Def Jam celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a special private dinner Friday night in NYC's West Village. Those in attendance included Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, ...

[Editor's Note: Lupe Fiasco spoke on the trials and tribulations he went through while recording Lasers in the cover story of XXL's May 2011 issue. ...

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 ...

Photography Jonathon Mannion Lyor Cohen is about to pull a power move. “Is Method Man confirmed?” he asks a publicist. Cohen is inquiring about Meth’s participation ...

We dreamed a lil’ too big this month, folks. We thought it was possible to get, like, 30-plus past and present Def Jam rappers together ...

In celebration of Def Jam’s quarter century in the music business, XXL has selected a handful of the label’s roster, past and present, to grace ...

VH1’s Hip Hop Honors did things a bit differently than in years past for their sixth annual show, which went down last night (September 23) ...

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Jay-Z was on his way to bringing his Roc Nation label, an imprint he created as part of his ...

Last night I saw Drake perform to an allegedly sold-out S.O.B.s crowd in NYC. The show wasn’t scheduled to start until 8:30pm but the line ...