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 ...

The comedian's Chocolate Droppa alter ego is back. By Michael Saponara Kevin Hart revived his Chocolate Droppa rap alter ego to make a surprise appearance as part of Kai Cenat’s AMP 2024 Freshman ...

The legendary rap trio drops off a fresh freestyle for Red Bull's Spiral cypher. By Andres Tardio Method Man, Redman and Raekwon are each hip-hop legends, but they aren’t resting on their laurels.

“Cipher” refers to either a code—a language known only by adepts, impenetrable to outsiders—or the figure zero. “Cypher,” meanwhile, refers to both a code and a circular shape. The difference is that ...

YG shook up rap conversations this week with a fiery appearance on the Red Bull Spiral Cypher, where he unleashed a pointed line aimed at Offset while referencing Saweetie and Cardi B in the process.

A few days ago, footage surfaced of Odd Future embracing their inner Dolemite in a freestyle cypher at photographer Terry Richardson’s NYC studio. The cypher featured whimsical rhymes like “I been on ...

There are a few essentials that make a cypher complete. Nas informed the masses it was suede Timbs on his 1994 hit "The World Is Yours." Ab-Soul and Sauce Walka took a page from the Queens rapper's ...

Caprice – now known as DaddyCap – has joined forces with six other Malaysian rappers for a new freestyle cypher remix of his 2014 track ‘Xde Hal Bro’. The rework – which DaddyCap says was recorded in ...

It’s around 9:00 on a Tuesday evening in East Quad’s Abeng Multicultural Lounge. A few students sit in comfy armchairs listening to hip-hop beats, reciting poems to each other and discussing a mixtape ...

It might be 95 degrees on this sultry summer evening in East Point, but here in the CreateATL outdoor space, much of the heat the crowd is feeling comes from the rapid-fire lyrical craftsmanship that ...