People watching their performance can claim that they wanted to show off their own very best individual skill set for the culture and spirit of hip hop. From Left to Right: Yardy Léxandros, ...

Well, if that man on a mission is Unkle Ra, you get a classic battle rap cypher featuring Murda Mook, T Rex, DNA, and Goodz. I’ve been doing this battle rap forever man,” Unke Ra said as he assembled ...

Over the last 17 years, XXL has proudly and confidently worked to predict the next rap stars to take over hip-hop. New artists burst onto the scene daily with the makings of the next J. Cole, Kendrick ...

This article is dedicated to everyone who participated in The ARRRISE AND GRIND Hip Hop Cypher Chapter 3. It was also sponsored by arrriseandgrindproductions. Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands in December. I don’t think anybody raps likes me. I think I’m very traditional and rugged in my style of music. I ...

Last night BET aired their annual Hip Hop Awards. In the midst of performances and handing out awards to artists, the show returned with their signature series of cyphers. BET shared multiple cyphers ...

Rapper Tierra Whack's rise to fame is chronicled in what begins as a conventional music documentary but evolves into something much weirder. But you should not, under any circumstances, abandon ...

In a tribute to the golden anniversary of Hip-hop, Chocolate City Music, renowned as a pioneer in the African music industry, proudly announces the release of the Chocolate City Cypher. The tribute ...

In 2Humpy’s On the Radar freestyle cypher, the five-member crew go in for more than 10 minutes of chaotic choreography and supercharged raps over a string of racing DJ Crazy instrumentals that will ...