The Lil' Wayne cover of next month's issue of XXL stops short of actually calling him the best rapper alive or better than Jay-Z (a la Wayne's Complex cover) or whatever, but I notice they did have the sheer balls to put him on the cover instead of Biggie, who died 10 years ago (damn) this March. That's gotta mean something, right? I mean, had they put, say, Fabolous or Lil' Jon, both of whom supposedly have albums coming out soon, on the cover, with a little blurb in the corner that says "We'll always love Big Poppa," that would've just ...

“Cameron, you better learn how to talk to me.”—Mr. Jackson No it didn’t start when the good Reverend joined the Guerilla Unit. It didn’t start when ...

I had an odd experience the other day. One of my friends had her computer crash at work and she had to call the IT ...

The shoes Michael Jordan was wearing when he took his last shot in the NBA—um, OK, his last shot as a Bull—were the Air ...

Yesterday was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which is not to be confused World AIDS Day, which is observed on December 1st of each year. ...

No the John Brown cover wasn't real but I'm still revival minded (I'd never vote for Bush!). I know a lot people thought we were ...

Hip-Hop is still alive and part of that is due to the antics of the DipSet movement. DipSet is a collective of rappers, wannabe ...

I hope all you Hip-Hop fans put a peace sign in the air today for your cousin James ‘Jay Dee’ Yancey a/k/a J Dilla’s born ...

The greatest contribution Tinker Hatfield ever made to shoe design was this: the idea that a signature shoe should reflect some of the athlete’s ...