Rappers and robbers have always had a love-hate relationship. First, the petty purse-snatcher graduates to flossy rap star, only to have his own pockets relieved ...

With the sad and unfortunate passing of former Slum Village MC Baatin, XXLMag.com caught up with fellow group member Elzhi to find out how the ...

[Editor's Note: These are outtakes from the edited discography that appears in the June 2009 issue of XXL. In the outtakes, Talib Kweli, Bun B ...

Skyzoo Gov’t Name: Gregory Skyler Taylor Age: 25 Reppin’: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn Notable Releases: Cloud 9: The 3 Day High (with 9th Wonder), 2006; ...

Those of you who frequent some of the... ahem... more popular hip-hop blogs, have heard a bunch of the material that leaked from producer Jake ...

Elzhi's story has already been told numerous times. Having earned his stripes in Detroit's underground scene, the lyricist first made national waves via J Dilla's ...

Unsigned doesn't mean indie and neither do internet freestyles (no matter how many you drop). As many surprisingly cheered XXL's Big 10 for featuring Killer ...