Vote for XXL Awards 2025 People’s Champ
The People’s Champ category is where you get to crown your favorite artist of the year. Vote once per hour until the polls close on Sunday, February 9 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The rapper with the most…
88rising’s Head In The Clouds Festival Returns To Pasadena With G-Dragon, 2NE1, And Rich Brian
The return of the Head In The Clouds Festival was thrown into doubt by the Los Angeles wildfires, which devastated the areas surrounding its usual venue at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. But, today, 88rising made the…
Noname Penned An Emotional Letter After Fans Rushed To Meet Her Donation Goals For The Noname’s Book Club And Radical Hood Library
Although she broke her retirement from music vow, Noname proves she will always make good on her community outreach promises. Yesterday (February 2), the “Namesake” rapper revealed that her Noname’s Book Club and Radical Hood Library were…
Ye Insists Kendrick Lamar Ended Drake in Their Rap Battle
Ye thinks Kendrick Lamar killed Drake in their rap battle but Ye’s not convinced Drizzy should be counted out. Ye Weighs In on Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar Rap Battle On Sunday night (Jan. 2), following Ye and his wife’s…
OsamaSon Flexes His Potential as He Rises From Rap’s Underground
Show & Pove: OsamaSonWords: Grant RindnerEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. OsamaSon, the 21-year-old rising star born Amari Middleton, makes…
The Story Behind Doechii’s Superstar Performance At The 2025 Grammys
One of the most exhilarating performances at the 2025 Grammy Awards came courtesy of Doechii. The Best Rap Album winner’s set began with “Catfish,” a booming track from her Alligator Bites Never Heal mixtape, before a costume…
Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Announce ‘Some Sexy Songs 4 U’ Project for Feb 14 Release
Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR have made it official: they are dropping their joint project on valentine’s day. Drizzy uploaded a trailer a short while ago featuring vocals from PND which you can watch below. “$OME $EXY $ONGS 4…
Kanye West Sets Daughter North West’s Birthday in June as Release Date for ‘Bully’ Album
Kanye is back to being all the rage on the internet, as he often does. After a brief period of hibernation, the rapper-producer has grabbed eyeballs again — from his barrage of questionable tweets, to him showing…
Beyonce Announces ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Dates
It’s official: Beyonce will return to stages across the U.S. and Europe from April through July for the Cowboy Carter tour, celebrating the release of her groundbreaking eighth studio album Cowboy Carter. The timing is great because…
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Sweeps 5 GRAMMY Categories, Highest Ever for a Rap Song
Ever since Kendrick Lamar dropped ‘Not Like Us’, the anticipation of a Grammy has been palpable. What really remained to be seen was exactly what categories the song will sweep and well, we have the answer now.…
It Finally Happened: Heinz Added Some MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAARD!!!!!! To Kendrick Lamar’s Historic Night
Ever since the release of Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album, GNX, fans just can’t get enough of his ad-lib from “TV Off.” His battle cry of “MUSTAAAARD!” launched a thousand memes and much like the condiment from which…
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Sweeps at 2025 Grammy Awards
With a clean sweep in all nominated categories, Kendrick Lamar‘s hit song “Not Like Us” won five awards at the 2025 Grammy Awards despite the song being shrouded in controversy. “Not Like Us” Wins Multiple Grammy Awards K-Dot came into the 67th…
Every Best Rap Song Winner at the Grammy Awards Each Year
Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for “Parents Just…
The Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis Trade Was So Crazy DJs Were Announcing It In The Club
The talk of sports fans everywhere on Saturday night was the shocking trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Mavericks. The move was so surprising and unexpected that most people thought…
Kanye West Goes on a Twitter Rant: Makes Sexually Inappropriate Remarks on Kamala Harris
None of us are new to Ye’s social media antics, and least of all his tweets. Becoming pop culture artifacts over time on the internet, Kanye is undisputedly the king of unpredictable thoughts voiced out in public.…