Buy Gunna’s XXL Magazine Cover Issue Here Changes Through Hip-hopHip-hop went through some serious growing pains last year. But a downturn can only mean the genre is coming out of its slump. With a new year underway, the popular music genre is looking up in 2024.Words: Paul MearaEditor’s Note: This story appears in the Spring 2024 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. It was written and published in the magazine prior to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” diss toward Drake being featured on Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You album, which kickstarted the subsequent disses from J. Cole, Drak…