Last night (May 19), B.o.B was among the performers during Washington, DC radio station 95.5 FM WPGC's annual Birthday Bash at the 9:30 club. Following the ...

The nominees for the 2011 BET Awards have been announced and Lil Wayne leads all rappers with five nominations. Weezy is up for five trophies in ...

Breakout: "Dear Jasmine" Also Check: "Million Dollar Team" And: New mixtape, The Dreamcatcher Name: Warren Jackson aka warrenJae Age: 22 Reppin’: Columbia, SC and Million Dollar Dreamz. My style and/or skills ...

Late last night, President Barack Obama announced that the United States had found and killed longtime terrorist Osama bin Laden. The Al Qaeda leader, who ...

[Editor's Note: Lupe Fiasco spoke on the trials and tribulations he went through while recording Lasers in the cover story of XXL's May 2011 issue. ...

Bobby Ray talks about his track "No Future"...

WORDS BY THOMAS GOLIOANOPOULOS **THIS STORY ORIGINALLY APPEARS IN THE MAY 2011 ISSUE OF XXL ON SALE NOW** Back ...

Looking back, it’s already been four years since XXL inaugurated its Freshman class series. Since its debut, dubbed “Leaders of the New School” at the ...

Eminem received the highest amount of nominations of any hip-hop artist at the recently announced Billboard Awards, snatching up 17 nods—second to only one other ...