The headliners for the 2025 Afro+ Fest (pronounced “Afro Plus”) in Washington, DC have been announced. Sunday, August 31, 2025, at RFK Festival Grounds, Gunna and Afropop star Asake will headline a lineup featuring a diverse array of diaspora artists, including…
Deftones have a new album, private music, on the way, but that’s not all Chino Moreno and company are cooking up: Today (July 22), they announced the lineup for the sixth edition of their Dia De Los Deftones festival. Aside…
Joe Budden‘s The Joe Budden Podcast is making over $1 million a month on Patreon. Joe Budden Reveals Revenue Numbers On Tuesday (July 22), The New York Times published an article where they explored the ex-rapper’s podcast empire. According to…
The Wu Tang legend, Raekwon, recently had a collaboration with the NYC legend, Nas. But a leaked version of the track they did together, ‘Omerta‘ has hip hop heads around the globe talking and discussing the possibility of a diss.…
Kill ’Em With SuccessWho’s the biggest and best Freshman of all time? You get to decide.Words: Peter A. Berry, C. Vernon Coleman II, Kyle Eustice and Grant RindnerEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on…
Tyler, The Creator is on a generational roll right now. Since 2017’s Flower Boy, each of his albums have introduced outstanding new sounds, aesthetics, and personas to his oeuvre, and each one has been warmly received by both critics and…
While it has been a couple years since Blackpink last toured the US, things have changed pretty dramatically for the members. All four have solidified themselves as solo artists in the interim, to varying degrees of success. Rosé’s debut solo…
And just like that, Tyler, The Creator is back with a new album, Don’t Tap The Glass, and plenty of dope bars to fill up the running. Tyler, The Creator Drops New Album Don’t Tap The Glass After hinting about the new offering last…
In the early hours of the morning, Tyler, The Creator just dropped his 9th studio album DON’T TAP THE GLASS. It’s one he’s been teasing for a while, but pretty much came as a surprise when he revealed it was…
What do we have here. Raekwon has a new album out called The Emperor’s New Clothes that released this past Friday via Mass Appeal. Rae has been on the Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber tour so has not been able…