Masta Ace

Start the weekend off right.

Birthdays are never the worst days when it comes to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. See the best events that took place in 2023.

New year, new music.

Hip-hop is sounding off on the slap.

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

History has been made.

Crème de la crème, homie.

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

It was all good just a week ago.