We all heard the news: in about two months Kanye West, Big Sean, KiD CuDi and Consequence will attempt to take over the music world ...

Images Ari Michelson Aaron “Tech N9ne” Yates has consistently been one of hip-hop’s most successful artists over the last decade, yet casual rap heads wouldn’t even ...

For some emo rap is a bad term, but not Murs. The Cali MC wears his heart on his sleeve and carries the title with ...

As a part of my ongoing list of personal hypocrisies, I have a deep and slightly obsessive infatuation with crack rap despite the fact I’ve ...

The Awl, a site run by some of the fruits who used to work for Gawker, runs a lot of suspect hip-hop journalism, usually of ...

I love music. Seriously, music is one of the greatest, most unique things this planet has. Aside from death metal and R. Kelly’s hypocritically faux-inspirational ...

Inside the XXL offices yesterday, during a discussion about Eminem’s Recovery, an interesting point was made. One that I’d never considered before in regards to ...

The official line-up to the seventh annual Rock the Bells tour was announced yesterday (May 24) at the Key Club in West Hollywood and for ...

It’s that time of year again. The nominees for the 2010 BET Awards were announced today (May 18) in New York City and Jay-Z received ...