Photographer Fabien Montique WORDS BY KANYE WEST What is the definition of cool? Michael Jackson made “Heal the World.” He could do that because he was golden. He ...

When it comes to East Coast hip-hop, David “Ski Beatz” Willis isn’t kind of like a big deal—he is a big deal. For nearly two ...

As revealed by Popeater, Kanye West will appear on the cover of XXL’s October issue, hitting newstands nationwide on September 28. The Louis Vuitton Don penned ...

Originally published in the November 2005 issue of XXL In the early morning hours of Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast ...

"Realness" is overrated. It's a statement that hip-hop as a community should've been saying a long time ago. Rick Ross got busted. So? He wasn't ...

Class is in session. Some of you rap heads might not know, but today (Aug. 20) the legendary KRS-One celebrates his 45th birthday. In honor ...

The Biz never sleeps and while he may have been out of hip-hop’s spotlight for some years, the legendary MC, DJ and beat box artist ...

Believe it or not, there are still some rappers out there that Lil Wayne has not collaborated with… yet. Earlier this week, during a call-in ...

So dig this: by now I’m sure most of you have heard or heard of Talib Kweli’s curiously far-left-of-center cut he did with Gucci Mane, ...