Killer Mike

"Real shit, I came for the jewels," Killer Mike raps on "Sea Legs" off his joint album with El-P, Run The Jewels, which came out at the end of June this year. So after a grueling 31-show tour that culminated at New York City's Webster Hall last Wednesday (August 14)—at the end of a run of 15 shows in 16 days—XXL brought Mike straight to them, taking the big ATLien with a taste

With the second part of the final season of Breaking Bad under way, fans and followers of the epic crime drama are sad to see the end of one of the most celebrated TV shows in recent history. Meanwhile, through its five year run, the program has picked up an unlikely group of fans in hip-hop artists, who seem to either identify or empathize with the show’s protagonist, Walter White. So, ... Read

With the second part of the final season of Breaking Bad officially under way (its first episode aired last night), fans and followers of the epic crime drama are sad to see the end of one of the most celebrated TV shows in recent history...

From new bangers from 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Drizzy to major media fuckups from Riley Cooper and Don Lemon to simple appreciations of success—with a couple celebrations of classic releases in between—hip-hop has had a lot to say in the past week, and they took to Twitter to say it. We've coll...

Last week, REVOLT TV announced that New York's one-time favorite son Saigon would be appearing on the upcoming season of Love & Hip-Hop New York. Now, while this is a strange decision for the street rapper who at some point would've clowned on anyone who appeared on a reality show, we're happy for him (and his current girlfriend, whoever she is) and looking forward to seeing what kind of braw

After several teasers off his Reignfall EP, Chamillionaire releases his latest project for his fans. This will serve as an appetizer to his third studio album Poison dropping soon. The seven-track EP is mostly himself on the solo tip, but he brings along Scarface, Killer Mike and Bobby Moon for the excellent title track...

Chamillionaire has been absent from the scene, but is ready to be heard once again with his Reignfall EP. Before it drops tomorrow, Cham gathers his down South hard-hitters Scarface, Killer Mike and Bobby Moon for the title track. Taking over with his signature crooning, Cham and friends rap about their struggles in preparing for their next moves...

This week in the hip-hop Twittersphere was especially wild, spearheaded by a series of people unearthing tweets by rappers such as Action Bronson, Meek Mill and Travis Scott from years ago, sparking a controversy-that-wasn't-a-controversy and causing some rappers to go back and delete old tweets...

Now that the dust has settled on the frenzy of the June 18th face-off, and as we look ahead to the July 4th release of the God MC Jay-Z's new album Magna Carta Holy Grail, we're trying to stay focused on celebrating the music that's going to be soundtracking our summer...

Killer Mike & El-P have teased their collaboration album with “Get It” and “Banana Clipper.” Now, Run The Jewels is available for download on Fool’s Gold. I'm really proud to have @therealelp @killermikeGTO RUN THE JEWELS album on Fool's Gold FOR FREE! Merch too: http://t.co/tPp9VcwO0C — D...

Big Boi suffered a recent knee injury that hindered him from completing his scheduled tour dates for “Shoes For Running.” Earlier today, the Outkast member announced the new dates, with additional stops in Brooklyn and Asheville after immediately selling out. See all...