Public Enemy

**THIS INTERVIEW APPEARS IN THE JUNE 2012 ISSUE OF XXL. Read More

American hip-hop legends Public Enemy have announced plans to release two studio albums in the upcoming months. Read More

It used to be a huge part of who I was and how I saw the world. Read More

The good thing is, unlike this unbelievable beginning of summer we got with a blazes-hot Memorial Day Weekend, the sun doesn't look like it's going to beat you about the head this coming weekend. Read More

"the MCs and the DJs," as Chuck D put it -- during their Sunday night visit. Read More

To mark Memorial Day, we examine the service backgrounds of a now malice-free emcee, Young Jeezy's comrade and several other often overlooked soldiers turned spitters. Read More

Tech N9ne has never had a radio hit and his videos aren't in rotation on music television networks like BET, VH1 or MTV. Read More

The business man and the entrepreneur, the stalwart and the genius, the Obama bro and the, ahem, jackass, Im of course referring to the ultimate genre conquering, throne occupying duo of Jay Z and Kanye West. Nigh a year since their much hyped and critically acclaimed 'Watch The Throne' album was unleashed upon the world, they have turned their campaign of arena raising, grade A hip hop towards The UK and its Friday night at Londons The O2 Arena that is slated for the first of the 10 date tour. Read More

Last month, a controversial anonymous letter entitled "The Secret Meeting That Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation" hit the internet by storm. Read More

9th Wonder stands as one of the few hip-hop producers who can charge for an album made up entirely of instrumentals. Read More