At the risk of drawing the ire of the all-important Internets community, I’ll say that I was never the biggest Jay Dee fan. Sure, he ...

Although most people are enjoying a much-needed day off with barbeques and fun in the sun today, Memorial Day is supposed to be a holiday ...

Four years ago today, James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, passed away just three days after his 32nd birthday. A ...

When news broke this past August that founding Slum Village member Baatin had passed away, the hip-hop community took the Detroit MC's death hard. Such ...

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 ...

While Wu-Tang Clansman Raekwon is gearing up for the release of his long awaited Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, the Chef’s team took the ...

In this week’s Nielsen SoundScan report, hip-hop is sparsely represented. Yet Eminem continues to keep registers ringing as he slowly inches closer to platinum status. Eminem ...

Who knew so many people would object to Charles Hamilton naming J Dilla executive producer of his album, even though he obviously never had anything ...

The hip-hop community was taken aback when XXL freshman alumnus Charles Hamilton announced that the late Detroit producer J Dilla would be listed as an ...