DJ Premier blessed a UK audience with his skills...

This year’s Rock the Bells lineup has just been announced, and the roster is looking stacked. Headlining the annual hip-hop festival will be Ms. Lauryn Hill, ...

XXL's staff doesn't need a special occasion to bump some Gang Starr. Classics are always in heavy rotation here on Broadway. But today, on the ...

Gang Starr was always one of those line of demarcation type of hip-hop acts. If you rocked with Guru and DJ Premier odds are you ...

Feeling nostalgic? Each week XXL's staffers bring you a throwback playlist to help you get through the week. See what we're bumping around the office... "I ...

Rappers are hardly ever able to recapture their prime's lyrical genius. Case in point: Canibus. In his heyday, the Queens MC buried many of his ...

(NOTE: I'm assuming it's alright for me to write about Kool Herc, because he's not on Young Money. In fact, you could say he's the ...

News broke over the weekend that the recognized father of hip-hop, DJ Kool Herc, was sent to the hospital. In a post on djpremierblog.com, Preemo ...

Despite numerous set backs, and no set release date, Game is quite confident about the work he put into his new LP, The R.E.D. Album. ...