Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has become Chicago’s biggest hip-hop-oriented music festival. With this year’s fest headlined by Travis Scott (billed as Cactus Jack, suggesting a few friends joining him onstage), Playboi Carti, and Chief Keef, not only…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Rubi Rose admits she uses ghostwriters. Rubi Rose Has No Problem Admitting She Has Never Written a Single Rap On Friday (June 14), Rubi Rose appeared as a guest on a Patreon-exclusive episode…
Awaited with baited breath for eight years, Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge mark their return together with their latest collaborative project, Why Lawd? Positioned as the sequel to the earlier Yes Lawd! (yet another collaborative project from the duo), the album…
An Arizona man has been indicted in Atlanta after planning to carry out a mass shooting a Bad Bunny concert, according to a report from NBC. Mark Adams Prieto was indicted earlier this week after his arrest…
Don Toliver, one of the smoothest voices of the autotune era in its prime, has finally released the much awaited HARDSTONE PSYCHO. An album that had Reddit users in a chokehold, leaking tracklists and tracking the artist’s every move, HARDSTONE PSYCHO…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now The fight for song of the summer has officially started, and this week a handful of amazing rappers are entering the ring with new projects. This week, a Cactus Jack signee returns with…
I thought we already settled this, but apparently, here we go again. South African hitmaker Tyla recently appeared on The Breakfast Club radio show, where a line of questioning undoubtedly designed to generate a viral moment regardless…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Ye reportedly claims his decision to fire a former Yeezy and Donda Academy employee for not cutting their dreadlocks is justifiable. Ye Allegedly Says He Had Every Right to Axe Former Employee From Staff According…
Cash Cobain, Rubi Rose, Bobby Shmurda, Asian Doll, Holy and more are all set to perform at the Yung N Lit Music Festival in NYC. Hosted by DJ Self and music by DJ Smoove, the show is…
Game 3 between the Mavericks and Celtics saw Dallas run out to a big early lead, but give it all back almost as quickly, before turning into a very entertaining first half dogfight. The first half was…
In a tribute to one of hip-hop’s most iconic anthems, New Orleans is officially declaring June 11, 2024, as “Back That Azz Up Day” to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Juvenile’s legendary hit. This proclamation coincides with…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now XXL presents Inside Track, a biweekly podcast that shines the spotlight on some of hip-hop’s most influential industry executives, entrepreneurs and more. Hosted by XXL Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Satten and music executive Courtney “Courtney CL” Lowery,…
We are just weeks away from Camila Cabello‘s fourth album, C,XOXO. Ahead of the album, Cabello has teased a new sound. She has released the Playboi Carti collab “I Luv It,” as well as the Lil Nas…
Wu-Tang ain’t nothing to f*ck with. And Martin Shkreli learned exactly what this means. Today (June 11), New York Post reported that art collective PleasrDAO is suing Shkreli after the notorious Pharmabro allegedly made copies of Wu-Tang…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now YouTuber Charleston White writes a post directed at King Von‘s mother and praises the rapper’s alleged killer Lul Timm for murdering her son. Charleston White Criticizes King Von’s Mother and Sister On Tuesday (June…