C. Vernon Coleman II Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Fall 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and ...

The survivor of a gang rape in the northern Indian state of Haryana has been discharged from hospital a week after her ...

“There ain’t a person alive that be matching the vibe/And it honestly ain’t even fair,” he raps over intense drumming powered by the traditional chenda from the southwest Indian state of Kerala.

“I knew then this wasn’t entertainment; it was ministry.” On a humid evening in June 2019, 18-year-old Joel Salvi stepped onto the stage inside a dimly lit Catholic church in Pune, a city in India’s ...

About 15 years ago, an Indian rapper of humble origins broke onto the country's then-infertile hip-hop music scene and transformed it forever. He teased, cajoled and vexed his listeners, daring them ...