The term 'kill' became a Hip-hop colloquialism to define excellent performances off New York pavements, University of Lagos rap battles, and cassette aided freestyles in Jos and Kaduna, either in ...

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 ...

The comedian's Chocolate Droppa alter ego is back. By Michael Saponara Kevin Hart revived his Chocolate Droppa rap alter ego to make a surprise appearance as part of Kai Cenat’s AMP 2024 Freshman ...

The legendary rap trio drops off a fresh freestyle for Red Bull's Spiral cypher. By Andres Tardio Method Man, Redman and Raekwon are each hip-hop legends, but they aren’t resting on their laurels.

As 1Xtra launches a new freestyles mix, we look at how the likes of Aitch and J Hus got noticed by perfecting the modern art of freestyles 1Xtra has launched 'Freestyles From 1Xtra - Don't Choke', a ...

It's not often we see cyphers amongst rappers these days, but the veterans are still more than prepared to step up. Black Thought and Method Man stop by Sway in the Morning on Shade 45, where they ...

New York’s hip-hop scene had plenty of surprises in 2014, the most unexpected of which was probably the return of freestyling. What was once considered a niche pastime or endangered art form has found ...