Eminem

During the past two decades or so, as owning and managing your own business has become a realistic and easily attainable goal, many musicians and managers have decided to start their own boutique record labels and explore their artists' creativity, instead of it being stifled by the major label system...

Earlier this week, XXL got an exclusive look at the comic book that accompany Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge's upcoming album 12 Reasons To Die. While the folks at Black Mask Studios look like they've perfect captured the spirit of Ghost and Younge's giallo horror-meets-crime narrative, the Wu-Tang emcee isn't the first to get the comic book treatment...

Even without a name or release date, Eminem’s next studio album has got high expectations. Recently, we placed Em’s project at number five on our 35 most anticipated albums list of 2013. According to a recent interview by Dr. Dre, it so...

Interview: Yelawolf on "Trunk Muzik Returns"

On this day, March 12, in hip-hop history... 2008 - Five years ago today, Detroit veterans Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" officially ended their long-standing feud. The beef between the former Bad Meets Evil duo began after a falling out between Royce and members of Eminem's D12 crew in 2003...

10 Rappers That Deserve an Oscar

Shady Records could have a big year in 2013. The label is gearing up several new releases in the coming month from artists like Eminem, Yelawolf and 50 Cent. In an interview with Billboard, Shady president Paul Rosenberg discussed the progress behind Em’s untitled eighth studio album. Acco...

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 50 and our own accomplishment than to put on one of the best hip-hop cover stories to ever grace the newsstands...

In an interview with FUSE, 50 talks about the making of his upcoming collaboration with Slim Shady.

The fact that many rappers own swanky mansions isn't anything revelatory. Look at the recent purchases of Birdman and Rick Ross. The topic has been done to death by dozens of other publications in the past. However, it doesn't make it any less interesting to see the expansive properties of our favorite hip-hop icons, especially when you look at artists' individual architectural penchants. ... Rea

XXL compiles and ranks the 35 hip-hop albums we're anticipating this year...