Through the years, rap has been a cartoonish exaggeration of real life. If you hustled a little bit for one summer, on one corner; then ...

Lloyd Banks V.5 Beats: L Lyrics: XL Originality: L Since dropping his underwhelming 2006 sophomore album, Rotten Apple, Lloyd Banks has largely been confined to the mixtape circuit. For ...

We may be in the dead of winter but Lloyd Banks found himself in hot water recently. News broke over the weekend that the G-Unit ...

Last night (December 21), Queens rapper Lloyd Banks performed at New York City’s B.B. Kings. The streets may have been filled with snow and slush, ...

After embarking on a cross-country tour to promote Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II, Raekwon returned to New York City last night (December 16) ...

Photography by Clay Patrick McBride XXL: Before I Self ...

Lil Kim said it best, “Money, power, respect… That’s the key to life.” In hip-hop especially there are no greater motivational tools than those three. ...

Photography by Clay Patrick McBride Some say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. 50 Cent was on that train of thought ...

There’s nothing like a great win. Just shutting haters up with a victory. Leaving it to where they can’t really say anything at all. 50 ...