The US and UK music scenes aren’t exactly the same, but there is a lot of overlap. Sombr, for example, had his 2025 debut album I Barely Know Her peak at No. 10 on the charts from both territories. Consequently, he was on hand for the BRIT Awards this past weekend, where he pledged his […]
UPDATE (March 2): Long Beach Police Department issued a statement to XXL regarding the shooting that happened outside of the perimeter of the Marathon Burger grand opening event. It reads: Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred on March 1, 2026, in the 200 block of Pine Avenue that resulted in the death of […]
Nettspend has been on a rapid ascent over the last few years. It started with the teenage rapper’s “Drankdrankdrank” going viral on Twitter, and that was followed by his debut mixtape, Bad Ass F*cking Kid, in 2024. Fans are still waiting for a proper album, but they won’t have to wait much longer, as Nettspend […]
Domani insists he will send 50 Cent to see his dead mother on the scathing new diss track “Ms. Jackson.” What started out as an issue between 50 and T.I. over a proposed Verzuz has turned into Fif getting musically jumped by T.I. and his sons, after Fif dissed T.I.’s wife Tiny. Domani is the […]
Nessa Barrett is only 23 but she’s already gotten a lot done. She made the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in 2021 with “I Hope Ur Miserable Until Ur Dead” and as of now, she’s released two EPs and two albums. Her discography is about to grow, too, as the EP Jesus […]
Rick Ross enters into the 50 Cent and T.I. beef with a surprising request for a T-shirt of Fif’s deceased mother. On Thursday (Feb. 26), T.I.’s son, King Harris, continued his relentless lyrical attack on 50 Cent with a new diss track called “Sayless.” In his Instagram video, which can be viewed below, Harris is […]
Yeat has been one of the most exciting new rap stars of the decade so far, and he’s set to continue his ascent soon with the release of a new album, ADL (short for A Dangerous Lyfe). The project doesn’t have an announced release date quite yet, but we do have some new music: Today […]
Lil Jon‘s son’s cause of death has been revealed. According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s autospy report, which was released on Wednesday (Feb. 26), the cause of death for Lil Jon’s son, Nathan “DJ Young Slade” Smith, was accidental “drowning in the setting of psilocybin use.” The document further confirmed the presence of “a […]
It’s been a long time since we heard from Gnarls Barkley. “Crazy,” from the 2006 debut album St. Elsewhere, was one of the biggest songs of its era. CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse followed that album with a second, The Odd Couple, in 2008, and then, they went their separate ways. Nearly two decades later, […]
Tory Lanez‘s shooting conviction stands, as the California Supreme Court denies his request for a review of his criminal case. On Wednesday (Feb. 25), the California Supreme Court rejected Tory Lanez’s defense petition to review his conviction in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case, according to a disposition update on appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov. The latest ruling comes […]