"I mean, where has hip-hop been?" he asks.

DJ Whoo Kid believes hip-hop’s commercial presence has dipped without Drake’s consistent chart dominance, despite Kendrick Lamar’s recent high-profile run. He argues Drake’s strategic absence has ...

There’s nobody better to speak with ahead of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary than the world-renowned Kid Capri. As Aug. 23 approaches — the fateful date that DJ Kool Herc first broke a beat at a ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Before rap, the young phenom was just known as Tyler Meeks, a curious, active teen who loved animals, soccer ...

Kid ‘n Play have been honored for their legendary careers which spans music, movies, activism and even stand up comedy! Hip-Hop icons Kid ‘n Play have been inducted into Berklee College of Music’s Hip ...

On this day in 2009, Cleveland native Kid Cudi released his groundbreaking debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day through Dream On, GOOD Music, and Universal Motown. The project not only ...

In the lower levels of the Cambridge Community Center, a handful of young musicians are singing and rapping, matching their voices to beats composed by fellow artists. A few are behind the wall of a ...

There's nothing like attending a big house party with a couple hundred people in the Small Wonder. But have you partied it up in a Delaware library with a pair of '90s rap legends? If you haven’t yet, ...

Look who’s bringing artsy-fartsy to the streets! Cleveland-born, Universal Motown Recording artist Scott Ramon Segring Mescudi, a.k.a. Kid Cudi, released Man on the Moon: The End of Day, great news ...