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The Clan's discography remains sharp...

The Grammy-winning songstress from Toronto flaunts her hip-hop roots, Roc Nation backing, and talks collaborating with some of her favorite rappers...

Continuing to celebrate five years of Freshmen, XXL takes a look back at the Top 10 Best Mixtapes By An XXL Freshman...

There were a lot of interesting moments in 2011. Here, XXL remembers the memorable of the year...

The new video from Dorrough Music featuring Nipsey Hussle "The Lowend" will be debuting on BET and MTV later this week, and here is some behind the scenes footage of the visuals...

Today marks the 5th anniversary since Jay-Z dropped Kingdom Come, officially coming out of his brief retirement, and XXL looks back at his best verses in that span...

Common tells XXLMag.com how he ended up playing a free slave on AMC's new series, Hells on Wheels...

On the heels of Drake's SNL performance, XXL looks back at some of the show's most memorable performances...

Author Terrance Dean thinks 2011 has been the year of gay revelations in hip-hop and questions why closeted Black celebrities won't come out. Read and discuss...

Inspired by the clip of the Lacrosse announcer using Biggie during his color commentary, XXL has compiled a list of the top five rap moments in sports announcing...

In celebration of '90s Week, XXL speaks to Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie about his classic studio sessions with The Notorious B.I.G. and Ma$e, telling Diddy he couldn't add production to "It's All About the Benjamins" and Kanye West's lack of loyalty...

Lil Mama gets roasted for ridiculous claims that Nicki Minaj borrowed her style...