Common

These clapbacks are better than the songs they responded to.

How'd your favorite rapper score on the rap report card?

In rap beef, rappers like to get brutal with their lyrics.

Here's the full rundown on how some of your favorite rappers were able to make amends following a venomous beef.

You can call it a comeback.

Albums where the anticipation eclipsed the output.

The heat keeps rollin' in.

Fall into some new music.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

Barack Obama has unveiled his annual summer playlist.

From Ice Cube's "I Wanna Kill Sam" to Jay-Z's "American Dreamin'," take a listen to hip-hop songs dedicated to the many sides of America.

Rappers are calling for change.