Royce Da 5' 9"

Brooklyn's own Twigg Martin and hip-hop veteran Royce Da 5'9" keep things gritty in the music video for "Talk Is Cheap." The record was produced by Buda Da Future and Grandzmuzik and will be on Martin's forthcoming mixtape Good Mornin' America. In the video,...

With a collective fifty years of experience in the game, millions of albums sold and countless projects under their belts, 37-year-old Royce Da 5’9” and 48-year-old DJ Premier have seen it all. Their respective careers have seen such massive success that declaring they have hit their prime this late seems a bit far-fetched. But, with honest lyr ...

DJ Premier and Royce Da 5'9" were gracious enough to take time out to join the Reddit community for their "Ask Me Anything" series. The two discussed future projects, a potential follow up to PRhyme, Preem's relationship with The Notorious B.I.G., Royce's ...

"Classic-rock-acid-rap is the genre." Eminem is back, with surprisingly little ceremony and no regard for greatest-hits decorum. Shady XV, the combination compilation-hits collection, is available for streaming ahead of its Black Friday retail release...

A lot of rappers and producers look great in cars. Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier are the exception; in the video for "Courtesy," they get car trouble instead of props. Car-less, Royce raps, Premier nods approvingly and the duo successfully hitchhike...

Last night at an intimate gathering at Chung King Studios in midtown Manhattan, DJ Premier, Royce Da 5'9" and Adrian Younge unveiled their PRhyme project in a performance for Boiler Room TV. The group was announced in September, with Royce handling MC duties and Primo behind the boards, crafting a nine-track LP using only samples from Younge's extensive catalog of soul-funk-jazz records... Re

Slight Work New projects with Eminem, DJ Premier and Slaughterhouse are making Royce Da 5'9" a busy man. Words Dan Rys Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of XXL Magazine. Some rappers are afraid to put their talents on the line on the highest level. For ...

Want to know what went down today on Instagram? XXL’s got it for you. Scroll down! Well played sir #SHADYXV 11-25 #PRhyme 12-9 #BadMeetsEvil #Yeeengotthememinemfourstho A photo posted by Nickle (@royceda59) on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:23pm PDT   New day at the office !! A photo post ...

Fans of boom-bap beats and hard rhymes are in for a treat as DJ Premier and Rocye Da 5'9"'s PRhyme project is coming December 9. With features from Dwele, Slaughterhouse, Common, Jay Electronica, ScHoolboy Q and others, PRhyme is shaping up to be one of the strongest releases of the fourth quarter. Royce has already said ... Read More ...

Royce Da 5'9" has aligned himself with some of the biggest names in hip-hop throughout his career, whether it be with his partners in crime in Slaughterhouse or as one half of the duo Bad Meets Evil alongside Eminem. But now he's about to take on a new accomplice in the hip-hop world with his new group PRhyme with DJ Premier...

Last Monday, the Internet was buzzing over the surprise announcement of DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9’ teaming up for something big. In a small video clip, the pair visited Adrian Younge's record store, and later on played an untitled track with Royce rapping, “This is for the real hip-hop niggas who would never ever, ever ask me am I here to replace Guru.” Talks of the...

Eminem invaded the A-town for day two of the 2014 Music Midtown Festival. It was Shady's first performance in the Atlanta in nearly a decade, he told the crowd. As a surprise for those in attendance, Em brought out B.o.B for “Airplanes” and Slaughter House butcher Royce Da 5'9" for “Fast Lane” (below). Previously: Wat...