Of course, it wouldn’t be a Do Or Die, Twista collab without double-time rhymes from the guest rappers (Do Or Die already ...

Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...

The girls always know how to deliver and it’s very obvious that the women in the rap game are currently dominating. Friday, SZA released a remix to her record-breaking hit “Kill Bill” featuring Doja ...

But why would you speed up “Bongos” by 12 percent? And what exactly does “sped-up nightcore” mean? Answering those questions takes us inside a trend that is dominating social media and gives us ...

A hot song drops. A Vine carries it nationwide. The artist blows up. The song infiltrates the Billboard charts. Scavengers drop freestyles over the beat. A deal is inked. A remix is announced. A video ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of of XXL Magazine, on stands now. XXL: You first got noticed by singing R&B covers, reworking rap songs and posting them to ...

Born in the state of Virginia, Big Pooh released Promise Land this year. The song went high up on the charts but the remix produced by Apollo Brown was even better ...

Succession fans have begged for a rap remix of the show’s opening theme basically since it premiered last summer. Today, HBO released the full, official remix by Pusha T and composer Nicholas Britell, ...

With more than 130,000 downloads, number five on our list of 10 Best Hip-Hop Remixes of 2015 is “Stand For” by Ty Dolla $ign. The song became a hit over night but ...