Category: Industry Stories

A rapper from Mobile, Ala. hasn't appeared on an XXL Freshman cover since the very first Freshman issue in 2007. At the time, Rich Boy, known […]

Rap culture is a utopia of sharing and influencing. Just about every rapper has a list of artists they revere or who helped mold them […]

It’s official. Cardi B and her husband, Offset, are expecting baby No. 2. On Monday (June 28), Bardi hopped on her Instagram account and shared […]

There's no season quite like the summer, especially this year. Following a year of staying inside due to the pandemic, hip-hop fans are back outside […]

Artists like Jeezy, Boosie BadAzz and Yo Gotti were salient voices to 42 Dugg when he was younger. Their stories about swimming through the streets […]

Artists naturally gravitate toward other creators that they relate to. There’s something special about the confirmation that other people came up out of a similar struggle, fought the […]

The streets of Detroit are burning fiercely right now with the amount of talent trekking through them. And one of the hottest acts to hail […]

Things haven't been particularly friendly between Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj over the years, but apparently things might be water under the bridge on Kim's end […]

6ix9ine is taking shots at Blueface over the Cali rapper's upcoming amateur boxing match while also delivering low blows at Lil Durk. Blueface is slated […]

Unless it’s heard in the impassioned storytelling of songs like “Emotions” and “Gone Girl” featuring Trippie Redd, Iann Dior doesn’t say too much. He often […]