Earlier this week, XXL posted the first of two installments in which Lil Cease and Banger of Junior M.A.F.I.Agave readers and behind-the-scenes look on some ...

Look at the production credits of Notorious B.I.G.’s, Ready to Die, and Easy Mo Bee’s name won’t be hard to find. The longtime producer crafted ...

The Notorious B.I.G. did more than just deliver a magnum opus with 1994's Ready to Die. He scribed a story that would be shared by ...

  Originally appears in XXL's April 2004 issue The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 debut Ready To Die is a double threat: a serious, artistic album equipped with ...

Writer’s block is a bitch. She comes and goes as she pleases. Distracts. Bothers. Nags. And you can’t hit her either. She’s invisible. The only ...

Ugh. Don't you just hate it when people make acronyms for no damn reason? “I did it for hip-hop... It’s as big as Obama’s being ...

I can normally blame white for most of the shit on this planet that is fucked the fuck up. Let's face it, colonialism is ...