Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cyphers are about presence, attitude and that undeniable spark that makes the audience pay attention. For many of these ...

Uniting for an unprecedented collaboration, XXL and two-time Grammy nominated rapper Latto join forces for XXL Cypher Lab Presented By STARZ’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan out on November 28. As a ...

Over the last 17 years, XXL has proudly and confidently worked to predict the next rap stars to take over hip-hop. New artists burst onto the scene daily with the makings of the next J. Cole, Kendrick ...

After 2025 XXL Freshman Class members BabyChiefDoIt, Ian, 1900Rugrat, Lazer Dim 700, Loe Shimmy and Nino Paid showed their mettle in the first Freshman cypher, it’s time for Ray Vaughn, Samara Cyn, ...

Mississippi’s own Wheezy Outta Here checks in with his perspective as the producer for the 2022 XXL Freshman Class cyphers. As told to Kemet High Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the ...

Everyday Struggle Everyday Struggle is a daily hip-hop debate show where internet sensation DJ Akademiks and hip-hop veteran Wayno square off on the biggest topics in music and pop culture, moderated ...

For the past few weeks, XXL has been slowly rolling out interviews and freestyles from this year’s Freshman class. While producers continue to upload their own remixes and edits of Desiigner’s ...