With the NFL Playoffs underway, and in celebration of rap's deep connection with football, XXL highlights 20 great football references in the culture's history.
After the passing of actor and writer Carrie Fisher, Pharoahe Monch pens an op-ed praising Fisher's resiliency while also making the connection between 'Star Wars' and hip-hop.
Where most rappers' productivity tapers off as they wind their way through middle age, Ghostface Killah simply won't stop rapping. The Wu-Tang legend has stuffed his calendar with release after release--a 36 Chambers callback here, a BADBADNOTGOOD album there, the DOOM collaboration he swears is still coming. "Emergen...
Pharoahe Monch will be dropping a mixtape tomorrow. The Queens native announced the news on his Twitter page on Wednesday (Feb. 12), saying Lost In Translation will be here just in time for Valentine's Day. A number of artists will appear on the project in some form, including Justin Timberlake, Jill Scott, Phonte, will.i.am and more....
Okayplayer chopped it up with Talib Kweli, 9th Wonder and Pharoahe Monch during this year's A3C Festival in Atlanta to discuss their latest business partnership. As a collective, the rappers have joined together their respective companies, Javotti Media, Jamla Records and W.A.R....