As an XXL editor I like to think of myself as a professional to the highest degree and I think most people who I’ve come ...

When VH1 announced that this year’s Hip-Hop Honors award show was going to pay homage to the dirty south, the greater rap community below the ...

It’s no secret that every since Game left Aftermath/G-Unit Records (both subsidiaries of Interscope) for Geffen in 2006, he hasn’t been able to achieve the ...

It’s been a while since fans have heard a major release from Chicago’s own Rhymefest. Although he’s pumped out two mixtapes for fans (including the ...

It’s been about a year since I first heard, and got excited about the development of the proposed N.W.A. biopic, Straight Out of Compton. Since ...

Seminal West Coast rap group N.W.A are about to get a woman’s touch…a White woman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Andrea Berloff—the writer behind Oliver Stone’s ...

As one half of Dogg Pound, Kurupt has etched out his own lane in the as an artist and businessman. While he’s had his ups ...

It’s been 15 years since hip-hop lost one of its true pioneers—Eric “Eazy-E” Wright. As the brains behind N.W.A, he was more than just a ...

There appears to be tension brewing out in Cali. Last Tuesday (March 16) Ice Cube went on his blog to address up-and-coming West Coast artists ...