Standout: "Spaceman" Also Check Out: "Love Is" And: "Pot Ash" Name: Coss (isCashusKing) Age: 28 Reppin’: Im from Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California....South LA area My style and/or skills have ...

Breakout: "Dictate" Also Check: "New Blood" And: "Ice Age" Name: Beck Motley and Bon Voyage aka The Airplane Boys Age: 23, 22 Reppin’: Toronto, Canada Our style and/or skills have been compared to: ...

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 ...

Slum Village is a group synonymous with controversy. Hailing from the Conant Gardens section of Detroit, the trio of T3, Baatin and J. Dilla were ...

While different, Nicki Minaj’s martial arts-inspired “Your Love” video is nothing new for hip-hop. For years rappers have let their infatuation with Asian culture shine ...

Though it’s completely separate from hip-hop, there’s a great 2009 documentary called Anvil!: The Story of Anvil that, in my humble opinion, all music fans ...

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 ...

For years now Hip-Hop has been stereotyped as moneyed music. It’s all about making it rain, cars, clothes and clubs. But some of ...