In this video, we break down why the Recording Academy has never fully embraced Rocky, how hip-hop artists who push culture forward often get sidelined, and why experimentation seems to be punished…
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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…
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…
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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…