Show & Prove: Bay SwagWords: Georgette Cline Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. It’s a bold choice to bring Harriet Tubman into rap conversations, but Bay…
Last year, State Farm and UPROXX teamed to bring you an exclusive look at Howard University’s 100th anniversary homecoming halftime show. Now, with the bar raised even higher for 101, we’re going back to campus to showcase the whole homecoming…
50 Cent‘s long-teased Diddy documentary is debuting on Netflix next week. On Tuesday (Nov. 25), the popular streaming service announced the 50 Cent executive-produced documentary series, titled Sean Combs: The Reckoning, will premiere on Dec. 2. The series is directed…
On December 12, Nas and DJ Premier will finally release their long-awaited joint album after decades of speculation under the auspices of Mass Appeal Records’ Legend Has It… banner. Today, they revealed the title and album cover, as well as…
All hail, hip-hop’s underground king! Ransom doesn’t just make music—he studies the world around him, challenges comfort, and turns philosophy into bars. In 2025 alone, he’s dropped three distinct projects — The Final Call with Dave East, The Reinvention with…
The 50 Cent executive produced documentary on the rise and fall of Diddy officially has a release date. The Reckoning is set to premiere on Netflix on December 2nd, it has been announced today along with a trailer. It will…
Not only have 2025 blockbusters found significant success at the box office, but they also garnered acknowledgement at the upcoming 68th Annual Grammy Awards. With nominations announced earlier this month, repeat titles in popular and soundtrack categories were also among…
North Carolina rapper Mavi has been garnering some strong grassroots buzz over the past couple of years, thanks to well-received projects such as Let the Sun Talk, Laughing So Hard, it Hurts, and last year’s Shadowbox. Today, he extended this…
It’s time. Nas and DJ Premier have officially announced their new collab album Light-Years, after DJ Premier teased the date during a recent show. The project has been in the making for a long time and a testament to their…
A judge reportedly plans on ordering Nicki Minaj to sell her California mansion in order to pay off a lawsuit judgment. On Monday (Nov. 24), Rolling Stone reported that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cindy Pánuco made her latest ruling…