Ryan Lewis

Over a billi each and going up.

A look at which rappers earned the big win over the years.

The history of hip-hop will always have controversy.

The biggest sales over the last three decades.

50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Fetty Wap, Timbaland, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar and more.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

These songs shine bright like a diamond.

XXL takes a look at the rap songs that became wildly popular a long time after they dropped.

XXL takes a look at hip-hop artists with the most YouTube views of all time for a single music video.

Memory lane.

These albums lived on the chart for a minute.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis pay homage to the great hip-hop pioneers before them in the cinematic visual for "Downtown." Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, Eric Nally and Melle Mel join forces with the duo as they stroll and cruise through the streets of Spokane, Wash.

Macklemore offers fatherly advice to his newborn daughter on the tender "Growing Up (Sloane's Song)" featuring Ed Sheeran.

Ed Sheeran lends his voice to the first new music from the duo since 2012's 'The Heist.'

Imagine not being able to watch your favorite artists’ video on YouTube. For artists like Macklemore, Adele and many other independent artists, this can become a reality under YouTube’s plan to attempt to give its site and business plan a major overhaul.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed their marriage equality song 'Same Love' at the 2014 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday (Jan. 26). In a gesture of love and unity, the four-time Grammy-winning duo allowed 33 couples from different sexual orientations and backgrounds to get married during their performance.