The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith.

The 67th Grammy Awards are this Sunday night, making it the perfect time to look back at the five projects that earned a nomination for Best Rap Album. While so ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

Drake was raised in Toronto and worked as a child actor on "Degrassi." After pivoting to music, he became one of the most ...

From Pete Seeger to Billie Holiday to Rage Against the Machine to Kendrick Lamar, musicians of all genres have spoken truth to power ...

A 2018 hit that originally took aim at Drizzy was previously honored with multiple Grammys. If Kendrick Lamar ’s “Not Like Us ...

These hip-hop one-hit wonders are still timeless today, and it's hard to stay still when they come on the radio.

Provocative, controversial and still making waves - 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 🎶🎤 ...

On this date in 1995, Black Thought, Questlove, Dice Raw, Rahzel and the original Roots crew dropped the Philly Hip Hop collective ... the singles the led the album was the catchy “You Ain ...

The mixtape's "Denial Is a River" is her first non-collaboration to debut on the Hot 100. By Trevor Anderson ... 2025 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as her Alligator Bites Never ...

The album’s lead single, “Born And Raised In Compton,” climbed to Number 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs, while tracks like “Tonite,” “Deep” and the album’s title track ...