Shot by skateboarder Rick Kosick, we traveled to Seattle to meet the woman on Deftones’ “Around the Fur” iconic album cover—and hear how she feels about becoming the face of a generation,…
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Keeping in line with the album’s visual language, the AWGE-directed clip unfolds almost entirely in stark black and white—broken only by flashes of defiance: Rocky and Tommy posted up with pink hair…
“What an incredible year—thank you for all the eyes and ears,” reads a title card opening the video for “Sag Harbor,” a loose new freestyle from Tyler, the Creator. The release arrives…
Before algorithms decided who mattered and before viral moments replaced earned reputations, hip-hop was built face to face. Passed hand to hand. Learned in bedrooms, back seats, garages, and neighborhood studios. It…
Pooh Shiesty invites XXL to go behind the scenes of his new music video for “FDO,” produced by TP808s. The music video for the Memphis rapper’s first track after his release from…
After what felt like a lifetime — six long years since the last festival — Rolling Loud is finally returning to Australia in March 2026, and this time it’s bigger, bolder and…
Before hip-hop had rules, the Bay Area was already breaking them. Long before algorithms, A&Rs, and streaming metrics told artists how to move, Northern California was building something looser, louder, stranger, and…
By Eric Budianto Thornton Two weeks ago, on a rather cold November night in Atwater Village, Framework closed out their 2025 outdoor season in spectacular fashion. The occasion? Bosnian-German house music legend…
In Pooh Shiesty’s most honest interview yet since being released from prison, he sits down with XXL in Dallas for a raw, unfiltered conversation about the journey that changed him forever. The…
Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick release their 2nd single ‘Call The Cops’ off their new Serial Killers album that will be dropping 2026.