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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Okay, so to the music now—how does it feel to be back in the rap game, and why did you decide to return to it now? It’s changed a lot since you were dropping mixtapes back in the mid-2000s, that’s for ...