This past week has been dominated with headlines surrounding the news of Lil Wayne's most recent seizures. While the YMCMB impresario has since reportedly been ...

Trump makes his SOBs NYC performance an affair to remember...

Last night (December 29) 50 Cent rocked XXL's Issue Release Party at NYC's Webster Hall. Here he performs his classic cuts while the legendary Kool ...

Everyone is mourning the death of hip-hop great Heavy D, including Kool Herc. XXL caught up with the father of hip-hop last night (November 10) at ...

Radio personalities The Wonder Twinz have set up a fund for DJ Kool Herc. As previously reported, the recognized father of hip-hop, has recently gone ill ...

(NOTE: I'm assuming it's alright for me to write about Kool Herc, because he's not on Young Money. In fact, you could say he's the ...

Harlem, NY, Sept 29, 1998, 17 E. 126th St., famed photographer Gordon Parks shot the cover image for XXL’s December ’98 issue, “The Greatest Day ...

Rap wouldn’t be rap if there weren’t the tried and true tradition of snacking on another’s style. It’s been around since the dawn of hip ...

In celebration of the release of his first studio album in a decade, Rakim took to the stage last night (November 19) to a packed ...