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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
Bump these in through speakers.
The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
Pure heat.
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Sounds Off on Lil Durk, Being Disrespected and Album Sales in New Interview
NBA YoungBoy gets a lot off his chest in an exclusive XXL interview.
The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week
Fresh out.
Soulja Boy Ordered to Pay Ex-Girlfriend $235,900 in 2019 Assault and Kidnapping Case
Big Soulja has to pay up.
Murda Beatz Discusses How He’s More Into Self-Reflection These Days
Murda Beatz is self-reflecting and expanding his skill set.
Rihanna Pregnant With Second Child Following ASAP Rocky Trending on Twitter, Rep Confirms – Report
Baby No. 2 for Rih and Rocky?
Pop Rock Band The 1975 Gives Young Thug Shout-Out at Show, Doesn’t ‘Care If He Did Anything With Guns’
Thugger's getting love from all over the world.
GloRilla Wins Best New Artist of the Year for XXL Awards 2023
GloRilla's undeniable year has earned her the Best New Artist of the Year for the XXL Awards 2023.
Ab-Soul Opens Up About New Album, Asking for Help and Kendrick Lamar Leaving TDE
Ab-Soul opens up about his latest album, Herbert, maintaining his mental health, Kendrick Lamar leaving TDE and more in an exclusive interview with XXL.
Kanye West Allegedly Showed Explicit Kim Kardashian Video, His Own Sex Tape to Yeezy Employees – Report
A new report has uncovered inappropriate behaviors Kanye displayed toward his Yeezy staff members.
Styles P Shares the Secret to The Lox’s Longevity
Styles P has been in the game for two decades and has explained the recipe for longevity in an exclusive interview with XXL
Actor Trevante Rhodes Shares the Lyrics He Wishes He’d Written on J. Cole’s Song ‘Applying Pressure’
Trevante Rhodes shares the lyrics on J. Cole's "Applying Pressure" that he wishes he would have written himself, growing up listening to The Notorious B.I.G. and more in an exclusive XXL interview.
Saucy Santana’s 2022 XXL Freshman Freestyle
Saucy Santana goes from rags to riches in his 2022 XXL Freshman freestyle.
Big Scarr’s 2022 XXL Freshman Freestyle
Memphis is already on the rap map, but Big Scarr is expanding the city's reach with his bars.
Saucy Santana – 2022 XXL Freshman
See Saucy Santana's 2022 XXL Freshman interview, freestyle, ABCs and cypher.
Doin’ Lines With RZA – Wants to Work With Dr. Dre, Opening Chess Move and Key to Happiness
RZA fills in the blanks with XXL.
Joey Badass Knows the World Needs His New Music and He’s Got the Album to Prove It
Joey Bada$$ talks to XXL about getting back to the music while sharpening his acting chops.
Floyd Mayweather’s Daughter Iyanna Mayweather Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Alleged Mother of YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Child
Prosecutors are asking for six years of probation.
Iggy Azalea Says Playboi Carti Speaks to Her So Badly That She’s Stopped All Direct Contact With Him
Iggy Azalea has had it with Playboi Carti.
Video Surfaces of Benzino’s 2020 Arrest for Denting a Man’s Truck During Fight Over a Woman – Watch
Footage surfaces of Benzino being arrested in 2020.
Nelly Charges Toward Fans in Club After Getting Hit With Object – Watch
Nelly wasn't playing.
Drill Rap Music Videos Lead to Arrests of 20 Alleged Members of Bronx Gang
The Bronx drill scene has led to a major indictment.
Ice Cube Catches Backlash for Show He Produced in 2006 Where People Swapped Races
Cube is facing backlash over his race-swapping reality TV show.
Film Academy Bans Will Smith From the Oscars for 10 Years After He Slapped Chris Rock – Report
Will screaming profanities at Rock apparently didn't help either.