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Cop Your XXL Merch Now With one of the most decorated catalogs in all of rap, Future has remained one of hip-hop’s most dominating figures all the way into 2024. As Future and Metro Boomin celebrate the release of We Still Don’t Trust You, their second album in less than a month, the conversation surrounding Future’s consistency as a rapper is once again happening. The pair’s first effort, We Don’t Trust You, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on March 31. They also earned the No. 1 song “Like That.” The accomplishment yet again confirmed that Future is one of the most prolific rappers of a...
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As he enters the next chapter of his career, Mozzy says he just wants to inspire the people around him. The CMG signee takes XXL through the creative process behind his new album Children of the Slums and speaks on how his life has changed since getting out from behind bars. Mozzy was unexpectedly incarcerated in 2022, after authorities pulled him over in Culver City, Calif., and discovered a loaded Glock 26 and 16 rounds of ammunition in his car. The 36-year-old Sacramento rapper was hit with a federal gun charge and served 10 months at the United States Penitentiary Atwater before his early ...
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Members of the M23 Movement, the Leading Armed Group in Eastern DRC; Screenshot from the ARTE YouTube Channel In 2024, two major conflicts are at the heart of a significant portion of humanitarian missions deployed in Africa: The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the war in Sudan. In both countries, the number of victims has continued to rise: by the end of 2023, Sudan had seen over 7.3 million displaced persons. In the eastern DRC, the war has displaced more than 7.1 million people. Today, armed attacks from all sides persist, challenging all the efforts made for humanitarian ...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now Maiya The Don is a true student of the game. She represents the hip-hop legacy of Brooklyn to the fullest with a powerful pen game and pristine punchlines. Maiya’s first taste of hip-hop mainstream success arrived in the form of her 2022 Sisqo-sampled track “Telfy.” The confidence-inducing anthem has raked in over 7 million streams and Spotify. Her debut mixtape, Hot Commodity, has been met with cosigns from the likes of Lil’ Kim, Ty Dolla $ign and Mariah Carey, among others. The BK MC comes through XXL‘s The Break Live for an interview about her new single “Mean It,” be...
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Some staff members from Togolese media outlet, AfrikElles. Gadedjisso is in the middle; Photo by AfrikElles, used with permission. African women are often overlooked in this continent’s media publications despite their significant contributions towards the societies’ development. In Togo, since 2021, French-language media outlet, AfrikElles, has reported on the role of women and their everyday lives, thus making them the primary focus of its editorial line. This online magazine covers several topics: women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, women’s experiences in society as well as wome...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now Tapes, CDs and diss songs on which rappers actually named names. It was all so simple then. Straight-up disses and physical media have been replaced with subliminals and streaming. The rap game has changed exponentially over the years and technology has played a big role. Now, a new player named artificial intelligence is threatening to alter the landscape once again. In 2023, A.I.-generated music started becoming a hot topic on the heels of virtual rapper FN Meka being signed to a major label the previous year. Fake songs purported to be from some of hip-hop’s biggest a...
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Buy Gunna's XXL Magazine Cover Issue Here Sticks & StonesPeople often have to leave the past behind in order to go on to the next chapter. Gunna’s learned that the hard way.Interview: Vanessa SattenEditor’s Note: This story will appear in the Spring 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. It’s been almost two years since Gunna‘s life changed forever. On May 11, 2022, the Atlanta rapper turned himself in to authorities in Fulton County, Ga. as one of 28 men affiliated with Young Thug’s YSL or Young Slime Life collective who were charged in a 56-count RICO case. Authorities alleged that Thug ...
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Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Natasha Sebunya and originally published by Minority Africa, and an edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. In her society, openly expressing desire was deemed inappropriate for a woman, yet she was expected to remain alluring in private. These conflicting expectations of being the ideal partner colored her experiences. Luckily, Jane’s husband empathised with her unease and provided support by urging her to accept her sexuality. After years of exploration, their bond ...
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Work by Maria Prymachenko, photo from Ukrainian House exhibition in Kyiv in 2023 by Filip Noubel, used with permission. Are you from Ukraine? Would you like to write about Ukraine or the experience of living as a Ukrainian refugee, or member of the Ukrainian Diaspora? Global Voices is a multilingual international media commissioning paid stories of about 1,300 words. Stories can be written in Ukrainian, English, or Russian. Some topic suggestions are: First-person accounts of the war from a civilian perspective (essays or interviews)Ukraine and media diversity, freedom of expression, future of...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now J. Cole has raised eyebrows throughout the hip-hop world for the way he chose to publicly address his diss aimed at Kendrick Lamar on the new song “7 Minute Drill.” While Cole didn’t flat-out say the words, “I’m sorry,” many who pay close attention to the rap game are considering Cole’s speech at the 2024 Dreamville Festival on Sunday (April 7), as a direct apology to Kung Fu Kenny. If Cole’s declaration that the recent diss track is the “lamest” and goofiest” thing he’s ever done is to be taken as an apology, he is not the first rapper to do so. Just as he was about to ...
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