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Show & Prove: BigXThaPlug Words: Peter A. Berry Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. The beginning of BigXThaPlug’s rap career included a humble exercise in multitasking. Months removed from writing his fi...

Sexyy Red opens up about her rise in hip-hop and how she got here in this exclusive XXL magazine interview.

Watch Latto, Flo Milli, Monaleo, Maiya The Don and Mello Buckzz unite for the XXL Cypher Lab interview, presented by the Starz Original Series Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

Watch Latto, Flo Milli, Monaleo, Maiya The Don and Mello Buckzz put their skills to the test in XXL Cypher Lab, presented by the Starz Original Series Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

Watch behind the scenes of XXL Cypher Lab, presented by the Starz Original Series Power Book III: Raising Kanan.

Monaleo raps in an all-female cypher and gets candid about pregnancy, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B collaborating and more in her XXL magazine interview.

Maiya The Don raps in an all-women cypher and shares her thoughts on women rappers being stronger together than they are apart for XXL magazine.

Flo Milli raps in an all-women cypher and speaks on her peace of mind in an exclusive interview with XXL magazine.

Mello Buckzz raps in an all-women cypher and keeps it real about the most difficult aspect of her rap journey so far in this XXL magazine interview.

In his first tell-all interview from prison, Fetty Wap keeps it real about doing time and where he went wrong.

Cover girl Latto lands on XXL magazine's Winter 2023 issue.

Photographer Johnny Nuñez reveals the stories behind the throwback photos he's taken of Jay-Z, Drake, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Nas and more.