The Mighty Mos Def is scheduled to play New York City’s Highline Ballroom this Sunday, December 20, and XXLMag.com has a pair of tickets for ...

The Mighty Mos Def is scheduled to play New York City’s Highline Ballroom this Sunday, December 20, and XXLMag.com has a pair of tickets for ...

Last Wednesday (December 2) the nominations for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards were announced. The hip-hop community was shocked to learn that Rick Ross’ critically acclaimed ...

Kanye West might have to add Jay-Z to the Grammy Family. Both artists lead the rap pack with the most Grammy nominations for the upcoming ...

I’m a hip-hop head, but first and foremost I’m a music dude. Always have been, always will be. It’s part of my DNA. And as ...

Writing about Cash Money Records yesterday and thinking about Def Jam and their silver anniversary got me reminiscing about another storied hip-hop label, Rawkus Records. Starting ...

John Stewart’s sidekick Wyatt Cenac on The Daily Show is one funny you know what, but according to him, the rappers are the real comedians. ...

Common enlisted so many well-known peers for his second annual benefit concert at the L.A.’s Hollywood Paladium last Saturday (September 26) that the show had ...

Leave it to Mos Def to cause me to question my whole perspective on shit. Yeah, his rap career has been in a more or less ...