Twista

When XXL released its 2014 Freshmen Cover last month, one of the biggest talking points among hip-hop fans was the strong presence of Chicago rappers. With Chance The Rapper, Lil Bibby, Lil Durk and Vic Mensa all making our list this year, it marked the first time in the cover's seven-year history that a single city was rewarded with four XXL Freshmen, and brought Chicago's total Freshmen tally up

A suspect has been charged in the fatal shooting of Twista’s security guard. A man by the name of Matthew X. Jackson was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery in case involving the death of Davy Easterling, 31. Accord...

The violence that's happening in Chicago is well documented. There have been countless documentaries, music releases and reports of what's going in the area, but some hip-hop artists are thinking bigger by fighting back and campaigning against the violence...

Chicago's The Boy Illinois performed this gem at SXSW, but now he reveals the CD quality for fans. With Trae The Truth and Twista by his side, The Come Up alum may have a strong single on his hands. This is set to appear on his upcoming album, Pointé: New Age Colonialism. P...

Twista goes with the lady friendly "It's Yours" featuring Tia London as the latest leak off his forthcoming LP, The Dark Horse. The Legendary Traxster on the beat. The Chicago rapper's ninth solo studio album is slated to drop in July. Check out the song, below...

Rising Atlanta rapper Rolls Royce Rizzy is killing the game with his new single “Gah Damn.” Today, he releases the highly anticipated remix featuring Twista, K Camp, Jeramine Dupri and Lil Scrappy. The posse cut is a huge look for the rising rapper and you can expect to hear more from him soon. The tr...

Twista's body guard, Davy Easterling, was discovered fatally shot and burned inside his apartment in the South Side of Chicago early Friday morning. He had been shot multiple times. Twista mourned over Twitter the loss of his friend and bodyguard, who had been missing for three days...

The All Star Music Experience will take place Feb. 14 – Feb. 16, during All Star weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. The unprecedented three-day event will honor Trina, Twista and Big Daddy Kane with Lifetime Achievement Awards and feature a star-studded panel of multi-platinum producers and celebrity DJs. The ...

When you think of some of the fastest rappers in the game, Twista has to be towards the top of that list. The Chi-Town "Choppa Style" legend has been at it for well over two decades, and is still going strong, as evidenced by him dropping a seven-track EP entitled Back To The Basics in December 2013...

Vlad TV recently sat down with Chicago MC Twista to delve into the violence that continues to plague his home city today. According to the above segment, the Choppa style rapper feels that today's surge in social media use leads to heightened egos within the youth, which subsequently contributes to Chi-town's ongoing street brutality...

Twista shows off pimping Chi-town style in his new video "Want My Love" featuring DJ Victoriouz. Co-starring Deelishis, the clip features the two spitters as they are taunted by the acclaimed assets of the reality star. "Want My Love" is off of Twista's Back To The Basics EP...