Big K.R.I.T.

Funk Volume artist Dizzy Wright has announced that his new album, The Growing Process, will be released next month, on May 26. The album is preceded by singles "Train Your Mind" and "Floyd Money Mayweather," the latter of which pays tribute to the champion boxer who represents Wright's native Las Vegas. Thi...

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Before Big K.R.I.T. goes to Austin, Tx. for South By Southwest next week, he drops "B4SXSW" for fans to kick back to. The chopped and screwed effects on "B4SXSW" makes the song addictive to listen to. K.R.I.T.'s southern drawl is amplified and it's beautiful to listen to because of the of Texas inspired/UGK-esque flow...

Logic teams up with Big K.R.I.T. for "Top Ten." After getting 400,000 followers on Twitter last night, the Visionary Music Group artist put out a loose track to thank his fans. "Top Ten" is fire. Logic drops Mortal Kombat references (look at the sick cover art) while proclaiming that he's one of the best in hip-hop right now. His flow on the 6ix-pro...

Told You So With his sophomore album, Cadillactica, finally in stores, BIG K.R.I.T. is staking his claim for the title of King Of The South. Interview Dan Rys Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. I...

Donovan "P Nut" Thomas, 26, was killed on Saturday night (Jan. 10) at a southwest Atlanta barbershop after someone opened fire with semiautomatic weapon in a drive-by shooting. It happened on McDaniel Street in the Castleberry Hill neighborhood...

Last night, Big K.R.I.T. and Raphael Saadiq hit the late night stage on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform their feel good hit "Soul Food" alongside The Roots. The nostalgic single comes from K.R.I.T.'s chart topping sophomore album Cadillactica...

Want to know what went down today on Instagram? XXL’s got it for you. Scroll down! Happy birthday little bro. To say I miss you is an understatement. #UGK4LIFE #RIPPIMPC A photo posted by Bun B (@trillog) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:58am PST Happy Bday to tha Pimp! #uG... Read More ...

It's Christmas, and the long slow dirge of year-end lists continues. This time, we're focusing on the artwork that defined a year, for better or for worse. Whether it was Nicki Minaj stamping her thumbprint on the hip-hop world once and for all, YG showing the planet that he put his money where his mouth was or Young Thug plastering his face on the body of Wiz Khalifa—wait, what?—here...

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We all reminisce about the "good old days," when times were simpler, and we didn't have all the stresses and responsibilities we have now. Big K.R.I.T. is no different. The visual for "Soul Food," which features Raphael Saadiq on the hook, contains flashbacks of K...

This week goes down as the most disappointing week for urban music in recent memory. Only one hip-hop or R&B album cracked the Top 50 this week: T.I.'s Paperwork. The Atlanta native's ninth studio album dropped 14 spots from last week to grab the No. 50...