After eight rounds of voting, including thousands of ballots cast, YoungBoy Never Broke Again has come out victorious in XXL‘s 2025 Most Valuable Rapper bracket, powered by VAZA. For nearly two months ...
Hanumankind ’s music should come with a serious side effects label because listening to songs like his explosive hit singles, ...
James Bernard helped shape hip-hop media as a founding editor of “The Source” and later co-founded “XXL,” influencing how ...
A pair of California rappers have been named to this year’s XXL Freshman Class. The hip-hop and rap-oriented outlet has been publishing their Freshman Class list – which honors 10 to 12 up-and-coming ...
You wanted lyricism, you got it. Here are two of the finest wordsmiths currently pushing hip-hop forward, Joey Bada$$ and J.I.D, who both grace the cover of XXL Magazine's Fall 2025 issue. Every year ...