New York’s CityParks Foundation has announced their lineup for free concerts throughout the five boroughs this summer with a long list of old school hip-hop ...

As much as I'd like to think that I'm "in-the-streets" the fact of the matter is that my post here at XXL makes me more ...

This is Pierzy from the comments section (although I post the least on Scratch because I don't claim to know nearly as much as some ...

They called him prophet. Poetry was a part of him. And on Tuesday, April 19, 1994, when 20-year-old Nasir Jones released Illmatic, his debut album ...

When it comes to hip-hop architects, few are as revered as DJ Premier. As one-half of the legendary Gang Starr, the Brooklyn beatsmith (by way ...

DJ Premier recently revealed to New York radio personality Peter Rosenberg that he made a track for 50 Cent that was turned down. XXLmag.com chopped ...

Last night at New York City's 92 Street Y, Hot 97 radio personality Peter Rosenberg sat down with legendary producer DJ Premier for what was ...

Last night I had the opportunity to attend the first installment of Peter Rosenberg's "Noisemakers" panel series, which honored, paid tribute to, and featured the ...

A nucca like me grew up on DJ Premier beats. I was growing up during that hip-hop era where if your album didn’t have a ...