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 ...

Hip Hop and fashion have been intertwined since the genre's inception, with many rappers doubling as trendsetters. The ...

Diddy’s famed White Parties are now under fire after allegations claim their all-white dress code symbolized women’s status as his sex slaves.

When you think about a geographic region that has inspired everyone from Carly Simon and Elvis Costello to Will Smith, Raekwon, and Rancid, the Capital Region probably doesn’t come to mind. And yet, ...

Jennifer Lopez once explained how she gave male rap stars a taste of their own medicine with the music video for this hit song.

GloRilla, Latto and Doechii all delivered landmark rap albums. Not just because they had the best bars, but because each ...

Hip-hop's inception came from house parties hosted in the Bronx in the1970s. As hip-hop has evolved with several sub-genres like gangsta rap, conscious rap, trap, and many more, there's no ...

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 ...

After publicly announcing his relationship with Amy Luciani, former all-star basketball player Dwight Howard can add another ...

The year in hip-hop saw the reinvention of the diss track, with “Not Like Us” entering the musical canon as a bonafide hit. But the year wasn’t all rap beef; the rap world delivered a ...

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.