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Music Hitmaka Revisits Memories With DMX, Remembers When He Slept Outside Next To His Benz Hitmaka recalled X's keys were locked in the studio, and when X fell asleep, his team said, "You don't wake up the dog when he's sleeping." By Erika Marie August 18, 2022
Music Robin S Praises Beyoncé For "Giving Me My Flowers While I'm Still Alive" Bey sampled Robin's "Show Me Love" on "BreakMy Soul" and the singer is overcome with love and appreciation. By Erika Marie June 23, 2022
Music Logic Talks Online Hate, Says Internet Was "A Much More Nicer Place" A Decade Ago He believes it's alright to have an opinion about music, but telling someone "they hope your family dies" is a bit of a stretch. By Erika Marie June 22, 2022
Music DJ Drama Revisits Kodak Black's "Sorry-Ass Beat" Mention In 2016 XXL Freshmen Cypher When it was Kodak's turn to spit a few bars, he opened by saying he wasn't a fan of the beat. By Erika Marie June 22, 2022
Music Ravyn Lenae Takes Her Talent To Tiny Desk For A Powerful Performance Ravyn Lenae performed several of her biggest tracks for NPR's Tiny Desk series. By Cole Blake June 22, 2022
Music Chief Keef Trends As Fans Debate Over The Most Influential Rapper When asked who the most influential rapper of the 2010s was, countless fans came to bat for Chief Keef. By Cole Blake May 25, 2022
Music Eminem Unpacks Drug Addiction, 50 Cent Covering For Him, & "Encore" Being "Misstep" For XXL's 25th Anniversary issue, Eminem wrote his own feature, detailing how he got out of control after Proof was murdered. By Erika Marie September 14, 2022
Music Offset Reveals Baby Keem Produced His Next Single Offset announced that he has teamed up with Baby Keem for his upcoming single, "54321," on Twitter. By Cole Blake August 16, 2022
Music Lil Nas X Took Shrooms While Creating "Montero": "I Was Able To Open Up" He detailed his experience with the "Wall Street Journal" as the publication recently bestowed him their Innovator Award. By Erika Marie November 02, 2021
Original Content 6 New Artists You Should Hear We highlight six new names to add to your playlists, including Igwe Aka, Will Hill and King Khali. By Rose Lilah July 16, 2021
Music Kodak Black Shares His Last Conversation With XXXTentacion The rapper shared footage of the final conversation he had with X before his passing. By Madusa S. June 19, 2021
Music Rubi Rose, Pooh Shiesty, Flo Milli, & 42 Dugg Come Through For XXL Freshman Cypher Rubi Rose, Pooh Shiesty, Flo Milli, and 42 Dugg slide over a Nick Mira-produced beat for their XXL Freshman cypher. By Alex Zidel July 15, 2021