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Pittsburgh's iconic hub of hip hop, the Shadow Lounge, is rising once again. It's celebrating 25 years of one of Pittsburgh's ...
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly opposed the Northern Irish hip-hop trio’s appearance following terrorism charges ...
In celebration of YouTube's 20th anniversary, YouTube's Director of Black Music & Culture Tuma Basa ranked the top 20 hip-hop ...
Tha Carter VI gives Lil Wayne his 11th No. 1 album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, a streak that includes the previous five Carter projects. (The first installment, 2004’s Tha Carter debuted at ...
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 ...
In a world where games like Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, the forthcoming Ninja Gaiden 4, and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound exist, ...
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says people are underestimating AI's impact on jobs, but it won't be a 'bloodbath' The ocean ...
With hip-hop nearing 50 years since gracing the charts, we explore the one single that defines the genre in the modern age.
Babytron was trying to figure out how to match that moment and came up with the idea to celebrate the breadth of hip-hop history. He recalls that producer Lotto sent him the initial structure of the ...
Here are six classics from trip-hop’s initial wave and four tracks from current artists who are picking up the torch.
On this day in Hip Hop history, Cleveland’s own Bone Thugs-N-Harmony introduced their signature sound to the world with the release of their debut EP, Creepin’ On Ah Come Up. Released 31 years ago via ...
Drake, baseball icon Roger Clemens, more, joined CMA Entertainer of the Year Morgan Wallen as he kicked off his 2025 'I'm The ...