Queens native Lil Tecca was only in middle school when he expressed interest in pursuing a rap career. By the age of 17, his career took flight, thanks to the explosive success of his 2019 hit single ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. A lot has changed since Lil Tecca burst onto the rap scene with his breakout hit “Ransom” in 2019.

NEW YORK – There's the story everyone knows about Lil Tecca, and then there is Tyler Sharpe, the rapper-producer with big aspirations and the dedication to see it through. His fourth studio album, ...

Back with another hit, Lil Tecca has dropped his new single, “Blessing.” On his punchy new synth-and-bass-heavy track, Tecca is searching for people on his level — both romantically and within his ...

“I honestly got the name Plan A when I was about to finish Tec, my last album,” he said of the title’s inspiration. “I think it kind of summarizes where I was at in my life when I was probably 14 and ...

In 2019, 16-year-old rapper Lil Tecca had one of the year’s biggest breakout hits with the No. 4-peaking Billboard Hot 100 smash “Ransom,” a fun hip-pop single with an eye-catching Lyrical Lemonade ...

Lil Tecca might got him one. His new single, “Dark Thoughts,” is part of the wave of songs I predicted a couple of years ago that would take over contemporary hip-hop. It, and songs like it, harnesses ...

The weekly fix of new music arrives. This week, a rapper with an eight-times platinum hit puts out his latest LP, an unlikely duo joins forces for a new collab project, a rapper takes off her mask to ...