As the weather is heating up, apparently, so are the temperaments of some of your favorite rappers. Over the past several weeks, a flurry of […]

The lawyer suing Fat Joe on behalf of the rapper’s former hypeman has reportedly been arrested for striking a man with his vehicle who was trying […]

The 2025 XXL Freshman Class has a good sense of humor. While Lazer Dim 700, BabyChiefDoit, Ray Vaughn, Gelo, Eem Triplin, Samara Cyn, 1900Rugrat, Loe Shimmy, Ian, YTB Fatt, Nino Paid […]

The Sean “Diddy” Combs sex crimes case is close to coming to a climactic conclusion following seven weeks of trial. Here’s what to expect in […]

Summer is officially here and the back half of 2025 kicks off with some projects hip-hop fans have been marking their calendars for. Clipse Reunite […]

Cardi B‘s new album has been a LONG time coming. Seven years after the release of her debut LP, Invasion of Privacy, it finally looks like […]

From the very first Freshman class in 2007 to this year’s 18th anniversary, every artist inducted over the last decade-and-a-half shares one thing in common: this milestone […]

When the rising rap talent of the mid-2000s—from Lupe Fiasco to Plies to Papoose—graced the 2007 cover of XXL magazine, no one foresaw the “Leaders of the […]

Hip-hop’s most-talked-about time of year for new artists is here. For 18 years, the XXL Freshman list has established itself as the go-to platform for discovering emerging […]

Clipse‘s upcoming fourth album, Let God Sort Em Out, is turning out to be one of the most highly anticipated hip-hop releases of 2025. A […]