XXL Staff

After being voted the “Hottest MC in the Game” by MTV News, Lil Wayne is leading a cast of all-star performers at this year’s MTV Music Awards.

In order to celebrate XXL’s 10th Anniversary, we went back and examined the past 10 years of hip-hop. OutKast is our choice for 2004's Men of the Year. You can also check out the XXL staff's picks for the best songs and albums of 2004, and place your own vote for Man of the Year in…

Sean “Diddy” Combs will reprise his role as Walter Lee Jr. in a long delayed film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s award winning play, A Raisin in the Sun.

Florida native DJ Smallz has united 30 established and up and coming artists from his home state of Florida for a monumental new track called “Welcome to the Gunshine State.”

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At least a minstrel show is offensive.

Universal Music Enterprises is looking to revive the stagnant scene by introducing a new series of legal mixtrapes.

In a surprising turn of events, the legendary West Coast group, Tha Dogg Pound, has signed with Cash Money Records.