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Rappers, radio personalities, music industry executives and more share their thoughts on lyricism in a new interview for XXL magazine.

Pass the aux.

That new-new.

The game's got a lot in store for May.

The best beats across five decades of hip-hop.

These rappers that are related may be surprising.

In rap beef, rappers like to get brutal with their lyrics.

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

RIP Pop Smoke.

Though mixtapes reigned supreme in 2009, these LPs delivered just as much.

The hip-hop world is paying their respects following the death of Aretha Franklin.

Here are 20 memorable hip-hop duos that we miss, from Lil Wayne and Birdman to Kanye West and Jay-Z and more.