The spirit of competition has always fed the beast that is Hip-Hop. Not just anyone could set up a sound system, plug into a streetlight and DJ for the block party. The streets had to be with you (or ...

Below, Billboard’s hip-hop braintrust ranked the 50 greatest hip-hop album covers of all-time, spanning from from the genre’s earliest days, to some of the new generation’s most daring stars. Take a ...

Cover art is the opening statement to an album. Just like the music behind it, artwork has the potential to live on forever. Now, whether that's in good or questionable favor among fans isn’t as ...

One of the core traits of hip-hop is flexibility. Sounds, artists and styles, they all change with time, and evolve to become the best version of the music created. This is why things like song and ...

You’re familiar with the Wu Tang Clan, we presume? Yeah? Meet the Ru Tang clan. Okay, that’s not the name these ladies are going by, but it seems like a fitting enough handle seeing as how our own Ru ...

Hip-hop culture has made it to 50 years, but that doesn’t mean the celebration stops. To its credit, hip-hop culture has made it to 50 years, but that doesn’t mean the celebration stops. Nope, hip-hop ...

Some broke new ground in terms of rap and rock collaborations while others had people calling out questionable lyric choices.

Two of the best lyrical rappers in Hip-Hop, JID and Joey Bada$$ bless the 2025 XXL fall cover. Joey representing for New York and JID repping ATL. Although the MCs are from two different regions, they ...

When Lil Baby dropped his debut studio album Harder Than Ever, his mind was on defining himself as not only an artist but as a mogul. The cover art reflects clearly the space where he sees himself, ...