop continues to diversify into new subgenres that push the boundaries of rhythm, poetry and self-expression. With hip-hop celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, we look at some of the ...

Below, Fat Joe shares further thoughts on hip-hop journalism, presidential candidates tapping rap artists for their campaigns and rappers endorsing Trump, as well as his plans for new music and ...

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 ...