I dunno if it’s been said before but I'ma go ahead and say it here: Hip hop's fascination with the movie Scarface is weird. No ...

The producers of this year's VH1 Hip Honors would have been best off strategy-wise going out of their way to honor people they knew would ...

I know a thing or two about creating lists and the controversy that comes from them. So far be it for me to criticize somebody ...

With Young Jeezy getting ready to release the sequel to his seminal Trap or Die mixtape this week, XXLMag.com chopped it up with the host ...

A few weeks back I wrote A Letter to Guru as part of my blog week. It was soon after the legendary MC had suffered ...

Scarface will be dropping his 12th studio album, Dopeman Music, next month. The album will be released independently on the rap vet’s own Facemob Music label and ...

Def Jam is known for ushering in a slew of iconic rap acts to the game: LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, ...

While Freddie Gibbs might be a part of XXL’s 2010 Freshman class, the Gary, Indiana-bred MC has an affinity for the older students in the ...

It’s the final day of XXL’s look back on our decade of dominance as we reflect on all the covers we’ve done over the past ...