In a year that has already witnessed Kendrick Lamar scoop up five more Grammys (total so far: 22) and captivate – or agitate – a record-setting 133 million viewers during his Super Bowl halftime ...

Peter A. Berry Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

“Well, what you gotta understand is we don’t know if they gonna still be best friends and all that forever,” Joe began before giving his answer. “Because right now, they got about six or seven songs, ...

T iming is everything, and Kendrick Lamar's surprise release of 'GNX' is no exception, given that the hype about his ongoing ...

Lamar performed alongside special guest SZA. Kendrick Lamar rocked the Caesars Superdome during the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The "GNX" singer electrified the crowd with a rendition of ...

Kendrick Lamar is the latest top musical act to witness their vaulted music get leaked online and dissected in a fashion they didn’t intend. Several Kendrick Lamar tracks were leaked online and ...

Ellen Apswoude is a writer based in Melbourne. Over Ellen's long and enviable career she has mastered the White Swan and the Black Swan, bathed a Mogwai without incident and solved the Lament ...

Billboard's recent rule change ends a three-decade-long streak for the genre Michael Owens/Getty Kendrick Lamar's hit song "Luther," featuring SZA, fell off the Billboard Hot 100 chart The list now ...

Though some feared for the genre’s relevance in 2025, rap is well represented in the noms — especially Album of the Year ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...