Photo courtesy of James Ravenell, Jr If the unofficial slogan of Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert is "expect the unexpected," then this year's concert may ...

In yesterday’s post I mentioned how Diddy and Jay-Z have lately relied less on their respective rap trades (in Puff’s case, however, he wasn’t much ...

In the wake of XXL’s 10 Freshmen for ’10 cover, one question kept coming up: What happened to New York? For hip-hop’s first 25 years, ...

All good things come to an end. XXLMag.com recently caught up with Armageddon on the set of his new video for “It’s Over (Remix),” in ...

Last night’s Freshmen ’10 Live Show was a success to say the least. Everybody did their thing. New York’s own, Cam’ron, came through and repped ...

E1 Music announced today (March 29) that they signed Fat Joe to their roster. The new deal ends Joey's distribution deal with EMI, which released his ...

Move over Xzibit. New York radio personality Funkmaster Flex is prepping a new car customization show for MTV2. XXLMag.com has learned that the series, dubbed Full ...

Back in the days when I was just freelancing for XXL, I interviewed stic.man, one half of dead prez, about his book The Art of ...

Under normal circumstances, rappers like Chi Ali, John Forte and Mystikal wouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence as T.I., Lil Kim and Foxy Brown. ...