Common

Riding collaborations with Rick Ross, Jim Jones and Game, and his latest mixtape Henny On The Rocks, Chicago native Paypa is ready to spread his music to the masses...

This week's Web Candy is ready for a man to take her away to a private island and never return...

From Rick Ross to Common, DJ Drama rates the members of hip-hop's Beard Gang...

Skip to the 2:20 mark to hear "Blue Sky," the No I.D. produced cut from his new album...

XXLMag.com investigates hip-hop's biggest stars and how old they were when they finally made their breakthrough...

XXL takes a look at 40 rappers who are still going strong in their late 30s and 40s...

Common talks with NBC's Morning Joe about his book, visiting the White House, and Nas...

Common celebrates the release of his new book at Moet Rose Lounge in Chicago...

Nas partied with his superstar friends last night...

Common also dishes on his new book, One Day It'll All Make Sense...

Common freestyles off flash cards on the Wendy Williams Show...

From Common and Raekwon to Cortez Bryant and Karen Civil, industry insiders talk to XXL about the day Tupac died...