Hopsin

Hopsin is well known in hip-hop for his exceptional lyricism. The Funk Volume general behind “Ill Mind Of Hopsin” has showcased his venomous rhymes on a number of guest verses and his own albums. Although Hop resides over on the West Coast in L.A., he wasn’...

Hopin's third studio album, Knock Madness, will be released soon, and the white-eyed MC has liberated another track from it. The song, "Rip Your Heart Out," features Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne and features both MCs showing off their lyrical dexterity...

As always hip-hop was quite entertaining on twitter this past week. However, some were certainly more prevalent than the rest, with Maybach Music Group adding on 2 new signees and Hopsin randomly revealing his entire tracklist in the midst of a breakdown, there was certainly a mix of good and bad on the social network...

Following his twitter meltdown yesterday, Hopsin took things a bit farther later sending out a tweet suggesting that he is contemplating suicide. Although the tweet has since been deleted and the rapper followed up with a tweet about back-flipping, one has to wonder if his words were serious or mere frustration...

It appears that Funk Volume's leader, Hopsin, is not in the best of moods. Just a few moments ago, he went on Twitter and expressed his disinterest in being a rapper. He tweeted, dont become a rapper. you will become a zombie if you do...

Don't make Hopsin angry. That seems to be the message of the video for "Hop Is Back," the first single from his upcoming Knock Madness album. The clip starts with a kinder, gentler Hopsin quietly watering his lawn in a sweater-vest and glasses before a group of obnoxious fans goad him into a violent, gristly confrontation...

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

Hopsin, the head of the independent label Funk Volume, teams up with Chill for a ongoing behind-the-scene series as he gears up to release his new album Knock Madness. This will be his third overall album. The series will give a inside look to fans of the making of the project. There you will see how ...

After months of anticipation, recent XXL Freshman Dizzy Wright will finally release his new mixtape The Golden Age this coming Monday (August 19). Last month, after performing at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, Dizzy caught up with XXL and touched on his recording process for Golden Age, saying, "I’ve just been working on it. I did some verses. I went back and...

Hopsin’s “Ill Mind Of Hopsin” series have a story to tell. In his sixth installment, Hop digs deep to a personal incident involving one of his best friends. The video details his friend getting into the hospital for overdosing on meth. While he is lyin...

Jarren Benton is releasing his official debut album, My Grandma's Basement, today. To celebrate this joyous day, Jarren released a video for the album's third single, "Go Off" which features label mates Hopsin and SwizZz. The track is produced by M16...

Funk Volume is set to release a documentary entitled Independent Living: The Funk Volume Documentary. The documentary follows the imprint’s 2012 tour, which featured 44 performances in 50 days. It showcases the hard work ethic of artists on Funk Volume, as they perform to sold-out crowds across the nation. T...