Studio Time Words: Emmanuel Maduakolam Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Rich The Kid is a hustler. Since 2013, the Queens-born rapper has been putting in work, releasing multiple projects a year,...

Earlier this month, Bobby Sessions unleashed his fierce "Like Me" major label debut single, which was dedicated to his cousin who was killed at the hands of law enforcement back in July of 2012. Days later (April 13), the Dallas native shared the powerful "Like Me"...

On Monday (April 16), Smino delivered a new track via SoundCloud despite the fact that he's currently pretty tied up on an international tour. The rapper took to Twitter early that morning to announce Creative Director Nosidam would be releasing his latest single...

With the NHL playoffs underway, the league has tapped hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg to eloquently explain some hockey slang used throughout each match up on the ice. When the Dogg speaks, people tend to listen. There's a certain mystique to having the rap mogul orate a...

Trae Tha Truth is never shy about sharing his candid thoughts on topics, whether they may be controversial or unpopular, and he's delivering some more opinions for XXL's latest edition of Views. The Hometown Herorapper sits down with XXL to express his honest thoughts...

Bow Wow has been teasing his Greenlight 6 mixtape for some time, and now, the 30-year-old has delivered on his promise, sharing the project's tracklist and release date of May 21 on Twitter. "May 21st Greenlight 6," Bow wrote Thursday morning (April 19) accompanied by...

Spaghetti Factoryhas been out for less than a week, and Peewee Longway is ensuring his latest mixtape's singles get the proper video treatment. Not to be confused with his Young Thug and Lil Duke-assisted track of the same name, the video for "Jumanji" sees the...