2013 XXL Freshman Class is in full effect and time will tell if this will be the best class ever. In the meantime, we're taking a look back at each XXL Freshman from past classes to see what they've been up through their music since being a Freshman. This is what B.o.B., XXL Freshman Class of 2009, has been up to musically with his best tracks. Nothin' on You ...

  Life After Death proved to be a sadly prophetic title for 24-year-old Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” ...

  Originally appears in XXL's April 2004 issue The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 debut Ready To Die is a double threat: a serious, artistic album equipped with ...

Next week on March 13, Man Bites Dog Records will be holding their first SXSW showcase that’ll be featuring Roc Marciano, Copywrite, Eddie B. & Harry Fraud, Bronze Nazareth, Wais ...

As we proceed to give you what you need! XXL's Get Rich or Die Tryin celebration continues today, and what better way to acknowledge both ...

For the second installment of XXL's Get Rich of Die Tryin week, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of 50 Cent's monumental debut, we look back at ...

Originally published in the May 2000 issue of XXL, the following interview was published when 50 Cent's controversial single "How to Rob" made noise throughout ...

Check out footage from K Dot's performance at London's Hammersmith Apollo last weekend. Props NahRight ...

Little Rock's SL Jones is back with a seven-track EP entitled Trapper's Delight. Produced entirely by M16, the EP sees Jonesy stand on his own ...