Rich Amiri has been betting on himself and he is starting to stack up some major wins. The 20-year-old rapper from Boston has built a major following coming up from rap's underground over the last ...

Rising rhymer Maiya The Don is focused on the art of rapping and making an impact with her bars. The 22-year-old Brooklyn native creates songs for the girls, the "self-made brats" and "first-born ...

Cash Cobain got in front of it. Before the 2024 XXL Freshman Freestyles were fully released, the New York rapper owned up to it and said his freestyle was not good. “My XXL Freestyle is a–, and I ...

A new generation of hip-hop stars has been crowned. XXL magazine released its annual freshman class list on Monday, highlighting 11 promising rappers who are poised to make their mark on hip-hop.

Hip-hop’s most-talked-about time of year for new artists is here. For 18 years, the XXL Freshman list has established itself as the go-to platform for discovering emerging rap talent. The streaming ...

For 100 days straight, Tallahassee rapper Wizz Havinn has been in the studio working on new music and opening up about his life and journey to success. Havinn is indeed having a solid year so far, ...

DDG is making waves with a new freestyle that also features Baby Rich and 2Rare. The new freestyle, from Red Bull Spiral, is part of Red Bull 1520 — their YouTube channel dedicated to hip-hop ...

XXL announced its 2024 Freshman class today including standouts like Hunxho, Lay Bankz, Maiya The Don, That Mexican OT, and more. They’re all future stars in the making, but here are 10 more rappers ...

Halsey spit a few freestyle bars during her day off of touring.

Fresh off his successful MASA Tour, YoungBoy Never Broke Again seems to take a shot at NLE The Great on the new song “Zero IQ ...

Bay Area representative Symba said his freestyles would never have gone viral if not for battle rappers like Tsu Surf, Murda Mook and DNA. Battle rap fan Symba said he would never have received viral ...

A strategic but unforced shutdown of the conscious mind can put the mouth in overdrive and birth a potent rapper. (Credit: Getty Images) One day in the third-grade lunch room I somehow discovered I ...