Written by, Eric B Thornton Twenty years is a long time to keep the underground pulse beating. For Sacha Robotti, the Berlin-bred, California-based producer who’s been a fixture on the Dirtybird roster…
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For Rolling Stone’s February 2026 cover story, #travisscott tours an 18,000-square-foot brutalist mansion in Beverly Hills owned by the founder of Oakley Sunglasses that’s for sale for $65,000,000. One of rap’s biggest…
Image Credit: rollingloud.com If you were there at the beginning—really there—you remember how it felt: an overheated warehouse in Wynwood, Miami, a crowd humming with energy that felt too big to be…
CREATIVE CHRONICLES: No Barrier Between Stage and Crowd: The Raw Music Photography of Magda Campagne
In this series, Frank 151 invites you on a captivating journey around the globe, providing a unique glimpse into the narratives and imaginative landscapes of individuals who are driving creativity to new heights worldwide.…
Havoc speaks in a new interview for XXL’s Talk It Up series, powered by DistroKid, about Mobb Deep’s recently released final album, Infinite, Prodigy’s lyrics seeing into the future. AI in hip-hop,…
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,…
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…