Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

Friday, December 20th, we're throwing it back and blasting forward with our epic 2000's Pop & Hip-Hop tribute party. Whether you're all about spicing up your life or you're ready to drop it like ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Gunna, Kalan.FrFr, and Mozzy. It’s a nice slow week after the mad scramble of the past few, as artists and their teams ...

With inescapable Christmas songs on repeat, there is an underappreciated genre of holiday jingles to get the party started: hip hop. While it might not be your abuelita or tias go-to mix ...

A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested in becoming stars and more in becoming myths — and dismantling the status quo. A new generation of hip-hop artists seems less interested ...

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 ...

By Trevor Anderson A week after Kendrick Lamar joined a select club of artists upon replacing himself at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the rapper stands in a class of his own ...

He had been named the country's hip-hop artist of the year the month before. Another award-winning Swedish rapper, Einar, was shot and killed in Stockholm in a gang conflict in October 2021.

The holiday season is finally upon us, and everyone knows that the right tunes can help you get into the spirit. Throughout the years, rappers have brought their unique flair to the holiday season ...