Killer Mike

With Super Bowl XLVIII around the corner (Feb. 2), XXL went around and asked 20 rappers their predictions. Here's what they said. As always, for the best football coverage on the web, hit our friends at TDdaily.com and follow @TDdaily on Twitter!   Ice Cub...

Asking an artist to choose their best song can be like asking a mother to name her favorite or most successful child—it's never going to be an easy decision, and it's one that most would rather leave to the listeners to consider. But even when it comes to listeners, that discussion can be one of the most fractured conversations in music, with each person enjoying a different aspect of an artist's

OutKast is reuniting and the Grammy-winning duo will go on a reunion run that includes a 40-plus-date festival tour throughout the Spring and Summer. This news didn't just make fans excited but plenty of hip-hop artists. Yesterday (Jan. 21), Wiz thanks Big Boi and Andre 3000 for giving him and fellow fans a chance to witness them play some of their classics records. So ...

Killer Mike sets the scene in the rural south for his latest video "Ghetto Gospel." Literally taking viewers to church in the clip, the rapper preaches a good word all the while showing off the countryside. "Ghetto Gospel" is off of Killer Mike's 2012 release R...

It was the morning of Christmas Eve, 2012, when news slowly began spreading across the Internet that Capital STEEZ, promising up-and-coming rapper and first lieutenant for Brooklyn's Joey Bada$$-led Pro Era crew, was dead. It was shocking, jarring—another young rapper dead, this one to a reported suicide—but, unfortunately, not new to a world that has lost too many for a genre of music too young.

For Adult Swim, Killer Mike gives some life advice on how to live happy and be a better person. He begins with that people should always take care people younger than themselves, people should learn how to fight because he predicts mugging is going to make a comeback in the next couple of years, future homeowners advice,  and marriage advice. Wat...

Killer Mike and El-P, a.k.a. Run The Jewels, respond to some of the comments left about their video for "36 Inch Chain" on YouTube for Noisey’s “Vs. The People” series. Pretty funny stuff. They discuss Sharkeisha, hipsters, sampling, Killer Mike's love for mainstream and underground hip-hop and El-P's weight loss....

Chain check homie. Run The Jewels' Killer Mike and El-P let the game know anyone can "Get It" in the new video for the single. The duo gets their point across by slicing together show footage and behind-the-scenes clips from their recent tour while spitting cold lyrics over a hot track ...

It seems these days that to be a rapper is to be on a Twitter. It's easy to see why. Twitter gives an artist the opportunity to promote their music, express their personality and connect with fans in ways that few media can. Not all rapper Twitter accounts are created equal, though...

In the sixteen years since XXL's inception, we have spoken with a LOT of rappers about how the sausage is made with their music. Pretty much since the mag's beginnings, we have been running a reoccurring column "Train Of Thought" where hip-hop's most esteemed lyricists touch upon the inspiration for their illest verses. Over the year...

The day the United States government shut down for the first time in 17 years, there are few better artists to see live than Killer Mike, and he didn't take long to address the situation. After opening his set last night at Brooklyn Bowl with "Big Beast" and "Untitled" off his highly acclaimed R...

Unveiling his "Shoes For Running Tour Webisode", Big Boi gives fans a behind the scenes look at his day to day life.  Granting viewers a glimpse at his hectic schedule, the rapper travels from place to place following the release of his new album. ...