Here Are the Top Hip-Hop Songs From the Year You Graduated High School
50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Fetty Wap, Timbaland, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar and more.
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104 Hip-Hop Albums Turning Five in 2021
2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.
Chris Brown, Young Thug, Lil Durk, Lil Tjay and More: New Projects This Week
Ready for some new music?
Hip-Hop Donates Over $5 Million, 100,000 Masks, $20,000 in Meals and More to Coronavirus Relief
Hip-hop is giving back during the pandemic.
52 Hip-Hop Albums Turning 20 in 2020
The year 2000 featured some classic rap albums.
20 Rappers Who Pay Homage to Hip-Hop In Their Songs
These rappers give thanks to hip-hop and its creator DJ Kool Herc in their lyrics.
Sampled: Tom Tom Club, “Genius of Love” (1981)
The Tom Tom Club's 1981 hit "Genius of Love" has been one of the most popular samples in hip-hop and R&B. In this new series, we broke down the history of the song, and some classic '90s and '00s cuts that sampled the track.