Talk about an odd couple. Yesterday (May 19) a peculiar photo of T-Pain and pop star Ke$ha surfaced on the internets. The flick pictured the ...

Journalist Ben Westhoff’s book about the rise of hip-hop music below the Mason-Dixon line, Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers ...

WORDS BEN DETRICK **THIS STORY ORIGINALLY APPEARS IN THE MAY 2011 ISSUE OF XXL ON SALE NOW** Last summer, when Kanye West was in the throes of ...

There’s a reason sing-songy choruses have gone from frowned upon to practically mandatory. At press time, 16 out of 21 rap singles on the Billboard ...

California girl Jassmine Sasha Amos is a self-described tomboy and scholar who took a break from the books back in 2008 to focus full-time on ...

Earlier this morning (March 16) news broke that legendary rap crooner Nate Dogg passed away at the young age of 41. Known for his signature smooth ...

Folks love to hear the story, again and again, about how a wayward cutie received her first big break. For Kara Allison, her road to ...

Bay Area’s own E-40 continues his Revenue Retrievin’ series with the release of two brand new albums, Revenue Retrievin’ Graveyard Shift and Revenue Retrievin’ Overtime ...

What's the point of a booty if not to make music? T-Pain has never been shy about his love for the female backside, and now he's ...