New XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten is giving away five tickets to this Friday’s (July 31) All Points West Music and Arts Festival starring headliner Jay-Z. As ...

Jay-Z has been confirmed to headline the All Points West Music and Arts Festival as The Beastie Boys’s last minute replacement. Hov was tapped for the ...

Unless you’re a straight commercial hip-hop consumer, the name Serius Jones should ring more bells than Anita Ward in the '70s. For the past few ...

The Jump Off Method Man & Redman Blackout! 2 (Def Jam) When you’ve been handed as many industry backhands as Method Man and Redman have, it’d be easy to ...

XXLMag,com has learned that on July 7 hip-hop supergroup, Slaughterhouse - which conisists of Brooklyn’s own Joell Ortiz, New Jersey native Joe Budden, Los Angeles ...

Red and Meth talk about the baddest chicks on the planet...

Queen Latifah will drop her ninth studio album, Persona, on July 7th. The album’s first single, “Cue The Rain,” debuts today (May 19) on Latifah’s official ...

Red gives Tical kuddos while Meth praises Muddy Waters...

Reclusive Grammy award winning rapper/singer Lauryn Hill is set to go on a 10-date European tour this July. The Associated Press reports that as part of ...