Festival Guide for Hip-Hop Fans
NBA YoungBoy, Clipse, Sexyy Red and more.
De La Soul
See All the Rappers Touring in 2026
Rappers are hitting the road heavy this year.
New Projects This Week
More fire.
Lauryn Hill, De La Soul In Grammy HOF
It's about time.
March 2024 Releases
Here are some fire new projects.
50 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 20 in 2024
Feel old yet?
Best Things That Happened in Hip-Hop in 2023
As 2024 approaches...
An In-Depth Look at Sampling in Hip-Hop in 2023
Sampling in hip-hop has been going on since the genre’s inception, but in 2023, it’s been more prevalent than ever. XXL dives deep to discuss why everything sounds familiar.
40 of the Best Hip-Hop Album Covers From the 1990s
Hip-hop albums were dropping at a dizzying pace throughout the 1990s.
Greatest Hip-Hop Album Covers of All Time
A look at the greatest album covers from different eras within the genre.
De La Soul Albums Now Available on All Streaming Platforms
De La Soul fans rejoice.
New Hip-Hop Projects
New music Friday.
R.I.P. Trugoy The Dove
R.I.P.
Every Rapper in Grammys Hip-Hop Tribute
Hip-hop and you don't stop.
De La Soul's Catalog Coming to DSPs
De La fans rejoice!
Here Are 21 Great Hip-Hop Songs With House Music Samples You Should Know
House music all night long.
104 Hip-Hop Albums Turning Five in 2021
2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.
These Are the Best Debut Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', Kanye West's The College Dropout, Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle and more.
Here Are Great Storytelling Rap Songs That Don’t Have a Happy Ending
From XXXTentacion to Eminem and more, check out these storytelling rap songs that don't have a happy ending.
10 of the Biggest Hip-Hop Trolls of All Time
April Fools!
Life Is Beautiful Festival
Needless to say, this should be lit.
Usher, Janelle Monae, Common, De La Soul and More to Perform at the White House for BET Concert Special
The president and the first lady are definitely making their last few months in the White House memorable.
19 Rappers Over 45 And Still in the Rap Game
Clearly hip-hop isn't just a young man's sport.
Logic, Pusha T, Tech N9ne and More Receive Marvel Hip-Hop Variant Covers
Marvel is back at it again with their Hip-Hop Variant Covers.
Has Arrived
Watch the 30-minute video about the group's early beginnings.
De La Soul Liberate Unreleased Song “Sho Nuff” for 25th Anniversary of ‘De La Soul Is Dead’
De La celebrates the 25th anniversary of their sophomore LP with a memorial.
De La Soul Shows off on ‘Trainwreck’
De La Soul is BACK! The new album titled 'And the Anonymous Nobody' is yet another great album from one of hip-hop's most famous rap group.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics pays tribute to classic rap album covers in this amazing new "Hip-Hop Variant" project.
De La Soul Releases J Dilla-Produced ‘Vocabulary Spills’
De La Soul and J Dilla have collaborated numerous times before the late producer’s death in 2006 from Lupus. So it’s good to hear the trio spit over a rare Dilla instrumental on their just-released single, 'Vocabulary Spills.'
Wonder of The Day: Potholes & De La Soul
Happy Tuesday y'all! Only a few more days left until Spring!! Unfortunately, in the meantime we have been dodging big, gigantic potholes all over the Cap Region. I am wondering, when, just when, will they get patched up?