Waddup, y’all, once again it’s Skyzoo checking in for the second installment of my XXL blog. Off top, pardon my absence, I've been on tour ...

Lace up your Timbs. Tomorrow afternoon (July 13) New York based independent label Duck Down Records will be celebrating their 15th anniversary at B.B. King ...

Next Saturday July 10, De La Soul, Black Moon, Curren$y and Fashawn will be among the acts performing at this year’s Brooklyn Hip-Hop Fest and ...

At the risk of drawing the ire of the all-important Internets community, I’ll say that I was never the biggest Jay Dee fan. Sure, he ...

Slick Rick the Ruler will be headlining the Hip-Hop Legends concert tonight at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City and XXLMag.com has two ...

Hip-hop is all about reinvention. That goes for everything from styles and appearance to careers and even name changes. From Wu-Tang's "gambino" aliases to Kool ...

Though burgeoning hip-hop talent from cities all across the country filled Austin, Texas bars and clubs at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music fest, ...

As one-half of Smif-N-Wessun, alongside partner in rhyme Tek, General Steele has always been one to speak his mind about bigger issues. That hasn’t changed ...

New York hip-hop was in full-effect last Friday at the Ghostface Klilah/Raekwon concert in at Manhattan’s Nokia Theatre. The Staten Island duo put on for ...