Offset delivers a hard-hitting single "Bodies" featuring JID, sampling Drowning Pool and setting the tone for an intense ...

Jim Jones from the hip-hop trio Dipset shared his thoughts about being compared to rapper Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, aka Nas. Jim appeared on the Joe and Jada podcast recently.

The temperatures are high and the days are long – there’s nothing like the summer. And mid-June is delivering some scorching ...

Larry Hoover, 74, denounced his past and has been locked up for more than 50 years. But Trump is hardly the harbinger of ...

Ex- Giants safety Jabrill Peppers, 29, is still a member of the New England Patriots’ secondary, but he’s embarked on a ...

Erykah Badu performed “Echos 19 (mix 122)” and debuted “Next to You” at her Juneteenth show. Here's how to listen to them.

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 ...

A few months before Northwestern’s A&O Productions hosted their annual spring concert, Philfest, Eva Putnam (Medill ‘25), the ...

A new hip-hop album takes us inside the Florida prison system – featuring fifteen artists in correctional facilities across the state.

Wayne released “10,000 Bars,” a 35-minute song featuring his last written lyrics. Everything from that moment forward, ...

The reading list in Rock Music Menu’s Summer Essentials. (Courtesy of, clockwise from top left, Akashic Books, Akashic Books, ...

New England Patriots defensive back Jabrill Peppers is perhaps best known for his versatility on the football field. Now, he ...