A$ap Mob

2016 was lit. With a half-decade of retrospection, XXL highlights 104 hip-hop albums turning five in 2021.

And vice versa.

The late funnyman was beloved in hip-hop and beyond.

From A$AP Mob to YoungBoy Never Broke Again, XXL breaks down the meanings behind rappers' abbreviated aliases.

A$AP Mob founder A$AP Yams tragically passed away on Jan. 18, 2015.