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We outside.

Big money spent.

Some of the most notable hip-hop trends that have gone mainstream.

Hip-hop albums were dropping at a dizzying pace throughout the 1990s.

Hip-hop is always a young person's game.

What did they say?

While album titles are unique to most artists, there have been many times in hip-hop’s 50-year history where rappers share the same names for their projects.

More milestones for some of hip-hop's elite.

Hip-hop and you don't stop.

Nobody's perfect.

Don't call it a comeback.

Don't call it a comeback.

LL goes in.

Pushin' pen.

Legends in two games.

How'd your favorite rapper score on the rap report card?

In rap beef, rappers like to get brutal with their lyrics.

The best of the best.

Hip-hop is here for DMX.

Take a stroll through 1995, a pivotal time in rap's golden era, filled with brewing beefs and shook ones, multiplatinum hits and rich regional diversity.

These clapbacks are better than the songs they responded to.

XXL takes a look at every rapper that Eminem name-drops on his new Music to Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition) album.

Uncle L has spoken.

Throwbacks, no Thursday.

The revolution is being heard through songs from Lil Baby, T-Pain, DaBaby and more.

XXL takes a look at a history of rappers' love for sports jerseys.

Rappers are calling for change.

Comebacks, welcome boosts and refreshed careers.

R.I.P.

Hip-hop is showing up for Ahmaud Arbery.