Charlamagne Tha God doesn't pull any punches. Since joining The Breakfast Club on New York's Power 105 radio station, the controversial morning show personality has ...

There’s a reason sing-songy choruses have gone from frowned upon to practically mandatory. At press time, 16 out of 21 rap singles on the Billboard ...

M.O.P. always makes the short list when hip-hop’s best duos are discussed. Known for their hard beats laced with steroid deliveries, the duo has birthed ...

Chevy Woods is cut from a different cloth. As a part of the Taylor Gang— a diverse crew led by Wiz Khalifa, but which ...

Wiz Khalifa may have dropped his official major label debut album Rolling Papers yesterday, but the Taylor Gang general is no rap rookie. The Pittsburgh ...

Being in the rap game for more than two decades would leave some satisfied. Not E-40, though. The Ambassador of the Bay consistently builds upon ...

It’s hard to believe it’s already been four years since XXL’s inaugural Freshman class. Dubbed leaders of the new school at the time, in ways, ...

Rappers are hardly ever able to recapture their prime's lyrical genius. Case in point: Canibus. In his heyday, the Queens MC buried many of his ...

California girl Jassmine Sasha Amos is a self-described tomboy and scholar who took a break from the books back in 2008 to focus full-time on ...