Easily the most exciting hip-hop moments of the week took place, for once, on television. The BET Awards featured five incredible cyphers, with some of our favorite — and least favorite — rappers ...

The airing of the BET Awards Show cyphers is one of the most anticipated events of the year for rap fans. This year, the fires were stoked after an early clip of Kendrick Lamar dissing Drake made its ...

The rappers in the 2018 XXL Freshman Class have been showcasing their talents and come up stories in theirs interviews, individual freestyles and cypher process. Today (July 14), we put all the ...

Since a snippet of Kendrick Lamar's verse in TDE's Cypher at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards surfaced, appearing to throw shots at Drake, speculation about the full contents has run rampant. Was this ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands in December. Mello Buckzz: I’m definitely in tape mode. I’m just trying to do a lot of music. The more I go to the ...

Stray Kids’ Changbin shared a new track! On October 23 at midnight KST, the rapper dropped the song “Cypher,” which was composed by himself, his fellow Stray Kids and 3RACHA member Bang Chan, and ...

Eminem is known for his abrasive lyrics so it shouldn't be a total shock that his verses in the 'Shady' cypher video would contain some eyebrow-raising lyrics. In the cypher, Em manages to push ...