Klein is caught in a lie. On a weekday afternoon in New York, she asks me to meet her at a gallery on Canal Street for our interview, but she brought along her uncle—an incredibly tall Nigerian man in ...

Issa Rae’s City Girls-inspired musical dramedy, Rap Sh!t, has returned for a second season of Miami-based indie rap shenanigans on Max. With its return comes another season soundtrack packed with the ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands in December. XXL: Why did you want to be a part of Latto’s cypher? Monaleo: I love Latto. I think she’s really ...

Near the end of fashion week, and a day before the VMAs, New York is even more bustling than usual. At Manhattan’s Sei Less, Detroit rapper Babyface Ray and I got a glimpse of just how popular he — ...

Complex: Everyone knows you're from Atlanta, what part do you hail from? Pill: I'm from the West Side of Atlanta. But Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 1, Thomasville—I still got my Thomasville I.D. if you wanna ...

Music is at the centre of JioHotstar’s recently released series Kanneda, which tells the story of Nimma (Parmish Verma), a Punjabi immigrant who gets sucked into the world of crime in Canada. For ...

The rapper broke into the music scene with the collaborative hit called 'Indomie' by MasterKraft featuring CDQ and Olamide. The rapper broke into the music scene with the collaborative hit called ...

On “Ditto,” the last track on My Face Hurts From Smiling, a surprising rap mixtape from a certain four-time Grammy winner, the star in question declares, “It’s a Lizzo summerrrrrrr.” The tape — which ...

What's going on with rap? After celebrating 50 years of legacy in 2023 with marquee moments like the Hip Hop 50 multi-headliner concert at Yankee Stadium, plus Kendrick Lamar's historic run – capped ...

In a WSJ interview, rap pioneer Ice Cube discusses his continued foray into the TV and his evolution over the years. He also comments on rapper Kanye West's recent "Today Show" apology to President ...

Unlike the more African areas of Brazil, like Bahia, where her grandmother came from, Conka lives in Curitiba in the relatively cold South of Brazil where blacks are in the minority. When I say that ...