Feeling nostalgic? Each week XXL's staffers bring you a throwback playlist to help you get through the week. See what we're bumping around the office... "I ...

Hard to believe Alicia Keys turns 30 today. The Hell’s Kitchen born songstress has been a major part of the hip-hop/soul game for a decade ...

As you may know, Adam Yauch (AKA MCA) has revisited the Beastie Boys’s “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” music video and turned ...

Over the weekend, an alleged tracklist for Raekwon’s Wu-Tang vs Shaolin album leaked promising a reunion between The Chef and Nas. XXLMag.com chopped it up ...

Although How High 2 probably won't be hitting theaters any time soon, Method Man will be making his return to the silver screen in a ...

Trick Daddy allegedly owes the feds over $157,000 in back taxes according to the Detroit News. The government has placed several liens against the Miami ...

Houston’s Numbers nightclub couldn’t be farther from the slums of Shaolin, but the grimy live music venue welcomed Staten Island’s own seminal rap supergroup, the ...

It seems like every rapper these days has his own artists and possibly even a label. In the very least, damn near everyone tries to ...

Yesterday, the remix to Busta Rhymes protégé Reek Da Villian's introductory single “Mechanics” hit the ’Net with an all-star cast. Boasting such hip-hop vets as ...