Paul Iannacchino knows rap. The self-proclaimed writer/director/creative guy used to be a rapper/producer signed to EL-P's Def Jux label (as one-third of Hangar 18), but ...

Break-ups are a lot more common than reunions in hip-hop. So when word leaked that Cannibal Ox was getting back together, the prospect of a ...

For those that were fans of the Def Jux movement in the early aughts, Cannibal Ox's debut effort The Cold Vein earned the respect as ...

**THIS INTERVIEW APPEARS IN THE JUNE 2012 ISSUE OF XXL. WORDS THOMAS GOLIANOPOULOS El-P lives in a walk-up in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a building that resembles ...

A sign of the times: I was gonna do a trend piece on broke rappers begging for money, but then it occurred to me that ...

After rumors hit the 'Net yesterday (February 2) saying that indie label Definitive Juxtapositions was closing its doors after 10 years, founder El-P took to ...

Def Jux MC and former Eminem rival Cage will be releasing his third solo album later this year. Following up 2005’s critically acclaimed album Hell’s Winter, ...