Hip-hop and Hollywood aren’t strangers. Dating back to seminal rap-centric films such as Wild Style (1983) and Krush Groove (1985), the culture has long been ...

Well before samplers and synthesizers became a part of hip-hop’s fundamental equation, most hip-hop artists recorded their music with live bands in the studio. In ...

This Wednesday (September 22), fans in the New York area will be able to check out Asher Roth for free live at Brooklyn Bowl. The former ...

?uestlove has always been known as a man who wears many hats and the announcement of his most recent project certainly confirms that belief. According to ...

With 18 years in the game, there’s really not much of an introduction needed for The Roots. Headlined by resident drummer ?uestlove and MC Black ...

Credit or blame the fact I’m closer to middle age than ever, but I’ve grown tired of attending nothing but hip hop shows and concerts ...

Published in the September 2010 issue of XXL, which hits newsstands August 10!!! All it takes is one shot. Just ask the New York–based film ...

One thing Lil Kim will always have over Nicki Minaj is that Lil Kim is one of the few artists in general and perhaps the ...

So dig this: by now I’m sure most of you have heard or heard of Talib Kweli’s curiously far-left-of-center cut he did with Gucci Mane, ...