The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Doechii, Gelo, and Gunna.

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like kwn and Saint Lamaar. With the NBA All-Star tournament, SNL 50 and a potentially pivotal new joint album from Drake and ...

MICHAEL SAPONARA While he may be known for his basketball lineage, LiAngelo Ball shook up the hip-hop world in early 2025 by stepping out under his new rap moniker GELO. In the months since ...

Ahead of the New York swing, Denis Shapovalov released his first song, "Night Train". His fans and colleagues took notice, including Frenchman Corentin Moutet. "I followed that," Moutet said in ...

AJ Tracey and Pozer, two of U.K. rap's most in-demand names ... with "Ain't It Different," his 2020 collaboration with Headie One and Stormzy, reaching No. 2. Last year, AJ hit over one billion ...

Rap was always intended to be ostensibly affronting and genuinely thought-provoking. At the turn of the 21st century, a new wave of more underground rappers emerged, spitting substance and returning ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from J. Cole, Rico Nasty, and Doechii. I don’t know what was going on for the past seven days, but this week’s column is a doozy.