Rappers

If the rapper isn't really spending money on all these luxury items, perhaps his lady is footing the bill.

We take a look at some well-known drama between rappers and their disgruntled exes over the years.

Over a decade in the game and Hollow Da Don is still one of the leaders in battle rap. Here, the 32-year-old shares his story.

For more than 35 years, battle rap has grown and evolved to become one of hip-hop's major elements. Now meet some of the faces carrying the movement into 2016.

XXL steps back and takes a look at The Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death by the numbers...

French Montana is as witty as he is good at rapping. From his ridiculous interview responses to his cosigning of the 9-year-old "coke boy" Lil' Poopy, Montana's really a showman at heart. It's no wonder then that the trailer for his debut album, Excuse My French, is really nothing more than a compilation of famous rappers cursing in famous rap movies. Wat...

Last week, Deniro Farrar put out a video for his single, "Fears," which found an American flag-clad Deniro running through a suburban neighborhood in Timbs, presumably away from said fears. Today, the self-proclaimed leader of cult rap released his debut mixtape, The Patriarch, which you can listen to and download below...

Today (March 9) marks the 16th anniversary of New York's most legendary rapper, the Notorious B.I.G. To honor the passing of the late, great Christopher Wallace and to commemorate the incredible discography he left behind, we asked everyone in the XXL office to tell us their favorite Big song and explain why it's their favorite...

The Southern rap impresario and whiskey-drinking redneck of rap returns with a new mixtape in just 10 days, and has just unleashed the artwork to the upcoming Trunk Muzik Returns. The psychedelic cover shows a bearded Yela through a 3D lens, standing in front of a warped American flag. Looks like it...

After a good amount of controversy and rappers feeling like they were slighted by MTV's Hottest MCs in the Game list - from Kanye calling into DJ Enuff to rant about his #7 spot, to A$AP Rocky claiming he'd rather be left off the list than being placed at #8 - Sway and MTV have finally revealed the entire list. ...

There’s a famous saying that goes, “Style is knowing who you are, and not giving a damn.” But for XXL’s March/April cover boy French Montana, style is, as he puts it, everything. In his cover story, which hit newsstands earlier this week on February 19, the 2012 XXL Freshman kept it one hundred as he touched on everything from getting shot in the head to his incarcerated pal Max B and wanting to w

This week we have the stars coming out for NBA All-Star weekend in Houston, Trinidad Jame$ linking up with a certain Diehard star, A$AP Rocky linking up with his 'A$AP Vixen' and more. Check out some of the many pics that you may have missed this past week with our weekly re-cap. 2...