Ab-Soul

With his new album finally in stores, XXL spoke to Jay Rock about 90059, his four-year hiatus from rap and the best lyricist in TDE.

Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy Q team up with Jay Rock for his "Vice City" video.

The TDE boys are at it again.

Jay Rock has kept his fans waiting long enough. At least, that's what he implied to guests at the listening session for his new album, 90059. Named for the postal code that services parts of Watts and Compton, the LP marks his first major solo appearance since 2011's Follow Me Home. The sage...

Earlier this week, Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era successfully executed their first ever #STEEZDay in NYC's Central Park. The festival was established in honor of the collective's fallen comrade, Capital STEEZ, taking place on July 7, what would have been his 22nd birthday...

Statik Selektah is ready to move on. As the veteran producer has said numerous times in the run-up to his seventh studio album, Lucky 7 (due out, you guessed it, July 7), he's ready to move on to bigger, better and more challenging projects. Putting ...

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Apparently Ab-Soul loves his fans so much he's willing to risk his standing on one of the hottest labels in hip-hop. Or nah. The Top Dawg Ent. wordsmith took to Twitter earlier today to announce a new release, with a warning. "I might get dropped from the label for this 1, but fuck it lol...

Today, Feb. 23, is the birthday of two rap talents, TDE and Black Hipppy member Ab-Soul and ultra-experimental Brooklyn MC Theophilus London.