Sounwave and other key collaborators take us inside the making of the rap superstar’s latest, Grammy-nominated classic ...

On this day in Hip-Hop history, Nas released his sixth studio album, God’s Son, in 2002. This may be Nas’ most emotional album, coming at a rough time. With the passing of his mother and his bout with ...

The Atlanta plugg pioneer faced challenges that almost derailed his career, but now, he's back and leading by example ...

Forgive this deviation from the hyperactive. This is one of my many recent creations, but first to be considered finished or long enough, yet. I've been diving into Lo-fi hip-hop and ambient lately.

fakemink actually started out as a producer and only stepped behind the mic after learning his way around FL Studio.

Nigerian pop stars are often accused of singing about love and money and ignoring social issues. Falz isn’t one of them.

Blacc Sam and JP discuss how Nipsey Hussle’s ‘The Marathon’ mixtape grew into a thriving empire across music, fashion, food, ...

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The legendary NBA insider, late of The New York Post and ‘NBA on NBC,’ is an anachronism in the media landscape he defined ...

While a book cannot stop evil forces, it can educate us, warn us, and prepare us for what’s coming. The books listed here not ...

The XXL freshman class of 2018 started out hot and heavy with majority of the artists releasing at least one well know song ...