Big K.R.I.T.

Big K.R.I.T. is on a journey through this music industry, and he's just getting started. The up and coming Mississippi rapper/producer (and 2011 XXL Freshman) has made a big splash in the past few years on the strength of his mixtapes (King Remembered In Time being a particular highlight), guest appearances (don't sleep on his "Make My" verse from The Roots' undun, or his scene-stealing

Although many may have witnessed the two southern cohorts perform at the AC3 festival in Atlanta over the weekend, most are unaware of the actual impact Bun B has had on Big K.R.I.T.'s career. Detailing that UGK had an influence on his music way before even meeting Bun B, K...

Texas producer and rapper Cory Mo will release his new album, Take It Or Leave It, on October 22, but today he's unleashed a hulking, squirming monster of a track, "Hold Up." The song finds Mo going in over a careening luxury sedan of a beat with some help from fellow Southern traditionalist Big K...

Big Sant wins the award for best album title. On October 22, Sant is preparing to release his debut LP The Great American Mattress Sale. From the first track, we’re already intrigued to see what the rest of his project will sound like. Prod...

Big K.R.I.T. drops the name of his official sophomore album. Today, he announced the title of the LP Cadillactica, which will be released through Cinematic Music Group/Def Jam. Excited to be working on my new album titled #Cadillactica ...

As we wind down a month-long look back over the last 150 issues of XXL and the biggest hip-hop events during that time, some of our friends and supporters hit us up with some-outs that we're sharing in this video. We'd like to thank our readers, fans, haters, staff, rappers, managers, producers, labels, executives, PR people and everyone else for the last 150 issues and in the words of Snoop, &quo

Instead of taking shots at Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T. is actually thankful to have been called out on the TDE emcee's infamous "Control" verse. Explaining that the name drop has opened more ears to his music, K.R.I.T. says the whole ordeal was sort of like a promotion of his projects...

After his performance at the tenth annual Rock The Bells Festival in Los Angeles this week, Revolt TV caught up with Big K.R.I.T. to discuss his thoughts on being name-checked in Kendrick Lamar's verse on Big Sean's "Control." Big K.R.I...

Rapsody’s She Got Game mixtape released last month to rave reviews. After gathering some notable guests such as Jay Electronica, Raekwon and Problem, the North Carolina rapper re-releases her “Lonely Thoughts” track with some new vocals from Big K.R.I.T. Produced b...

Rap music has a way of celebrating the opening line. It’s always the hard entry that has heads nodding and wanting to listen to the rest of the song. However, some songs start off strong and fade out into nothingness by the end. It’s a rapper’s duty to remain thorough throughout the track or enlist the help of others to enhance the cut right up to the closing. We like to ca...

Big K.R.I.T. and Future first hinted at their collaboration on K.R.I.T.'s King Remembered In Time mixtape, but the full version is available now. It's a cinematic and tuneful piece of easy-going Southern rap—probably more K.R.I.T. th...

It has been four days since the release of Big Sean's "Control" on Monday Night and there have been a flood of responses to Kendrick Lamar's verse on the song. It is no exaggeration to say that the rap world has not been this abuzz with a song in years.  One of ...