Believe it or not, Asher Roth hadn't released a song professionally before his first mixtape, the DJ Drama and Don Cannon-helmed, The Greenhouse Effect, hit ...

Unlike the mix genre selections that the Grammy board makes, I didn't just conjure up this "traditional mainstream hip-hop album" category to make space for ...

Fans can catch some of the biggest names in hip-hop, including T.I., Ludacris, Plies and Lil’ Wayne, ringing in the New Year this Wednesday (12/31) on ...

I'm sure by now many of you have seen XXL's end of the year Love/Hate issue. We've obviously all got our own opinions. I figured ...

T.I., Young Jeezy and Ludacris will be coming to New York to play Long Island’s Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum later this month. Arguably the three biggest ...

I need to apologize for not already giving Ludacris his due in this column. Albeit, he did swagger jack Redman's steez (as did Eminem) ...

In it’s second week on the charts, Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak officially goes gold with overall sales numbers reaching 593,100. While the disc falls ...

Hip-hop is back atop of the Billboard charts where it belongs this week. Despite facing stiff competition from Taylor Swift and Guns N' Roses, Kanye West's ...

Compiled by Jack Erwin, Clover Hope, Starrene Rhett And Vanessa Satten XXL Presents the ...