Keeping a secret in hip-hop is nearly impossible these days. Between blabbermouths from the planning inner circle and bloggers dying to get any possible gossip ...

It's time for XXL's new Freshman class to show and prove in front of a live audience. In celebration of the release of the 10 Freshman ...

March madness continues. Last Monday (March 1) XXLMag.com unveiled the cover for our April 2010 issue, featuring XXL’s new Freshman Class. Today (March 8), we ...

On Monday (March 1) XXLMag.com unveiled XXL’s new Freshman Class, as well as the cover for the April issue. Today, we offer you the details ...

Photography Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Johnny McKinzie Age: 25 Reppin’: Watts, California Notable Releases: Single: “All My Life in the Ghetto,” 2008; Guest verse on Omarion’s “Hoodie,” 2010 Currently Working ...

Relax and take notes ’cause class is in session. After months of speculation over which rappers made XXL’s third annual Freshmen Class cover, the list ...

Once signed to Dr. Dre’s former label, Death Row, under Suge Knight’s regime, Crooked I never got to work hands on with the super producer ...

As an up-and-coming MC from the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jay Rock has no reservations in making it clear that his career was heavily ...

As the only XXL staffer reppin’ the Golden State and, more specifically, the city with no seasons, I often find myself embroiled in East Coast ...