DALLAS -- Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug on Friday announced the release of his new mixtape, "6WA." The 14-track project showcases the talent of BigXthaPlug’s 600 Entertainment record label, with music ...

From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. Hip ...

At first many dismissed it as a fad when it exploded out of the Bronx after a dance party in the summer of 1973 where Dj Kool Herc used two turntables to switch back and forth between two records to ...

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Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Hip-hop has been the cornerstone of New York City's culture since its evolution in the Bronx in the 1970s.

2024 was a crazy year, but it was actually a really good year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the best albums of the year, but we left space for you to tell us YOUR favorite! 2024 was an insane year ...

A pulse-pounding, bass-blasting experience hits Phil Long Music Hall at Bourbon Brothers as Sploinky Rave brings top-tier DJs and immersive visuals to Colorado Springs. Expect “face-melting” music, ...

Now on its third volume, the Beer Chamber Mixtape series is an official bottling of what goes down at the Commission.

The Seattle hip-hop community lost one of its most influential early ambassadors last week: “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez died Saturday in Los Angeles, his widow, Llola Rodriguez, announced the following ...

As the 50th anniversary of hip-hop has been celebrated this year, many props have been paid to the pioneers who launched the Bronx-born culture in the ‘70s and ’80s. And rightly so. However, one ’90s ...