Category: Industry Stories

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 […]

Stop, look and listen. Clues, jokes, bonuses and worlds might be right there in your favorite rap videos or on the hip-hop track you cherish, […]

The estate of the late XXXTentacion has released a new video on the rapper's behalf. On Friday afternoon (April 10), X's estate dropped a visual for […]

Young Chop's search for 21 Savage last weekend landed him in jail the next day. According to documents obtained by XXL on Friday (April 10), […]

Walking the tightrope of maintaining the individuality that makes a skilled rapper while also finding ways to mesh well with an equally talented partner isn't […]

A number of highly anticipated projects dropped over the last week. Check out all of the newly released albums, mixtapes and EPs that have hit streaming […]

New music from the late Juice Wrld appears to be on the way. On Thursday (April 9), Lil Bibby, a mentor and close friend of the […]

YNW Melly is pushing for an emergency medical release from jail amid the coronavirus outbreak. However, the families of the alleged victims he's accusing of murdering are […]

Fred The Godson revealed his positive coronavirus diagnosis earlier this week. His wife has since given an update on the rapper's progress. On Wednesday (April […]

Jay-Z is not a businessman. He's a business, man. Since 1995, as one of the cofounders of Roc-A-Fella Records, along with Damon Dash and Kareem […]