freestyle

The best of the best when it comes to official "Freestyle" titles.

The drama between Drake and Meek Mill has kept the world entertained and today during Drizzy's performance at the sixth annual OVO Fest, the Canadian rapper opened up his set taking shots at his enemy and trolling him on the big screen. Shortly after PARTYNEXTDOOR's set, Drake jumped on stage and began his madness...

"Started off walkin'/Now I got a Bentley, dig me?" Meek's rise from a battle rapper on the streets of Philly to arguably the hottest MC in the game has been nothing short of amazing. But make no mistake, despite the cars, Nicki Minaj on his hip and money, Mill still has bars and has been proving as much during his press run for Dreams Worth More Than Money. Las ...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) Kidd Kidd is one of the 10 Freshmen on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Last week, we kicked off ...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) OG Maco is one of the 10 Freshmen on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Earlier this week, we kic...

Directed by Travis Satten (@travissatten) Produced by ApK (@weareapk) K Camp is one of the 10 Freshmen on XXL‘s 2015 Freshman list revealed Wed., June 3. All this month we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot and the work it takes to pull it all together. Earlier this week, we kicked o...

Since our second Freshman Class in 2009, each edition of our annual up-and-coming MC spotlight issue has included a slew of different stories, videos and interviews to showcase the year's new crop of talent. And while a lot of attention centers, understandably, on our cyphers, a real test of a rapper's pure talent comes when they're alone on the mic, freestyling off the top of their head (or as cl

It's always dope when two artists can come together and just spit bars for the fun of it. Vic Mensa and Charles Hamilton did just that this weekend when the two met up and went toe-to-toe in this street corner freestyle video. With the sidewalk cypher being a cornerstone ritual in the roots of rap, this clip is an example of what hip-hop is all about...

Sneaker releases are usually announced on popular sneaker websites, but Portland Trailblazers' Damian Lillard took the untraditional route and decided to make the announcement of his first adidas silhouette via his Instagram page. The great thing about this announcement from Lillard was that it came via a freestyle on IG...

Yelawolf is back with a brand new track for his fans. This time around the Slumerican jumps on The Doors classic, "Alabama Song," to give his own rendition of the American tune. Catfish Billy spits his moonshine tales over the melodic organ and keyboard bass provided by The Doors...

DMX hasn’t put out an album since Undisputed which came out in 2012, but you can hear him freestyle at the XXL office mere hours after he was released from jail. So, turn back the clocks to the year 2011, as we look back at a series of videos we did with DMX in the summer of yesteryear. ...

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