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Shining in the dark.

A look at all of the stars who have graced XXL Freshman covers over the years.

50 Cent, Wiz Khalifa, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Fetty Wap, Timbaland, Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar and more.

These kicks cost nothing short of a big bag.

A ranking of the best Tiny Desk performances.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

These songs shine bright like a diamond.

Macklemore shares his drug addiction and sobriety story.

The Trump era is over.

XXL takes a look at the rap songs that became wildly popular a long time after they dropped.

XXL takes a look at hip-hop artists with the most YouTube views of all time for a single music video.

From Jay-Z to Ludacris and more.