XXL Mag

Sleepy's crafted two platinum hits moving far past Brooklyn's borders.

Music is subjective in many ways. From a fan's opinion about an artist and the songs they create to what the lyrics mean, there are different perspectives used in interpreting that music, especially within hip-hop. As the genre expands and evolves to create a more widespread…

Wrong time and place?

Please stop.

Breezy got jokes.

Flav facing legal trouble.

A St. Louis police officer is rapping Yak's lyrics.

Read the exclusive interview.

Hov pulls out the big guns.

Fifteen years in any profession would make an average person jaded, but not Wale. These days, there’s no time for the negativity to seep in. He’s focused on the bigger picture.

Thugger speaks candidly.

Play them from front to back.

Durk and Baby celebrate a major milestone.

Oops.