NBA Week

XXL spoke to a number of basketball stars about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums for the league’s opening week this week. Today, we looked at the veteran Los Angeles Clippers guard, Jamal Crawford. Now in his 13th season, the Seattle native is part of a Clippers team that looks to make a strong push for the title this season. XXL ...

XXL spoke to a number of basketball stars about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums for the league's opening week this week. We looked at a rising NBA star, Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parson, who plays in one of hip-hop's hottest hubs...

When the New Jersey Nets invaded NYC to become the Brooklyn Nets, owner Mikhail Prokhorov made it loud and clear—he's not here to play little brother. Creating a new look for the franchise by building a billion dollar stadium and enlisting the help of hip-hop royalty and Brooklynite Jay Z and purchasing an absolutely gigantic billboard in Manhattan with the phrase 'Blueprint for Greatness' just a

The NBA is back and the race for the Championship is under way. XXL has spoken to a number of basketball stars—starting with Jeff Teague and Nerlens Noel—about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums for the league's opening week. Portland T...

Today the NBA Season is finally set to kick off. XXL spoke to a number of basketball stars about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums for the league opening week. With the iconic NBA player and hip-hop lover, Allen Iverson, retiring in Philly tomorrow, we looked at the Philadelphia 76ers and got their recent draft pick, Nerlens Noel, to chime in on a number of topics... Read M

Ed. Note: A Tribe Called Quest's Phife will be writing a regular, monthly column throughout the NBA season where he'll combine player and coach interviews with discussions with other rappers and analysis of the season's progress. This first installment sees Phife predict how the Western Conference will shake out...

Ed. Note: A Tribe Called Quest's Phife will be writing a regular, monthly column throughout the NBA season where he'll combine player and coach interviews with discussions with other rappers and analysis of the season's progress. This first installment season Phife predict how the Eastern Conference will shake out...

There has always been this natural, cozy connection between hip-hop and basketball. Just one of those pairings that make sense, in an unexplainable yet explainable way. From Chuck D. shouting out Charles Barkley to Phife Dawg name-dropping Scott Skiles to Tunechi making an entire song dedicated to Kobe Bryant, the two just feel right together—like peanut butter and jelly, or Liberals and Birkenst

NBA opening week is upon us, with the league set to kick off its new season tomorrow (October 29). And since the NBA and hip-hop have been joined at the hip for what seems like forever, XXL spoke to a number of basketball stars about their love for hip-hop and some of their favorite albums. With Atlanta ...