Amaarae’s second album Fountain Baby has taken on a life of its own. Nearly a year after its release, the 14-track project is still heavily in rotation by fans near and far. Additionally, it’s helped to take…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Suge Knight is bashing Drake for using A.I.-generated voices of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg to diss Kendrick Lamar. He’s also taking the moment to accuse Snoop of playing a role in Tupac’s downfall. Suge Knight Is…
Megan Thee Stallion is the latest female star to be hit with a lawsuit for workplace harassment after a camera operator she employed filed a suit claiming she forced him to watch her have sex in a…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now While rap beefs remain a part of the foundation of hip-hop, there are times when a competitive feud between rival MCs has spiraled out of control. The East Coast and West Coast rivalry is one…
The Opium crew may have canceled their Antagonist Tour, but that isn’t stopping them from recalibrating their plans for 2024 and forging ahead. Ken Carson, who is five months removed from the release of his third studio…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Quavo just upped the ante on his beef with Chris Brown by dropping the new Breezy diss song “Over H*es & B***hes.” Quavo Responds to Chris Brown The beef between CB and Huncho is heating…
Hip-hop has proven itself as a force to be reckoned with over the course of the last 50 years. While embraced by many facets of mainstream media and popular culture, rap was once shunned and looked at…
On the latest edition of the Billboard Hot 100 chart released today, “Soak City (Do It),” by Inglewood rapper 310Babii moved up five positions to land at No. 71 in its 17th week on the chart. It’s…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Childish Gambino recently debuted a new song featuring Ye. Childish Gambino Collabs With Ye In the wee hours of the morning on Monday (April 22), Childish Gambino debuted a new track on…
Donald Glover followed up quick on his promise of a tour this summer — a claim first made on his latest venture, Gilga Radio. The artist took to Instagram following the second episode of Gilga, and further…
Cop Your XXL Merch Now Ja Rule weighs in on the current beefs in hip-hop and gets blasted by fans on social media. Fans Go In on Ja Rule for Calling for Peace in Rap Rap has turned…
When the rising rap talent of the mid-2000s—from Lupe Fiasco to Plies to Papoose—graced the 2007 cover of XXL Magazine, no one foresaw the “Leaders of the New School” tagline evolving into one of hip-hop’s most important institutions.…
Every week, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated April 27, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.…
One of the biggest songs of 2023 was Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj’s song “Barbie World,” which interpolated Aqua’s 1997 hit “Barbie Girl.” However, it wasn’t the only song to sample that song. In 2022, Saweetie previewed…
Kid Cudi broke his foot while performing at the second weekend of Coachella 2024, but his sense of humor is intact, at least. “Hey, guys, yeah, sh*t got real yesterday,” Cudi said in a video posted to…