How long does the ­aftermath of a tidal wave last? We'll find out with Lamar's GNX. The LP came as somewhat of a surprise ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

From Clipse to Tyler, the Creator to billy woods to Ovrkast to Bruiser Wolf, here are our favorite rap albums of 2025.

The best songs of 2025 delivered viral moments, genre shifts, and cultural heat. See which Hip Hop and R&B tracks defined ...

Tyler, The Creator continues to defy expectations with Don’t Tap the Glass, one of the most intriguing rap albums of 2025.

May was a month jam-packed with new hip-hop releases, so let’s jump past the preamble and get into it. Not only did we get a pack of early “best hip-hop album of the year” contenders, but we also saw ...

This month YouTube’s most successful stationary mic platform On The Radar Radio savvily diversified. While the channel started with more boilerplate interview and trending news coverage, the channel’s ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy. To ...

The Millennium Tour didn't make the Top 10 of Billboard's highest-grossing rap tours of 2025 despite grossing more than a ...

This marked 3000’s first release since 2023’s New Blue Sun, the jazzy instrumental wind album that was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The roots of 7 piano sketches go back almost a decade, though, ...

Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...